usb printer sharing over internet

howyoudoinhowyoudoin
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
I have an imac at home with a epson usb 740 connected to it. Also I have a powerbook and I would like to be able to share this epson printer over the internet so when i'm at school i can send jobs to be printed home. What do I need to do for this to happen? My imac at home has dsl connected to a netgear wireless router.



Josiah

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  • Reply 1 of 4
    dmband0026dmband0026 Posts: 2,345member
    Maybe this is a dumb question...but what good would printing something at home do if you were at school? Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose of printing it? I don't know that this can be done unless you want to open your computer up wide to the outside world, and even than, I'm not sure. I don't have the answer for you, I was just wondering about a few things.
  • Reply 2 of 4
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    a good example would be if I wanted to send something to my parents from school...



    basically it is a "fax"



    that would be your best bet... but you would need a mac (and a phone line) on each end...





    but I DO see a use for this... even if it is just for the cool factor...



    also, think about the reverse... it would be nice to be able to print everything to your high speed office printer while at home and have it waiting when you come to work that morning...
  • Reply 3 of 4
    howyoudoinhowyoudoin Posts: 118member
    Does that mean there is no way to do printing over internet?



    Another thing which would be really cool is if someone knows how to send faxes over a bluetooth phone. I have a Sony Ericsson T616 with cingular.
  • Reply 4 of 4
    howyoudoinhowyoudoin Posts: 118member
    I live about 5 minutes from school and i don't have a floppy drive to use at school and they are very anal about transfering anything from a home computer to a school computer.









    Quote:

    Originally posted by DMBand0026

    Maybe this is a dumb question...but what good would printing something at home do if you were at school? Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose of printing it? I don't know that this can be done unless you want to open your computer up wide to the outside world, and even than, I'm not sure. I don't have the answer for you, I was just wondering about a few things.



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