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Originally Posted by Boris
I've just bought an Iliad and while waiting for it to turn up I've been having a look at what I can get it to do for me. The job I do requires large amounts of paperwork, manuals and the like. Some of which needs to be in hard copy form, so the question I have is, can I print directly from the Iliad to a USB printer?
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Printing to an USB printer could be quite hard (i.e. untested, at least for the part of using the USB for "other things" that mounting usb-storage devices).
OTOH, if you want to print to a network printer that supports postscript (for example a modern LasterJet with a JetDirect adapter, or a Networked Laserjet), it could be doable, at least for PDFs.
Nevertheless, some way to get a print dialog for ipdf would be needed (the old xpdf had it), and a script for printing would also be needed. The easiest way to print is using the perl implementation of lpr that comes with lprng's sources.
So, for it to work:
1. We would need perl for the iliad (AFAICT, nobody has ported it; perhaps
microperl is sufficient for those scripts, but that would have to be tested)
2. Modify ipdf or recompile xpdf for the iliad (I think the latter is easier)
3. Do some scripts to print using the perl lpr implementation to a network printer of your choice (being connected to the network, of course, but for that we have scripts now).
Just information for thought...