Remote Printing

[velocityg4]

Since Google Cloud Print is no more. I'm trying to see if there is a solution for easy remote printing from anywhere in the world.

The options I have for devices to print through is an iMac running Big Sur and always on. The printer is a Brother HL-L8360CDW. So, a solution that shares the printer from the iMac or sends the document directly to the printer would work.

I've looked at the options Brother lists. But none seem to be what I'm after.

Brother Cloud Secure Print: Sends to an e-mail address to print directly. But the instructions indicate every print job needs to have a password input on the printer to actually print. I just want to send the print job and have it spit out.

Google Drive (or any cloud storage): Just lets you navigate the cloud storage on the printer to print documents. Again, not automatic printing.

Ideally, I'd just want to be able to add the remote printer on a Mac (hopefully iPhone too). Then select the remote printer when out of state or out of country. Print and come home to find the job finished.

The next best. Is being able to attach the document to an e-mail or some other means. Then have the completed job sitting in the printer when I get back.

I found some article from 2013 about using iCloud and Back to My Mac. Not sure if that is still viable or reliable.

Edit: This is actually for a client. I just wrote it in the first person. He just clarified, what he wants is to be able to print from his iPhone to his printer. From anywhere in the world. So, that is the criteria. Is there a way to accomplish this?

 

[sevoneone]

Back To My Mac is long dead. I’d do this with ZeroTier One. It is free, super effective and can be setup easily in a few minutes. Install it on the iMac and any remote Macs you want to print from and join them to the same ZeroTier network. Setup the printers on the iMac and enable print sharing. ZeroTier forwards and handles all the mDNS by default, so adding the printer on the remote Mac is as simple as adding it if the Macs were on the same network.

 

[satcomer]

Another free (as beer) is CyberDuck to transfer to any cloud you want!

 

[hobowankenobi]

Check out PaperCut Mobility Printing. Have not used it, but looks promising.

 

[velocityg4]

Check out PaperCut Mobility Printing. Have not used it, but looks promising.

That looks pretty simple and might be the type of thing I'm looking for.