Hi!

I have setup ScanServJS which is an awesome web page that access your scanner and let you scan and download the scanned pages from your self hosted web server. I have the scanner configured via sane locally on the server and now I can scan via web from whatever device (phone, laptop, tablet, whatever) with the same consistent web interface for everyone. No need to configure drivers anywhere else.

I want to do the same with printing. On my server, the printer is already configured using CUPS, and I can print from Linux laptops via shared cups printer. But that require a setup anyway, and while I could make it work for phones and tablets, I want to avoid that

I would like to setup a nice web page, like for the scanner, where the users no matter the device they use, can upload files and print them. Without installing nor configuring anything on their devices.

Is there anything that I can self-host to this end?

  • ravhallEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Just have a web form post a printable file and have the back end use lpr? Are you able to write code for PHP or nodejs?

    • Shimitar@feddit.itOPEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Yes, sure I am… Would probably prefer a bash CGI because I like challenges :)

      (Author and such would be managed by my reverse proxy)

      But I would prefer something already baked if it exist