Creating a raw printer queue in CUPS (host) and adding them through CUPS (client)

Question

I want to make my RasPi act as a little print and file server in a small home network consisting of three Linux clients. Unfortunately, Brother provides only binary drivers

Answer 1

[...] how to create a raw queue on the RasPi

1. From the Pi (or an SSH/Putty session) add yourself to the lpadmin group

   sudo adduser $USER lpadmin

2. Enable remote administration (or manually)

   sudo cupsctl --remote-admin

3. Cycle CUPS to make sure it likes you

   sudo service cups restart -- OR -- sudo /etc/init.d/cups restart

4. Navigate to http://localhost:631 (of if you don't have keyboard access: http://<ip_address_of_pi>:631 from another machine)

5. Navigate to Administration, Add Printer

   a. When prompted to login, use your standard username and password.

   b. Note: If the password doesn't work, sudo reboot, try again.

6. AppSocket/HP JetDirect, then:

   a. Network Attached: socket://<ip_of_printer>:9100

   b. USB Attached: socket://<usb_handle> find using lpinfo -v |grep usb:, you don't need the "? location=1a200000" information. Assumes proper driver is installed first. Note, if your device driver isn't offered for ARM architecture, see this article.

7. Make: Raw (NOT Generic)

8. Name It, Share It, Continue

9. Go back to CUPS Administration page at http://localhost:631 a. Enable printer sharing via:

   .[X] Share printers connected to this system

   . [X] Allow printing from the internet

[...] how to access it from the clients

This varies greatly between platforms.

1. The general URL format is: http://<ip_of_pi>:631/printers/<name_used_in_step_8_above>

   a. Windows: Devices and Printers, Add Printer (NOT Add Device, it's in the toolbar), Manually Select/Not Listed, Local or Network Printer with Manual Settings, Create a new port, Standard TCP/IP Port

   b. MacOS: Enable, then use the CUPS web interface. The GUI can't do it. You'll need to be in admin group and know your user id (e.g. echo $USER)

   c. Linux: Using the GUI or CUPS, Network Printer, AppSocket/HP JetDirect

Answer 2

I know it is a bit outdated, but I tried the same thing and ran into a problem: What is said above is correct, but I found out that the HL-2030 did not work in my setup with the Gutenprint driver. I needed to install the foomatic drivers

sudo apt-get install foomatic-filters foomatic-db-engine

Then choose the

Brother HL-2030 Foomatic/hl1250 (recommended)

from the list of printers in the web interface. And everything worked fine.

Answer 3

Found a solution for the problem which I described in a little tutorial: https://forum.manjaro.org/t/how-to-set-up-a-remote-printer-which-is-attached-to-a-raspberry-pi-or-any-other-arm-computer/57056