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HP LaserJet P1005 as a Network Printer

Author: Dmitry Klionsky | Created: 2020-02-07

Generic Print Server Setup

Setup Raspbian on SD card as described here, but change the device name to printerpi.
SSH to device
```
$ ssh pi@printerpi
```
Create the lpadmin group, if it doesn’t exist
```
$ sudo groupadd lpadmin
```
Add the pi user into the lpadmin group
```
$ sudo usermod -a -G lpadmin pi
```
Update and upgrade packages
```
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt upgrade
```
Install CUPS. It allows a computer to act as a print server
```
$ sudo apt install cups
```

Replace /etc/cusp/cupsd.conf with the code below:

$ sudo tee /etc/cups/cupsd.conf <<EOF
LogLevel warn
PageLogFormat
MaxLogSize 0
Listen 0.0.0.0:631
Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock
Browsing On
BrowseLocalProtocols dnssd
DefaultAuthType Basic
WebInterface Yes
<Location />
  Order allow,deny
  Allow @Local
</Location>
<Location /admin>
  Order allow,deny
  Allow @Local
</Location>
<Location /admin/conf>
  AuthType Default
  Require user @SYSTEM
  Order allow,deny
  Allow @Local
</Location>
<Location /admin/log>
  AuthType Default
  Require user @SYSTEM
  Order allow,deny
  Allow @Local
</Location>
<Policy default>
  JobPrivateAccess default
  JobPrivateValues default
  SubscriptionPrivateAccess default
  SubscriptionPrivateValues default
  <Limit Create-Job Print-Job Print-URI Validate-Job>
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>
  <Limit Send-Document Send-URI Hold-Job Release-Job Restart-Job Purge-Jobs Set-Job-Attributes Create-Job-Subscription Renew-Subscription Cancel-Subscription Get-Notifications Reprocess-Job Cancel-Current-Job Suspend-Current-Job Resume-Job Cancel-My-Jobs Close-Job CUPS-Move-Job CUPS-Get-Document>
    Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>
  <Limit CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer CUPS-Delete-Printer CUPS-Add-Modify-Class CUPS-Delete-Class CUPS-Set-Default CUPS-Get-Devices>
#    Keeps asking for user/password when adding printer
#    AuthType Default
#    Require user @SYSTEM
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>
  <Limit Pause-Printer Resume-Printer Enable-Printer Disable-Printer Pause-Printer-After-Current-Job Hold-New-Jobs Release-Held-New-Jobs Deactivate-Printer Activate-Printer Restart-Printer Shutdown-Printer Startup-Printer Promote-Job Schedule-Job-After Cancel-Jobs CUPS-Accept-Jobs CUPS-Reject-Jobs>
    AuthType Default
    Require user @SYSTEM
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>
  <Limit CUPS-Authenticate-Job>
    Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>
  <Limit All>
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>
</Policy>
<Policy authenticated>
  JobPrivateAccess default
  JobPrivateValues default
  SubscriptionPrivateAccess default
  SubscriptionPrivateValues default
  <Limit Create-Job Print-Job Print-URI Validate-Job>
    AuthType Default
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>
  <Limit Send-Document Send-URI Hold-Job Release-Job Restart-Job Purge-Jobs Set-Job-Attributes Create-Job-Subscription Renew-Subscription Cancel-Subscription Get-Notifications Reprocess-Job Cancel-Current-Job Suspend-Current-Job Resume-Job Cancel-My-Jobs Close-Job CUPS-Move-Job CUPS-Get-Document>
    AuthType Default
    Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>
  <Limit CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer CUPS-Delete-Printer CUPS-Add-Modify-Class CUPS-Delete-Class CUPS-Set-Default>
    AuthType Default
    Require user @SYSTEM
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>
  <Limit Pause-Printer Resume-Printer Enable-Printer Disable-Printer Pause-Printer-After-Current-Job Hold-New-Jobs Release-Held-New-Jobs Deactivate-Printer Activate-Printer Restart-Printer Shutdown-Printer Startup-Printer Promote-Job Schedule-Job-After Cancel-Jobs CUPS-Accept-Jobs CUPS-Reject-Jobs>
    AuthType Default
    Require user @SYSTEM
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>
  <Limit Cancel-Job CUPS-Authenticate-Job>
    AuthType Default
    Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>
  <Limit All>
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>
</Policy>
EOF

Enabled and restart the CUPS service

$ sudo systemctl enable cups
$ sudo systemctl restart cups

Install Foomatic, which is a free database for printer drivers
```
$ sudo apt install foomatic-db foomatic-db-engine
```
Install Samba. It allows Unix and Linux computers to share directories and printers with Windows computers over the network. Installing Samba is not strictly necessary, but it’s a valuable option.
```
$ sudo apt install samba
```

Ensure the file /etc/samba/smb.conf has the code below:

[printers]
  comment = All Printers
  browseable = no
  path = /var/spool/samba
  printable = yes
  guest ok = yes
  read only = yes
  create mask = 0700

Enabled and restart the Samba service

$ sudo systemctl enable smbd
$ sudo systemctl enable nmbd
$ sudo systemctl restart smbd
$ sudo systemctl restart nmbd

NB: You can find the above setup automated using Ansible here.

Setup HP LaserJet P1005

Plug-in and switch on the printer

List available firmware files

$ sudo getweb
...
  $ ./getweb p1005	# Get HP LJ P1005 firmware file
...

Get HP LaserJet P1005 firmware file
```
$ sudo getweb p1005
```
Restart the printer
In the browser go to CUPS admin page
Ensure Allow users to cancel any job (not just their own) is checked.
Click Add Printer
Choose Local Printers: HP LaserJet P1005 (HP LaserJet P1005)
Click Continue
Enable Share This Printer
Click Continue
Choose Model: HP LaserJet P1005 Foomatic/foo2xqx (recommended) (en)
Click Add Printer
Click Set Default Options
Click Maintenance and then Print Test Page

That’s it! Now you have a fully functional print server accessible at ipp://printerpi/printers/HP_LaserJet_P1005 via IPP and at \\PRINTERPI\HP_LaserJet_P1005 via Samba.

To setup the remote printer in Windows 10 or 11 see.