And this is why I'll never connect my working printer to the internet.

[ftbd@feddit.org]

What's stopping you from connecting it to the local network but denying internet access? E.g. via a firewall rule or separate VLAN?

[luffy879@lemmy.ml]

Just connect it to a Server (like a raspi) via USB and share the printer through CUPS

Its a little tedious to set up, but it works

[dan@upvote.au]

Why do that when you could just connect it to the LAN and put it on a separate VLAN?

[ivanafterall@lemmy.world]

How many cups does it take to transfer the printer over?

[frezik@midwest.social]

I could see the argument that it's more air gapped this way. Without having physical access to the printer and the Pi, it'd be hard to get any network connection through USB.

But personally, I just blocked outgoing traffic from the printer.

[areyouevenreal@lemm.ee]

Because it's a lot simpler and avoids the issue of dealing with printer drivers on all your machines.

[Guest]

I think you can just use 1 large bucket instead of many small cups. Faster that way.

[Guest]

Is there a step by step anywhere to achieve this? I'm adept in tech. But don't have the training or knowledge to just do it

[nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org]

This is the way.

[nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org]

Because the built-in networking stack on printers is garbage and having to install drivers on every client sucks.

[dan@upvote.au]

I've never had issues with networking or drivers with my Brother printer. I don't have any Apple devices, but on Windows and Linux I just use the drivers that come with the OS.

[nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org]

I've not had a Brother printer so, can't say from experience. My Epson Ecotank needed a driver to work. Setting it up on an RPi 3B with a CUPS server took care of it.