[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #6715: Network Printing Transport Layer
- From: "stargatefan" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2010 22:24:06 -0000
#6715: Network Printing Transport Layer
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Reporter: stargatefan | Owner: axeld
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: | Version: R1/alpha2
Servers/net_server | Keywords: Printing network printer print
Resolution: | Has a Patch: 0
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Platform: All |
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Comment (by stargatefan):
Let me snoop around I think I might know someone who might hold the key to
this. I know when I install the epson software on my winxp partition that
the epson software searchs for the printer via some method I am sure I
could watch it from the router dialog. Maybe we could log the way it
searchs. My other thought is that the printer should be able to be pinged.
So we might be able to send out pings to all adress's and have those
return pings self identify and then have the user select the one that
returns the proper name. I also think most network printers have a mac ID
block that each manufacturer tends to use. So it might be possiable to
look for specific mac ID headers. IE epson might use mac-0005-0345-789 and
that all epson devices use 0005.
I'll see what I can find for ya.
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