# Remote printing **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 24, 2012, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-printing/219980 "2012-01-24T08:15:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![suzukiriderman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/suzukiriderman/32/7421_2.png) [@suzukiriderman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/suzukiriderman)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-printing/219980/1 "2012-01-24T08:15:33Z")
I am looking to be able to print remotely. I have a computer at our office that I would like to hit print there and have it print at my shop(off-site, not networked). Any suggestions? I use LOGMEIN but I don’t want to pay $30/month to upgrade to pro just to be able to print. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 9:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-printing/219980/2 "2012-01-24T09:06:34Z")
You’d have to log into the computer that the printer is connected to and print from it. Either that or make it networked, create a VPN, and do it that way…but that’s wayyyy too much work. ---
**Author:** ![suzukiriderman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/suzukiriderman/32/7421_2.png) [@suzukiriderman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/suzukiriderman)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 9:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-printing/219980/3 "2012-01-24T09:14:08Z")
I print every day from it so if it takes some work thats fine. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-printing/219980/4 "2012-01-24T09:29:01Z")
some routers have the ability to plug a printer into it… then it would just be a matter of configuring the router and you wouldn’t even need the computer turned on. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-printing/219980/5 "2012-01-24T09:29:57Z")
Google Cloud Print [http://www.google.com/cloudprint/learn/](http://www.google.com/cloudprint/learn/) I think you set it up on the computer in your shop (which has the printer attached). Then you can upload your document to google docs and print from there. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-printing/219980/6 "2012-01-24T10:13:59Z")
> [@theblue](#): > > some routers have the ability to plug a printer into it… then it would just be a matter of configuring the router and you wouldn’t even need the computer turned on. True, but they’re on different networks. So the office computer can’t talk to the shop printer. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-printing/219980/7 "2012-01-24T10:42:59Z")
I haven’t tried it, but I would expect you can port forward and print to the IP of the other router. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-printing/219980/8 "2012-01-24T10:58:48Z")
^Interesting idea, I’m not to sure on that. Usually network printers don’t have an option to set ports (That I’ve seen). ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-printing/219980/9 "2012-01-24T11:01:17Z")
you don’t need to set port on the printer, you need to configure the router so that when it gets a request from outside of your network it will route to the printer.