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How to build a printer

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Comments (39)

  • ValdikSS
    >penguin would shrink the result to fit its screen. >I declared A5 and Letter paper, media type stationery, and an output bin called face-up.You can (and should!) define exact dimensions of your screen in `media-size-supported`. It will probably be a non-standard IPP name, that's why you should define that in `media-supported` as `om_NNNmmxYYYmm` or `oe_NNNinxYYYin`That way you don't need to scale the incoming data, the PC will format it exactly to the dimensions of the screen.Both PWG Raster and Apple Raster support 1-bit-per-pixel mode (instead of 8-bit-per-pixel you use), that's why the input could be 8 times less in size. Use `print-color-mode-{supported,default}=bi-level` instead of `monochrome` for that. And also tune `urf-supported`'s `W` option, use `W1` for this case.The screen/dithering could be ass in 1-bit mode, see https://github.com/OpenPrinting/libcupsfilters/pull/160 where I added more dithering options (Linux-only though, Apple seems to abandon their CUPS).
  • alternativeworl
    Very cool. I was expecting to learn about the ins and outs of ink, printheads etc but instead learned "How to build a paper that acts like a printer" which turned out much more entertaining.
  • ks2048
    Good job, but I’m left wanting to know how to build a printer.
  • jarboot
    This is amazing!!! It just makes sense. And its just how you would want to use a e reader.
  • greazy
    I don't understand the purpose. What am I missing?The author "prints" to the eink display. Why not load say the pdf directly?
  • joshmarinacci
    I love the concept, but I wonder why he wasn’t printing to PDF. Can this device not render PDFs?
  • NDlurker
    Very cool. I'll be updating to this fork
  • andyfilms1
    We finally have PADDs from Star Trek!
  • sho_hn
    This is a fantastic idea!
  • stavros
    I've been seeing the Xteink a lot lately. Should I get an X3 or an X4? I don't really know why I want it, but I have an eInk addiction, so I just need it.
  • Brian_K_White
    Outstanding! This is so...correct.
  • phoenixtao
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