RE: Printing to a local printer in a Remote Web Workplace session

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Hi Nathan,

Thank you very much for your help!

- Mark

"Nathan Liu [MSFT]" wrote:

> Hello Mark,
>
> Thank you for posting in the SBS newsgroup.
>
> According to your description, I understand that you cannot print to a
> local printer in a remote web workplace session. If I have misunderstood
> your concern, please don't hesitate to let me know.
>
> Although there are issues that some printers do not work with remote
> printing, we generally use the below steps to print the document in your
> office to the local printer in your home through RWW.
>
> First, you could make sure that the printer is in the Windows HCL list for
> both your local and remote host computers. You could check the HCL at
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/HCL
>
> Please the following steps to install the local printer driver on the
> remote computer. The printer is not required to be connected physically.
>
> How to Add Printer Drivers
> -----------------------------------------------------
> 1. on the remote computer, Click Start, and then click Printers and Faxes
>
> 2. On the File menu, click Server Properties, and then click the Drivers
> tab.
>
> 3. Click Add, click Next, and then follow the instructions in the Add
> Printer Driver wizard.
>
> 4. Finish the wizard to install the printer driver correctly
>
> Then, after you enter the RWW site and please click connect to client
> Desktop. In the next window, please click 'Optional settings' and put a
> check mark at 'Enable documents on the remote computer to be printed on a
> local printer' and click connected.
>
> Here is more information about this issue. I want to introduce the
> following utility to you.
>
> Terminal Server Printer Driver Redirection Wizard v.1.0.80
>
> This tool will examine a remote or local Terminal Server and determine
> whether or not printer redirection has failed. For each printer driver that
> failed redirection, the tool will prompt the user to select an installed
> driver to create a new NTPrintSubs.inf file. This also integrates with a
> new Windows Server 2003 SP1 Group Policy to address printer redirection
> issues. This is an automation of the KB article 239088 entitled "Windows
> 2000 Terminal Services Server Logs Events 1111, 1105, and 1106".
>
> Download link
> http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/f/2/9f237742-e057-4e00-a0d5-62de2eb
> f9fbd/TSPDRW_Package.exe
>
> Additionally, In the RDP session, all the redirected printers are using
> printer port begins with TS00x, such as TS001 or TS002. Any client computer
> attached LPT printer or Network printer are all redirected as TS00x port.
>
> To get additional detailed information, you may refer to the following KB
> article:
>
> 818758 White Paper: Terminal Services and Printing
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=818758
>
> 302361 Printers That Use Ports That Do Not Begin With COM, LPT, or USB Are
> Not
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=302361
>
> 239088 Windows 2000 Terminal Services Server Logs Events 1111, 1105, and
> 1106
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=239088
>
>
> I hope this helps. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not
> hesitate to let me know. I am always happy to be of further assistance.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Nathan Liu (MSFT)
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> >Hi,
> >
> >I have two users set up to use RWW to access their desktops from home and
> to
> >print to their local printers. It was all working well, but has now
> stopped
> >working on both machines, with an error like "this document failed to
> print"
> >
> >The only things to have changed is that the server was upgraded to SP1,
> and
> >the cleint machines (XP SP2) have received all the recent updates.
> Somewhere
> >along the line, my printing to the remote client's printer facility got
> lost!
> >
> >I'd appreciate any help, either
> >
> >(1) has anything changed with SP1 that means I need to throw or reset a
> >switch somewhere on the server machine?
> >
> >(2) How do I set the port assignments for the local printers? I did this
> >some time ago and now can't remember :-(. All the ports that are used have
> >names like TS001, but I forget how to set up a new one.
> >
> >I'll be soooo grateful for your help,
> >
> >- Mark
> >
>
>
.



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