CUPS server with docker

Exstramonium · July 10, 2020 at 8:41 AM

Hi,

I would like to plug my old printer in my rpi4 on which libre-elec is installed and then print

All the documentation I found about docker can only install images from linuxserver.io

But I'd like to install this one Docker Hub

Is there a way ?

Or should I go with linuxserver/rdesktop with extra port redirection and install CUPS in it ?

Thanks for any help

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**chewitt** · July 10, 2020 at 10:56 AM Official Post

The arm32 container probably works (we use 32-bit userspace on RPi4)

**aptalca** · July 10, 2020 at 2:48 PM

Quote from Exstramonium

Hi,

I would like to plug my old printer in my rpi4 on which libre-elec is installed and then print

All the documentation I found about docker can only install images from linuxserver.io

But I'd like to install this one Docker Hub

Is there a way ?

Or should I go with linuxserver/rdesktop with extra port redirection and install CUPS in it ?

Thanks for any help

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Linuxserver.io ones can be installed via addons for added convenience and ease of use but you can use any docker image via command line (docker run) or portainer on libreelec (assuming you're using the correct arch)

Exstramonium · July 11, 2020 at 11:10 AM

Thanks for your help,

it worked, I could access the web interface but my printer is not recognized, never mind !

Exstramonium · July 21, 2020 at 4:27 PM

I finally made it, the problem was not that my printer was not recognized but that I did not "give" the usb bus to the container.

An other problem I encountered was that kodi already used the avahi port and and needed it to advertise my printer on my local network

I solved that by asking for a second IP for my device

Code

ip addr add 192.168.1.32 dev eth0

Check your printer can be found with

Code

lsusb

Save its location in a variable, my printer is a Canon, change with yours

Code

BUS=$(/opt/sbin/lsusb|grep Canon|awk '{print $2}')
DEV=$(/opt/sbin/lsusb|grep Canon|awk '{print $4}')
DEV="${DEV%?}"
PRINTER="/dev/bus/usb/$BUS/$DEV"

Then I finally ran the docker command

Code

docker run -d -p 192.168.1.32:631:631 -p 192.168.1.32:5353:5353 -e ADMIN_PASSWORD=mySecretPassword --name cups-server --device=$PRINTER ydkn/cups:latest

Now, from another device on the local network try https://192.168.1.32:631, go in the administration panel and add your printer (username admin, password mySecretPassword which you have of course changed)

Now add a printer, search a printer a the network, host 192.168.1.32 and you should find it

Many thanks to Setting up a CUPS server with Docker on a Synology NAS for my Brother printer

Williams C. · November 15, 2020 at 8:47 PM

Kodi Libreelec Print server

It FUNCION!
I have tested it on Rapsberry Pi 3+ (Kodi / Libreelec) as a print server

Hello everyone
I want to share my discovery. I use my Raspberry with Kodi libreelec and I have an old laser printer with USB. Can Kodi be used as a print server?
Yes!. After searching many forums and testing configurations I managed to get it to work
Thanks to all your contributions (and other forums too)

STEP 1:

First, in my Kodi / Libreelec / Rapsberry I installed the addon “Docker” and the Container “LinuxServer.io’s Docker Add-ons”

I connected my old laser printer to the USB port of my Rapsberry

STEP 2:
On my Windows PC I installed Putty.exe to connect to the Kodi terminal, via SSH
By default the values are:
• root user
• password libreelec

Then, in Putty/SSH Terminal:...

Check if your Raspberry recognizes the USB port to which your printer is connected
# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 043d: 00ee Name_of_my_Printer

Install CUPS
The following command installs and starts the CUPS Printer container in Docker. The line “—restart” indicates that CUPS will start automatically (autorun) every time the system is rebooted

# docker run -d --restart unless-stopped cups ¡-p 631: 631 --privileged -v / var / run / dbus: / var / run / dbus -v / dev / bus / usb: / dev / bus / usb --name cups a0js / rpi-cups

The a0js / rpi-cups package will be downloaded from the Docker container ... Be patient...

When the installation is finished, check that the CUPS container is started

# docker ps -a
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
9ce1205452fc a0js / rpi-cups "/ usr / sbin / cupsd -f" 19 hours ago Up About an hour 0.0.0.0:631->631/tcp cups

STEP 3:

Now, in your pc browser enter the CUPS web interface
http: // MY_KODI_IP: 631 / admin
• admin print
• passw print

STEP 4:

To add a printer in Windows (Internet Printing Protocol)
http: // My_Kodi_IP: 631 / printers / Name_of_my_Printer

STEP 5:
Lucky!

W!

Note: To start or stop CUPS Print server (it will always be in start or Stop in Docker autostart)
• # docker start cups
• # docker stop cups
Note: TO REMOVE container name
• # docker rm cups

CUPS server with docker

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