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The setup I'm trying to achieve is minimal. On site, there would only be a printer which is connected to the internet via ethernet port (or wireless). From off
by buf 12y ago
The setup I'm trying to achieve is minimal. On site, there would only be a printer which is connected to the internet via ethernet port (or wireless). From off site, I want to send an http request to the printer (As an aside, I'm trying to make the request secure somehow).
The http request would look something like this ideally:
curl -X POST --data-urlencode 'html=<html><head><meta charset="utf-8"></head><body><p style="font-family: Comic Sans Ms; font-size: 36px;">YOUR MESSAGE HERE</p><p>YOUR EMAIL</p></body></html>' http://remote.bergcloud.com/playground/direct_print/Q9UCCLRTY6EL http://remote.bergcloud.com/playground/direct_print/Q9UCCLRT...
So I wouldn't have the luxury of having an on site server unfortunately.
PS - I couldn't find your email in your profile. It was empty when I clicked through.
- m0nty 12y agoEmail sent, I hope.
- djb_hackernews 12y agoIf I get what I think you are trying to achieve, I don't think it is possible with just a printer. 1) You'll need some hardware to act as a webserver that can turn the HTTP requests into something the printer understands. Printers don't really have webservers built in to them with HTTP APIs. 2) Firewalls will be a problem even if you have a dedicated webserver. Most likely you'll add some hardware that connects to a central service as a client, and your central service will relay messages down to your device on site.