{"id":193,"date":"2020-09-26T13:19:45","date_gmt":"2020-09-26T13:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dft.wiki\/?p=193"},"modified":"2021-02-07T20:22:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T20:22:21","slug":"raspbian-print-server-with-cups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dft.wiki\/?p=193","title":{"rendered":"Raspbian Print Server with CUPS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Give new life to old printers and keep your Raspberry Pi listening for print jobs while idle.<\/p>\n

All the modern printers are coming with integrated Wifi and\/or Ethernet adapters.<\/p>\n

Instead of buying a new printer, just create your own standalone network printer (wired and wireless) with a Raspberry Pi.<\/p>\n

Installing CUPS<\/strong><\/p>\n

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install cups
sudo usermod -a -G lpadmin pi
sudo cupsctl \u2010\u2010remote-any
sudo service cups restart<\/pre>\n
Go tho the browser on the Pi and type:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/127.0.0.1:631 OR http:\/\/localhost:631<\/pre>\n
Or from any other computer in the same network:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/192.168.2.40:631 (remember to put your Pi's IP)<\/pre>\n
Find out the IP address of your Raspberry Pi:<\/p>\n
hostname -I<\/pre>\n
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Click on ‘Administration<\/strong>‘ on the top menu:<\/p>\n
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Click on ‘Add Printer<\/strong>‘:<\/p>\n
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You will be required to switch to an encrypted connection:<\/p>\n
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If your browser asks for confirmation, as Chrome does, click in ‘Advanced<\/strong>‘ and then on the link at the bottom ‘Proceed to …<\/strong>‘<\/p>\n
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Click again on ‘Add Printer<\/strong>‘ and authenticate with the user ‘pi<\/strong>‘:<\/p>\n
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All the printers attached to your Pi and already recognized will be shown on ‘Local Printers<\/strong>‘, select the one you want to install, in my case is the ‘Samsung SCX-3200 Series<\/strong>‘, and ‘Continue<\/strong>‘:<\/p>\n
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Inform the location ‘pi<\/strong>‘, mark ‘Share This Printer<\/strong>‘, and ‘Continue<\/strong>‘:<\/p>\n
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If you find the driver to your printer model o series, great! If not, go online and check which generic driver is compatible with your printer (for the vast majority of the printer there is one compatible driver). Select ‘Another Make\/Manufacturer<\/strong>‘<\/p>\n
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Select ‘Generic<\/strong>‘ and click ‘Continue<\/strong>‘:<\/p>\n
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For Samsung SCX-3200 the compatible driver is ‘Generic PCL 5e Printer<\/strong>‘, and click on ‘Add Printer<\/strong>‘:<\/p>\n
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There are several configurations, but for now just click in ‘Set Default Options<\/strong>‘:<\/p>\n
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Printer added!<\/p>\n
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In your Pi, open the text editor, and try to print something.<\/p>\n
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Installing SAMBA in Raspbian:<\/strong><\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install samba
sudo nano \/etc\/samba\/samba.conf<\/pre>\n
Look for this configuration block. This will make all the CUPS printers available in the Windows network:<\/p>\n
# CUPS printing. 
[printers]
comment = All Printers
browseable = yes
path = \/var\/spool\/samba
printable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = yes
create mask = 0700<\/pre>\n
Make sure all the values are the same and the lines are not commented (remove anything from the beginning of the line).<\/p>\n
Restart the Samba service:<\/p>\n
sudo systemctl restart smbd
sudo systemctl status smbd

OR

sudo service smbd restart
sudo service smbd status<\/pre>\n
How to print from any other computers on the network?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  • From another Linux Desktop\n
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    • The new network printer will be automatically detected and added, nothing has to be done, just print!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • From Windows\n
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      • Samba will allow the Pi to join the Windows network.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        • Add the printer as using IPP (Internet Printing Protocol)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
          Adding printer using Samba in Windows 10:<\/strong><\/p>\n
          Click ‘Start Menu<\/strong>‘ > ‘Settings<\/strong>‘ > ‘Devices<\/strong>‘ > ‘Printers & Scanners<\/strong>‘ > ‘Add Printer or Scanner<\/strong>‘.<\/p>\n
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          Adding printer using IPP in Windows 10:<\/strong><\/p>\n
          Click ‘Start Menu<\/strong>‘ > ‘Settings<\/strong>‘ > ‘Devices<\/strong>‘ > ‘Printers & Scanners<\/strong>‘ > ‘Add Printer or Scanner<\/strong>‘.<\/p>\n
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          Click on ‘The printer that I want isn’t listed<\/strong>‘ > ‘Select a shared printer by name<\/strong>‘.<\/p>\n
          Type ‘http:\/\/192.168.2.40\/printers\/Samsung_SCX-3200_Series<\/strong>‘ where ‘192.168.2.40<\/strong>‘ must be replaced by the IP of your Pi and ‘Samsung_SCX-3200_Series<\/strong>‘ must be replaced by the name of your added printer:<\/p>\n
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          In both cases, Samba or IPP it will require informing the Windows Driver of the printer.<\/p>\n
          How many printers can I share through the Pi?<\/h2>\n
          You can connect several printers using USB hubs and all of them will be available at the same time, even multifunctional printers.<\/p>\n
          If my printer has a scanner, how can I scan?<\/h2>\n
          The scanner will not be ‘shared’ over the network but it can be used through VNC and share the scanned documents on the network.<\/p>\n
          Enable VNC in the ‘Raspberry Pi Configuration<\/strong>‘:<\/p>\n
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          Install the ‘Simple Scan<\/strong>‘:<\/p>\n
          sudo apt install simple-scan<\/pre>\n
          Connect to your Pi via VNC:<\/p>\n
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          Just click in ‘Scan<\/strong>‘ as many pages you want to add in the same PDF file, and then ‘Save<\/strong>‘ on a shared folder.<\/p>\n
          That simple!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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