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@[...].info>  ha scritto nel messaggio 
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>  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
> >
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