Last Updated 12 hours by cneuhaus
Just some stuff I learned after a long Sunday on printing:
Setup:
- HP107w printer connected via USB to a local server
- CUPS installed on this server
Requirements:
- print from local server, e.g. via
echo "This is a test print" | lp
- print from any desktop PC (windows or Linux from my network)
- driverless installation -no need to install the HP 107 driver
- Do not use the Wifi-Part of the printer – dont like to have it enabled
Solution:
- Driverless printing: use IPP:Everywhere – that is a protocol where the printer gets pdf or postscript and manages the rest by itself – no need to install a driver
- Use ipp-usb on the local server to connect the USB printer and make it available via ipp, once installed it looks for usb-printers, that should be visible via lsusb before
- Find the ipp-url of this printer, this is the URL to reach the printer *locally* , magic command is below, check that (USB) is there
sudo lpinfo -v
network ipp://HP%20Laser%20107w%20(HPF4390959C9CB)%20(USB)._ipp._tcp.local/
- To make the printer available in the network, you have cups installed on the local server, the trick to configure cups:
- create new printer, and select “Internet Printing Protocoll (ipp)
- on the next page copy the ipp-URL just connected.
- CUPS moves the printer from the local domain and makes it available on the network.
Result:
- Printing from Linux works fine
- Printing from Windows is still a bit buggy .. following up on this
