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by johnstr

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Hi
I have set up internet printing on a win2k server. All works well from within the lan.

When I access from the internet I can see the printers, read their properties and manage them, but if I try to connect and thus print. I get the message 'Printer not found on computer, unable to connect.' and the printer installation fails.

Obviously I'm missing something and I'll be grateful for assistance.

Thanks

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by nico baggus

could it be that your printer management is done
through port 80/443 or http/https?
ipp uses port 631 with http queries

This might be a firewall issue.
Also your printer server might be configured to
allow access to the management part, but
excludes the printers.

by plebeian

You will need to change two files on the IIS server.

Located in c:\winnt\web\printers, the files: ipp_0001.asp and ipp_0004.asp.

Open each the files in notepad and find the line "If strComputer = "localhost" Or strComputer = "127.0.0.1".

To the end of these lines add and additional 'Or' and the domain that is coming in to access the server, e.g. strComputer = "printers.home.net"

To give a complete line like:
If strComputer = "localhost" Or strComputer = "127.0.0.1" Or strComputer = "printers.home.net"

Let me kow if this work, you should be able to access the printer and at least maintain them. Let me know if you are able to connect.

by johnstr

Thanks - but already done this. It was required to enable printer maintenance, which is working.

I've decided to use vpn access for printing - seems to work fine.

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