Question: Making Kindle a printer

Ricky23289 · 01-14-2014, 01:00 AM

Hi,

I want to make the kindle a networkprinter. Is that possible in a more or less easy way?
I tried to search for short time on google, but nothing usable came in my sight... and I'm not too much into driver/hardware stuff. So I decided to ask, to avoid suprises related to kindle.

additional information(To make the question not be out of nowhere.):

Spoiler:

thanks

hawhill · 01-14-2014, 07:38 AM

It's interesting - and shouldn't be not too hard, in fact. You'd "just" take Ghostscript and some network printing server software (CUPS? Samba? LPD?) and you're done. You could probably lift them out of Debian.

If I understand your project correctly, that is. You want to offer a "network printer" using the Kindle (via Wifi) to the local network, which then doesn't in fact physically print but rather creates a document on the Kindle, right?

HarryT · 01-14-2014, 08:01 AM

I don't see the point of this. Why not just use a PDF printer driver on the device you're printing from, if you want to create PDF output?

hawhill · 01-14-2014, 08:52 AM

It's more an issue of the means of document transport, rather than document format - if I understand this correctly.

Ricky23289 · 01-15-2014, 03:41 AM

yeh, you got me perfectly right @hawhill

... Ok.... so I'll take ghostscript, LPD as buzz words and see, what I can do...

If I'm right, kindle initially runs under linux right? So I could basically just make my own debian(even though it is a VM ^^) a network printer and then try to port it to kindle.

thanks

greets

twobob · 01-15-2014, 03:43 AM

Yeah. most of that has been done before. The printer bit not so much, but the rest... Just have a look around.

01-14-2014, 01:00 AM	#1
Ricky23289 Nameless Being	Question: Making Kindle a printer Hi, I want to make the kindle a networkprinter. Is that possible in a more or less easy way? I tried to search for short time on google, but nothing usable came in my sight... and I'm not too much into driver/hardware stuff. So I decided to ask, to avoid suprises related to kindle. additional information(To make the question not be out of nowhere.): Spoiler: I'm not satisfied with the kindle remote desktop programs. I'm planning a program, that receives userinput from PC and displays it ( but not as a picture, but as text. So someone can just see all the content like a usual book for kindle. I was thinking of a software-sofware solution, but some devices (e.g. ipad) do not support a connection to kindle, so I want a more 'you can use it with every device' option. So the printer-thing came to my mind. btw: if someone has interest in this project, I'd appreciate help, as I'm new to kindle programming and have only a minor amount of time thanks

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01-14-2014, 07:38 AM	#2
hawhill Wizard Posts: 1,379 Karma: 2155307 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Goettingen, Germany Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Mini	It's interesting - and shouldn't be not too hard, in fact. You'd "just" take Ghostscript and some network printing server software (CUPS? Samba? LPD?) and you're done. You could probably lift them out of Debian. If I understand your project correctly, that is. You want to offer a "network printer" using the Kindle (via Wifi) to the local network, which then doesn't in fact physically print but rather creates a document on the Kindle, right?

01-14-2014, 08:01 AM	#3
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I don't see the point of this. Why not just use a PDF printer driver on the device you're printing from, if you want to create PDF output?

01-14-2014, 08:52 AM	#4
hawhill Wizard Posts: 1,379 Karma: 2155307 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Goettingen, Germany Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Mini	It's more an issue of the means of document transport, rather than document format - if I understand this correctly.

01-15-2014, 03:41 AM	#5
Ricky23289 Nameless Being	yeh, you got me perfectly right @hawhill ... Ok.... so I'll take ghostscript, LPD as buzz words and see, what I can do... If I'm right, kindle initially runs under linux right? So I could basically just make my own debian(even though it is a VM ^^) a network printer and then try to port it to kindle. thanks greets

01-15-2014, 03:43 AM	#6
twobob ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°){ʇlnɐɟ ƃǝs}Týr Posts: 6,586 Karma: 6299993 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: uti gratia usura (Yao ying da ying; Mo ying da yieng) Device: PW-WIFI\|K5-3G+WIFI\| K4\|K3-3G\|DXG\|K2\| Rooted Nook Touch	Yeah. most of that has been done before. The printer bit not so much, but the rest... Just have a look around.

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