[ale] Android/Tablet printing

[Jim Kinney]

this is a GLARING hole in usability for android tablets. some things
just must be in deadtree format.

My daughter got an droid tablet for graduation. she hasn't yet needed
to print anything but I can already hear the "request for admin
support" whine coming.

On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thumbdrive sneakernet?
>
> On Jul 7, 2012 6:23 PM, "Robert L. Harris" <robert.l.harris at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, she doesn't have a windows machine.  That died and she replaced it
>> with the tablet.  She has the HP printer, tablet and thats it.
>>
>> On Jul 7, 2012 4:10 PM, "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> looks like the ALL use a chrome browser to print. I looked at several
>>> other printer apps from google play and they all seem to be the same:
>>> keep a chrome browser running on a windows machine and you can forward
>>> print jobs to it from your android device.
>>>
>>> that stinks
>>>
>>> very very stinks
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > It looked it would use a networked printer for the server end but it
>>> > seems to be brain dead and require a winders machine as a host.
>>> >
>>> > crap
>>> >
>>> > On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Robert L. Harris
>>> > <robert.l.harris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> Yeah,  that's printing gmail.com from chrome I don't need,
>>> >> printershare will
>>> >> print that directly to her usb printer.  I am looking for a way to
>>> >> print
>>> >> from the built in application "gmail".
>>> >>
>>> >> Robert
>>> >>
>>> >> On Jul 7, 2012 3:59 PM, "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> looks convoluted but:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/37748/how-to-set-up-and-use-cloud-print-in-google-chrome/
>>> >>>
>>> >>> includes how to "cloud print" from a gmail app in android
>>> >>>
>>> >>> cloud print. what a stupid marketing term.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Robert L. Harris
>>> >>> <robert.l.harris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>> > I see that in 'gmail' if I use chrome but not in the native android
>>> >>> > gmail
>>> >>> > which is what she is using.
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > On Jul 7, 2012 3:46 PM, "Robert Owen" <robeowen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> Robert, at the top right of a message page there is a down arrow
>>> >>> >> which
>>> >>> >> gives more options. Print is one of the options.
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Robert L. Harris
>>> >>> >> <robert.l.harris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>> >>>
>>> >>> >>> The tablet sees the printer, I don't see a 'print' button inside
>>> >>> >>> the
>>> >>> >>> gmail app is the problem.
>>> >>> >>>
>>> >>> >>> On Jul 7, 2012 3:12 PM, <simontek at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>> >>>>
>>> >>> >>>> Hp printers have the user at eprint setup.
>>> >>> >>>> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>>> >>> >>>>
>>> >>> >>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> >>> >>>> From: "Robert L. Harris" <robert.l.harris at gmail.com>
>>> >>> >>>> Sender: ale-bounces at ale.org
>>> >>> >>>> Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2012 15:02:09
>>> >>> >>>> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts<ale at ale.org>
>>> >>> >>>> Reply-To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>>> >>> >>>> Subject: [ale] Android/Tablet printing
>>> >>> >>>>
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James P. Kinney III

Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you
gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his
own tail. It won't fatten the dog.
- Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain

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