Printing from SD card - you have to be aware of that
There are a few things you should do to be able to print successfully from an SD card. We help you in this practical tip.
Tips for printing from the SD card
In order to be able to print directly from your SD card, it is best to first consult the operating instructions for your printer. Many printers only support certain memory sizes, formatting and file formats.
- Read whether your printer only supports simple SD cards up to 2 GB or those with larger storage volumes, such as SDHC and SDXC. Use only compatible cards.
- This practical tip tells you what else you should consider when buying an SD card.
- If your printer only supports simple SD cards, it often requires FAT formatting and may not be compatible with FAT32.
- This manual explains how to format an SD card in FAT or FAT32.
- Be sure to check the file formats supported by the printer. As a rule, all common formats are compatible, such as PDF, DOC and JPG.
- In separate practical tips, we describe the conversion of DOC and DOCX to JPG and to PDF, images to PDF, PDF to DOC, XPS to PDF and PDF to JPG.
- In the image gallery we show you how to create the correct PDF file version and create compatible formats using Open Office.
You can find out what you can do if your iPad does not recognize an SD card in the next practical tip.
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Printers usually only support PDFs for direct printing from SD cards up to a certain version. In [[//www.chip.de/downloads/Adobe-Acrobat-7-Pro-Vollversion_59763534.html|Adobe Acrobat]] you can download a PDF of the "File" -> "Save as" -> "Optimized PDF" set the appropriate version.
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Many printers support TXT files and Word documents in DOC format. But only a few support the open office format ODT and only newer ones the DOCX format. In [[//www.chip.de/downloads/OpenOffice_13004346.html|Open Office]] you can save documents as DOC using "File" -> "Save as".
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