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Exstramonium · CUPS server with docker 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

Exstramonium · CUPS server with docker 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 · 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

Solved here : CUPS server with docker