Michelle Cortez

Has anyone tried printing directly from a max patch using jitter? I am wanting to purchase a mini instant printer but I am not sure if this is even possible? Any advice would help! Thank you!

experimenting-with-instant-printer

I have been able print to a standard printer fairly easily using terminal commands and the shell.mxo external object. While I don't know what OS you are using, this might work for you or at least get you started.

For example, I can print an image from the terminal using

Exporting a jitter matrix as an image and then sending the appropriate message to the shell object prints the image. I also do not know if this will work for a mini instant printer as I have never used one.

Here is link to the shell object and an example patch:

For example, I can print an image from the terminal using
$ lpr filename.jpg

Exporting a jitter matrix as an image and then sending the appropriate message to the shell object prints the image. I also do not know if this will work for a mini instant printer as I have never used one.
Here is link to the shell object and an example patch:

I appreciate the help! This patch worked perfectly :)

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I appreciate the help! This patch worked perfectly :)


Experimenting with instant printer