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Android connection to USB Readyshare USB printer
I have an OKIdata B439dn connected to my router USB port on back. Works fine with Win 10 computers, but I cannot get to it from my Android phones. The printer is not wireless, It does have Ethernet...
I got it to print from the Raspberry Pi by setting the printer to shared in Windows on the big computer, then on the Raspberry used CUPS (a utility on the Raspberry) to find it and point to it (windows as a print server). It requires the Windows computer to be turned on, but I access the Raspberry via VNC (remote desktop) from that computer anyway, so that solves the problem.
I appreciate everyone’s help and suggestions,
Clark
> I have several Windows devices in the family that connect to the
> printer via the USB port. [...]
Do you mean via the router's printer sharing?
Knowing approximately nothing about it, I can't vouch for your
printer, but, without evidence, I wouldn't rule out the possibility that
it could deal with both its USB interface and its Ethernet interface.
You might need to take some care about trying to use both
simultaneously, but even that might work.
I got it to print from the Raspberry Pi by setting the printer to shared in Windows on the big computer, then on the Raspberry used CUPS (a utility on the Raspberry) to find it and point to it (windows as a print server). It requires the Windows computer to be turned on, but I access the Raspberry via VNC (remote desktop) from that computer anyway, so that solves the problem.
I appreciate everyone’s help and suggestions,
Clark