Remote Printing

[Jörn Nettingsmeier]

Alan Auerbach wrote:
> I want to print on a printer local to the client machine from an application
> running on the server machine. I understand this is possible, but cannot get
> it to work.
> 

afaik vnc can't, but citrix metaframe can, among others. maybe they 
are using some publicly available trick that you can use as well... 
not sure though.

or if you are on the same network as the server, simply use the OS's 
printer sharing support.

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