Hello all. I would like to be able to print some docs to a US based printer via the internet. Anyone know if this is even possible?
Thanks.
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Is It Possible To Print To A Us Network Printer Via Internet
Started by kennalder, 2009-10-20 20:29
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8 replies to this topic
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stkyricesf
Advanced Member Posted 2009-10-21 02:52:13
It is possible if you have a VPN connection and if you use windows you can RDP into a network
to print to a US base printer #3
niller74
Senior Member Posted 2009-10-30 11:40:11
There are several ways of doing this, and no, you don't necessarily need a VPN connection to the network where the printer is located. Once that is said doing it through VPN is more convenient.
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kennalder
Senior Member Posted 2009-11-01 08:41:01
It is possible if you have a VPN connection and if you use windows you can RDP into a network to print to a US base printer I'm not as computer literate as I used to be. Anyone know of someone in Chiang Mai that could set this up for me? #5
monty
slightly retarded member Posted 2009-12-15 12:12:44
Sorry to be daft, but why not send the documents to be printed to them and let them do it themselves?
I have done remote printing before and found that most print jobs (with graphics) required massive amounts of data to be transferred. Presumably because everything graphic sent to the printer is sent in bitmap, whereas in the file it usually is in compressed format. #6
Crushdepth
Dismembered Posted 2009-12-15 17:15:35
We had a guy in Canada accidentally print to one of our machines in Thailand, so yes its possible. He still had our printer set as the default, and our (ex) computer guy had given the print server (and all machines on the LAN) a public IP address for reasons that are still a mystery to me. I think the computer guy had also set the printer's fixed IP during driver set up on the laptop, because he did that on my desktop.
So you could print from anywhere on earth for a while there, until some genius decided that a firewall might be a good idea [shudder]. #8
Martian
Senior Member Posted 2010-01-21 18:30:27
If the printer is connected to another computer at that location, put that computer onto a free logmein account, email the document to yourself, open your email on the computer there through logmein and print away. A little round about way of doing it but it works.
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Langsuan Man
Super Member Posted 2010-01-21 18:41:58
If the printer is connected to another computer at that location, put that computer onto a free logmein account, email the document to yourself, open your email on the computer there through logmein and print away. A little round about way of doing it but it works. Regards Unfortunately the remote printing option is only for the PAID version of Log Me In but your idea of mailing an email to yourself would work since everything would be at the remote computer and printer. If it was something that you would do a lot of, I would consider going for the paid option since log me in is very easy to use once it is on both computers Edited by Langsuan Man, 2010-01-21 18:53:52. |
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