Use Printer via Raspberry Pi's wifi

i3 · 2015-11-21 00:36:58

Hello,

I have my printer (Brother MFC) plugged via ethernet to my RPi. My RPi is connected to my wifi router.

What I want to do is: I want to see my printer in my "normal" network so I can use it from every notebook in the house.
What is the right way? Forwarding or a Bridge? And how is it done??

Please consider that I do not want to use the RPi as a (CUPS) Print server, because it won't work since there are no driver packages for arm architecture.

Hope you guys can help me.

ewaller · 2015-11-21 00:57:15

I believe there is no other way than to run a print server on the Raspberry Pi. Sorry.
I don't think your assertion is correct though. DD-WRT supports this. https://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Printer_Sharing, so there are Arm solutions.

Moderator mode. This is dangerously close to a non-Arch problem; I'll leave it open as you are (I assume) trying to print from Arch.

Trilby · 2015-11-21 01:04:42

i3 wrote:

I have my printer (Brother MFC) plugged via ethernet...

If the printer can be connected via ethernet, why not connect it directly to the router/modem?

ewaller · 2015-11-21 01:42:15

Trilby wrote:

If the printer can be connected via ethernet....

Doh! I read that as USB to the Raspberry Pi. If it is Networked, I assume there is a router or switch; otherwise, how would the Rasp-pi be visible to the Arch box.

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#1 2015-11-21 00:36:58

Use Printer via Raspberry Pi's wifi

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