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bevr1337 9 hours ago

They'll run CUPS too! My B modernized some old, commercial Brother laser printers I was running.

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thisislife2 9 hours ago | parent [-]

That's a great idea - if I understood you right, you mean you used it to make a printer "wireless / wifi enabled" with it, right? Is there any guide you can recommend for that?

	▲	jffry 7 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I've done the same thing - making a USB-only printer available on my LAN - following this guide: https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-print-server/ One nice thing is I can print to the CUPS server even if the printer is off
	▲	zbendefy 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I did the same with an rpi3, not sure if I used this guide but it seems good: https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/printing-at-home-from-your-...