[1.42pr4] turtle PrintManager + printAPI

been playing with 1.42pr4, thought it would be fun to program a turtle to take print jobs over rednet and manage print jobs for other computers on a shared printer. Few features missing, like security and status queries, but multi-page support, line wrapping, and multiple passes for multi-color documents are all supported!

a little video I threw together to show it off; source will be available when it's done, or when 1.42 comes out, whichever happens last…

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Nice work Gopher :P/>/>

Puts my printer program to shame!

Will have to modify mine to attempt to beat you (some day)

(not to steal any code (honest) but can I have a look at the source code)

Been busy, gonna be updating gedit, the companion word processor, with advanced computer support, soon, and then releasing both. Already added 3-level password access (admin, color print, basic b/w printing), with the passwords hashed on the server, and a fairly basic installer program. It's really gedit that's been preventing me releasing it, as there are/were some very troublesome bugs coming from the interactions of line wrapping, tab alignment, and indentation.

:edit: heck, since it's been so long, and I specifically worked to make gedit compatible with early versions of cc, I may check out the state of it and release a non-advanced-monitor version before beginning the overhaul to add mouse and on-screen color support to gedit.