Converting the Raspberry Pi to a wireless print server
Conclusions
With just a few steps, you can easily add a multifunction printer with only one USB port to the local network with the help of your Raspberry Pi as a mediator. When properly configured, your mothballed, older printers will have a new, meaningful lease on life – and you can save money in the bargain.
Using SSH
If you have an HDMI display and a USB keyboard, you can configure the Rasp Pi directly on the device itself. Of course, for a compact and unobtrusive print server, you won't want to have a monitor and keyboard attached. The other option is to configure and manage your Rasp Pi from another computer on the network through SSH [3]. The basic installation also comes with an SSH server, removing any obstacles for an SSH-based installation.
Once you know the IP address of your Raspberry Pi system – I will be using 192.168.0.100 in this example – a call to ssh pi@192.168.0.100 opens a console on the Rasp Pi for the default pi user. The password after the basic installation defaults to raspberry. (You will want to call passwd to set a new password at the earliest opportunity.) See the HowTo Corner at the Raspberry Pi Geek website for more on setting up SSH on the Raspberry Pi.
Infos
- Rasp Pi operating system images: http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads
- Raspberry Pi website: http://www.raspberry-pi-geek.com
- Setting up WiFi on the Rasp Pi via SSH: http://www.howtogeek.com/167425/how-to-setup-wi-fi-on-your-raspberry-pi-via-the-command-line/
- SaneTwain: http://sanetwain.ozuzo.net/
- Setting up Mac Sane-TWAIN: http://sidikahawa.blogspot.com/2010/03/scanning-from-my-macs-over-network.html
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