printing remotely through tunnelblick to home printer

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JordanThompson
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printing remotely through tunnelblick to home printer

Post by JordanThompson » Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:57 am

Hi all,
I am out of the house on my mac. I have openvpn running on my openwrt router. I am able to remotely access my hosts at home. I can even web to my printer.
My mac (which normally prints to the printer when I am at home) does not see my printer at home. When I try to add a printer on my mac, it doesn't see it either. I have tried connecting via IP, but there are issues with drivers as it doesn't know what kind of printer it is.

Any idea suggestions?

mrincognito
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Re: printing remotely through tunnelblick to home printer

Post by mrincognito » Thu Jul 23, 2020 3:38 pm

If your printer supports 'Google cloud print' it could be away around the problem. www.google.com/cloudprint/learn/printers

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Re: printing remotely through tunnelblick to home printer

Post by mrincognito » Thu Jul 23, 2020 3:42 pm

Just a second thought...Could it be a firewall issue on the MAC?

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