[SOLVED] Mac RDP to Server 2008, then printing back.

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Client has a Macbook Pro, using the RDP functionality to access his Windows 2008 server, and wants to print documents from the server back to his Macbook's network-connected Brother MFC.
The native print support in RDP does not load a print driver. We have tried Google Cloud Print as well. The print job goes to the online Queue, but never makes it to the printer. We tested the Cloud Print on another iOS device successfully.
We have also tried using Teamviewer with no luck.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
 
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No, RDP does not allow the remote machine to print on the local machines network.

Does the printer natively support Google Cloud Print or are you using it through your Mac?
If using it through mac then it wont work because going through your mac is going to use a mac driver, not a windows one.

If the printer natively supports it then you should be able to set it up at the printer itself and then print to it.

Otherwise you have one of 3 options:
1) Just copy file to Mac and print from there
2) If the network on the Mac side has a static IP address from ISP then you can install a printer on the server linking to your local public IP address (what you get from ISP) and you will also have to open port on the router that the printer is...
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No, RDP does not allow the remote machine to print on the local machines network.

Does the printer natively support Google Cloud Print or are you using it through your Mac?
If using it through mac then it wont work because going through your mac is going to use a mac driver, not a windows one.

If the printer natively supports it then you should be able to set it up at the printer itself and then print to it.

Otherwise you have one of 3 options:
1) Just copy file to Mac and print from there
2) If the network on the Mac side has a static IP address from ISP then you can install a printer on the server linking to your local public IP address (what you get from ISP) and you will also have to open port on the router that the printer is using.
3) Use a VPN network tunnel and bridge the two offices to allow you to route to both networks from either location. Both sites will need VPN capable routers or firewalls (preferably same models) and be on different subnets.
 
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