Windows 2011 SBS Printing

[Kenneth Brody]

On 6/17/2013 8:19 PM, Scott wrote:
> Richard
>
> Yes the printer is shared/installed on that machine as
> //servername/printername and works (it goes to a IP port printer).
>
> When logged into RDP session I have that printer available and in the
> explorer address bar if u type //servername/printername you get the printer
> queue so it is shared and working.
>
> But from Filepro in a RDP session I get a "no such file/directory error" yet
> from Filepro in the console it works.
>
> Is there any other services or further rolls that need to be setup.
[...]

Well, if you get a "no such file/directory" error, it's because Windows 
returned that error to filePro.

Is it possible that Win2011 SBS now requires backslashes for some reason? 
(ie: "\\servername\printername"?)

In the RDP session, open a command prompt and try:

     echo hello >\\servername\printername

Does that print?

I remember that older versions of Windows wouldn't let you "use" a network 
share from the local computer.  (ie: if you were on "server123", you 
couldn't map "\\server123\sharename".)  Did they perhaps add that 
restriction back into Win2011 SBS?

-- 
Kenneth Brody