Print Server is one of those things that makes life easier. I hooked up my Raspberry Pi and a Docker image in order to have a CUPS server and the Bonjour configuration.
Login to the Raspberry Pi and switch to root (sudo -s or sudo su –)
Check lsusb to see if you can see the USB device.
root@raspberrypi:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 8564:1000 Transcend Information, Inc. JetFlash
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0424:7800 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:2514 Standard Microsystems Corp. USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:2514 Standard Microsystems Corp. USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
root@raspberryp:~#
If you don’t see it, check to see that the device is properly plugged in.
Check again, and you’ll see your manufacture for your printer listed. (highlighted in red)
root@raspberrypi:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 03f0:7411 Hewlett-Packard
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 8564:1000 Transcend Information, Inc. JetFlash
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0424:7800 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:2514 Standard Microsystems Corp. USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:2514 Standard Microsystems Corp. USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
root@raspberrypi:~#
Further, I am able to see the exact model that is connected:
root@raspberrypi:~# lsusb -v | grep -A 20 Hewlett-Packard
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 03f0:7411 Hewlett-Packard
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x03f0 Hewlett-Packard
idProduct 0x7411
bcdDevice 1.00
iManufacturer 1 HP
iProduct 2 Photosmart C4600 series
iSerial 3 |||MASKED|||MASKED|||MASKED|||
I’ll use these details downstream in order to install and use the HP driver.
If you still don’t see the USB device, you should check dmesg and look at the pattern for USB.
[3077006.701281] usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 7 using dwc_otg
[3077006.831891] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=03f0, idProduct=7411
[3077006.831908] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[3077006.831917] usb 1-1.2: Product: Photosmart C4600 series
[3077006.831925] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: HP
If you don’t see it, unplug and plug the device back in.
You can also use usb-devices
T: Bus=01 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=01 Cnt=02 Dev#= 7 Spd=480 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=03f0 ProdID=7411 Rev=01.00
S: Manufacturer=HP
S: Product=Photosmart C4600 series
S: SerialNumber=<<>><<>>
C: #Ifs= 4 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr=2mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=cc Prot=00 Driver=(none)
I: If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=07(print) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=usblp
I: If#= 2 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=(none)
I: If#= 3 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=08(stor.) Sub=06 Prot=50 Driver=usb-storage
Copy the Dockerfile and the cupsd file locally (in the folder etc-cups/cupsd.conf). Cupsd is configured to listen on all interfaces: Listen 0.0.0.0:631
Build the Docker image (based off of this image https://github.com/a0js/rpi-cups and uses a different base image https://hub.docker.com/r/arm32v7/debian/ ) docker build -t cups-pi/cups-pi .
root@raspberrypi:/data/cups-printer# docker build -t cups-pi/cups-pi .
Sending build context to Docker daemon 8.192kB
Step 1/9 : FROM arm32v7/debian:latest
---> 64b4748d266b
Step 2/9 : ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
---> Using cache
---> 38ebdf2f5bb6
Step 3/9 : RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y sudo locales whois cups cups-client cups-bsd printer-driver-all hpijs-ppds hp-ppd hplip
---> Using cache
---> 0b5b9eac6cef
Step 4/9 : RUN sed -i "s/^#\ \+\(en_US.UTF-8\)/\1/" /etc/locale.gen && locale-gen en_US en_US.UTF-8
---> Using cache
---> fd55737901b8
Step 5/9 : ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
---> Using cache
---> d6cd104b40ec
Step 6/9 : RUN useradd --groups=sudo,lp,lpadmin --create-home --home-dir=/home/print --shell=/bin/bash --password=$(mkpasswd print) print && sed -i '/%sudo[[:space:]]/ s/ALL[[:space:]]*$/NOPASSWD:ALL/' /etc/sudoers && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
---> Using cache
---> 156dcd02e397
Step 7/9 : COPY etc-cups/cupsd.conf /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
---> e1624a96970e
Step 8/9 : EXPOSE 631
---> Running in a16705e0f3d9
Removing intermediate container a16705e0f3d9
---> 60758af63011
Step 9/9 : ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/sbin/cupsd", "-f"]
---> Running in add02d421ea9
Removing intermediate container add02d421ea9
---> 8c6fe42423c8
Successfully built 8c6fe42423c8
Successfully tagged cups-pi/cups-pi:ltest
Run the Docker image to start the print server
root@raspberrypi:/data/cups-printer# docker run -d -p 631:631 --privileged -v /var/run/dbus:/var/run/dbus -v /dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb -h myhostm.mydomain.org --name cupsm cups-pi/cups-pi:latest
fe6d9bc34c66911f05b011ef185fce95947efb965e90ef2b4ecdd0f1c3a32d68
It’s important to use the -h if you want to remotely access via hostname.
Login to the console http://myserver.mydomain.org:631/admin using print:print
Click Add Printer
Select a local printer “HP Photosmart C4600 series (HP Photosmart C4600 series)”
Click Continue
Click Share This Printer
Click Continue
Click Add Printer
Select Media Type – Letter
Click Set Default Options
Click Add
When you find the Printer, you can add the printer
You now have an image ready for use with a CUPS printer. (If you rebuild, you may have to re-setup the default printer…. Just warning you ahead of time). You can always look at http://myhost.mydomain.org:631/printers/HP_Photosmart_C4600_series
If you need to connect to the console, you can look at the docker ps
root@raspberrypi:/data/cups-printer# docker ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
fe6d9bc34c66 cups-pi/cups-pi:latest "/usr/sbin/cupsd -f" 5 minutes ago Up 5 minutes 0.0.0.0:631->631/tcp cups
Extract the CONTAINER ID, and look at the /bin/sh
root@raspberrypi:/data/cups-printer# docker exec -i -t fe6d9bc34c66 /bin/sh
Then look at the /var/log/cups files, specifically the error_log
Reference
List USB Devices Linux https://linuxhint.com/list-usb-devices-linux/
Dockerfile https://github.com/a0js/rpi-cups https://github.com/ryansch/docker-cups-rpi https://github.com/aadl/docker-cups/blob/master/2.2.1/Dockerfile
Arm 7 https://hub.docker.com/r/arm32v7/debian/
Cupsd.conf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/a0js/rpi-cups/master/etc-cups/cupsd.conf https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CUPS/Printer_sharing
SSL / Advanced Configuration http://chschneider.eu/linux/server/cups.shtml http://192.168.86.176:631/admin (use IP if receiving a bad request indicator to the admin interface)
Advanced Ubuntu Configuration https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/cups.html.en