Network printing?

I use Google Remote Desktop to network my printer (keep it out in the shed with a webcam to monitor progress).  Let's me monitor and even tweak the settings as if I was there.  Just need to figure out how to change out the base plates after a print...

There is a 'new' DaVinci 1.1 (and a 2.1 for the dual filament) in QTR1 2015 with built-in Android screen / Wifi connectivity

https://onedrive.live.com/download?resi … C79827!446

Teamviewer for the ipad has 2 modes, touch screen and the method you described where you drag the mouse around.
Give it a go, it's free ! 

Just found this thread. I note that all the suggestions involve virtual network computing of some kind where the slicing software is running on the computer to which the 3D-printer is connected as usual, and the second computer is used as a remote terminal for that installation.

What I'm looking for is a rather different form of network printing. I want to run the slicing software on the remote computer (in my den at the top of the house) then print directly from there to the 3D-printer/computer combination located in the basement (rather like having a regular printer connected to one computer and then sharing the printer with other computers on the network). There's an implication that this could be done because under "Printer Monitor" in XYZWare, there are options of "USB" and "Network".

[ Up to now I've printed from the machine in the basement. The .3W files I've either generated on that machine or on the machine in the den, stored them on a network drive them picked them up from the basement machine. But I've run into a problem: although the basement machine nominally conforms to XYZWare's Open-GL minimum requirement and has been fine up to now, it's recently been giving me errors - Open-GL not good enough - on some complex parts. The XYZWare on the machine in the den is unphased by these parts (it's a seriously better system). The ideal solution would be to simply print from the den computer via the network ..... if I could figure out how ].

I've been using the xyzhub from wctek for the past week on mine.  It works pretty well.

The slicer does not need to be on a computer that is connected to the printer. Just make a folder on the printer downstairs with full read/write share access. Slice the file upstairs with preferred slicer. Then move the file over the network to the shared folder. The remote access the pc downstairs. Start up the host, load the file from the shared folder and your good. Same thing you want, just slight variation.

Nope .... you're still not understanding where I'm coming from. What you describe is my normal method of working (except that I put the sliced files on a NAS box on the network where they are accessible from any computer). I don't care much either way about remote accessing the downstairs computer just to load the file and press the print button.

The problem is, on some complex files, the downstairs installation gives the Open-GL error when I load the file and won't print. It will do this (of course) whether I remote-access it or run downstairs and use it in person. Remote access doesn't change anything.

The file will, however, open quite happily on the upstairs machine (unsurprising actually). If I could carry the printer upstairs and attach it to that machine it would print. if I had a real long USB cable (and if that wasn't outside the USB spec) I could connect it (to the upstairs machine) in its present location but that's not practical.
What I need is a way of sharing that USB port/device from the downstairs machine, over the ethernet to the upstairs machine.

I've done a bit more digging and come up with:

"USB Over Network" or: "USB Network gate"

as possible solutions .... but at a cost.

(I tried to post links but the system keeps barfing on them and I don't have time).

The remote screen viewer is a complete red herring ... it's simply not the issue.

"hooking up an old computer" is highly problematic. I don't think people realise how sensitive XYZWare is to the Open-GL level (or perhaps they don't understand Open-GL or know what it is). If Open_GL isn't up to a certain level, XYZWare won't install/run period. Even if it does meet the minimum level, XYZWare will run for objects up to a certain complexity but fail(apparently) with more complex parts. The computer I have downstairs is my old CAD system and it's no slouch but it fails on this part (it will run with full professional CAD such as Pro/Engineer). Short of spending more money than the DaVinci cost on a new computer to satisfy the Open-GL requirements, it would seem better to simply share the printer USB connection over the internet and RUN from my fast CAD system upstairs (who's Open-GL is up to it).

That's what I was trying to get at in my first post. The remote screen viewer was always irrelevant. Here's what I said at the start:

" I note that all the suggestions involve virtual network computing of some kind where the slicing software is running on the computer to which the 3D-printer is connected as usual, and the second computer is used as a remote terminal for that installation.

What I'm looking for is a rather different form of network printing. "

What about using : http://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Wireless … int+server
like him : http://voltivo.com/forum/davinci2/496-w … ctopi#3829

or

another solution is a RaspberyPi as USBHost server connected to network& printer and using http://www.virtualhere.com/  - I used this before using wifi SD Card - if you use one device on USBHOST it is free, no limit for client

both so can connect from any PC on the network which have the client

The TrendNet device certainly looks interesting. It costs a a bit more up here at Amazon Canada than it is on the US site ... and they won't ship here from the US unless things have changed recently. (Actually, if they did it wouldn't be free shipping and there wouldn't be much in it for price in the end). I did however locate, in Canada, the non-wifi version at a considerably better price although shipping will take ~10 days. Non-wifi isn't a problem for me.

The RPi approach looks interesting but I think will be another thing that has a bit of a learning curve for me. I have way too many things happening at once right now. I'll certainly take a look though - thanks luc.

(Sorry to truncate your quotes quite so viciously, luc. I don't know what gives with this site software but it throws up all kinds of errors and won't let me post if there are any urls in the message - even in the quotes. Same thing happened yesterday. The error message I get, in case someone recognises it is (the grammer doesn't make much sense but you get the gist):

"Too more links in message. Allowed 0 links. Reduce number of links and post it again."

I've tried D-Link dpr-2000 but computer does not see my DaVinci 1.0 Any ideas? Are these print servers any different?