MB2130-Docker

Description

This docker container host a cups installation based on ubuntu:xenial.

It includes the driver for the Panasonic KX-MB2130G and a cups configuration for this printer.

The motivation for this container was due to two facts:

the Windows driver doesn't work on Windows 11 any longer, due to problems with the driver signing.
Android devices are not capable of using the printer with the Windows driver.

Both points are solved with this driver distribution.

The current version can be pulled from hub.docker.com:

docker pull darkmessiah/ubuntu:qus1

Container Execution

To run this container, the cups port 631 has to be exposed:

docker run -p "631:631" darkmessiah/ubuntu:qus1

You can also use docker-compose to run with the attached docker-compose.yml file:

docker-compose up -d

Note

Since this image is x86_64 only due to the driver binaries, it can't be run on other architectures. However there is a possibility to run it on a RaspberryPi 4 linux/arm/v7 with the help of qemu.

To do so, you need to install the qemu user files and register them for the image target architecture x86_64:

sudo docker run --rm --privileged aptman/qus:d7.2 -s -- -p x86_64

As now now it worked with the LATEST version tag d7.2. With earlier version a saw segmentation faults/dumps due to errors in the binary cups filter. This seems to be fixed now.

I tested it on "Docker version 23.0.4, build f480fb1"

When you now run the image, it gives you a warning:

WARNING: The requested image's platform (linux/amd64) does not match the detected host platform (linux/arm/v7) and no specific platform was requested

Once you step into the container:

pi@raspberrypi:~/docker $ docker exec -it c8f4f46c83b3 bash

You can see, that the binaries are not executed directly, but with the qemu-x86_64-static

root@c8f4f46c83b3:/# ps -ef
UID        PID  PPID  C STIME TTY          TIME CMD
root         1     0  0 09:51 ?        00:00:01 /qus/bin/qemu-x86_64-static /usr/sbin/cupsd -f
root        25     0 13 09:59 pts/0    00:00:00 /qus/bin/qemu-x86_64-static /bin/bash
root        42    25  0 09:59 ?        00:00:00 /bin/ps -ef