You can use any shared printer as long as the server can access it without the use of username and password. Make sure your server has access to the printer (for the user running the web server). That said - server side printing is designed to be server side. The browser comes with a nice printer function and it can print on any client side printers without any problems. Just format the content for printing and call javascript:window.print(); There should not be a need for fancy printer extension in order to print on a local printer. - Frank > Hi you all, > > I'm trying to print on clients printers. Now it works fine, but only using > NetBIOS clients names in a LAN. > > I mean that using the following sintax it does work fine > > $printer = "\\\\"."CLIENTNAME"."\\"."PRINTERNAME"; > $handle = printer_open($printer); > > but suppose that CLIENTNAME ip is 192.168.0.15, well if I try printing using > > $printer = "\\\\"."192.168.0.15"."\\"."PRINTERNAME"; > $handle = printer_open($printer); > > doesn't work and if you look @ apache errors.log file you understand that > printer was not found. > > If printing "via tcp" is not possible... how do I print on a remote site? > > I tried a VPN connection form CLIENTNAME and SERVER (ip 192.168.0.100) using > Windows XP built in VPN server and client. > Connection succeeded, but browsing network for workgorup computers, from the > SERVER I don't see the CLIENTNAME. Instead of this I tried to run the > classic Run... with \\192.168.0.15 and WOW I've been prompted for user name > and password. WOW, it does work, I see shared folders and the shared > printer... but as said above... I cannot print on it. Viceversa from the > CLIENTNAME browser I connect fine to http://192.168.0.100. > > HELP > > Thank you in advance for any answer/tip/or help > > Robert > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
