dirtysanchez Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Do any of you guys use small label type printers to give a shooter a copy of his score after entry onto the tablet? If so, what kind/type and what OS can you use? Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckS Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 The ranges out west are just too dusty for that sort of device. Either hand written or none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester121 Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Stage printers are: expensive (more expensive than a tablet, for bluetooth/battery powered) fragile (not designed to be banged around in dust, rain, humidity, heat, cold, etc.) maintenance nightmares (bad enough having shooters messing with tablets, I don't want them clearing paper jams) printing from tablets isn't particular standardized like it is for PCs, though it's better than it used to be (configuration hassles) Until USPSA changes the rulebook to put a fork in the backup paper scoresheet once and for all, a pre-printed summary sheet that has all the stages on one sheet seems like the way to go for majors. I'm pretty sure it was euxx (Eugene of Android Practiscore fame) who messed around with some printing options and it was eventually abandoned as pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bkreutz Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 If the shooter wants a record of his score, have him/her take a picture of the tablet with their smart phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euxx Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 (edited) 4 hours ago, jester121 said: Stage printers are: expensive (more expensive than a tablet, for bluetooth/battery powered) fragile (not designed to be banged around in dust, rain, humidity, heat, cold, etc.) The expensive part is not exactly true. There are plenty of options of bt thermal printers within $30..80 price range. There are even used ones in a rugged cases... 4 hours ago, jester121 said: printing from tablets isn't particular standardized like it is for PCs, though it's better than it used to be (configuration hassles) Also not true. The printing interface been added to Android app over 2 years ago and it hasn't been changed since. People just started using it now 4 hours ago, jester121 said: I'm pretty sure it was euxx (Eugene of Android Practiscore fame) who messed around with some printing options and it was eventually abandoned as pointless Never said I abandoned it. I enabled option for printing from android app. It is up to the users if they wanted it or not. Edited July 5, 2017 by euxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb72 Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 4 hours ago, Bkreutz said: If the shooter wants a record of his score, have him/her take a picture of the tablet with their smart phone. Sometimes the simplest solution is the best solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euxx Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 2 hours ago, davidb72 said: Sometimes the simplest solution is the best solution. Simple, like trying to take a picture of tablet screen in a bright sun light or rain with a phone you normally would not carry with you while shooting a stage? Hmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHicks8h Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 I have ran one of the thermal printers for about a year now. Saw one of Eugene's youtube videos and did the same. Haven't really had an issue with the thermal printers. Sat it in the sun all day multiple times and still working. The issue I have running at club matches is the inexperience on the scoring devices and most of our stage devices are the legacy non-bluetooth versions. On the android I used the POS Printer Driver app as the interface for the bluetooth thermal printer. From the approve scoring screen tap the top corner that says share and it will print. I personally would rather see more of these at Level 2 matches than seeing ROs copy on to sheets. Just more of a chance of human error while copying, which I have seen quite a bit over L2 matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester121 Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 On 7/5/2017 at 3:30 PM, euxx said: The expensive part is not exactly true. There are plenty of options of bt thermal printers within $30..80 price range. There are even used ones in a rugged cases... Also not true. The printing interface been added to Android app over 2 years ago and it hasn't been changed since. People just started using it now Never said I abandoned it. I enabled option for printing from android app. It is up to the users if they wanted it or not. Good to know -- my recollections were way out of date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hungry Beagle Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 An undocumented feature isn't really helpful. A google search turned up several videos and webpages where people show that it works or complain that setup is "not easy", but not a single page where they explain what they did. I have one on order to see if I can make it work, but it would be nice to have a starting point other than vague statements that it can be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathanb Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 You could just allow stage syncing. Requires wifi Though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtysanchez Posted October 19, 2017 Author Share Posted October 19, 2017 Thanks for all the replies guys. Sorry about being late to get back to you. We're experimenting as I speak. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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