by Vaibhav
Version 1 (July 9, 2024)
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This project is to use your USB printer with wifi and connect it your network by using old smart phone.
Most of the application which support using your usb printer as network printer are for desktop and no one for android.
This flow will work with PrintServer application and opens it and commands it automatically (if running) to download files from google drive folder and send a message via Clould message block acts as a trigger to print the share document.
1. Install Printshare application
`https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dynamixsoftware.printershare`
Set up their printer using otg with the phone and configuring the printer by downloading the nessasary drivers in printshare application.
*Printshare is a paid application
Please suggest some free printing and working application that can also be automated with few alterations.
2. Autherise the clould message block with google account to send and recieve messages.
3. Set the download google drive block with your remote and your android path.
4. Set the interact touch according to your mobile specifications.
4. You can make a google form that will dump the files directly into the folder to reduce the hassle of opening and closing the folder and uploading the files.
This can also help the small shops with usb printer as only option to make QR of the form link for the customers to direclty dumping the files to print in the folder and they just need to hit send message button.
Without having the hassle of opening the whole desktop for just one print.