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   On 2/2/24 2:15 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   > On 02/02/2024 07:11, 68g.1499 wrote:   
   >> On 2/1/24 9:40 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >>> On 01/02/2024 06:32, 68g.1499 wrote:   
   >>>> On 1/30/24 6:05 PM, Scott Alfter wrote:   
   >>>>> In article ,   
   >>>>> Chris Green   wrote:   
   >>>>>> I can't us Pi Imager because it's very broken on Ubuntu:-   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Sounds like something you should take up with the Ubuntu packagers.  I   
   >>>>> maintain a Gentoo ebuild for rpi-imager (it's in my overlay...sudo   
   >>>>> eselect   
   >>>>> repository enable salfter && sudo emaint sync -r salfter), and it   
   >>>>> works like   
   >>>>> a champ.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> More recently, I've migrated my print server (an ancient RPi Model   
   >>>>> B) from   
   >>>>> Raspbia^H^H^H^H^H^H^HRPi OS to Alpine, and it's running headless.  The   
   >>>>> Alpine install needed to be done on a spare Raspberry Pi, but once   
   >>>>> it was up   
   >>>>> and running with ssh access, I was able to do the rest of the setup   
   >>>>> over the   
   >>>>> network.  Once I had it configured as I wanted it, I brought the   
   >>>>> MicroSD card   
   >>>>> over to another computer to image it and shipped the image home so   
   >>>>> I could   
   >>>>> blast it onto an SD card.  It's a much lighter-weight system   
   >>>>> now...could put   
   >>>>> it on a 128MB SD card, if I had one that small. :) The server runs   
   >>>>> headless,   
   >>>>> with just two printers, a network cable, and a power supply plugged   
   >>>>> in.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>    Ok ... I'm not gonna ask why you'd want a completely separate   
   >>>>    print server, based on an old Pi, rather than just printing   
   >>>>    directly from/to whatever   :-)   
   >>>>   
   >>> It avoids massively long printer cables obviously, when you have a   
   >>> pre-existent network of some sort...   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>    Um ... printers have come with network ports/wi-fi for at   
   >>    least 15 or more years now.   
   >   
   > Some have, but many people use printers older than that.   
   > Or more recent ones that come without network ports or wifi   
      
      Which is why I also addressed "old"/RS-232 type   
      printers.   
      
      SERIAL - easy to deal with. Parallel/Centronics,   
      not so easy these days.   
      
      However NEW printers are NOT very expensive.   
      Let go of the distant past ......   :-)   
      
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