[ale] Android/Tablet printing

Sun Jul 8 00:14:05 EDT 2012

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:
>
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>>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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>>>>>>>>>> Subject: [ale] Android/Tablet printing
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Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you
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- Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain

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