Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Ticket #16318, comment 11


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Aug 31, 2021, 2:53:44 PM (3 years ago)
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  • Ticket #16318, comment 11

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    1 Well, I am glad I found this: just posted on the forums about Printing in Haiku OS!
    2 I use a Canon MX870 on my network and have not been able to connect it via Haiku.
    3 All my devices are connected to it: Apple macs,Windows,Linux even BSDs.
     1EDITED AFTER READING COMMENT BY @pulkomandy
    42Printing may not be fundamental for some people anymore but I often print or scan documents and photos.
    53So, could it be possible to implement the following recommendation given by a developer who is building "helloSystem":(probono  Jul 16, 2019)
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    95“Quick” fix: Deeply integrate mDNS/Zeroconf into the system and use something like CUPS for printing (it is what Apple uses, after all)
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     8@pulkomandy do you mean printing is just not to be included in Haiku? What do we need to do to get it moving? I could help, but my drawback is that I am not a programmer. How do you suggest that this could be at least make to work with standard, old fashioned line printing methods? Can any of the Haiku developers issue a howto for implementing this? It looks very strange to a user like myself that a whole Preferences App exists that basically is just a dummy code that does nothing to the hardware. If Haiku does not want to use CUPS, what does Haiku want to use? Can we offer printer driver files?
     9I understand that users can always find a workround for printing: export pdf to othe devices,e.g. but that does not make it look very nice in a basically useful OS like Haiku