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Previously on "Restrict Wireless Printer"

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  • suityou01
    replied
    Originally posted by vwdan View Post
    Is this for other people or just you? If the latter, does it not have ethernet or USB you can use instead?
    It has USB, but is over the other side of the office. Is there such as thing as wireless USB?

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  • vwdan
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    Is this for other people or just you? If the latter, does it not have ethernet or USB you can use instead?

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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by eek View Post
    A printer will broadcast it's existence on whatever network you connect it to.

    So the only way of ensuring that no one else uses it is to have either a very expensive printer with pin codes or to take it offline and create a printer server using that raspberry pi.

    Print Server on Raspberry Pi | LinkedIn will tell you what you need to do.
    Or make the Raspberry PI into a router.
    https://linuxhint.com/raspberry_pi_wired_router/

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  • suityou01
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    Originally posted by eek View Post
    A printer will broadcast it's existence on whatever network you connect it to.

    So the only way of ensuring that no one else uses it is to have either a very expensive printer with pin codes or to take it offline and create a printer server using that raspberry pi.

    Print Server on Raspberry Pi | LinkedIn will tell you what you need to do.
    Yip that's what I think I'm heading towards. I was wondering whether to go the whole hog and install Samba and AD or just CUPS on Raspbian as a cheap n cheerful. I'm leaning towards the latter as I seriously CBA.

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  • suityou01
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    Originally posted by malvolio View Post

    The same thought occurred; I was going to suggest he simply plugs it in to the parallel port on the back of his laptop...
    <scours amazon prime for usb parallel ports ...>

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  • malvolio
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    Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
    Have you thought of the very simple option, of only having it powered on when you want to print?

    Oh hang on, just checked who the OP is,

    Nevermind
    The same thought occurred; I was going to suggest he simply plugs it in to the parallel port on the back of his laptop...

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  • SimonMac
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    Have you thought of the very simple option, of only having it powered on when you want to print?

    Oh hang on, just checked who the OP is,

    Nevermind

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  • eek
    replied
    A printer will broadcast it's existence on whatever network you connect it to.

    So the only way of ensuring that no one else uses it is to have either a very expensive printer with pin codes or to take it offline and create a printer server using that raspberry pi.

    Print Server on Raspberry Pi | LinkedIn will tell you what you need to do.

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  • suityou01
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    Why do you have your wifi printer on a shared network?

    Anyway - you need your own router to create within the shared network and private one.
    The building is called "Budget Offices" and I am tight. :-)

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  • NotAllThere
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    Why do you have your wifi printer on a shared network?

    Anyway - you need your own router to create within the shared network and private one.

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  • suityou01
    started a topic Restrict Wireless Printer

    Restrict Wireless Printer

    Sup,

    I am back in the office (after finally getting off the bench, thanks Boris!)
    How do I restrict access to my wifi printer on a shared network? I thought their might be a nifty little print server on the market, but none that I can see.

    Before I crack out my linux spanners and imagineer something with a Pi3b+ I thought I would post here see if anyone knows anything.

    Ta

    Me

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