Hybrid-IT landscape Seeming less integration – Printing on printer in network from SAP instance in Azure Printing over TCP/IP in Hybrid-IT scenario Setting up your on premise TCP/IP network printers in an Azure VM's is overall the same as in your corporate network, assuming you do have a VPN Site-To-Site tunnel or ExpressRoute connection established. Figure 24: Network printing How To Some network printers came with a configuration wizard which makes it easy to set up your printer in an Azure VM. If no wizard software has been distributed with the printer the “manual” way to set up the printer is to create a new TCP/IP printer port. Open Control Panel -> Devices and Printers -> Add a printer Choose Add a printer using a TCP/IP address or hostname Type in the printers IP address Printer Port standard 9100 If necessary install the appropriate printer driver manually. Host-based printer over SMB (shared printer) in Hybrid-IT scenario Host-based printers are not network-compatible by design. But a host-based printer can be shared among computers on a network as long as the printer is connected to a powered-on computer. Connect your corporate network either Site-To-Site or ExpressRoute and share your local printer. The SMB protocol uses NetBIOS instead of DNS as name service. The NetBIOS host name can be different from the DNS host name. Standard case is that the NetBIOS host name and the DNS host name are identical. The DNS domain does not make sense in the NetBIOS name space. Accordingly the fully qualified DNS host name consisting of the DNS host name and DNS domain must not be used in the NetBIOS name space. The printer share is identified by a unique name in the network: Host name of the SMB host (always needed). Name of the share (always needed). Name of the domain if printer share is not in the same domain as SAP system. Additionally, a user name and a password may be required to access the printer How to: Share your local printer In the Azure VM open the Explorer and type in the printers share name
Hybrid-IT landscape – Seeming less integration Printing on printer in network from SAP instance in Azure Printing over TCP/IP in Hybrid-IT scenario Setting up your on premise TCP/IP network printers in an Azure VM's is overall the same as in your corporate network, assuming you do have a VPN Site-To-Site tunnel or ExpressRoute connection established. Figure 24: Network printing How To Some network printers came with a configuration wizard which makes it easy to set up your printer in an Azure VM. If no wizard software has been distributed with the printer the “manual” way to set up the printer is to create a new TCP/IP printer port. Open Control Panel -> Devices and Printers -> Add a printer Choose Add a printer using a TCP/IP address or hostname Type in the printers IP address Printer Port standard 9100 If necessary install the appropriate printer driver manually. Host-based printer over SMB (shared printer) in Hybrid-IT scenario Host-based printers are not network-compatible by design. But a host-based printer can be shared among computers on a network as long as the printer is connected to a powered-on computer. Connect your corporate network either Site-To-Site or ExpressRoute and share your local printer. The SMB protocol uses NetBIOS instead of DNS as name service. The NetBIOS host name can be different from the DNS host name. Standard case is that the NetBIOS host name and the DNS host name are identical. The DNS domain does not make sense in the NetBIOS name space. Accordingly the fully qualified DNS host name consisting of the DNS host name and DNS domain must not be used in the NetBIOS name space. The printer share is identified by a unique name in the network: Host name of the SMB host (always needed). Name of the share (always needed). Name of the domain if printer share is not in the same domain as SAP system. Additionally, a user name and a password may be required to access the printer How to: Share your local printer In the Azure VM open the Explorer and type in the printers share name
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