[Klug-general] Ubuntu based Timecapsule and Airprint Server

[Brian Reay]

Hi Nathan,

That was the purpose of the post, to see if there was anyone interested 
in the idea. I will prepare some notes. Others have done both things but 
the information is not all in one place.

Regards
Brian
www.g8osn.net <http://www.g8osn.net>


On 24/07/13 14:42, Nathan Friend wrote:
> Hi Brian,
> Sounds very interesting.  Do you have notes you could share?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nathan.
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Brian Reay <brian.reay at gmail.com 
> <mailto:brian.reay at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     First a confession, I have some Apple products and some Windows
>     but I won't mention those again ;-).
>
>     For some while I've been using my main Ubuntu machines as a
>     "Timecapsule"  backup system for my Macbook and an Airprint server
>     for the various iOS devices in the house.  As my eldest recently
>     invested in Macbook, I decided to dedicate a machine to do little
>     else (it will be doing other 24/7 tasks in time).
>
>     I bought an HP DC7600 off Ebay for £19 and dropped in a 2TB HDD
>     for £68.
>
>     The system backs up 2 Macbooks, a Macmini and serves out two
>     non-Airprinters as if they were Airprinters.
>
>     I know Apple sell a box which does this but where is the fun in that?
>
>     If anyone is interested in the project, drop me an Email.
>
>
>
>     Brian
>     www.g8osn.net <http://www.g8osn.net>
>
>
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