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Re: CUPS on Android? (was Re: B/W printer for mobile devices)

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I R A Darth Aggie  <no-courtesy-copies-please@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
>>  I'm not looking for that, but the question prompts me to ask, has anyone
>>  here had success using CUPS under Android? I've seen a few such packages
>>  available and installed them, but was never able to "add a printer" much
>>  less print.
> I've never felt the need to print from my androids, but a bit of
> digging turns up these
> 
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.benoitduffez.cupsprint
> https://f-droid.org/en/packages/io.github.benoitduffez.cupsprint/

I've tried that one in the past without success.

> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blackspruce.lpd

This one was new to me, probably because it didn't mention "CUPS" in the
name so my search didn't find it.

> The verbage form the last one, Let's Print Droid, has this
> 
>     If you have a business grade laser or print server
>     (CUPS,LPR,SAMBA, etc) , the app will talk directly to them without
>     any off-site conversion. No print data leaves your local network
>     unless you choose the GCP (Google Cloud Print) option. (This app
>     is not NSA approved ;-)

This one got further than others I've tried, it could scan for and find
my printer. I tried printing two things and got nothing. In both cases
the program warned me that it was "unrecognized" input. The first thing
I tried to print was a text file named /etc/something.conf (where I
can't remember what the "something" was). But a real system file from
Android. The second thing I tried to print was a web page using the
three-dots "<" share interface. "Let's Print Droid" shows up as a
destination there, but couldn't handle whatever Firefox sent.

>>  For my purposes, a printing solution that works from a Termux shell
>>  (and printing to an IP address or local hostname) would be an acceptable
>>  partial answer.
> Ah, that might be the rub, providing the userland apps, and not just
> providing a printer to just apps. I looked thru the fdroid app's

I'm okay without that, too. I'm just mentioning even that limited
interface would be okay for me.

Elijah
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might resort to trying to compile CUPS in Termux

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B/W printer for mobile devices richard lucassen <mailinglists@lucassen.org> - 2018-08-23 19:22 +0200
  Re: B/W printer for mobile devices joe <none@domain.invalid> - 2018-08-23 12:42 -0500
    Re: B/W printer for mobile devices richard lucassen <mailinglists@lucassen.org> - 2018-08-23 21:42 +0200
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      Re: B/W printer for mobile devices Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-23 20:49 +0000
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  Re: B/W printer for mobile devices mike <ham789@netzero.net> - 2018-08-23 23:59 -0700
    Re: B/W printer for mobile devices richard lucassen <mailinglists@lucassen.org> - 2018-08-24 09:53 +0200
  Re: B/W printer for mobile devices Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2018-08-24 09:53 +0100
    Re: B/W printer for mobile devices Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-24 12:40 +0000
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    Re: B/W printer for mobile devices nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-08-24 09:00 -0400
      Re: B/W printer for mobile devices Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-24 23:06 +0000
  Re: B/W printer for mobile devices richard lucassen <mailinglists@lucassen.org> - 2018-08-24 20:10 +0200
  CUPS on Android? (was Re: B/W printer for mobile devices) Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2018-08-24 22:39 +0000
    Re: CUPS on Android? (was Re: B/W printer for mobile devices) I R A Darth Aggie <n0b0dy@invalid.invalid> - 2018-08-26 18:59 +0000
      Re: CUPS on Android? (was Re: B/W printer for mobile devices) Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2018-08-27 00:43 +0000

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