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Originally Posted by nokian111 View Post
how can i print from my n800...any ideas?
- i've been giving this some thought tonight (i think better after some chile rellenos and a Pocito)...

- one possible solution that came to mind, which i'll try sometime tomorrow, is to set up an every minute crontab to run a script that parses a remote FTP or Share directory for any new file and that will then use lpr to print the file, then clear out the directory (i'm not worried about multiple users)...

- this way i can print *any* type of 'sane' file from my n800 (i.e., a txt, pdf, html, jpg, or doc, not an mp3 or avi, etc)

- plus, a simple gui on the n800 can be used to send the file - all without the overhead and need for a 'local' (on the n800) printing subsystem!

- waddya think?

Last edited by linux_author; 2008-02-02 at 03:24.
 

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