[ale] Android/Tablet printing

Robert L. Harris robert.l.harris at gmail.com
Sat Jul 7 18:22:10 EDT 2012


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> 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> 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> wrote:
> >> Yeah,  that's printing 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> 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> 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> 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> 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> 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>
> >>> >>>> Sender: ale-bounces at ale.org
> >>> >>>> Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2012 15:02:09
> >>> >>>> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts<ale at ale.org>
> >>> >>>> Reply-To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> >>> >>>> 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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