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@ChrisPirillo@mastodon.social 1 hr. ago

Xuan-Son Nguyen's ESP32-S3 Firmware Gives an Old USB-Only Canon Printer AirPrint and AirScan, Once You Bridge a 5V Pad So the Printer Sees the Cable

https://lockergnome.com/esp32-s3-airprint-airscan-old-usb-canon-printer/

#esp32 #airprint #printers #OpenSource

Chris kneels beside an old inkjet printer, plugging a tiny circuit board into its side while a phone across the room sends a page through the air

Xuan-Son Nguyen's ESP32-S3 Firmware Gives an Old USB-Only Canon Printer AirPrint and AirScan, Once You Bridge a 5V Pad So the Printer Sees the Cable

A cheap ESP32-S3 board plugs into a Canon PIXMA's USB port, joins Wi-Fi, and lets phones and Macs print and scan with no drivers, by sending the printer the same bytes Gutenprint would.

#printers #airprint #esp32 #opensource

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