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Re: Print from n800 to network printer..

Right now only images work as far as I can see, and you don't get to select any sort of options. It's just dumping the image into the printer's storage (that it would use for images printed from your memory cards). But... it's something!

Re: Print from n800 to network printer..

Hmm.. as I can send any file (e.g. pdf or postscript files) by BT to my Linux laptop, it should be relatively easy to set up a pseudo-server on the laptop (or the desktop office PC) that will just pass the file on to the network printer. I would do just that if I had the need right now, but first of all I'm on vacation and secondly I probably won't need it for a while. But I can't see why that wouldn't work.

Re: Print from n800 to network printer..

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Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 70339)

Well, a PostScript printer should accept straightforward QuickScript files, and I'm certainly going to try this out.

I'll have to find the printer first, unbox it and set it up again.

And then I'll have to find that bluetooth dongle... Wish me luck.

Re: Print from n800 to network printer..

Not trying to dampen your spirits Karel, but I have my doubts. It all depends on the printer, of course, and how it recognizes/handles files it receives over bluetooth. The C6180 apparently says "a ha! Just another binary image file, only it came over the air instead of from a memory card." Text files didn't work but then I'm not surprised, as this is a photo printer expressly designed to process image files.

I hope your experiment does work out though. Nothing ventured, nothing gained!

Re: Print from n800 to network printer..

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Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 70371)

Not trying to dampen your spirits Karel, but I have my doubts. I all depends on the printer, of course, and how it recognizes/handles files it receives over bluetooth. The C6180 apparently says "a ha! Just another binary image file, only it came over the air instead of from a memory card." Text files didn't work but then I'm not surprised, as this is a photo printer expressly designed to process image files.

I hope your experiment does work out though. Nothing ventured, nothing gained!

A PostScript printer is basically a computer with the PostScript interpreter in its ROM. When a user prints to a PostScript printer, he actually sends a program to that printer, which the printer's processor then executes. The output happens to be to paper (but is not restricted to it; anyone remember the NeXT's Display Postscript?).

So, it should work. We'll see...

It would be nifty though: QuickScript is a bit like LaTeX, in that it is a set of markups you can insert into text to make said text jump through hoops and stuff. The difference is that LaTeX is obviously complete typesetting stuff and QuickScript is just a way to get nicely formatted text out of a printer.

If you could have GhostScript on the N800, plus a dedicated printer driver for your printer model that would output to a file, you could send those files over the BT waves and get the same result.

Too bad the only QuickScript editor I know of is written in Java.

Re: Print from n800 to network printer..

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Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 70247)

Actually, the short answer is now YES.

Somewhat.

Recipe for printing from the N800:

Install latest OS to your N800 and activate Bluetooth.

Purchase one printer capable of bluetooth connections (I got the HP C6180 as I said in another thread). Add one USB Bluetooth radio and configure well. Pair N800 device with printer, using code you setup on the printer during configuration.

Open File Manager on N800. Navigate to Images. Select any image and hold stylus to file link for a couple of seconds. When popup pops up, select Send and then select Via Bluetooth. When dialog comes up, select your printer.

Let simmer for a few seconds, then observe image printout in paper tray.

Yes, it's a simple recipe, with few options, but doggone it boys and girls it's PRINTING!!! :)

No freakin way! Really?

Re: Print from n800 to network printer..

I'm currently building a qt4.3.2 package and noticed there is "CUPS" option.
When starting a simple qt text editor, I went in the menu and the first thing I clicked was Print. I then had the nice window with printing options (I guess it was kdeprint based on CUPS). Unfortunatly I don't have a printer :)
Could be possible then!
But not straightforward, yes..

Re: Print from n800 to network printer..

I ported cups a while ago, and someone made a deb..(search for cups). Also in KDE, you can print, pictures, webpages, pdf's rtf csv and more...

Re: Print from n800 to network printer..