Comment on How to build a printerComments−yeasin-arafat3dEmulating a network printer to send pages to an e-ink screen is such a clever hack. Every OS already has the print dialog built in.−conorcleary3dJust like print-to-pdf is (one of many) peeves of adobe's−yeasin-arafat1dExactly. Anytime you can leverage a universal OS protocol, you instantly bypass the proprietary gatekeepers. Building on open standards is always the smarter architectural play.
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Emulating a network printer to send pages to an e-ink screen is such a clever hack. Every OS already has the print dialog built in.
Just like print-to-pdf is (one of many) peeves of adobe's
Exactly. Anytime you can leverage a universal OS protocol, you instantly bypass the proprietary gatekeepers. Building on open standards is always the smarter architectural play.