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Making an old USB printer support Apple AirPrint using a Raspberry Pi

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Making an old USB printer support Apple AirPrint using a Raspberry Pi

There are longer tutorials on how to connect a USB printer to a Raspberry Pi and make it accessible via AirPrint but here's the minimal one that's just a list of commands and simple instructions.

1. Install Raspbian on a SD card

2. Mount SD card on some machine and navigate to /. Add a file called ssh and set up wpa_supplicant.conf for WiFi access. Now you have headless and don't need a keyboard or monitor.

3. Boot. Login. sudo raspi-config. Change password.

4. Connect printer via USB cable

5. Then execute the following sequence of commands to set up CUPS and make it accessible on the network.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get full-upgrade
sudo apt-get install cups
sudo usermod -a -G lpadmin pi
sudo cupsctl --remote-any
sudo systemctl restart cups

6. Visit http://raspberrypi:631/admin and add the local printer. Make sure "sharing" is enabled on the printer.

7. Then make sure AirPrint is set up

sudo apt-get install avahi-daemon
sudo reboot

Printer should work now via AirPrint.

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