Weekend ProjectSubscribe toWeb User atsubscribe.webuser.co.uk 18 Sept - 1 Oct 2019 591If you ha ven’t usedyour Pi ina
while,you’ll needto make sure its
software is fully upto date. Open
Terminal and entersudo apt update
thensudo apt upgradeto download
and install all updates. Next, install
SAMBA, which letsyou print from
Windows devices,by enteringsudo
apt install samba.^12The nextstep is to install CUPS
(Common UNIX PrintingSystem).
In Terminal, entersudo apt install
cupsthensudo usermod –a -G
lpadmin pi(replace ‘pi’ withyour
actual username ifyou changed it from
the default).^1 To allowremote access,
typecupsctl --remote-admin
--remote-any --share-printers.^23You may needto reboot your Pi.
Now, openyour web br owser and
go to 127.0.0.1:631 to access the CUPS
admin page. Click theAdministration
tab^1 and log in withyour Pi username
and password. Connect the Pito your
printer (ifyou ha ven’t already) via
USB, then clickAdd Printer.^2
Workshopcontinued on page 61‘Network and Internet’, ‘Network and
SharingCenter’ and click the ‘Change
advanced sharing settings’ link.
Make sure the ‘Network discovery’,
and ‘File and printer sharing’ settings
are enabled.Turn off ‘Password protected
sharing’ under All Networks, then click
the ‘Save changes’ button.Rest art your
PC (or log off and back on again)to
action the changes.
When done, clickStart, Settings,
Devices. Select ‘Printers & scanners’ on
the left, and selectyour printer on the
right. Click Manage, then click ‘PrinterTP-Link’s TL-WPS510Uconnectsto your
printer’s USB port and makes it wireless
Adding a new printer is easy inWindows 10 PrinterShare letsyou connect an Android
deviceto your Raspberry Pi-shared printerPrinterShareconnectsto your printer in a numberof differentways You can output all sortsof things via PrinterShare’s interface
MINIWORKSHOP|Make awireless print server froma Raspberry PiShare a wired printerover your
home network
Anotherway to access your printer from
different devices isto share itover your
home network. Beaware, though, that
the computeryour printer isconnected
to needsto be switched onat all times
for thisto work.
To set this up inWindows 10, click
Start, Settings and select Network&
Internet, then Sharing Options.This
opens theAdva nced Sharing Settings in
the Control Panel. To get to this stage in
Windows 7, go to Start, Control Panel,11212