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Mark Edward Soper, Expanding Your Raspberry Pi, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2922-4_6

6. Setting Up a Print and Scan Server

Mark Edward Soper1 

(1)Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

To turn your Raspberry Pi into a print and scan server, you need to perform the following tasks, all of which are covered in this chapter:

  • Connect your printer, scanner, or multifunction (print/scan/copy) device to your Raspberry Pi

  • Install and configure CUPS (Common Unix Print Service) on your Raspberry Pi

  • Create users that can connect remotely to a CUPS printer

  • Install and configure SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) on your Raspberry Pi

  • Create users that can connect remotely to a SANE scanner

  • Install CUPS or SANE clients (if necessary) to remote systems ...

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