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Has anyone built a print server with a pi? I finally came up with a use case where it would make more sense than a used corporate box, and it seems like it should work ok, although getting the snowflake Konica Minolta drivers could be a pain in the rear end. What's the oldest/cheapest model that would do the job reasonably? Some of the new ones are like a hundred bucks and definitely not worth it.
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I've been streaming video to my htpc (i5 windows box so YMMV) with Kodi with almost no issues over WiFi (mostly it's the router/wifi card glitching out). Seeking can indeed take a bit longer but not too bad. If you can have a gigabit link or even just decent AC (mine is through like 4 brick walls) it should work fine.Discussion Quorum posted:Basically this One thing I never tried is printing directly from a phone. Can Android use a network printer nowadays, or is the Cloud printing poo poo the only way to make that work? That would require running X and Chrome, right? That could be an issue on the Zero. mobby_6kl fucked around with this message at 09:41 on Apr 18, 2020 |
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Apr 18, 2020 09:39
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Whoa, that's cool. The last time I tired it, Cloud printing was pretty much the only way but now I can apparently install plugins for both Konica Minolta and Samsung printers. I'm not super optimistic about this working with my 10+ y.o. USB-only garbage but that's pretty neat anyway.
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Apr 18, 2020 21:52
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There are several windows version that run on Arm at this point. There's that RT thing that I died a few years ago with the lovely tablets it came on, and now I think they made the full version run on Arm too for another go at this. The major change is that they're supposed to have an x86 emulator built in for everything not Arm native. Practically, I've no idea if either of these will work on a Pi but it could be worth looking into it further.
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Apr 19, 2020 00:31
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FWIIW, I tried to "upgrade" my 85 year old grandfather from an old Android tablet to ChromeOS running on a ThinkPad i had around and failed completely. I think the touch stuff is just easier to pick up than mousing. And a lot of Chrome stuff just felt jamky as gently caress because everything had to be basically bolted on to Chrome otherwise you're SoL.
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Apr 25, 2020 20:57
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^^^ E: well never mind then, the Pi probably won't be the limiting factor in that case
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May 1, 2020 14:42
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Is there such a thing as a Pi Zero with PoE, even as a shady clone board? I haven't seen anything official but just in case someone came across such a device. The alternative is Zero W and separate power, which would work of course but being able to plug in one cable and forget about it forever would be great.
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May 5, 2020 18:35
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Just a quick sanity check... the Pi Zero/W only have one functional USB port, right? In the pictures they have two so I almost bought the regular Zero because I thought I could hook up a printer and ethernet adapter, but it seems like one is just a dummy power port. I have a USB hub around somewhere, does it work fine with a hub in practice? The doc says this: quote:4. Single-TT USB hubs
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May 12, 2020 14:01
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Great, thanks for clarifying this. I thought I'd be able to get away with the Zero and two usb devices but yeah either a normal Pi or a W would make more sense than this contraption.
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Thanks for the suggestions everyone re. Pi and printing. I got my Zero W in the mail today and I just printed my first page wirelessly after about two hours of dicking around. On Android, at least, it works. On Windows, the printer is initially found, but when I click "Add", after a moment it says "Status unavailable" and nothing happens. When I refresh it, the printer doesn't get discovered any more. Weird (and makes the whole thing useless  ) but I'll leave it for now.E: It seems to work if I add it manually though IPP, huh. I Demand Food posted:Working on an application based on a Pi Zero and we need a dual band Wi-Fi USB dongle, but it seems like all of the ones that work with Linux are 3-4 inches long, whereas all of the ones that are less than a half inch or so long won't work with Linux and only have Windows or iOS drivers available. Am I missing something? No, you're not missing anything, it probably depends on the chpset and the cheaper/shittier ones have windows drivers. I've been using an older version of this thing, it's pretty big too: https://www.fasttech.com/product/9656497-mantistek-dual-band-1200mbps-wireless-usb-3-0-lan mobby_6kl fucked around with this message at 23:35 on May 15, 2020 |
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May 15, 2020 21:23
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If I'm understanding your setup correctly, you should be still able to access the camera if it's connected to your iphone hotspot. But maybe it's an iphone thing. The way I usually do with my ESPs (cameras or otherwise) is that they act as the access point, and I connect to them with my phone/laptop whenever needed.Then it's not dependent on any existing infrastructure. I don't know how exactly it's done with the Pi, but after a quick search it should be possible.
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May 17, 2020 18:26
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What would be the benefit of 64 bit for the typical use cases for a pi? It'd be great to have it but I'm not surprised it's not a priority for them.
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May 28, 2020 08:30
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Ah, well then. E: although this raises more questions really, I guess it could be great for a database server Wibla posted:You need more than 4 billion digits of Pi? You'd need a whole cluster of these probably! mobby_6kl fucked around with this message at 10:13 on May 28, 2020 |
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May 28, 2020 09:44
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I've been running a cups/pihole setup off an ancient 4gb sd card I found and although i have it imaged on my PC, I'm worried it's going to poo poo itself at any moment. It seems like it's possible to set everything up in purely read-only mode though so that's what I'm going to try I think.
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I have this one: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/325...earchweb201603_ It keeps track of total mah but there's no way to log the power over time. Some of the fancier ones have BT connectivity so you should be able to log it on the PC: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/328...earchweb201603_ https://www.aliexpress.com/item/329...earchweb201603_ Depending on what else you have you could use a bench power supply or a multimeter in series or something. Or DIY with an arduino 
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