I have a direct connect firewall to firewall VPN connection. I can ping the IP but not the printer name. There is no install program for 2008, just a zip file with all the drivers. The docs say to add the printer from the control panel but there is no way to add by IP address which I have done using windows 7. It looks like a print server needs to be running to add a printer that way so I will contact the server admin and see if he can set that up.

Thanks.

>If you try PINGing the printer from the server, do you get a response? If not what if you hook up a workstation from that network connection (the one used by server) and PINGing, do you get a response? You can try PINGing the printer from the workstation (or notebook) to see if you get a response. If you get a response, then there might be something about the server (perhaps insufficient network privileges, or perhaps you need to unlock ports in the firewall).
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>When running the installer on the server, did you try right-clicking on the installer and select "Run as Administrator"?
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>>It is a network connected printer. No print server just TCPIP port. The remote computer used to be a windows 7 64Bit and report printing worked fine. But I was able to install the windows 7 driver using an exe. It seems the driver for 2008 has to installed through windows. The printer is a Brother MFC-8460N.
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>>Thanks.
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>>>>Hi All
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>>>>I have been trying to setup remote printing from my win 7 64bit computer from a win 2008 RT server. The problem I am having is I can't seem to be able to install the printer drivers (no printer drivers installed) I need on the server. The server seems to want to connect to a printer which it can't. Tried manually go through the setup process but it won't show the INF file and I have confirmed that the INF file is there and the Brother website says this is the correct driver for 2008 RT.
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>>>>Thanks.
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>>>Are you running the installer for the print driver as administrator?
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>>>How is the printer connected? Is it connected directly to one of the computers via USB or other port, or is it connected via network? If it is connected to a computer, which computer is it connected to? If network, is the printer and server connected up on the same LAN w/o having a router/bridge of some sort between the two?