---
title: Print API
description: >-
  Use the standard Window:print() method to print from your app. For apps
  running on desktop devices, print() uses the browser's built-in print dialog
  without any App Bridge involvement.
api_version: v1.0
source_url:
  html: >-
    https://shopify.dev/docs/api/app-home/latest/apis/device-and-platform-integration/print-api
  md: >-
    https://shopify.dev/docs/api/app-home/latest/apis/device-and-platform-integration/print-api.md
api_name: app-home
---

# Print API

**Info:**

App Bridge isn't versioned with Polaris. App Bridge APIs and web components are identical in every App Home reference version.

Use the standard [Window:print()](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/print) method to print from your app.

For apps running on desktop devices, `print()` uses the browser's built-in print dialog without any App Bridge involvement.

On Shopify Mobile and Shopify POS devices, `print()` doesn't work natively inside the app's iframe, so App Bridge intercepts this method. You can call `print()` from your code as normal, and App Bridge communicates with the Shopify Mobile or Shopify POS app to handle printing.

### Use cases

* **Page printing:** Print the current App Home page content from Shopify Mobile or POS devices.
* **Order summaries:** Print order or transaction details directly from your app on mobile devices.
* **Record keeping:** Let merchants print app content for physical records or documentation.
* **Mobile support:** Trigger the native print dialog on Shopify Mobile and Shopify POS devices.

Examples

### Examples

* ####

  ##### Description

  Call print() to print the current page. On desktop, this opens the browser's print dialog. On Shopify Mobile and Shopify POS devices, App Bridge handles the request.

  ##### js

  ```js
  print();
  ```

* ####

  ##### Description

  Trigger printing from a user action such as a button click. On mobile devices, App Bridge forwards the request to the Shopify Mobile or Shopify POS app. On desktop, the browser's built-in print dialog is used.

  ##### js

  ```js
  const printButton = document.getElementById('print-button');

  printButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
    print();
  });
  ```

***