[CentOS] Airprint to old printer using Centos server

[Richard Grainger]

Hi Gary

I got this working in a previous role a while ago:
http://thirdlineit.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/active-directory-authenticated-airprint.html
(ignore the authentication aspects).  I also managed to do it recently
on my home network using Ubuntu, so the principle still works.
Summary:

1. Install CUPS
2. Enable IPP for the printer queues
3. To make the printers visible across subnets/VLANs/broadcast domains
you can use DNS-SD instead of avahi.  Basically you just need to
create special DNS records for each printer queue and this avoids
having to forward avahi requests.  Here is one page that describes the
process: http://www.craig-tolley.co.uk/mini-projects/configuring-airprint-using-dns/
...but there are other guides out there.

Hope this helps!
Richard


On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 10:43 AM, Gary Stainburn <gary at ringways.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I've found a number of articles on setting up a Linux / CUPS / Avahi server to
> allow airprinting, but they all seem to be quite old.
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1) Does anyone have a link for a more recent article, hopefully specifically
> for Centos7.
>
> 2) I'm on a structured, VLAN network.  Will I have to put a WIFI card into my
> Centos server to give it a presence on the WIFI before this will work?
>
> Gary
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