Implement interaction with printer
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Description
### What is the problem or limitation you are having?
Toga currently offers support to some hardware, like camera and computer screen, but doesn't offer direct access to printer or scanner.
### Describe the solution you'd like
The ideal implementation of this feature would be able to handle:
- Raw text
- Text files (e.g. txt or pdf)
- Image files (e.g. png or jpeg)
One pice of the content listed above would be handed to the OS-specfic print dialog, like the ones attached below, where page selection, printer selection, orientation and other configurations should happen, outside of the Toga application.
Linux (GTK):
https://docs.gtk.org/gtk4/class.PrintUnixDialog.html
Windows:
MacOS:
Android:
### Describe alternatives you've considered
Handling printers and printing in python is not very straightfoward:
- there is a package dedicated to windows `win32print`, `win32ui`
- the solution I found for Unix systems would issue a `lp` command to the system, using Python's `subprocess` package
### Additional context
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Contributor guide
Research direction
No source file or test is named. Start by clarifying the supported platforms and the API boundary using the GTK, Windows, macOS, and Android print-dialog examples, including which raw and file-based inputs are required; done means an agreed cross-platform scope and verified printer interaction.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 28/100