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by triyambakam 1049 days ago
I love it! I have my printer hooked up to my network with an Raspberry Pi and would be glad to make it easier to print from the iPad.
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I had to have a HomeBridge server already and was running it from a Pi Zero W -- I just decided to bolt it onto the back of the printer and make it pull double-duty as the CUPS box.

A little party trick -- depending on the printer, you might be able to get an "in line" power tap/Y splitter for the power cord to run the Pi and the printer off the same outlet. (My printer takes a normal C14, so I just split and slapped a USB brick on the other end.)

This is cool! Blurring the line between what is and isn't part of the printer itself