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Before you get spooked by another project going to the Google Graveyard(tm), they are sunsetting this in favor of Internet Printing Protocol[0][1], the same ope

by easton 6y ago

Before you get spooked by another project going to the Google Graveyard(tm), they are sunsetting this in favor of Internet Printing Protocol[0][1], the same open protocol that AirPrint and Microsoft's new Universal Print uses. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Printing_Protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Printing_Protocol 1: https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/7276100?hl=en https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/7276100?hl=en

tinus_hn 6y ago
This is for ‘Chrome OS’. Is this also being introduced for Android devices? As AirPrint is a reasonable protocol I tried looking for how to print to it from non Apple operating systems but all I found was ways to make Linux servers present their printers as AirPrint printers. Great but how to print to them from Linux/Android/Windows?
- gumby 6y ago
  It's not that complicated. The protocol is defined here https://tools.ietf.org/html/std92 https://tools.ietf.org/html/std92 but if you don't feel like doing the plumbing yourself, just use CUPS.
- izacus 6y ago
  I think Android has it in "Default print service", although there's certanly printers that will be left behind. E.g. my Cloud Print compatible Oki doesn't have a way forward for Android anymore.
  - tssva 6y ago
    Have you tried the Oki print app?
    - izacus 6y ago
      Yeah, it's pretty awful and it doesn't register as a print service (so you can't print from other apps).
      - tssva 6y ago
        It appears they also have the "OKI Print Plugin" in the play store which appears to be a print service.
        izacus 6y ago
        Oh this is new, great! Thanks :)
- the_pwner224 6y ago
  It works great under Linux. I got a new Brother printer recently and in CUPS using the autodetected IPP printer actually gave better results than trying to install the Brother drivers (stuff like double sided printing, margins, DPI options all worked out of the box on IPP and not so well with the drivers).
reaperducer 6y ago
they are sunsetting this in favor of Internet Printing Protocol Which matters not at all to people who spent hundreds of dollars on internet connected printers and scanners that support Google Cloud Print. Firmware update? Nope. Chuck it in the landfill and write another check.
- ehutch79 6y ago
  I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that these same printers support ipp.
  - reaperducer 6y ago
    Not the one I have. Google Cloud Print or the manufacturer app only.
    - oliwarner 6y ago
      Plug it into a raspberry pi over USB, share over CUPS.
VikingCoder 6y ago
I follow your [1] link, and it doesn't work for me. It tells me to sign in to admin.google.com, but that says: "admin.google.com is used for G Suite accounts only. Regular Gmail accounts cannot be used to sign in to admin.google.com." Is there a way to use Internet Printing Protocol without being a G Suite account? EDIT: Okay, I see that maybe I can do it myself. Looking up the IPP/IPPS instructions from my printer (Canon TS9120).

by easton 6y ago

tinus_hn 6y ago

This is for ‘Chrome OS’. Is this also being introduced for Android devices? As AirPrint is a reasonable protocol I tried looking for how to print to it from non Apple operating systems but all I found was ways to make Linux servers present their printers as AirPrint printers. Great but how to print to them from Linux/Android/Windows?

gumby 6y ago
It's not that complicated. The protocol is defined here https://tools.ietf.org/html/std92 https://tools.ietf.org/html/std92 but if you don't feel like doing the plumbing yourself, just use CUPS.
izacus 6y ago
I think Android has it in "Default print service", although there's certanly printers that will be left behind. E.g. my Cloud Print compatible Oki doesn't have a way forward for Android anymore.
- tssva 6y ago
  Have you tried the Oki print app?
  - izacus 6y ago
    Yeah, it's pretty awful and it doesn't register as a print service (so you can't print from other apps).
    - tssva 6y ago
      It appears they also have the "OKI Print Plugin" in the play store which appears to be a print service.
      - izacus 6y ago
        Oh this is new, great! Thanks :)
the_pwner224 6y ago
It works great under Linux. I got a new Brother printer recently and in CUPS using the autodetected IPP printer actually gave better results than trying to install the Brother drivers (stuff like double sided printing, margins, DPI options all worked out of the box on IPP and not so well with the drivers).

reaperducer 6y ago

they are sunsetting this in favor of Internet Printing Protocol Which matters not at all to people who spent hundreds of dollars on internet connected printers and scanners that support Google Cloud Print. Firmware update? Nope. Chuck it in the landfill and write another check.

ehutch79 6y ago
I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that these same printers support ipp.
- reaperducer 6y ago
  Not the one I have. Google Cloud Print or the manufacturer app only.
  - oliwarner 6y ago
    Plug it into a raspberry pi over USB, share over CUPS.

VikingCoder 6y ago

I follow your [1] link, and it doesn't work for me. It tells me to sign in to admin.google.com, but that says: "admin.google.com is used for G Suite accounts only. Regular Gmail accounts cannot be used to sign in to admin.google.com." Is there a way to use Internet Printing Protocol without being a G Suite account? EDIT: Okay, I see that maybe I can do it myself. Looking up the IPP/IPPS instructions from my printer (Canon TS9120).