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Re: Portable text2eth0 printer?

From	Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.networking
Subject	Re: Portable text2eth0 printer?
Date	2014-04-07 20:08 +0000
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Unknown <dog@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

Double sided, with graphics? A laser printer for USD 99? Oh and it's
also a copier.

> 
> 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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