I can see printers but I can't connect

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I am trying to connect to several printers from our DMZ to our LAN.
When I go through the add printer wizard I can see all the printers
when I browse but when I try to connect to one I get an error message
that the server "Could not connect to the printer. You either entered a

printer name that was incorrect or the specified printer is no longer
connected to the server."

I can browse through the network neighborhood and see all the computers

that have printers attached to them but when I try to view shares I get

a message that the network path was not found.


This is a win2k server connecting to winxp pro computers in a workgroup

environment. I was able to connect to the printers just fine when the
server was on the LAN.


While trying to get this set up I opened all ports from the DMZ to the
LAN to see if there was something on the firewall blocking things. Once

I get the connection problem fixed I need to know what ports to keep
open to maintain connectivity.
 
Hello , I am having teh same exact problem and the same error message when
trying to connect to our shared printers. We are sharing them from a W2K3
server and connecting with windows XP SP2. We are on the same LAN as the
server. I found out that if i go to command prompt and do net use to the
printer share it will connect there. But in windows it will not. I hope
someone can help with this.
 
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