Turn a regular printer into a network printer that prints attachments of emails using a Raspberry Pi.

Connect your Raspberry Pi (or any other Unix based computer) to the internet and plug in your printer.

Clone repository

git clone https://github.com/akrost/email-print.git

To create a cron job run

crontab -e

Add a new line at the end of the file:

*/5 * * * * /path/to/python3 /path/to/project/print-mails.py

This will check your mail account every 5 minutes for new mails and print them.

This script connects to your mail account, and fetches all unread messages. If the email comes from a whitelisted mail address and contains a whitelisted attachment, the file will be printed with your default printer.

• Use a dedicated e-mail address for your printer.
• The script was only tested with Gmail, but may also work with other IMAP capable
• The script was only tested with PDFs, but should also work with other mimetypes.
• Use a Raspberry Pi that is connected to the internet and a printer (set up a cronjob)