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    Unfortunately, the iPhone does not yet permit printing via Blue Tooth connection. There is another option for mobile users who desire to print text messages from the iPhone, since the iPhone supports screen capture, which can be emailed to an account that the text message can be printed from.

    How to Print Text Messages from the iPhone

    Step 1 – Tap the “Messages” icon on the iPhone’s front panel.

    Step 2 – Tap the message to be printed.

    Step 3 – Scroll the message screen to display the portion of the dialogue to print.

    Step 4 – Press the “Home” and “Wake/Sleep” buttons at the same time to take a screen shot of the text message. The screen will flash when the image has been taken.

    Step 5 – Press the “Home” button to escape to the main iPhone screen.

    Step 6 – Tap the “Camera” icon.

    Step 7 – Tap the small image on the lower left hand side of the camera display screen to open the photo library on the iPhone. The phone will default to opening the last image taken, which will be the screen shot of the text message.

    Step 8 – Tap the forward menu button on the lower section of the display to email the image to an account that can be accessed on a computer connected to a printer.

    Step 9 – Enter the email address to forward the image and press the “Send” menu option.

    Step 10 – Open the email on a computer connected to a printer and then print the image of the iPhone text message.

    Using Third Party Applications to Print Text Messages

    Alternately, third party commercial applications can print and back up iPhone text messages. The Tansee iPhone Transfer SMS application is one of the more established commercial options. The program is not free, but it has the added feature of backing up texts from the phone as well. In order to do this, the phone should be connected to the computer with the software installed. The software permits users to load text dialogues in the computer’s web browser, which can then be printed. For Mac users, PhoneView is a similar application that supports exporting SMS and MMS messages to the Mac for archiving or printing.

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    10 comments
    1. william hull

      12 March, 2017 at 1:39 pm

      wont help i just want to use my printer pro thats y i got it to print from my phone

      Reply
    2. Gablkyt

      18 December, 2015 at 8:11 am

      If you want to print iphone messages, you should transfer messages to the computer first.
      First, you can sync iphone messages to computer. If you can not sync and backup them, you just try SMS Messages Software to help .

      Reply
    3. WalterPinkman

      8 October, 2015 at 9:59 am

      Thanks for sharing! As I know, you can print SMS by following ways:
      1.Send iPhone text messages to your email account and take print.
      2.Save screenshots of your text conversations.

      Reply
    4. Kee

      8 September, 2015 at 6:55 am

      There are several solutions about this topic. One of these that might be helpful is FonePaw iOS Transfer. See the image below?

      Reply
    5. Agatha Alice

      17 March, 2015 at 6:29 am

      To print iPhone messages, you need to backup them on computer at first, then you can print out them as you like. You can use Coolmuster iPhone Backup Extractor to export iphone sms to computer from itunes.

      Reply
    6. Kristin11

      3 March, 2015 at 8:07 am

      If you want print out few text messages then you can take the screen shots and email the pictures to your computer for printing or simply AirPrint the screenshots. You might also consider third party apps like Vibosoft iPhone Backup Extractor to print out your text messages. This article discussion worth a look

      Reply
      • Tennor123

        20 May, 2015 at 12:14 pm

        Good advice!

        Reply
    7. Hebe123

      2 March, 2015 at 7:44 am

      When you want to print out iphone text messages,you need to transfer iphone sms to pc.And print out sms from pc.

      Reply
    8. EGood

      20 August, 2012 at 3:28 pm

      Printcentral is a good app i have to often print out texts for the club i run, you can copy and paste into the app and then print, saves so much time and hassle for me!!

      Reply
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