[cups] CUPS, VPS/DaaS, & DDNS

Sat Apr 11 04:50:14 PDT 2020

KEN, I’ve tried LibreOffice before and it worked pretty well for me in terms of Office compatibility, but I also have some spreadsheets in Google Sheets format and I’ve found Sheets’ compatibility with Excel to be even higher. Thanks for the recommendation, though!

STEVE, of your ideas, I think that saving my Quicken reports  to a PDF & sending it via SFTP to the Pi to print (via SFTP, as well) is another route to get to where I want to be. Each printer does have its own @hpeprint.com e-mail address, but I know that “lag time” before a document prints some of the time (and I’ve had some not print at all, oddly enough).

Needing specific instructions on sending via SFTP and printing via SFTP, where would you recommend I go online for guidance on setting that up? My only knowledge of SFTP is what the acronym stands for; I’ve never neither set it up nor used it (but I’d be willing to learn if I could see a site where step-by-step directions are).

I know that there’s a FileZilla Server for Windows, but I don’t think there’s a similar product for the Pi, so which SFTP server would you recommend for the Pi - and which SFTP client would you recommend for the DaaS?

I have a VPN, but how exactly - when I’m away from the house - would I connect to the Pi remotely? I guess that’s where DuckDNS would enter, but what would I need to do regarding port forwarding on my Cox router?

I’m sorry - so many questions!

I really do wish the MS Remote Desktop would work, but I just don’t see any options on my Chromebook app to let my 2 local printers be “seen” by the DaaS, so I guess I’ll have to abandon that possibility.

Also, I really do wish a physical Windows computer was financially-feasible right now!

Mark
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> On Apr 11, 2020, at 4:55 AM, Steve Root <steve at rkbb.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Work around suggestion 1;
> On DaaS print to PDF, transfer that pdf to your local device, print from
> there
> 
> Work around suggestion 2;
> As above but automate the transfer. Eg
> * Script on pi polls daas folder for new content every few minutes, gets
> and prints
> * Script on daas checks local folder and if something is there it emails
> it. Pi checks for emails and print any it gets
> * Script on daas sftp files to pi, sends print command to pi same way
> 
> Be careful opening the home network to incoming connections, you could
> easily open security holes without realising
> 
> 
> 
> sent from my mobile
> 
>> On Sat, 11 Apr 2020, 02:50 Mark Ellis, <mlellis2012 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello; I apologize in advance for the length of this message, but I really
>> need some help here.
>> 
>> A while back, my Windows 10 Home PC broke; as the budget was tight, I
>> switched to a Chromebook, having heard that it could run some Windows apps;
>> I'm a loyal devotee to - and user of - Quicken Deluxe & MS Office 365; I
>> tried running them using the Codeweavers Crossover app, but I was
>> unsuccessful.
>> 
>> I came across an offering from Infosaic - DaaS (Desktop-as-a-Service); I
>> configured a 4GB 2.26GHz Intel Core i5 (I think it's i5) Windows 10 Pro
>> 80GB SSD option and installed Quicken Deluxe & MS Office 365.
>> 
>> I have 2 HP WiFi printers that were connected to WiFi at first, but that
>> are now connected via USB to a Raspberry Pi 3 B+, on which I have installed
>> CUPS. Within my local network here at my house, I'm able to print and
>> everything works fine.
>> 
>> From my Chromebook, I use TeamViewer to connect into the Pi and the
>> Infosaic DaaS remotely.  What I must have is the ability to print from the
>> Infosaic DaaS to my HP printers here at my house.  I tried Microsoft Remote
>> Desktop on my Chromebook, but I was unable to get that to work; the same
>> was true with Google Chrome Remote Desktop, but I'd like to avoid having to
>> use that because, per Google, Chrome Remote Desktop is going to
>> discontinued status effective Jan. 1, 2021.
>> 
>> As a Cox Communications residential Internet service customer, I have a
>> dynamic IP address, but I have a domain name with DuckDNS to address the
>> fact that the IP address changes from time to time.
>> 
>> My question is this:
>> 
>> How can I tell CUPS how to "find" the 2 HP printers here at my house?  As a
>> newbie to Linux, I will need to request specific instructions, rather than
>> general ones, because it'll require some understanding of my newness to
>> this environment.
>> 
>> I hope someone - or a group of someones - knows how to accomplish my goal
>> because I do need to print reports from Quicken, documents from MS Word,
>> spreadsheets from MS Excel, etc.
>> 
>> Mark the Auditor
>> Edmond, Oklahoma, United States of America
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