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poof · 12-03-2003, 08:38 PM

"If you don't want to worry about buying anything else you can still do it really easily. But you do have to have the computer that's attached to the printer on all the time."

Get a print server!

The firewall comment was just a <strike>silly </strike> Distraction. If configured properly, your network will understand all the computers and print servers and they are ahead of any firewall.

After all, they are on your side, ya know, your network.

Now, my goal is to be able to print a document and have it print on the base computer's printer.

Then share the printer, leave the "base" computer on whenever you need to print, or, taa daa, get a simple, inexpensive print server!

The printer server is always on, and understands the input from any computer on the network that has (shared) permissions.

The computers on the network talk to the server. There is no need to have a "base" computer. As each computer understands it's access point to the internet/network it will also understand that to print, go to the server!

When installing a printer, instead of assigning it to lpt1, you assign it to the port on the print server. It is very simple, and quite popular. I suppose that is why printer servers cost less than a hundred dollars.

12-03-2003, 08:38 PM	#10 (permalink)
poof Psycho	<b>"If you don't want to worry about buying anything else you can still do it really easily. But you do have <b> to have</b> the computer that's attached to the printer on all the time.</b>" Get a print server! The firewall comment was just a <strike>silly </strike> <i>Distraction</i>. If configured properly, your network will understand all the computers and print servers and they are ahead of any firewall. After all, they are on your side, ya know, your network. <b>Now, my goal is to be able to print a document and have it print on the base computer's printer.</b> Then share the printer, leave the "base" computer on whenever you need to print, or, <b>taa daa</b>, get a simple, inexpensive print server! The printer server is always on, and understands the input from any computer on the network that has (shared) permissions. The computers on the network talk to the server. There is no need to have a "base" computer. As each computer understands it's access point to the internet/network it will also understand that to print, go to the server! When installing a printer, instead of assigning it to lpt1, you assign it to the port on the print server. It is very simple, and quite popular. I suppose that is why printer servers cost less than a hundred dollars. Last edited by poof; 12-03-2003 at 08:52 PM..