Hey everyone,

i currently have 2 office's in which i have a vpn router (office a) and a
database app.

(office b) connects to (office a) using MS vpn client and i use remote
desktop to run various apps.  Everythings works great except printing.

I know i need to share the printer in (office b) and my remote desktop need
to be mapped to that printer.  Problem is, when i connect to the printer i
get an error saying the printer is no longer availble. 

Is there anything special i need to do with the sharing or connecting of the
printer.

thanks

lee

Assuming you also receive Event ID 1111, 1105 or 1106, you may need to install the printer driver or upgrade the RDC software. This search result may help,

Troubleshooting terminal server issuesEvent ID: 1111, 1105 and 1106 - Local printer on TS issues Faulting application spoolsv.exe or tcpmon.dll I can't reconnect after disconnecting ...
      www.chicagotech.net/troubleshootingts.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
  Hey everyone,

  i currently have 2 office's in which i have a vpn router (office a) and a
  database app.

  (office b) connects to (office a) using MS vpn client and i use remote
  desktop to run various apps.  Everythings works great except printing.

  I know i need to share the printer in (office b) and my remote desktop need
  to be mapped to that printer.  Problem is, when i connect to the printer i
  get an error saying the printer is no longer availble. 

  Is there anything special i need to do with the sharing or connecting of the
  printer.

  thanks

  lee

It is unclear from your post who is to print where.  Do you want office A to
to connect to a remote desktop in office B and to print to a printer in
office B, to redirect print output back to office A, or to process work in
office A and print it in office B? These arrangements affect how printing is
managed in a Microsoft VPN / RDC environment.   However, if you establish an
IPSec router-to-router VPN, and keep your two offices on separate subnets,
with pinters connected directly to the network in each office, printing
between office A and B then becomes as simple as printing within an office,
and it won't matter where the work is processed.

Daniel Moseley

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