I have several Pixel devices with GOS in my household. I can't connect a printer to the devices to print my print jobs. What tips and suggestions do you have for which apps or printers I should use to solve this problem? I would prefer laser printers.
Thanks for your answers in advance.

    Pepp I can't connect a printer to the devices to print my print jobs

    What do you mean you can't connect? How are you trying to connect, what is the error message when you try, are all pixels behave the same way?

      No, I only tried it with the Pixel 6a a long time ago. There is no error message, the print command is not executed. How is it with you? Which printer do you use? Did you have to install an extra APP?
      Please excuse the translation. This is from the internet.

      The problem is that the Pixel with GOS cannot find the printer.

        Pepp you need to disable VPN or enable localhost connections within your VPN app in order to get this working.

          With no VPN on, trying the native print service or Epson apps does no good as far as finding my printer (doesn't help trying to add the IP manually either). But with some (dodgy?) apps like this one, or this one it works like a charm and I cannot understand why. Please fill me in!

          • Pepp replied to this.

            Mind you, this goes for any non-GOS Android device I've tried to connect to the printer with also. Either with the Epson app(s) or the native print service, so apparently not a GOS issue, still strange some third-party apps can find the printer in less than a second tho!

            I wouldn't buy a wireless printer, due to not only possible issues but also in case some kid would be bored and try to connect to it and print some crap.

            Instead I utilize a nanopi to work as my print server and connect the printer there in a separate vlan just for printers. Works like a charm and no need for any apps, as all systems natively support such connections.

            • Pepp replied to this.

              Thank you for your ideas and experiences. It worked when I deactivated the VPN.
              You have helped me a lot.
              Thank you very much.

              0xsigsev
              Thank you for your ideas and experiences. It worked when I deactivated the VPN.
              You have helped me a lot.
              Thank you very much.

                ujjayi
                Thank you for your ideas and experiences. It worked when I deactivated the VPN.
                You have helped me a lot.
                Thank you very much.