airprint-bridge playground

medium-demo.sh

# start a container to play with it
docker run -d --rm -e CUPS_WEBINTERFACE="yes" -e CUPS_REMOTE_ADMIN="yes" \
  --hostname mycups --name cups-setup drpsychick/airprint-bridge

# you can search for local printers via the web interface
IP=$(docker inspect --format '{{ .NetworkSettings.Networks.bridge.IPAddress }}' cups-setup)
echo "http://$IP:631"

# you can open a shell to explore printers via `lpinfo`, `lpadmin`, `lpoptions`
docker exec -it cups-setup lpinfo --make-and-model "Epson Stylus Photo RX" -m

# add a samba printer shared by a local windows host
docker exec -it cups-setup lpadmin -p Epson-RX520 -D 'Epson Stylus Photo RX520' \
  -m 'gutenprint.5.3://escp2-rx620/expert' -o PageSize=A4 -v smb://user:pass@host/Epson-RX520

# explore options you can set for your printer and rerun above `lpadmin` command with the options
docker exec -it cups-setup lpoptions -p Epson-RX520 -l