Restrict Wireless Printer

[suityou01]

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

 

[NotAllThere]

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.

 

[suityou01]

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. :-)

 

[eek]

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.

 

[SimonMac]

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

 

[malvolio]

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...

 

[suityou01]

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 ...>

 

[suityou01]

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.

 

[NotAllThere]

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/

 

[vwdan]

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