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Printing over VPN

Presently I have a customer using a lan connection into my server but is restricted on the use of the LAN and is controlled by the Static IP assigned, they have a printer via the LAN to be accessable via Static IP. They are moving over to utilize ADSL and will connect remotely via VPN using Secure ID, which removed the LAN completely. There are 6 PC's on the ADSL and will connect to the VPN for access to systems (Server). The problem now is Printing! When they connect via VPN and choose to print the only printer noted is the local printer associated via the LPT1 (It seems that USB printers are not available over VPN). The company does not want to attach a local printer to each PC for printing. Can I setup the system so that all 6 users can print from the VPN to a local printer over the ADSL which now is DHCP? The users require unusually large prints and to purchase large printers is very expensive and they would like to utilize the one printer that they have.

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The problem is that at the location mentioned, they only have ADSL and sign on to the remote location via VPN. The users have only DHCP at the ADSL. We are wondering if we build the 6 users into a local network allowing the user to assign a local IP on the network. This would require the user to save items into a local file on their PC and when they signed of the ADSL they could then do printing over the local network. Do you think that is possible????

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