Printing from a local machine to a remote printer....
Can it be done? I have a VPN connection between 2 locations and I would like to print from one machine on one network to and printer on the other network....Thanks
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Also, you might need the same login name (windows account) to do this, or at least both logins have Admin rights, but as long as the printer is shared on one network, it is visible from the VPN login. And if the VPN devices are windows boxes rather than dedicated routers, you will have to connect to the printer on the VPN server, so the incoming sees the shared printer. But other than that, it is pretty straightforward.
If you have networked printers, you don't need to use the print server. If you use a print server in a different domain, your users will constantly get prompts to put in a username/password, every time they try to print.
Instead goto printers folder. "add printer". click "next", leave it local, and uncheck "automatically detect and install my printer". click next
Now, choose "create a new port"....select "Standard TCP\IP". Type the IP address of the printer on the other subnet....Click next. Now just point it to the driver, and viola....printer installed.
NOTE: For this to work all network printers must have to the correct gateway entry to get back accross the vpn.
Instead goto printers folder. "add printer". click "next", leave it local, and uncheck "automatically detect and install my printer". click next
Now, choose "create a new port"....select "Standard TCP\IP". Type the IP address of the printer on the other subnet....Click next. Now just point it to the driver, and viola....printer installed.
NOTE: For this to work all network printers must have to the correct gateway entry to get back accross the vpn.
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