But, also, wow! Windows-only and AGPLv3 is not a combination I think I've ever seen before.
mathfailure · 1h ago
For Windows only.
Abandonware.
npodbielski · 49m ago
Looks like it is .NET Framework, so there is possibility to port it to .net core and possibly use via dll or .so as library inside other, linux desktop framework (or in something more portable like Flutter).
sirjaz · 3h ago
We need more things like this. I know people don't like Windows Server because it is not open source, but it is simple to use and get up and running. Also, user management is easy.
sowbug · 2h ago
OT: someone please make a RPi image that "prints" a page to an eink display. I want to duct-tape an RPi Zero and a rechargeable battery to the back of a display, then be able to print recipes to it while cooking. Other people might print board-game rules or speech notes while rehearsing -- anything that you'd typically print and then throw away after brief usage.
I know I could make a PDF, sideload it to a Kindle, etc. Too many steps. I just want the display to appear as a printer on my phone.
navane · 43m ago
I always wanted to tackle this use case with receipt printers, those thermal narrow paper rol ones. But those things are freaking expensive!
colechristensen · 2m ago
Restaurants are going out of business all the time, there's your source
xrendan · 2h ago
I have some really old code that pretty much does this, I'll see if I can find it.
xrendan · 2h ago
Ugh, I don't have it. It was from before I used git.
Basically to do this you have a cups server that exposes itself as a network printer that prints to a specified PDF directory and then you have a program watching that directory for new files and if there's a new one it opens up whatever pdf viewer you want in full screen.
I suspect because of the vintage of this project. This is built on .net Framework 4.x, hence windows only.
edit: and goes deep into COM for device interfaces. Wow! blast from the past.
wolfi1 · 1h ago
.Net Framework is mostly a wrapper for COM
PeterStuer · 1h ago
That's a bit of a streach. Yes, .Net was MS's next gen of component tech following (D)COM, but it grew way past that from the start.
Oras · 4h ago
Yeah, tesseract has lots of issues especially identifying tables
kittikitti · 2h ago
This is an incredible idea! I really like it because it sounds so obvious after being exposed to it but I never thought of it before! I wonder what other ways we could integrate GPT's, LLM's, and other AI into the simple "Print" functionality across all our devices.
But, also, wow! Windows-only and AGPLv3 is not a combination I think I've ever seen before.
Abandonware.
I know I could make a PDF, sideload it to a Kindle, etc. Too many steps. I just want the display to appear as a printer on my phone.
Basically to do this you have a cups server that exposes itself as a network printer that prints to a specified PDF directory and then you have a program watching that directory for new files and if there's a new one it opens up whatever pdf viewer you want in full screen.
Setup a shared pdf printer: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1310867/how-to-set-up-shared...
In theory you could maintain code paths for both, offering a slimmer package for Windows 10+, but that'd also cost more time and effort to maintain.
Also, not many people know Windows comes with an OCR API. It's extremely underused in my opinion.
https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys
edit: and goes deep into COM for device interfaces. Wow! blast from the past.