People really, really love the simplicity of those screen-swiping, finger-flicking devices known as tablets and smartphones.
First question where do you plug the printer into?.
A wireless printer solves that. And you can get them pretty cheap. I bought a Canon at Wal-Mart for under $50. Works fine though not as fast as my Epson. But I don’t need it cabled to use...
Connect to a printer via a WiFi network.
My printer is plugged into my WiFi router (An Apple Time Capsule, which is also a terabyte wireless backup drive) -- and I print wirelessly -- exactly as if I were hard-wired to the printer. Same solution for tablets...
Haven't checked, but I'd be surprised if some enterprising printer company hasn't already made a printer with built-in Wi-Fi...