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Support #610

Network Shared Printer With a Raspberry Pi on Arch

Added by Daniel Curtis over 9 years ago. Updated over 8 years ago.

Status:

Closed

Priority:

Normal

Assignee:

Daniel Curtis

Category:

Print Server

Target version:

Arch Linux

Start date:

04/30/2015

Due date:

% Done:

100%

Estimated time:

2.00 h

Spent time:

5.00 h

Description

This is a guide for setting up a network shared printer on Arch linux using a Raspberry Pi 2. If installing on an original Raspberry Pi, replace armv7h with armv6h accordingly. The printers used in this guide are A Samsung CLP-310 and a Dymo TwinTurbo

Prepare the Environment¶

Make sure the system is up to date:
```
pacman -Syu
```

Install yaourt

Install cups, samba, and some dependencies:

pacman -S cups ghostscript gsfonts samba splix

(Optional) Add a few optional packages:

pacman -S foomatic-db foomatic-db-engine foomatic-db-nonfree gutenprint

Start and enable cups at boot:

systemctl enable org.cups.cupsd.service
systemctl start org.cups.cupsd.service

(Optional) Connect to the web interface with an ssh tunnel:
```
ssh -L 6310:localhost:631 printer.example.com
```
- And connect to http://localhost:6310 in a web browser.

Install Dymo CUPS Driver:
```
yaourt dymo-cups-driver
```
NOTE: Edit the PKGBUILD file and add armv7h to the arch parameter:
```
arch=('i686' 'x86_64' 'armv6h' 'armv7h')
```

Printers can be added in the Administration section. If prompted for a username/password, the local root account will work. Since I am using a Samsung CLP-310 printer, I will use the Samsung CLP-310, 2.0.0 driver provided by the splix package installed earlier; and the DYMO LabelWriter 450 Twin Turbo driver provided by the Dymo CUPS driver package.

Adding Printers to a Windows Workstation¶

At this point the printer can be shared to another computer.

This is done by going to Control Panel -> Devices and Printers -> Add Printer and choosing Add Network Printer.
Then Select a Shared printer by Name and entering http://192.168.0.100:631/printers/Samsung_CLP-310-Series and then using any Samsung PS (PostScript) driver listed.
- NOTE: I used the Samsung CLP-350 PS driver on Windows 7 and it worked perfect.

Setup Windows Shared Printing¶

Create a new samba config file:

cp /etc/samba/smb.conf.sample /etc/samba/smb.conf

Edit the samba config:

nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

And add/modify the following parameter:

[global]
   workgroup = EXAMPLE

[printers]
   comment = All Printers
   path = /var/spool/samba
   browseable = no
   # Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
   guest ok = yes
   writable = no
   printable = yes

[CLP-310]
    comment=Samsung CLP-310 Printer
    printer=clp-310
    path=/var/spool/samba
    printing=cups
    printable=yes
    printer admin=@admin root
    user client driver=yes
    # to allow user 'guest account' to print.
    guest ok=yes
    writable=no

Start and enable samba at boot:

systemctl enable samba.service
systemctl start samba.service

Resources¶

Updated by Daniel Curtis over 9 years ago

Description updated (diff)
Category set to Print Server
Status changed from New to In Progress

Updated by Daniel Curtis over 9 years ago

Subject changed from Network Shared Printer With a Raspberry Pi 2 on Arch to Network Shared Printer With a Raspberry Pi on Arch
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