[ale] Android/Tablet printing

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Tue Jul 10 11:06:28 EDT 2012


Excellent news!

On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Robert L. Harris
<robert.l.harris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It looks like PrinterShare will print gmail directly.  It's just a matter of
> clicking on the headers to open/close the correct email.  Once that's in
> place I was able to print to her direct attached USB brother printer or my
> wireless attached HP.
>
> Robert
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> WooHoo!!
>>
>> Printbot and k-9 mail can work!
>>
>>
>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.jsecurity.printbot&feature=related_apps
>>
>> >From k9, open message to print, hit option, more, share, select
>> printbot, choose setup printer. I have an epson artisan 725 and a
>> brother hl-4070cdw (both are setup wireless off - hardwire only).
>> Printbot did a search and found them.
>>
>> You'll need a usb-network print server and wireless for the tablet or
>> a newer printer with wireless networking built in.
>>
>> <note to self: do a page count before hitting test print with a thread
>> that's not been trimmed all day>
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 11:46 PM, Robert L. Harris
>> <robert.l.harris at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > USB only dumb printer.
>> >
>> > Scott Castaline <skotchman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>> >>Hash: SHA1
>> >>
>> >>If it's one of those ePrinters from HP you could probably go through
>> >>the set up for the service on the printer. It essentially sets up an
>> >>email account on an HP server so you could forward the message to your
>> >>printer's email address and it'll just print. Just make sure any
>> >>firewall settings allow access to the printer from the internet.
>> >>
>> >>I was playing around with mine several months ago just to see what and
>> >>how it did it. Haven't done much with it since then. I was able to
>> >>take pictures with my phone and email them to my printer.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>On 07/07/2012 08:14 PM, Robert L. Harris wrote:
>> >>> Not easier than a 'print' button for an 86yr old retired teacher,
>> >>> but I'm curious how that would work.  I did say she only has the
>> >>> Android tablet and HP printer.   :>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Jul 7, 2012 4:25 PM, "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com
>> >>> <mailto:jim.kinney at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Thumbdrive sneakernet?
>> >>>
>> >>> On Jul 7, 2012 6:23 PM, "Robert L. Harris"
>> >>> <robert.l.harris at gmail.com <mailto: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
>> >>> <mailto: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
>> >>> <mailto: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
>> >>> <mailto:robert.l.harris at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >>>>> Yeah,  that's printing gmail.com <http://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 <mailto: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
>> >>> <mailto: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 <mailto: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
>> >>> <mailto: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
>> >>> <mailto: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
>> >>> <mailto:robert.l.harris at gmail.com>>
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>> Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you
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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.
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