Yet Another iPhone/iPad Printing Question
August 12, 2010 2:41 AM Subscribe
This is a followup question about printing from an iPhone/iPad app: the original question can be found here.
Blazecock Pileon and GuyZero (and anyone else), please respond!
In the previous question, I asked about printing from an iPhone/iPad app to a wireless printer or through a locally connected network printer. I want to add that functionality to my app and Blazecock Pileon and GuyZero both recommended CUPS.
Now, specifically, I'm looking for a way to primarily print to a wireless printer WITHOUT the need for a networked computer in between. There are a bunch of apps already doing this, so I know it's possible; I just need to know how. Is CUPS still the way to go?
Here's how I'm imagining it. Either the app prints to a wireless/wifi-enabled printer, or it prints to a standard printer that's connected to an Airport Express. I want to try and eliminate the need for a computer in between.
So, my question is, would CUPS allow for this? If so, what do I need to tell my developers to look for or work on?
The developers I've chosen for my app are doing great work on the app itself, but have confessed ignorance on printing since very few apps ever require the feature (they confessed the ignorance before I signed on with them). I could outsource the printing aspect to someone else, but two major reasons why that's not ideal:
1) it'll be free or incredibly lower-priced to let this team do it, since I negotiated the cost of printing into the rest of the app.
2) it doesn't seem like there are that many options anyway. From the freelancing sites, it seems like every other developer would also be learning as they go along, since no one I've found as yet has actually created an app that prints.
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. I'm hoping CUPS will satisfy this need as well.
In the previous question, I asked about printing from an iPhone/iPad app to a wireless printer or through a locally connected network printer. I want to add that functionality to my app and Blazecock Pileon and GuyZero both recommended CUPS.
Now, specifically, I'm looking for a way to primarily print to a wireless printer WITHOUT the need for a networked computer in between. There are a bunch of apps already doing this, so I know it's possible; I just need to know how. Is CUPS still the way to go?
Here's how I'm imagining it. Either the app prints to a wireless/wifi-enabled printer, or it prints to a standard printer that's connected to an Airport Express. I want to try and eliminate the need for a computer in between.
So, my question is, would CUPS allow for this? If so, what do I need to tell my developers to look for or work on?
The developers I've chosen for my app are doing great work on the app itself, but have confessed ignorance on printing since very few apps ever require the feature (they confessed the ignorance before I signed on with them). I could outsource the printing aspect to someone else, but two major reasons why that's not ideal:
1) it'll be free or incredibly lower-priced to let this team do it, since I negotiated the cost of printing into the rest of the app.
2) it doesn't seem like there are that many options anyway. From the freelancing sites, it seems like every other developer would also be learning as they go along, since no one I've found as yet has actually created an app that prints.
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. I'm hoping CUPS will satisfy this need as well.
Response by poster: thanks for your help. I'll pass this info along.
posted by smersh at 2:33 AM on August 17, 2010
posted by smersh at 2:33 AM on August 17, 2010
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posted by yeoz at 3:00 AM on August 12, 2010