printing over the internet

Printing over the internet...

Hi.. I have such a tough request from management- printing over internet. I feel it is quite complex, please help me!!

Case 1)
From company A (with firewall, allow all out, no in), I want to print a document to a printer in company B over the internet (without the VPN connection). (The printer in company B is assigned with a public IP without a firewall protected)

Should I do this-> From the PC in company A, add a local printer with TCP/IP port and type in the remote printer IP and install the remote printer driver then start to print ?? Will it work?


Case 2)
From company B (without firewall) I want print a document to a printer in company A (with firewall, allow all out, no in) over the internet without VPN. The printer in company A is assigned with a internal IP and NAT to a public IP)

Should I do the same as case 1, (add a local printer with TCP/IP port and type in the remote printer IP in company A) except I need to open some firewall port to allow printing traffic to come in via company A's firewall from company B. May I know what port I need to open ???


Case 3)
From company B (without firewall) I want print a document to a printer in company A (with firewall, allow all out, no in) over the internet without VPN. The difference here from case 2 is the printer in company A is attached to a print server and the print server is assigned with a internal IP and NAT to a public IP).

Can I still add a network printer via the internet?? I don't think I can brower the printer on the printer there right?

Any idea how to make this work?

What operating system are your servers? or do your printers support IPP (internet printing protocol)? This is very easy to do with novell netware 6 running apache web server and NDPS. Basicly look into enabling IPP for secure printing over the internet.

Hi.. Junniper, my operating system is windows 2000. I confirmed that my remote printer is attached to a print server and a public IP of 200.200.200.200 (for example)

How do I print to there? Must the Server 2000 installed with IIS?? I saw a internet printing URL prompt in window? should I use that?? what is the format like??

Urgent help needed.. others' input are welcome

I had solved my problem. Thanks for the guide.

But I want to know for internet printing. What port I need to on firewall. If my internet print server is protected by a firewall protected