[SOLVED] Remote control printer to print photos or documents

mawmanager · 09-12-2018, 09:25 AM

Hello, I am a college student in China
My home now has a connected 'HP MP250' printer with the UbuntuServer host
I wanted to send a message to my parents by controlling the UbuntuServer to print the file remotely
Is there any software that can be implemented?Or another way.

Sometimes I need to print documents, sometimes I need to help them print photos

Thank you very much.

mawmanager · 09-12-2018, 10:05 AM

Another word:Google is blocked in my country.

TB0ne · 09-12-2018, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by mawmanager

Hello, I am a college student in China
My home now has a connected 'HP MP250' printer with the UbuntuServer host I wanted to send a message to my parents by controlling the UbuntuServer to print the file remotely
Is there any software that can be implemented?Or another way. Sometimes I need to print documents, sometimes I need to help them print photos

Set up a VPN server on the Ubuntu system at your parents house, and use it to connect to their network, and print whatever you want.

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Originally Posted by mawmanager

Another word:Google is blocked in my country.

So what? Use a different search engine; use TOR; use a VPN, or use whatever you used to find THIS site. And if you don't like your countries policies, get active and change them.

mawmanager · 09-14-2018, 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by TB0ne

Set up a VPN server on the Ubuntu system at your parents house, and use it to connect to their network, and print whatever you want.

So what? Use a different search engine; use TOR; use a VPN, or use whatever you used to find THIS site. And if you don't like your countries policies, get active and change them.

Thank you for your answer.I has already finished the VPN.
And now I want to know which software could be use to println photo at the ssh enviorment.

TB0ne · 09-14-2018, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by mawmanager

Thank you for your answer.I has already finished the VPN. And now I want to know which software could be use to println photo at the ssh enviorment.

Searching for "how to print from linux command line" will give you plenty of results. Look at the lp command, but you are not thinking about this correctly. When you establish a VPN connection between your network and your parents, their printer will be available to YOUR SYSTEM, over the network. Set up a network printer as you normally would, and print to it using whatever program you'd like.

mawmanager · 09-18-2018, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by TB0ne

Searching for "how to print from linux command line" will give you plenty of results. Look at the lp command, but you are not thinking about this correctly. When you establish a VPN connection between your network and your parents, their printer will be available to YOUR SYSTEM, over the network. Set up a network printer as you normally would, and print to it using whatever program you'd like.

I'm sorry that I didn't reply in time when I was at school these days.
Thank you very much for your reply