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. YMMV. Happy experimenting. :) -- ============================================================== Rodney Baker VK5ZTV rodney.baker@iinet.net.au CCNA #CSCO12880208 ============================================================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org