[ale] Android/Tablet printing

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Sat Jul 7 18:25:07 EDT 2012


Thumbdrive sneakernet?
On Jul 7, 2012 6:23 PM, "Robert L. Harris" <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> 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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>> own tail. It won't fatten the dog.
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