On 19.02.2014 16:13, Arthur Dent wrote: > On Wed, 2014-02-19 at 09:58 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> On 02/19/2014 09:41 AM, Arthur Dent wrote: >>> I am a bit lost. Has anyone got this working on a Fedora machine? >> >> >> >> the HL-2170w should stand alone, Fedora shouls not have anything to do >> with the Apple Mac's printing. >> >> I have two Brother laser printers here, one is an HL-2170w and I have >> the only Fedora system in the house, all the other stuff is Apple and >> they all print to my printers, mainly the 2170 since it is the newest >> and produces the best copy for them. I don't know off the top of my head >> how to set up a printer on a Mac but the other family members are >> typical Mac users and have no trouble finding my printer. I did tell >> them the name, HL2170w and the address, in my case I gave it 102.158.1.5. >> >> Hope that helps a little, >> >> Bob >> > Thanks Bob... > > No, the printer works just fine as a network printer. If I had a Mac I'm > sure I would have no problem connecting to it and printing. > > What I'm trying to do is to use the printer as an "AirPrint" printer > that can be used with an iPad or iPhone. You cannot install printer > drivers on these devices and so they can only print to certain printers > that are sold as AirPrint compatible devices. However, it seems that by > tweaking Cups you can fool them into being able to print to any printer > that is a shared printer on Cups. I just can quite work out how to do > it... > > Anyone? > > > https://github.com/tjfontaine/airprint-generate poma -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
