Steve, Why do you assume that the cross-platform nature of the standard VNC system prevents us from adding new features?
Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Bostedor > Sent: 08 August 2005 14:22 > To: John Aldrich; vnc-list@realvnc.com > Subject: RE: Printing > > Yes, I'm sure that you are correct. I think that the RealVNC and > probably the TightVNC developers are more concerned with > cross platform > design than added functionality. > > The cross platform nature of VNC has always been one of its hallmarks. > It's understandable why they would be reluctant to add new > features with > this being the philosophy. > > - Steve Bostedor > http://www.vncscan.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Aldrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 9:13 AM > To: Steve Bostedor; vnc-list@realvnc.com > Subject: RE: Printing > > Steve, et al: > I am just guessing here, but I think the reason that VNC > isn't including > this sort of thing is because it would probably be hard to do > cross-platform, especially when printing from a *nix machine which you > are > viewing from a Windows desktop. :-) > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Steve Bostedor > Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 8:30 AM > To: vnc-list@realvnc.com > Subject: RE: Printing > [snip] > If you're on a LAN, you can share your printer and then print > to it from > the remote computer. For example, if you have an HP LaserJet 1100 on > your admin PC and you want to print to it from \\Computer1, just share > your printer on the network. > > On the remote computer do a "net use \\admin\laserjet1100" where admin > is your computer name and laserjet1100 is the assumed name of > the share. > That is basically how Windows Terminal services pulls the trick off > except that it encapsulates the traffic along with the screen > traffic. > > It would be nice if VNC had this same feature but it looks > like there is > no real interest to include it. Until then, you need to use > the tactic > described above or the IP print server suggestion. > > Steve Bostedor > http://www.vncscan.com > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > VNC-List@realvnc.com > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > VNC-List@realvnc.com > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
