SavaPage printing server
from Luckyfriend222@lemmy.world to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 29 May 18:31
https://lemmy.world/post/47508515

Hi Selfhosting community.

Was looking for PaperCut alternatives that are self-hostable and preferably open-source. I came across this software: SavaPage. It looks really great, loads of features that ticks many of the boxes I need it for. I want to implement this at our offices. Wondering if anyone here has any experience with this, and if you might be willing to share said experience?

TIA.

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ejs@piefed.social on 29 May 19:08 collapse

I don’t have any familiarity with using this kind of software, but I looked through the git repo of SavaPage. It looks like it has been actively developed for the past few years, which is a great sign, but it looks like almost all commits are done by one user. The issue tracker is also a little meager, with just one open issue, potentially pointing to a very small user base. Adoption heavily depends on as long as that one person keeps maintaining the project.

Luckyfriend222@lemmy.world on 29 May 19:14 next collapse

That is a very valid point, thank you. I saw that too. I just don’t want to go PaperCut just yet, because I honestly don’t feel it is worth the cost. I would rather have us spend the money on proper hardware for our hosting capabilities.

Thank you for your response.

dan@upvote.au on 29 May 20:22 collapse

Printing doesn’t change very often. The main protocols (like PostScript, PCL, and IPP) haven’t had any major changes in a very long time. Software like SavaPage probably mostly “just works” and doesn’t need a huge amount of maintenance or have a huge number of issues.