internet printing

[shmoes]

Hey,

I've got an HP laserjet 3100 printer on a windows 2000 machine.

It by default uses a virtual port and not the standard lpt1.
terminal services detects lpt1 and redirects automaticly. However i cannot print to this printer directly because it uses the virtual port.

I'm thinking if i can print to an internet address //ip.here.x.x/printername i can just add it over the internet. I don't know how to make a printer available via internet .. i try to print to the printer ip/name now and it says access denied...

any ideas?


~Shmoes

I lay claim to nothing and everything. My words may be wisdom or disaster. In the end you make a choice. Noone is perfect.

 

[tahoe2]

publish the printer in AD, then share the printer under properties in the printer folder. that will give access over the internet.

Hope this helps,

Corie

 

[shmoes]

Thanks,

I ended up just swapping the 3100 for the other 3150 we have, and that one works on TS just fine.

But i'll keep that in mind for future


Az

~Shmoes

I lay claim to nothing and everything. My words may be wisdom or disaster. In the end you make a choice. Noone is perfect.

 

[krinid]

What is TS? What is AD?
If you put your printer on the internet, can anyone access it? I guess I'd have to know your printer's IP to send a job to it, mind you. Is there any security you can use?

 

[netwalker1]

usually the printer software has a password ...
u can secure yourself by putting it..
or put it behind a firewall , and control the access..

Mohamed Farid
Know Me No Pain , No Me Know Pain !!!

 

[shmoes]

Krinid

TS = Terminal Services
AD = Active directory


~Shmoes

I lay claim to nothing and everything. My words may be wisdom or disaster. In the end you make a choice. Noone is perfect.

 

[e8usnret]

read up on "comand line" NET USE /?
add printer to use LPT1.

NET USE LPT1 //SERVER/000.000.00.000(PRINTER ID) /PERSISTENT YES

 

[shmoes]

i'll check that out, but i was able to change the printer to lpt1 without command line .. it just wouldn't print.



~Shmoes

I lay claim to nothing and everything. My words may be wisdom or disaster. In the end you make a choice. Noone is perfect.