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TCP/IP network printing idea for GS/OS
- Subject: TCP/IP network printing idea for GS/OS
- From: Eric Rucker <bhtooefr@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:08:21 -0800 (PST)
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I had an idea that should work great for network printing using
Marinetti...
The JetDirect "protocol" is basically a raw data stream. Open port
9100 on the print server, and dump data in... and as far as the
printer's concerned, it was connected via a serial or parallel cable.
So, one could write a GS/OS port driver to do this, and I suspect, if
one knew how port drivers worked (I barely have the foggiest idea, but
not having access to the TBRs, and not being all that good at
programming means I'm utterly failing figuring it out,) a Marinetti
port driver for the print manager could fairly easily be written.
Anyone see any holes in my ideas here?