An application for printing and scanning from your home printer via Telegram.
One day, I got tired of running back and forth between my laptop and the printer, so I created this tool to work with the MFP from my phone or any other device with a messenger.
To build for the same architecture as your computer, simply run:
cargo build --release
Scanning support depends on the optional scan feature, which use libsane as a dependency. It is disabled by default. To build the bot with scanner support, use the following command:
cargo build --release --features scan
For cross-platform builds, you'll need to use Docker.
For my own needs, I wrote a build script for Raspberry Pi Zero.
If you're targeting a different platform, you can configure the build yourself using cross-rs or create an issue.
Mfp3000Bot works on any modern Linux system with SANE and CUPS configured. You can use the bot only for printing or only for scanning—you don't need a full-fledged MFP at home.
To print DOCX files, you'll also need LibreOffice, unoserver, and a set of fonts installed.
The systemd service for Mfp3000Bot is located in config/mfp3000bot.service. The service for unoserver can be found at config/3rd/unoserver.service.
The configuration file is located at config/config.toml.
Example configuration:
[telegram]
token = "Token from @botfather"
allowed_users = ["vklachkov"]
language = "en"
[devices]
printer = "HP_MFP_Home"
# scanner = "escl://192.168.0.29"
[print]
paper_size = "A4"
quality = "Normal"
# [scan]
# preview_dpi = 100
# page_dpi = 300
# page_quality = 75The bot is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.