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Subject: Printing using Remote Web Workplace to connect to my computer at work
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George Catranis User is Offline
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5/09/2005 12:47 AM  
What is involved in printing using the Remote Web Workplace and connecting to my computer at work. 

I would like to print using my VPN.  Are there any tech documents on the subject.

Thanks

George
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5/09/2005 10:37 AM  
Hi George,

What you ask are two different situations. Either you use RWW and connect to a desktop at your work or you use VPN to connect to shares on the server. The best way is to use RWW and connect to a desktop on your work. If you do that the printer(s) you have installed on your local workstation will be automatically mapped to the Desktop at your work. So, if you are connected to a workstation at work in this session the printers connected to your workstation at home will show up as possible printers to print to.
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5/10/2005 05:56 PM  
Does the printer at home have be installed at the work location also?  It works from one romote location.  I have a HP 6p at home and at the office;  however, at the second remote location I only have a HP photosmart printer.  This printer is not installed on any workstations at the office.  I can't print using this HP photosmart printer.  Should I install the printer at my workstation at the office?

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George 
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6/03/2005 01:52 PM  
yes, it needs installing at work as well. I have had a lot of success with installing the printer on the machine under LPT2 or 3, not printing a test page, then simply deleting the printer. The drivers are then left in and upon connecting from home the RWW knows about the printer and can port it successfully. 

This is fine with decent printer drivers that have an INF and can be manually installed. It gets messy with annoying full install printer drivers with 'status monitors' and the like. I advise my clients to buy HP printers as there drivers are good, and can usually be installed manually from the INF, even if they say otherwise in the instructions.

All-in-Ones are a problem. Often they will not install unless you plug the bloody printer in halfway thru the install, which you can't, because it isnt physically there. I say 'no AIOs' to my clients for this reason

Andy
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