February 15, 20179 yr I have read and reread post..... Looking to put a laser printer on my unraid since it will be an "always on " box. I see a docker for CUPS out there, beta. Then I see USB printer support has been turned on since 6.0.1 at the request of the guy who has the CUPS docker..... Does that mean I don't need the CUPS docker? Anyone have a guide or instructions for a pretty non Linux guy? My inner self just wants to plug it in and see what unraid does but somehow I don't think it's that easy. LOL Don't wish to break my unraid either. Thanks!
February 15, 20179 yr Community Expert Since no one else has jumped in, I will attempt to give a bit of my insight. I can recall when this came up in the past, LimeTech said they were not going to build CUPS into the kernel for unRAID. And I believe that is still true today. I can only assume that you have searched through the Community Applications to see if there is a plugin or Docker that provides support. Have said that, I have two printers on my network that available 24-7-365. They are connected with a wired connection (Ethernet) and they work fine. In fact, my grand daughter was here one day and managed to print out a document using a built-in PCL driver in Win10 without going through the hassle of installing the proper Brothers driver. Many (if not most printers) have either wired or wireless capability built into them today. My suggestion would be to look for one of them. I, personally, prefer to use laser printers for networked printers. They tend to get used a lot and the consumables are almost always cheaper then inkjet printers!
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