docker-cupsd

cupsd in a docker container.

Based on bullseye-slim. Includes cupsd along with every printer driver I could think of.

Admin user & passwords default to print/print

Run the server

Start cupsd with:

sudo docker run -d --restart unless-stopped \
  -p 631:631 \
  --privileged \
  -v /var/run/dbus:/var/run/dbus \
  -v /dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb \
  -v $(pwd)/printers.conf:/etc/cups/printers.conf \
  unixorn/cupsd

Mounting printers.conf into the container keeps you from losing your printer configuration when you upgrade the container later.

Add printers to server

1. Connect to http://hostname:631
2. Adminstration -> Printers -> Add Printer

Add the printer to your Mac

1. System Preferences -> Printers
2. Click on the +
3. Click the center sphere icon
4. Put the IP (or better, DNS name) of your server in the Address field
5. Select Internet Printing Protocol in the Protocol dropdown
6. Put printers/YOURPRINTERNAME in the queue field.