On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 19:20:47 +0100 stakanov <stakanov@eclipso.eu> wrote:
In data giovedì 13 febbraio 2020 17:03:39 CET, Dave Howorth ha scritto:
On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 22:15:50 +1030
Rodney Baker <rodney.baker@iinet.net.au> wrote:
On Thursday, 13 February 2020 20:45:03 ACDT stakanov wrote:
In data giovedì 13 febbraio 2020 11:05:10 CET, Per Jessen ha
scritto:
stakanov wrote:
Is it possible to branch a pinter with ethernet in a way that I can reach it with my notebook via bluetooth? Is there a special printserver maybe? The printer is an aging Lexmark 543C that however does a marvelous service. It would be really handy to have him respond via BT....
Any reason you don't want or can't use just ethernet/wifi ?
Knowledge and convenience I guess. I could maybe use a ethernet - wlan adapter on the printer. But: Using wlan for printing would require to change everytime firewallsettings on the laptop which is not so comfortable. BT printing would be very convenient.
It might be a bit like using a sledgehammer to crack a walnut, but you could probably achieve this with a Raspberry Pi, a USB Bluetooth dongle and CUPS.
Maybe. I'm thinking;
Connect the printer to the Raspberry Pi via ethernet; share the printer via CUPS; setup a Bluetooth PAN on the Pi and connect your laptop to that; connect to the CUPS printer share on the Pi and be happy. :) If it works.
Bluetooth is native on the board if you buy the right model pi. 3, 3B+ or 4.
YMMV.
Happy experimenting. :) The problem with the commercial adapter seems to be that ethernet is not a power source. As a result, if you use a dongle ethernet to bt, you need a) a usb interface to power it via a y cable b) a separate sector cable.
a) makes it difficult to use, as normally printers have only one outgoing usb (female) for alimentation from outside and have normally no other usb ports. b) makes it expensive.
Yes, one could try with a Pi. But I am virgin for what is this kind of hardware.
I don't know why you're sending these comments in reply to me, since I just suggested a pi. I didn't recommend any other solution. Others have provided a link to an explicit how-to for a pi so I don't understand your problem with that either? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org