Why in Android there is nokoprint for printing on any printer, but for linux, Manjaro included, there is still problems with printers !? Why can’t we have a linux nokoprint for example?

Hi @MENAM , and welcome! While I’ve never heard of it before, a quick search led me here where is states, right at the top: NokoPrint - Mobile Printing Print directly from your Android device quickly, easily, and for FREE! And, well, I think that explains it actually… Edit: Setting aside that th…

Hello @MENAM :wink: I agree with @Mirdarthos . Android is based on Linux, but the tools/libraries are so different, so that you can say that they are not binary-compatible. It is like: FreeBSD and MacOS. While MacOS was based on FreeBSD, nowadays, it is different enough, so that you call them diffe…

[image] MENAM: Why in Android there is nokoprint for printing on any printer, Actually, now that I think about it, the closest to this, AFAIK is called driverless printing and while it really is cool, it’s something that would take a lot longer to adopt, since it’s something that has to be ad…

You can see if you will find something useful about (wireless) network printing here: https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php/Printing [image] [root tip] [How To] Basic networked printer setup Tutorials Basic networked printer setup You have a, perhaps new, wirele…

[image] MENAM: Why can’t we have a linux nokoprint for example? Because “we” don’t create/maintain that particular app. If you want that to be available for Linux, then contact the author/maintainer to port it to Linux. It’s a native Android app, something way above what’s common between Andr…

I believe what @leledumbo is looking for is IPP Everywhere. Nokoprint is another name for IPP Everywhere™ I use it all of the time when I go to a clients business and need to print something to one of their printers, I just quickly add the printer using the command line. Example: A client of mine …

[image] DeLinuxCo: Nokoprint is another name for IPP Everywhere™ Interesting. I can’t find that in either PWG relevant page or Nokoprint one , which I believe is what the OP means due to Android mentioned.

[image] DeLinuxCo: IPP Everywhere What driverless printing is built on. I use it, and it’s awesome.

That was my description, not an official one.

Thank you all for your responses. But I wasn’t looking for a « too technical » answer to my questioning, I just wondered if some developpers (what I’m not) can make an « easy to use» app such as nokoprint to install printers on Linux distributions. A month ago I wanted to convince my suppervisor to …

Nokoprint for linux, is it possible? (Network and driverless printing)

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Teo 6 August 2023 14:53 5

You can see if you will find something useful about (wireless) network printing here:
https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php/Printing