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submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi!

I have setup ScanServJS which is an awesome web page that access your scanner and let you scan and download the scanned pages from your self hosted web server. I have the scanner configured via sane locally on the server and now I can scan via web from whatever device (phone, laptop, tablet, whatever) with the same consistent web interface for everyone. No need to configure drivers anywhere else.

I want to do the same with printing. On my server, the printer is already configured using CUPS, and I can print from Linux laptops via shared cups printer. But that require a setup anyway, and while I could make it work for phones and tablets, I want to avoid that

I would like to setup a nice web page, like for the scanner, where the users no matter the device they use, can upload files and print them. Without installing nor configuring anything on their devices.

Is there anything that I can self-host to this end?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ok, I have a web browser on a locked down device and nothing else: how do I print a pdf or a photo using IPP?

I have: a camera, a browser, a file manager (kind of, think of an iPhone or some stock android business device) and I need to print a photo taken with the camera or a pdf file sent to me via email or WhatsApp?

The device is connected to the WiFi guest network with limited internet access (if any) and as only available service a server with port 443 open (a reverse proxy on that, captive portal and such).

In my experience, there is no way to print via cups in this configuration. Maybe I am wrong?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Well if you're talking about isolated networks, that's a different story, and not in your post. That's a completely different scenario than what you posted about.

In that case, you could also use port forwarding and IPP via CUPS to achieve the same result without needing to build a web form. If you're unfamiliar with CUPS, try enabling the WebUI and setting it up from there, but there is an option to allow printing from the internet, meaning it's enabling IPP and accepting requests from outside the source network it's hosted on (not the global internet, because surely you have a firewall on the edge router of your home network), effectively creating a bridge between your two networks for this specific purpose and only using that one port for printing.