How to Share a Client Shared Printer?
Purpose: I want users in main office to be able to print to VPN Users Printer on my print Server while she is offline and then jobs go to the Printer when the user is connected VPN. Since only the PC connects VPN not her entire home subnet IP Printing is not an option... Surely there is a way to get a Print Server to Serve a Shared printer? I even tried right from my PC with same results as below but problem is for VPN User even though i have same issue on LAN with print Server...
We have a WinXP Client PC with Shared printer \\CAPA5421\WVMCzPrint1
They VPN in and I can even use \\CAPA5421\ to see the printer listed shared but if I run START \\CAPA5421\WVMCzPrint1 I get error message "The request is not Supported" nothing else... Does not seem to be rights issue since I am Admin credentialed and able to see Shares and C$ of PC.
However I can right click the Printer in my Explorer Window \\CAPA5421\ and connect it... Even lets me Print Test page to user that comes out of her Printer at her home office but it will not show up in Print Management if connected this way... Another words its not on my print server as anything more than a Printer on my logon...
Trying to Add Printers thru wizard it only looks at local Subnet and will not let me type in the share name \\CAPA5421\WVMCzPrint1
Any Ideas would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!!