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I've been using netcat for 4 years to print in my office. I'm on linux, and i convert non-text files to postscript via the firefox "Print to file" functionality
by blueflow 5y ago
I've been using netcat for 4 years to print in my office. I'm on linux, and i convert non-text files to postscript via the firefox "Print to file" functionality (save as *.ps), and then netcat that postscript to the printers IP port 9100. This requires the -N option of netcat to work correctly.
I did not realize this was an exotic thing to do?
Edit: Now that im testing it, i see that firefox has recently dropped support for printing to postscript. Classic firefox. Can someone recommend me an alternative browser?
- jleahy 5y agoJust print to pdf and add pdftops (from poppler) to your pipeline.