[CentOS] Airprint to old printer using Centos server

[Gary Stainburn]

I used the instructions available at 

https://www.marcus-povey.co.uk/2011/11/11/howto-printing-to-any-printer-with-an-ipadiphone-and-apple-airprint/

and 

http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Features/AirPrint

which were basically the same thing.  I did the test using my laptop which is 
already on the WIFI network.

As you said, the instructions were so simple.  To make life easier regarding 
the network, I'm just going to add a USB WIFI dongle to each server as that's 
what I'm already using on the laptop.  Unfortunately. HP and Linux drivers 
don't always talk to each other.

Gary

On Monday 31 October 2016 12:00:07 Tom Grace wrote:
> On 31/10/2016 10:43, Gary Stainburn 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.
>
> I've not seen specific instructions for CentOS 7, but when I last did
> this the actual AirPrint script was simple enough that I doubt you'd
> have trouble. Main thing is making use that you can print directly from
> your CentOS machine.
>
> > 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?
>
> Depends how the network is set up. I had my AirPrint server on a
> different VLAN to the wifi, and you need the following for that to work:
> An Avahi bridge so the announcements from AirPrint are also announced on
> the WiFi
> Firewall rules to allow the CUPS port through from the WiFi to your server
>
> I found this was pretty easy to configure, but I was able to completely
> control the network (putting VMs on any VLAN; opening firewalls etc.).
> It might be easier to use wifi in your setup.
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Gary Stainburn
Group I.T. Manager
Ringways Garages
http://www.ringways.co.uk