[ale] printing fun

[Solomon Peachy]

On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 05:52:19PM -0500, Kyle Brieden via Ale wrote:
> I've found, lately, that network printers aren't worth the trouble to "set
> up" on my machine.  Just navigate a web browser to port 80 on the printer's
> IP and load up the web UI.  With most modern printers, there'll be a "submit
> document to print" button or form.  Upload your PDF there and the printer
> will make it into a real boy... er, document pretty promptly.

If you're using a modern-ish printer, especially one that uses 
postscript (like I'm sure the LaserJet does) then it's already fully 
IPP-enabled with zeroconf.

So a modern Linux distro will auto-discover the printer and set up the 
necessary "driver" (really just a matter of fetching the PPD from the 
printer) without any user interaction whatsoever.  

 - Solomon
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Solomon Peachy			       pizza at shaftnet dot org
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