![]() Great! As first step I recommend to upgrade your CHIP OS. Now you can disconnect CHIP from your PC, connect it to the power adapter and to the printer! Installing CUPS and AirPrint on your CHIP Assuming you have a password protected network, you can connect with with the following command: $ nmcli device wifi connect '(your wifi network name/SSID)' password '(your wifi password)' ifname wlan0 The output will list available access points. In the terminal, type $ nmcli device wifi list Step 2: List available Wi-Fi networks and connect to the proper network More details are available here.Īt this point in time you are ready to connect your CHIP to the WIFI. Defaults are username root and password chip. Now use screen to connect: $ screen /dev/tty.usbserial 115200 That one is your CHIP! (be careful to use a USB cable that is not only meant to transport power). Now connect your CHIP to the USB port, wait 30 seconds or so that the boot procedure complete and repeat the command, the list should include a new device. Step 1: Connect to CHIP using the USB Serialįrom your terminal, list all the serial devices: $ ls /dev/tty* I don’t have any USB keyboard, so to configure CHIP, I had to connect it to my Mac and use the USB port as a serial port. Total cost: 18$ (actually I recycled the power adapter and the printer cable, so only 9$). 1 USB A-B Cable (to connect to the printer to chip).1 USB Power Adapter (with detachable cable, so I could use it also to connect it to my Mac).except that was not yet shipped (it was a kickstarter), it was perfect, for 9$ you get:Īnd here is how created my small print server: Finally, digging into internet i found C.H.I.P. (At that point in time, Raspberry PI Zero was not yet out – around $18 for the board plus a 4GB microSD and a wifi dongle – and you still need the power and usb cable). Then, in January 2016, I started figuring out how to build one myself, and started thinking about a Raspberry PI, but also in that case, including the WIFI shield, the price would not have been cheap. But it is ain’t cheap (45$) and it turned out it has not AirPrint server… should I buy an Apple Airport Express to do that?! 99$ no way □ Something like TP-LINK-TL-WPS510U seemed to be just perfect. The simpler solution would have been buying a WIFI print server. So basically how do I convert it to my USB Printer into a WIFI AirPrint printer? XEROX 6130N was born before AirPrint, so it does not support it, and given that often I read documents over my iPad, it would be nice that I don’t have to move to the PC to print them when needed.I don’t want to get a wire from the router to the printer (2 floors are between them).I don’t want to move the printer close to the router.It is actually also an ethernet printer, but ![]() In my home office, I happen to have a XEROX 6130N : it’s a bit old, but works perfectly.
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