On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Steven Marshall <[email protected]> wrote: > Is it possible to direct a print job (i.e. receipt) to a locally attached > printer instead of sending the print job to CUPS on the Ledgersmb server and > then redirect back to the local printer at the client site? I have a > situation where I am concerned that that the ISP of my customers block > incoming ports (i.e. CUPS communications) such that the print job will never > get through the required port where the local printer is located. I am > pretty sure I can use SSH via Putty and tunneling since they do allow that > port open, but setting this up at each client would not be ideal. Looking > for suggestions on how I can set up printing (mostly POS receipt printing) > for a number of dispersed clients using one Ledgersmb installation on my > server in the most simplistic way in terms of my clients installation > requirements.
If it were me, I'd set up a VPN of some sort or a single channel to a CUPS server on each sub-network of the WAN. I wouldn't do that for each client as that would be a mess. Best Wishes, Chris Travers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Ledger-smb-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-users
