I just uploaded a simple tool to facilitate printing with an hp Laserjet Pro 200 via ftp.

It's specifically scripted to work with the M251n model.

It basicaly sends files to the printer using ftp. It can send Postscript and PDF files directly, and will either preprocess text files with ghostscript to create paged postscrip print or it will pass the file through as plain text, (but adding carriadge returns to an newlines as needed).

This second release can also set some options on the printer, including number of copies (most useful) A5 feed orientation, and for plain text landscape / bold font.

http://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/print/ftpprint.lha

The FTP aspect should work with an postscript networked printer, the settings will hopefully work with any printer from the same family, dpending on how much the webinterface varies between model.

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@broadblues

I haven't tested this yet, just read your readme

I wonder, would it be possible to build some kind of printer driver around this, so one simply has to choose this as printer driver in Printer prefs and all the rest would be taken care of inside the program? (convert the file, send the file etc)

@Raziel

No, it's perl script. Can't really make driver out of that.

But you could use the Post Script Driver and printofile, then send that file to the printer with this script.

That's and extra step for sure but it would work for non postscript output appliactions.

This script works well for me as all the printing I do is PDFs and Postscript. It's easier to use than a 'driver' in that context as I don't have to load the PDF into a viewer just to print it.

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@broadblues

Hmm, could that "extra step" and the perl script be batched togehter then?

@Raziel

Probably depend on how scriptable the given application was.

If the application in question had a PRINT arexx comand (or equiv) then yes, if not then you have to do it by hand.

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Wasn't there a tool which starts a script once a directory change occured:

Print using a postscript driver to a file in a directory "dh0:spool/temp.ps" -> a dirnotify tools starts the script from broadblues using temp.ps...

This is what I did ages ago with Windows and Samba - I printed into a Windows Samba share from my Amiga, on the Windows site a dirnotify tool started Windows Ghostscript in order to create a pdf. The pdf then was saved to another windows directory. Once the postscript was there the pdf was recognised by dirnotify and copied to printer.

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@gerograph

I used WaitNotify from aminet for an aRexx script to facilitate a PDF conversion from Wordworth.
http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=office/wordprocessing/printaspdf.lha

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Why not make life more easy. Just have aftp on amigaos and ftpclient on android and easy download pic, pdf or other that you want print to your android mobil.
It works very nicely here with a printer that support wifi.
In my case HP DESKJET 3638

Print from android😀

Last edited by Plexus on 05-Mar-2018 at 06:52 AM.

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@Plexus

Well in the case my personal usage that's not easier. FTPing the document direct to the printer is simple even without the script.

The script takes care of the fact you can only send one document per sesiion, so handles login and logout, removes the need to start up a client with GUI like aftp or pftp or type few extra lines at the console with ftp.

My printer also doesnlt do wifi so I couldn't print from my phone if I wanted to

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@broadblues

Could you use FTPMount instead or would that fall foul of the "one file per session" rule?
Then you could use the PostScript driver and printtofile.device, but save the file to ftp:printer?

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@Chris_Y

I think that would break the one per session rule. I'd guess you'd have towait for timeout before prining again , though I haven't tried it with FTPMount: Thouygh I've been working on fixing a few bugs in that recently so I ought to test it.

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@broadblues

Wel with a very quick test FTPMount doesn;t want to conect to the printer at all. No sure why.

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@broadblues

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My printer also doesnlt do wifi so I couldn't print from my phone if I wanted to

Both your phone and your printer should get a IP address from your router, hence you should be able to FTP your document from the phone to the printer as well.

By the way, I like your approach and I was wondering if your perl script would run on AROS as well, once some changes had been made to ghostscript-related paths.

@paolone

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Quote: Quote: My printer also doesnlt do wifi so I couldn't print from my phone if I wanted to Both your phone and your printer should get a IP address from your router, hence you should be able to FTP your document from the phone to the printer as well.

Indeed I realised shortly after I posted. Still it seams sening stuff to my phone only to forward to the printer is an extra step that makes life more difficult, doing anyting on my phone other than settings diary events and sending text and makeing phone calls always feels like keyhole surgery with gloves on...

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By the way, I like your approach and I was wondering if your perl script would run on AROS as well, once some changes had been made to ghostscript-related paths.

I'd think so, subject to the version of perl you have and modules required being available.

I build a few extra ones into the standard AmigaOS4 distribution so as to confident that they are available.

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