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Printing without paper: Your e-ink display as a real printer

We have built an IPP printer driver that allows you to use any connected paperlesspaper display like a regular printer on your computer.

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It is a simple, "dumb" solution: You click on Print – and instead of killing a tree, the print job is converted into an image and sent to the E-Ink display.

In the web application the printer can be used as a "printer" integration.

The repository is open source and can be found here:
https://github.com/paperlesspaper/paperlessprinter

Basically, it does the following:
Print button → PNG → send to any API → your E-Ink display

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What's good about it:

  • It works with anything that can print, and users don't have to learn a new workflow.
  • Very easy setup: You just have to click a button to set up the printer (at least on macOS).
  • You can set up multiple "printers" for multiple displays.
  • It can work over the internet (and is secure as a token can be attached).
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