Ok. I did it. It was a buggy VPN connection. Shared client printer now prints. Sorry and thank you for your answers. Robert ""Frank M. Kromann"" <frank@xxxxxxxxxxxx> ha scritto nel messaggio news:11621208502000000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 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
