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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Cups Print Server for usb printer

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago

For any printer. You never know what it's doing without a firewall solution. USB is always the safest option.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wait, can I share a printer on my network that does not have a network card?!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

that is so fucking cool and epic wtf how is this not more well known??

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's very well-known, Apple of all companies is the developer. It's just used more by companies than consumers.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

This is common in the IT world. Printers are such painful devices and installing drivers on every Windows desktop just adds to the pain, but by doing this you don't need to install drivers, as Linux can serve something that doesn't need drivers to print to.