This article applies to all TeamViewer users.
With TeamViewer, you can print documents from a remote device on your local printer.
- With version 13, TeamViewer offers enhanced Remote Printing features:
- Remote printing is now possible for macOS users as well.
- Hewlett-Packard printers are now compatible with TeamViewer printers. Therefore full support of printers by Hewlett-Packard is provided.
- Remote Printing is now possible in color.
When installing the print driver, TeamViewer selects the default printer and calls it “TeamViewer (ID)“. This improves general usability during the remote printing process.
Requirements
To be able to use these features, you must meet the following requirements:
- You are using TeamViewer 13
- You are a private user or own a TeamViewer 13 license
- You have installed Windows 7 or later or macOS 10.10 or later
- Remote printing driver is installed
- Remote printing is activated within a session
Summary
Please see the following Knowledge Base article about Remote printing with TeamViewer for further information on the following:
- installing remote printing driver
- activating remote printing within a session
- starting a print job
From TeamViewer 13 on, Remote Printing with Windows XP and Windows Vista is no longer supported.
The setup process for Windows differs slightly from the macOS setup process.
On a Mac, remote printing also provides the advanced printing features of macOS, like creating a print preview PDF.
How to install the remote printing driver on a Mac
In order to set up remote printing, you would first have to install the TeamViewer print driver.
You will find this option under TeamViewer > Preferences > Advanced > Network > Install remote printing.
How to activate remote printing within a session on a Mac
Once the drivers have been installed, you can establish a connection to your remote computer and activate remote printing in the TeamViewer toolbar.
Title page: Enhanced remote printing with TeamViewer 13
Description tag: TeamViewer 13 prints documents from a remote device on the local printer in color. From now on, macOS and printers from Hewlett Packard are supported.
