print to remote Comm Port in VB6

Question

i have a software that prints out to a thermal printer connected to the comm port,the code below works well.

Open "COM3:" For Output Access Write As #1

   Print #1, Space(8) & "FRAKAS LTD"       
   Print #1, Space(7) & "P.O. Box 7678 SHIMONI" 
   ...
   ...

Close #1

Now i want to print on the same comm port but from a different computer on the network,is it possible?please help

Answer 1

You can redirect the serial port across the network by running software at each end. There is some info on Wikipedia here about some solutions - I haven't tried any.

We have used ethernet to serial converters from Moxa - these redirect a local COM port to a remote one without any PC at the remote end. One example is here