Print from android.

[coutinh...@gmail.com]

Good afternoon.

I would love to learn how to print to a thermal printer directly from my tablet.

Do we have any suggestions? Do you have an example?

Grateful.

[Elias Coutinho]

Good morning, is there a possibility for a Kivy application to send text directly to a printer plucked on the tablet's usb?

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Elias Coutinho.
Aprender sobre alguns assuntos é fundamental.
Aprender sobre Deus é indiscutivelmente o melhor conteúdo.

[Robert]

https://developer.android.com/training/printing

[Elias Coutinho]

Hi Robert, I was very excited about being able to send printable data with python.

In this link you sent me there is still no solution with python.

Do we have an alternative?

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[Robert]

Regardless of platform, Python (or most languages) has no built in idea of a thing called a printer.

Generally it is the OS that knows what a printer is.

On your desktop a program creates a file which it sends to the OS, and the OS then sends the file to the printer.

If you want to use Android's printer api from Python, you can access it via Pyjnius

https://github.com/Android-for-Python/Android-for-Python-Users#basic-pyjnius-usage

I do not know of a Pyjnius example accessing a printer, which does not mean one does not exist.

I don't know what your skill set is, but a printer driver is absolutely not a beginner task.

And depending what format data you want to print it can be a big challenge. Just so you know.

You may find it easier to save whatever you want to a file in some standard format, and use a 3rd party print app.