Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!rt.uk.eu.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Unknown Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.hardware Subject: Re: Portable text2eth0 printer? Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 09:35:04 +0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 50 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 09:35:04 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="00e1efb8097ccef7c30b089a19c4da49"; logging-data="17652"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+9K7D3CN3MKW3Ex3wgyQ5zrJxcW/NkmoE=" User-Agent: Pan/0.133 (House of Butterflies) Cancel-Lock: sha1:mmPW+idx9w6/ItikK66Iss79t0s= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.networking:2869 comp.os.linux.hardware:2262 On Sat, 15 Mar 2014 17:14:16 +0000, William Unruh wrote: > On 2014-03-15, Avoid9Pdf@gmail.com wrote: >> Presently I use rPi to listen to text-to-speech, by transfering the PC >> generated *.wav files via a USBstik, to the battery-powered rPi. >> >> Similarly, instead of finding some Windows-user, to print my text via >> their eth0 connection, I want to just plug my battery-powered rPi into >> the office ethernet that feeds the printer, and get the text on the >> USBstik, printed. >> >> The rPi will be hearderless: without any display + keyboard; like when >> it plays my text-to-speech files. > > You can always use ssh to log into the rpi from another computer, and > use its keyboard and display. > > No. I listen to the battery-powered-TTS, lying-down, at a location with no electric supply. Similarly, I want to be able to just bring my portable rPi to the eth0 And get printed paper. >> So then I'd need to find out the printers IP? > > Is it the same always or does it change? You do not want to be changing > the setup each time you do it, as you also then need to install the > printer ppd file, edit /etc/cups/printers etc. > What kind of printer is it? > > >> How do I do that? >> The 'one' user who may co-operate with my needs, would not know. >> >> Perhaps the HP-printer's name is standard for the product, and >> available via the net? But no; since it must be able to share the ethN >> with other same-make printers? >> >> What's the general syntax to drive the printer ? > > you tell us nothing about the printer. > > I was thinking 1980's: you give a strean of bytes, and get the paper printed. Perhaps it's easier to just fax the text to the printer/fax combo? >>== TIA. >> >>