[ale] printing fun

[Lightner, Jeffrey]

" just a matter of fetching the PPD from the printer"

PPDs can be obtained from the printers themselves?  How would one do that manually?

-----Original Message-----
From: Ale [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Solomon Peachy via Ale
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2017 9:39 AM
To: Kyle Brieden; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Cc: Jim Kinney
Subject: Re: [ale] printing fun

On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 05:52:19PM -0500, Kyle Brieden via Ale wrote:
> I've found, lately, that network printers aren't worth the trouble to 
> "set up" on my machine.  Just navigate a web browser to port 80 on the 
> printer's IP and load up the web UI.  With most modern printers, 
> there'll be a "submit document to print" button or form.  Upload your 
> PDF there and the printer will make it into a real boy... er, document pretty promptly.

If you're using a modern-ish printer, especially one that uses postscript (like I'm sure the LaserJet does) then it's already fully IPP-enabled with zeroconf.

So a modern Linux distro will auto-discover the printer and set up the necessary "driver" (really just a matter of fetching the PPD from the
printer) without any user interaction whatsoever.  

 - Solomon
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