[ale] Android/Tablet printing

Robert L. Harris robert.l.harris at gmail.com
Tue Jul 10 11:01:20 EDT 2012 

It looks like PrinterShare will print gmail directly.  It's just a matter
of clicking on the headers to open/close the correct email.  Once that's in
place I was able to print to her direct attached USB brother printer or my
wireless attached HP.

Robert


On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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