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by buf
4405 days ago
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The setup I'm trying to achieve is minimal. On site, there would only be a printer which is connected to the internet via ethernet port (or wireless). From off site, I want to send an http request to the printer (As an aside, I'm trying to make the request secure somehow). The http request would look something like this ideally: curl -X POST --data-urlencode 'html=<html><head><meta charset="utf-8"></head><body><p style="font-family: Comic Sans Ms; font-size: 36px;">YOUR MESSAGE HERE</p><p>YOUR EMAIL</p></body></html>' http://remote.bergcloud.com/playground/direct_print/Q9UCCLRT... So I wouldn't have the luxury of having an on site server unfortunately. PS - I couldn't find your email in your profile. It was empty when I clicked through. |
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1) You'll need some hardware to act as a webserver that can turn the HTTP requests into something the printer understands. Printers don't really have webservers built in to them with HTTP APIs.
2) Firewalls will be a problem even if you have a dedicated webserver. Most likely you'll add some hardware that connects to a central service as a client, and your central service will relay messages down to your device on site.