====== Printserver ======
If you are in a household with several client computers that want to share a printer, you could use a Raspberry Pi or NUC to do so. However, some printjobs can be extremely slow on a Raspberry Pi due to the limited computing power for spooling large pages.
===== Server installation and configuration =====
- Install CUPS: sudo apt install cups
- After the installation go to the dicectory ''/etc/cups'' and edit the ''cupsd.conf''. Edit the following lines: Listen localhost:631
must be Listen *:631
- Look for all sections beginning with '''' and add the following line as a last line in that section to allow printing and administration from the local network: Allow @LOCAL
- On a Raspberry Pi, add the user ''pi'' to the group ''lpadmin'' so you can use this username for the web interface: sudo adduser pi lpadmin
- Afterwards, restart the CUPS daemon: systemctl restart cups
- Finally, go to the CUPS webinterface "Administration" tab on your server through ''https://Server-IP-or-Name:631/admin'' and check the following:
* Share printers connected to this system
* Allow remote administration
* Allow users to cancel any job (not just their own)\\ This shouldn't matter much in your home network, if you are concerned you can of course leave this off.
- Click "Change Settings" and the server is ready to go. Just add your printer(s) as needed.
===== Client configuration =====
On the client side installation and configuration is a lot easier.
- Install the CUPS Client: apt install cups-client
- Create the file ''~/.cups/client.conf'' with the following content: ServerName RaspberryPi-IP-or-Name
It is possible that the directory ''~/.cups'' doesn't exist, just create it. If you prefer that to be a global setting, create that same file in ''/etc/cups''.
- That's it, now you're good to go!
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