Little Snitch is not going to see traffic between a printer and the internet. 
That traffic doesn't pass through your Mac. 

> On Feb 25, 2017, at 1:15 AM, Michel Coste <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I’d suggest the use of Little Snitch. I’ve been using it for years and it’s 
> perfect!
> 
> https://obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html
> 
> Disclaimer: I’m only a happy user!
> 
> mc
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>> On 23 Feb 2017, at 19:43, Carl Hoefs <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Feb 22, 2017, at 10:11 PM, @lbutlr <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Is there an inkjet printer (Brother, Canon, Epson) that can be installed 
>>>> without phoning home?
>>> 
>>> I have two Brother's. They connect to my LAN, they do not connect to the 
>>> Internet.
>> 
>> This made me wonder about something... There's really nothing to stop a 
>> piece-of-junk HP printer from sending back any and all kinds of information 
>> over an internet-connected wifi network, right? I mean, the user would have 
>> no way to know that this is going on, or to what extent. You would have to 
>> set up a firewall router between the wifi modem and the internet connection, 
>> and then do some packet-sniffing. Even then, the communications are probably 
>> encrypted. No wonder many of the newer printers have done away with the USB 
>> connection and support wifi only. Scary stuff.
>> 
>> -Carl
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