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Re:Fake Parallel Printer – A Parallel Port Traffic Capturing... by rbanffy on Friday January 27, 2023 @09:46AM (#34546591)
Every tablet, when plugged into a computer, should present a fake printer device so you can "print" to PDF documents to it.
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Re:Fake Parallel Printer – A Parallel Port Traffic Capturing... by myself248 on Friday January 27, 2023 @10:07AM (#34546840)
That seems like it shouldn't be hard to write as an Android app for any kernel that has USB gadget support... hmmm!
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Re:Fake Parallel Printer – A Parallel Port Traffic Capturing... by myself248 on Friday January 27, 2023 @03:51PM (#34551677)
Oh hey.

https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/usb/gadget_printer....

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Re:Fake Parallel Printer – A Parallel Port Traffic Capturing... by hardenedmetapod on Friday January 27, 2023 @06:25PM (#34553206)
It works!

https://streamable.com/t9rycs

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Re:Fake Parallel Printer – A Parallel Port Traffic Capturing... by myself248 on Friday January 27, 2023 @06:30PM (#34553255)
You maniac.
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Re:Fake Parallel Printer – A Parallel Port Traffic Capturing... by hardenedmetapod on Friday January 27, 2023 @06:25PM (#34553202)
Thanks for the brainworm

https://streamable.com/t9rycs

And yes that is the Steam Deck USB gadget working as a printer.

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