Windows 2000 Printer Server: Web interface

[zod]

I was planning to set up a windows 2000 print server for a fairly large network. I know there is a web interface that can be accessed via the desktop by typing http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/printers . This displays a web page that lists all the available printers on the network. I was wondering if there was a way to edit/change the web page displayed to make it into an imagemap or something besides just the list.

How is the page generated? or, where does 2000 server keep the html or asp or whatever for the page?

Thanks!

 

[Castellan]

Its an ASP doc. By default, its stored in %systemroot%\web\printers\page1.asp where systemroot is your system drive\win directory (usually c:\winnt). All of the stuff you need is in that folder. Hope this helps!

 

[zod]

One more question. If I edit the ASP page, will it "stick" ? Or is the page generated dynamically and will be replaced every time the computer is rebooted or something? Or if I add a printer, will it generate another page over the one I create?

 

[zod]

hmm apparently this wasn't technical enough for highly technical

<sniff>

 

[fastcobra]

All you can do is try, and tell us if it works.....

 

[ivwshane]

I couldn't get it to work What are the steps I need to take to be able to access the printers through a web browser? I know it can't be that difficult but I must be missing something.

 

[Saltin]

It's not too tough to set up. There are a few requirements.

1) Printer(s) must be shared
2) You must be running IIS (or PWS if Professional) My guess is you dont have this configured properly.
3) Client must have IE 4 or later.

The OS of the client will determine wether the client computer downloads the print driver automatically, or wether it must be installed manually.
That said, the print server should have a library of all your printer drivers. If its a 2k client, download is automatic.

Once all of that is set up, make sure the print server has the correct DNS records.

Finally, check to make sure the account attempting to print has the correct permissions.

Though you can set this up to be used over the Internet ( eg, off site worker can print to boss's office or whatever) it's not something I would do. Restrict it to the private network.