wifi-cups-server

This is a Plug&Play solution, which runs on Docker to make your old printer Wi-Fi compatible. You only need a Raspberry Pi with Wi-Fi (e.g. Zero W, 3B/3B+ - or 1/2 with Wi-Fi dongle).

Three Docker containers take care of everything:

• lemariva/iotwifi: this is a wpa_supplicant configurator. The container starts an AP (access point), which allows you to configure the Raspberry Pi connection to your Wi-Fi.
• txn2/asws:armhf-1.2.3: this runs a https server and gives you a page to configure the credentials to access your Wi-Fi.
• lemariva/rpi-cups:latest: this runs a CUPS server.

Visit this article to get more information and detailed instructions: #Raspberry Pi: CUPS Printer Server using Docker

Instructions

You can read this article for detailed instructions, if you don't want to, you only need to type the following on a Raspberry Pi terminal:

$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lemariva/wifi-cups-server/master/rpi-cup-server.sh
$ chmod +x rpi-cup-server.sh
$ ./rpi-cup-server.sh

The bash file asks you for a SSID and a PASSWORD. These values are for the AP (access-point). Choose them correctly: it should not be your/neighbor network SSID, and the PASSWORD should be secure. After this, the bash file starts to install everything automatically (grab a cup of tea!). Then follows these instructions.

License

• Apache 2.0