Google Cloud Print - without waiting for Google and HP?
July 3, 2010 9:19 AM Subscribe
How can I implement Google Cloud Print right now? Surely there's some piece of software, preferably open-source, I can run on my machine and have the ability to email documents to have printed?
Response by poster: My own printers. I'd like to, say, email color@mydomain.com and have it come out of my color printer.
I'm comfortable with coding something myself, but I was hoping not to duplicate effort.
posted by dmd at 9:48 AM on July 3, 2010
I'm comfortable with coding something myself, but I was hoping not to duplicate effort.
posted by dmd at 9:48 AM on July 3, 2010
There are a number of networkable printers with built-in wifi on the market. Affordable, too.
I'm not aware of any way to network a printer which doesn't have network functionality already built in, and even if there way I doubt it'd be cheaper than simply buying a new printer.
Hope that helps.
posted by Quisp Lover at 10:03 AM on July 3, 2010
I'm not aware of any way to network a printer which doesn't have network functionality already built in, and even if there way I doubt it'd be cheaper than simply buying a new printer.
Hope that helps.
posted by Quisp Lover at 10:03 AM on July 3, 2010
typo correction:
and even if there were I doubt it'd be cheaper than simply buying a new printer.
posted by Quisp Lover at 10:05 AM on July 3, 2010
and even if there were I doubt it'd be cheaper than simply buying a new printer.
posted by Quisp Lover at 10:05 AM on July 3, 2010
I don't know of anything specific to this purpose that already exists, but it would be fairly easy to do this on a linux box using a procmail recipe to filter for emails to be printed and have it execute a script to save the attachment and pipe it to lp.
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 10:08 AM on July 3, 2010
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 10:08 AM on July 3, 2010
Best answer: http://www.jasonellison.net/files/Email_to_printer_gateway.pdf
is what you are looking for
posted by jannw at 10:26 AM on July 3, 2010
is what you are looking for
posted by jannw at 10:26 AM on July 3, 2010
Does it need to be via email, or just over the net? If you're running linux or macosx, there's a decent chance you're already running cups and can probably just print to your printers via IPP. Or if you feel old-school you could use lpr.
posted by hattifattener at 10:59 AM on July 3, 2010
posted by hattifattener at 10:59 AM on July 3, 2010
FWIW you can make printers without networking built in by adding a print server. They make them for USB and for parallel printers, in wireless and wired varieties. Basically you network a small box that sits between the printer and the network, taking your print jobs and handing them off to the printer over a wired connection.
posted by msbutah at 12:05 PM on July 3, 2010
posted by msbutah at 12:05 PM on July 3, 2010
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But what exactly do you mean by "to have printed"? Your printers? A known third party? An unknown one?
posted by Quisp Lover at 9:37 AM on July 3, 2010