Auto Attachment Printer

Easy to use & simple script to automatically print PDF attachments from a mailbox.

Getting Started

This script is made for Linux. It should be quite easy to change this code for Windows & Mac. We run this on multiple locations using Raspberry Pi Zero W 512MB, 16GB Sandisk Class10 SD-card. Distro used: DietPi (Raspbian can also be used)

Prerequisites

apt-get install procmail git fetchmail uudeview cups

Installing

git clone https://github.com/amerkestijn/auto-attachment-printer.git

When done, cd into project and edit the following files and enter your information (what to edit is marked in the files)

nano fetchmail.conf
nano printmail.sh

It may be necessary to modify permissions. More info: https://www.linux.com/training-tutorials/understanding-linux-file-permissions/

Run Script

bash ./printmail.sh

Create cronjob

crontab -e -u YOUR-USERNAME

#At the end of this file add the following with the path to the script
* * * * * /path/to/script/dir.sh

#Exit out of crontab and restart cron
sudo service cron restart

#As i was using dietpi we need to enable cron.minutely
sudo dietpi-cron

#For the use of cron, give extended rights/chmod to the file: printmail.sh | Otherwise the cronjob cannot execute.

Deployment

Deploy this at your own risk.

Authors & Credits

• Thomas Hampel - Initial creator - (https://github.com/thampel)
• Aron Merkestijn - Small edits & corrections - (https://github.com/amerkestijn)

If you have any questions regarding this script please contact me (https://github.com/amerkestijn), or create an issue.

Mr.Hampel made this tutorial originally in 2015 on his own blog.

Because of changes over the years some commands & installations have changed, which is why i made this repo to simplify things for myself and others.

You can find his original tutorial here: https://blog.thomashampel.com/blog/tomcat2000.nsf/dx/print-email-attachments-with-a-raspberrypi.htm