Re: Printing from a Domain to a Workgroup

From: Chuck (none_at_example.net)
Date: 09/07/04 

Date: 7 Sep 2004 11:42:13 -0500

On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 09:11:34 -0700, "housepower"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>In am trying to set up printing between computers.
>
>I have a LAN at home connecting 4 computers, one of the
>computers is running XP and has a printer attached to that
>computers. All the computers can print to this computer
>that has the printer attached. All these computers are in
>the same Workgroup.
>
>When I bring my work laptop home from work and connect it
>to my LAN at home it works fine, but I can not set it up
>to print. My work computer is assigned to a Domain.
>
>The problem appears to be accessing my home computers
>(workgroup) from a domain based computer. Is there a way
>to set up my network so it will allow my work computer to
>print on my home network when it is connected to my home
>LAN?

Accessing workgroup resources, from a laptop that's been joined to a domain, is
a reasonably simple task.

Simply setup a common userid, with identical, non-blank password, on both the
laptop, and the computer with the printer.

Ensure that the laptop has network connectivity (either using DHCP, or the
correct fixed ip settings). Login to the laptop with the userid / password
setup on the computer with the printer.

The computer with the printer will be found under Network Neighborhood (My
Network Places) - Entire Network - Microsoft Windows Network. Setup the
printer, using whatever setup procedures / wizard are available.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

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