This should be simple enough, though it would require opening port 9100 and exposing it it to the Internet.  Once you do that IP printing should work fine.  If you're talking about IPP (Internet Printing Protocol you'd have to have port 80 opened.  MS has an article to look at:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294439

 

You should see if you can restrict what IPs can access that port or you may just end up with a TON of printed pages you weren't looking for.

Once I open those ports, how do I get an external IP address to map back to the printer?

 

Thank you,

 

Julio

Your ISP provides the IP.  Your router should show it to you but if you have a DHCP assigned IP you'll have other problems.  The router reall must be a fixed IP for this to work well, otherwise the better solution is to use some sort of VPN between locations which also secures your printer much better.

You have to add an IP printer port to the remote system mapped to this IP.  Search Microsoft's site for help on creating  Standard TCP/IP Printer port.

Use the Dell installer, it doesn't get any easier than that.  It will create the IP printer port, install the drivers and make it all work quite well.  It's about all Dell did right with these drivers.  BTW, Vista still doesn't work with the 1815N properly so stay away from one or the other for now.

I have a question about this too.

 

I've never networked a printer before so I don't know whats involved, and I've read on how to network them online but that didn't really help.  Can someone please simplify on how to network the 1815dn?  Do I really need a print router or is my regular networking router just fine?

I already did that in the computer thats connected to the printer (Dimension 2400) but I'm having trouble networking it to my laptop (Inspiron 6000).  Should I install the driver disk into the laptop as well then?

And oh yeah,  I don't have Vista.

I think you've missed the point.  This is an IP printer not a Windows shared printer.  With an IP printer you are not bound to another computer, each computer generally has their own IP port setup on it.  Install the driver to all the machines and make sure the printer is connected to the LAN only, no USB/parallel and you'll be good.