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Developer Sam Hillier used our favorite SBC Raspberry Pi to create a great wireless solution for his USB label printer.His USB label printer is now compatible with Apple’s wireless printing service Air-Print with this setup.
Some of the best Raspberry Pi projects we’ve come across this year feature the latest boards, including the Raspberry Pi Pico, or in this case the Raspberry Pi 2 Zero W.That said, a regular Pi Zero W can be used for this project as it is not very resource intensive.
Hillier connects the Pi Zero 2 W to his USB printer.The Raspberry Pi can recognize the printer using Rollo’s drivers.Instead of communicating with the printer, the Air-Print software communicates wirelessly with the Pi.
The Pi Zero 2 W runs the Raspberry Pi OS along with an app called CUPS that allows almost any device using WiFi to access the printer.Additionally, we have a guide to creating your own Raspberry Pi print server if you want to learn more about the setup and configuration process.
In the meantime, check out the original thread shared by Sam Hillier with Reddit and see the wireless label printer project in action.
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Post time: Jan-21-2022