Not quite so easy -
Remember that under Windows a printer is a combination of a driver and a
device.
If you link to a remote printer, it needs to install the driver locally on
your server so as to access the printer correctly .. that means either it
has to be a model that has previously been installed (say, if you have two
equivalent HP Lasers on different machines) or the client needs to have the
right drivers to publish back to you - which can give problems if they are
running different versions of Windows and e.g. 64 bit vs 32 bit and you
haven't loaded them all.
Also, BTW, being able to access the driver doesn't mean the printer is
working. Most drivers only check when they actually start printing. So any
'is this printer online or offline' messages only relate to the last thing
the driver knew about and not necessarily the current state.
That said, you can try the DOS NET commands. NET USE will show you what you
have visible already:
C:\Users\brian>net use
New connections will be remembered.
Status Local Remote Network
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
Unavailable LPT1: \\tiny\text1 Microsoft Windows Network
The command completed successfully.
Now this is NOT showing what is actually available.
C:\Users\brian>NET USE "\\tiny\HP Color LaserJet CP2020 Series PCL6"
The command completed successfully.
Now it is there:
Status Local Remote Network
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
Unavailable LPT1: \\tiny\text1 Microsoft Windows Network
OK \\tiny\HP Color LaserJet CP2020 Series PCL6
Microsoft Windows Network
The command completed successfully.
Brian
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