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| From | Unknown <dog@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.networking |
| Subject | Re: Portable text2eth0 printer? |
| Date | 2014-04-07 12:40 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <pan.2014.04.07.12.42.06@gmail.com> (permalink) |
| References | <lg1eko$97n$1@dont-email.me> <lg21p7$ih9$1@dont-email.me> <pan.2014.03.21.09.35.22@gmail.com> <lghejm$6rr$1@dont-email.me> <20140327114606.6e21a51d.itz@buug.org> |
On Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:46:06 -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> Avoid> Similarly, instead of finding some Windows-user, to print my text
> Avoid> via their eth0 connection, I want to just plug my battery-powered
> Avoid> rPi into the office ethernet that feeds the printer, and get the
> Avoid> text on the USBstik, printed.
>
> Joe> Your rPi will have to be configured with an IP address appropriate
> Joe> for the network with the printer. Hopefully the office has DHCP
> Joe> server so the rPi can auto-configure it's network settings. Once on
> Joe> the network you'll need the IP or hostname of the printer as well
> Joe> as the type/model ("HP" is not enough). Use that info to configure
> Joe> lpr or cups on the rPi. Once all that's done you can print with
> Joe> "lpr filename" or similar.
>
> There is a DHCP lpr-server datum. I don't expect many DHCP
> installations to provide it, though.
>
> Also, there is Bounjour aka Zeroconf aka Rendezvous. CUPS implements
> that via libavahi. So if the print spooler on the Pi is CUPS and the
> network provides Bonjour service you should be able to find the printer
> information automatically that way.
Wow! And they call that progress.
30 years ago, I could just send an ASCII string and get the printed paper.
Why do you people allow yourself to be fooled?
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Portable text2eth0 printer? Avoid9Pdf@gmail.com - 2014-03-15 11:47 +0000
Re: Portable text2eth0 printer? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2014-03-15 17:14 +0000
Re: Portable text2eth0 printer? Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2014-03-21 09:35 +0000
Re: Portable text2eth0 printer? Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2014-03-21 13:25 +0000
Re: Portable text2eth0 printer? Ian Zimmerman <itz@buug.org> - 2014-03-27 11:46 -0700
Re: Portable text2eth0 printer? Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2014-04-07 12:40 +0000
Re: Portable text2eth0 printer? Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2014-04-07 13:59 +0000
Re: Portable text2eth0 printer? Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2014-04-07 20:08 +0000
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