Sharing Network Printer?

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Apr 20, 2002 | 01:57 PM

maTT_02

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Sharing Network Printer?

I am trying to share a printer accross the internet. Is this possible? I have set the printer as shared and named it. I try to add the shared printer as \\24.206.xxx.xxx\share_name

Is this correct. It can't find it.

The shared printer is on Win XP. The compter try to add the shared printer is Win 95.

thanks

Apr 20, 2002 | 03:01 PM

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Are you trying to do this from your house to another house?

Or through a business network? Business would be simpler and you would have complete control over everything to be able to check.

First things first. Can each of you ping the other? Are you both on the same network? Can you access files/network resources on each others networks?

\\24.206.xxx.xxx\share_name

That would be correct so long as that is the IP on your network. Is the user trying to print to your printer a user on your network? There are lots of things to check.

Apr 20, 2002 | 10:41 PM

maTT_02

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Re: Are you trying to do this from your house to another house?

It is from my house to a small business, but the business is using a cable modem. I am using a cable modem also.

We are on different networks, but we can ping each other.

I am able to connect to them via VNC (a PC anywhere clone).

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