Hybrid work isn’t the experiment it was a few years ago. It’s simply how a lot of us work now. According to Gallup, roughly half of U.S. employees in remote-capable jobs are on a hybrid schedule as of 2025, splitting the week between home, the office, and everywhere in between.
For most of that week, printing “just works.” Connect, press print, done. But if you’re a power user printing a client-ready proposal from the kitchen table on Monday and collating a board packet at the office on Thursday, the default settings leave a lot of capability on the table.
The good news: those advanced controls are already built into the Mopria certified printers you use every day. On Android, the Mopria Print Service app unlocks them. On Windows, enhanced Mopria print support is built right in. No drivers, no brand-specific downloads.
Here’s the part that makes hybrid life easier: because Mopria is a universal standard, the same Mopria Print Service app controls your multifunction printer at the office and the inkjet in your home office, no separate brand-specific app to learn for each machine. On a Windows laptop, that same standard is built into the OS, so the experience carries over there, too. Learn it once, use it everywhere your work takes you.
Here are five worth knowing.
1. Two-sided (duplex) printing
The most underused button in the print dialog. Toggling duplex halves your paper use and gives reports, handouts, and reference docs a more finished, professional feel. No manual page-flipping required.
You’ll find it in the Mopria Print Service on Android and in the print options on Windows, with long-edge or short-edge binding depending on your printer. It’s one of the advanced controls also available in the Default Print Service built into your Android phone, so there’s no excuse not to use it.
2. Color control
You don’t have to print everything in full color. Switch to black-and-white or grayscale for quick internal drafts to save ink and cost, then flip back to color when you’re producing something client-facing. Over a month of home-office printing, that toggle adds up.
Color options live in both the Mopria Print Service and the Windows print dialog, subject to your printer’s capabilities.
3. Input tray selection
If your printer has more than one tray, say plain paper in one and letterhead or heavier stock in another, you can choose the source tray right from your device instead of walking over to swap paper mid-job.
This is a good example of what the full Mopria Print Service app surfaces on Android. On Windows, input tray selection (and output bin selection) is available directly in the print dialog. Availability depends on your printer’s hardware.
4. Finishing: staple, punch, and fold
Printing to an office multifunction printer? Mopria Print Service on Android can send finishing instructions along with the job, like stapling, hole-punching, or folding, so a multi-page document comes out assembled and meeting-ready instead of as a loose stack you sort by hand.
This is an Android Mopria Print Service capability, and it depends on your printer having the finishing hardware to match.
5. Secure PIN printing
When you’re sharing a printer (at the office, a coworking space, or a busy household), you may not want a work document sitting in the output tray for anyone to pick up. Mopria Print Service on Android supports user authentication and PIN printing: your job is held until you enter a PIN or authenticate at the device, so it prints when you’re standing there, not a moment before.
For anyone handling contracts, HR paperwork, or financials across multiple locations, it’s a small step that closes a real privacy gap. Here’s a closer look at how secure release printing keeps your documents private.
Why this matters more when you’re hybrid
The reason these controls behave the same way on a Canon at the office and a Brother at home is standardization. Mopria is a universal print standard backed by the industry’s major printer and scanner manufacturers, so the muscle memory you build on the office multifunction printer carries straight over to the printer in your spare room. Same app, same options, different device. That’s exactly what a distributed workweek needs: one consistent, driverless experience whether you’re on an Android phone or a Windows laptop, and across a mixed-brand fleet of devices.
As Mopria Alliance member Adobe’s Mike Scrutton put it in a recent roundtable:
“Android phones and Windows laptops both support this protocol, allowing users to print effortlessly from either platform without additional drivers or setup. This consistency simplifies workflows, especially in hybrid or on-the-go environments.”
— Mike Scrutton, Director of Print Strategy & Technology, Adobe
Get more from every print job
Your printer is almost certainly more capable than your habits give it credit for. Spend two minutes exploring the options next time you print, and put these five to work.
Explore what Mopria Print Service can do on Android, and see built-in Mopria printing on Windows. With Mopria certified printers, the advanced features travel with you, from home office to headquarters.
