Can a Shared USB Printer be an IP Printer too?

Apologies if this is a FAQ that was already answered somewhere else, I did look but couldn't find the answer here.
I have a local LAN with addresses 192.168.1.x. Some clients are static IP addresses like .101, .102, and DHCP is also served up to new clients in the range .200 and up, by a Belkin wireless router. The router is attached to Roadrunner so has a WAN address like 65.xx.xx.xx.
On this network is an imac G5 (static local IP) running 10.4.8. Physically attached to this by USB is a Shared USB Printer (Epson 6600 AIO). Shared printing within the local network works just fine from any client.
So now the question. Is there a way to set up IP printing so that this printer can be used remotely? Presumably would have to know the WAN address and open a port in the router somehow. Hope the question is clear, let me know if I need to provide additional info.
Thanks for your advice

So now the question. Is there a way to set up IP
printing so that this printer can be used remotely?
Presumably would have to know the WAN address and
open a port in the router somehow.
Yes, you are on the right track in your thinking.
I have not tried printing from the WAN, but for web hosting, ftp serving I have enabled port forwarding ont the router to the mac. For printing I think you need to have port 631 open and forwarded from the router to the Mac. Your particular router should have a web-based configuration setting, where you use a web browser and log into the router LAN IP.
http://www.whatismyip.com will tell you what your public WAN IP is, from your Mac, which may change occasionally if you have a typical dynamic IP service. There are some ISP services that can give you a static IP, or third-party static IP alias to the dynamic IP, if you need it.

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