How to Make a Raspberry Pi-Powered Print Server

Raspberry Pi-Powered Print Server
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Even an ancient laser or inkjet printer is probably good enough for most people, but if yours lacks Wi-Fi, using it can be a pain the butt. However, it’s easy enough to turn a Raspberry Pi into a wireless print server that will allow you to print to your wired printer from any computer on your network. Here’s how to make a Raspberry Pi print server.

What You Need to Make a Raspberry Pi Print Server

  • Raspberry Pi with
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What Is Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology? CPUs With Favored Cores Explained

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Like we’ve proven with AMD processors , not all CPU cores are created equally, and that applies to Intel’s silicon, too. The silicon wafer fabrication process lends to discrepancies between each core’s voltage, power and thermal characteristics that lead to better performance. These faster cores are identified to the operation system as a favored core.

The term favored core first came with the arrival of Intel’s Broadwell-E line of HEDT (high-end desktop) CPUs in

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What Is Eye Tracking? A Basic Definition

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How does eye tracking work? And what does the popular eye tracking technology Tobii mean for common consumer uses, like gaming and Windows Hello?

Eye tracking technology follows a user’s point of gaze by keeping a record of the eyes’ positioning and movement. According to biometrics hardware and software vendor iMotions , eye tracking is done “in relation to the environment and is typically based on the optical tracking of corneal reflections, known as pupil center corneal

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Corsair One a100 Packs 16-Core AMD Ryzen CPU in a Compact Gaming Desktop

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Corsair has finally navigated into AMD waters again. Today, the company listed the Corsair One a100, its first AMD Ryzen-powered gaming PC that hails from the One series.

The new desktop leverages the core-heavy AMD Ryzen 3000-series (Matisse) desktop CPUs . While the Matisse family has many Zen 2 members, Corsair only taps the two fastest models, the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X and Ryzen 9 3950X


Raspberry Pi Gets Open-Source Healthcare Management App

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GNU Health is leading the way when it comes to open-source health management platforms. The team recently expanded its  support to include GNU Health Embedded images for the Raspberry Pi 3 and Raspberry Pi 4 .

As spotted by CNX Software , GNU Health Embedded is a full server package complete with its own database. Users can access data on the Pi locally instead of relying on a network. The Raspberry Pi is a low-resource option, making it ideal for small-scale deployment in


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Rumor: Upcoming Surface Laptop 4 Packs AMD's Powerful 16-Thread AMD R7 4800U

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Hardware detective Tum_Apisak from Twitter has dug up a 3DMark entry surrounding the new AMD Ryzen 7 4800U. This is a low-power mobile chip that packs a whopping eight CPU cores, but what's interesting about the entry is that it looks to be embedded in a Microsoft device.

The entry does


Tobii Eye Tracker 5 Adds Eye Tracking to Your Gaming PC

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Gamers are still a ways off from being able to use eye tracking in virtual reality (VR), as the best VR headsets boasting the tech are still dedicated to business customers. In the meantime, the Tobii Eye Tracker 5 released today aims to bring eye tracking to a more mainstream audience through a module that you can connect to your gaming PC and mount on your display.

Like Tobii’s earlier eye trackers, the Eye Tracker 5 lets you control certain functions

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Lenovo Brings Flex 5G, the First 5G Laptop, to Verizon on June 18

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Lenovo is ready to ship its 5G laptop, the Lenovo Flex 5G. It will be the first to market on June 18, for $1,399.99.

In the US, the Flex 5G will be available through Verizon with an option for a 24-month payment plan. The system will be sold through the carrier or Lenovo’s website and include a 1-year personal subscription to Microsoft 365 Personal .

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AMD Launches Ryzen 'XT' 3000-Series Processors: 3900XT, 3800XT, and 3600XT

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AMD fired back at Intel's Comet Lake processors today with three new XT-series Ryzen 3000 processors that slot in as the new leading chips for the Ryzen 9, Ryzen 7, and Ryzen 5 families. The new processors bring AMD's Radeon XT branding to its desktop processor line, but they are physically similar to their respective predecessors. That means they come with the same 7nm process and Zen 2 architecture, number of cores and threads, L3 cache


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Gigabyte B550 Aorus Master Review: Feature-Packed and Pricey

Our Verdict

Gigabyte’s B550 Aorus Master delivers plenty of premium features, including Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200, robust high-quality VRMs and solid performance. It’s a good option in the sub-$300 range though, at this price, X570-based boards may be a better bet if you’re looking to load up on speedy components.

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  • Solid 16-Phase 70A Power Delivery
  • Three M.2 slots, all
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