Printing to remote printers

[Richard Kreiss]

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> From: filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On
> Behalf Of flowersoft at compuserve.com
> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 7:09 AM
> To: 'Jose Lerebours'; 'George Simon'; 'filePro Mailing List'
> Subject: RE: Printing to remote printers
> 
> I'll be a little more specific as to what needs to be done.  Let's say we
have 3
> different locations, the main location (let's call it location #1) has the
server,
> FilePro and printers and the other locations connect to the server using
> remote desktop connection.  These remote locations also have local
printers
> connected to their own local network.  The object is to have the ability
to
> print from FilePro to any of the printers from any of the locations.  In
other
> words, location #1 could print to the printer at location #3 as well as
its own
> printer(s).  Location #3 could print a printer at location #1 or location
#2 or its
> own local printers.  In the past I've been able to print from a remote
location
> to a printer at the main location without any problems, but local printing
> although possible is not always reliable from filePro and printing from
the
> main location to a remote location I've never tried.  Could Print Wizard
be the
> answer?

Answer in reverse order 

Printwiz can help as it will route to the default printer.  This allows
Printwizard to router to a terminal server printer and then redirect it to
the local printer. 

Suggest you look and printwiz se as it allows you to set up multiple
printers.  Also you can set the print jobs up as a windows service(s).  You
can have a different folder for each location(printer).

The only thing you would need to do is set the -p option to the proper
folder.


Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting
rkreiss at gccconsulting.net
  













> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:filepro-list-
> bounces+flowersoft=compuserve.com at lists.celestial.com]
> On Behalf Of Jose Lerebours
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 9:07 PM
> To: George Simon; filePro Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Printing to remote printers
> 
> Have you tried setting the printer on the filePro server itself as a local
printer
> pointing to the IP address by creating a TCP/IP port and then setting a
filePro
> printer to print to it?
> 
> filePro should be able to print to ANY printer defined within or
accessible to
> the network.  That being said, it is possible that it will not print if
the printer is
> a WINDOWS only printer (I am not sure how WINDOWS version of fp is
> dealing with that).
> 
> Also, you could point to a device by its FQDN or IP by using \\FQDN\ or
\\IP
> ADDRESS\ ...  Not sure if filePro could handle this method ...
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Jose Lerebours
> 954 559 7186
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 7:17 PM, George Simon
> <george at flowersoftusa.com>
> wrote:
> > Can FilePro for Windows print to printers, local or remote, using an
> > IP address?
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