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by nicolaslem 1343 days ago
> A home web server is probably STILL the easiest way to get files to heterogeneous computers and phones and tablets and...

Similarly for printing, I would love a local web app that I could submit PDFs to and get a printer to print the pages. I could imagine scanning working in reverse. I tried googling a bit but alas it seems no one has done it.
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cestith 1343 days ago
Some higher-end printers have HTTPS or LPD (or even FTP) printing built into them. As far as using a web app to queue to a printer that's working on a local Linux machine or so, the webapp could be as simple as just a file upload form and app backed by incron with the right command assigned to the event I think.

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/incron-command-in-linux-with-e...

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zh3 1343 days ago
For dumb printers we use CUPS, even cheap printers (Oki B412dn here) just plug into the network and are found by most things (even Windows these days).
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nicolaslem 1343 days ago
I also use CUPS on a Pi to put a dumb printer on the network, but I still routinely have issues with my devices not finding the printer or not scaling the page properly.

This is why I was thinking that a plain web app with a known good driver could solve these problems.

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