diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0229d24..23860d5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,2 +1,36 @@ # OTN (Old To New) Remote Printing Standard ## "Letting Your Old Devices Print Again!" + +Note, I was tired while making this, and kind of just winged it and threw some information on a file. It'll be revised some time later. +Also note, this is TECHNICALLY not a standard, it just sounds cool. + +OTN Remote Printing Standard lets your older devices like a PowerMac G3 or a Windows 2000 computer communicate with newer printers. Or, to be more specific, make a newer computer communicate to a printer for it. + +## How It Works +If you don't want to know and just want to set it up, skip this snd go to "Installation and Usage". Otherwise, read! It's pretty simple! + +In this, the modern computer will be refered to as the "client" and the old computer the "server". This will be explained later. + +The client hosts a script that controls all of the client-side magic. The server connects to the modern PC and inputs information (IP and file name). + +### The Client-side Magic +The client consists of 3 components - the Frontend, WGET, and, the beating heart of OTN, PDFToPrinter. WGET downloads the PDF from the server and PDFToPrinter prints it, while the front end wraps it all up into a user-friendly script. + +### The Not-As-Cool Server-side Magic +The server really only consists of an FTP server, which hosts the PDF files on the computer. + +## Why I Made This Project +Well it's a few years before college, I might as well start making some preparations. I decided I'd use my PowerMac G3 as my main computer and bring my desktop for gaming and to keep some servers I run operational. Sure, I could just use my desktop, but I just really want to use my PowerMac. So I will. One thing I know I'll have to do is print documents. However, I realized that its gonna be hard and expensive to find a printer that has drivers for Mac OS 9.2.2, so I needed a different solution, and that's when I made OTN. + +## Installation and Usage +### PowerMac Instructions +1.) On the server computer (the PowerMac) download the files on the latest release. You may need to use a CD to get it on it. +2.) + +! Under Construction ! +Please check back later! + + +© Innovation Inc. 2019, © SparrDrem 2019 + +Made by Sam :)