AirPrint

Linux method of sharing a non-Apple printer.

GitHub Repo

https://github.com/tjfontaine/airprint-generate

Run command to generate *.service file

python airprint-generate.py

Copy .service file to avahi directory

cp *.service /etc/avahi/services/

cd /etc/avahi/services/
nano *.service
replace 'pdl=....' with 'pdl=application/octet-stream,application/pdf,application/postscript,image/gif,image/jpeg,image/png,image/tiff,text/html,text/plain,application/vnd.cups-banner,application/vnd.cups-command,application/vnd.cups-pdf,application/vnd.cups-postscript,image/urf'

/usr/share/cups/mime/apple.types

image/urf urf (0,UNIRAST)

/usr/share/cups/mime/local.convs

image/urf application/vnd.cups-postscript 66 pdftops

Restart Avahi Deamon

service avahi-daemon restart

Verify Firewall(IPTABLES) by opening up ports 631 and 5353 both tcp/udp

• 64bit ubuntu requires 32bit libs to run Brother MFC-465CN drivers

apt-get install libc6:i386 libstdc++6:i386