Re: Setup Local Printing

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From: Vera Noest [MVP] (vera.noest_at_remove-this.hem.utfors.se)
Date: 08/03/04 

Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 12:39:55 -0700

OK, let's try to go to the bottom with this.

Yes, network printers can be redirected just like locally attached
printers. This was already possible in W2K TS. The only
requirement is that the rdp client is at least version 5.1.
Better still, use the latest client, version 5.2.3790,
downloadable from:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a8255ffc-
4b4a-40e7-a706-cde7e9b57e79&DisplayLang=en

The fact that you don't see these Events is a bit puzzling, I
agree. But I would still check those driver names.

About the printer driver name: from KB 239088:
"If you do not know the printer driver name to add to the right
side of the equal sign in the .inf file, you can install the
printer on the server. After the printer is installed the printer
driver name appears to the right of "Model:" under the "General"
tab of the printer properties."

Even if both the XP and the 2003 driver are native Microsoft
drivers for the same printer model, it is not at all guaranteed
that the driver *names* are exactly the same.
On my XP, the printer driver name for your model is called:
"HP LaserJet 4050 Series PS"
According to the Client Printer Autocreation Matrix at
PrintingSuppoprt.com at
http://www.printingsupport.com/matrix.htm
the mapping that you need to make this work is:
 
"HP LaserJet 4050 Series PS" = "HP LaserJet 4050 Series PCL"

If it still doesn't work with the latest rdp client and the driver
names match or you have used the above mapping, could you try the
same connection with a different XP client? Make the same
connection on the client to the same printer, connect to the same
network, and start a TS session?

 --
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
http://hem.fyristorg.com/vera/IT
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Ron Boetger <rboetger@bblink.net> wrote in
news:ktbvg0l7e0dl4jcph3d7nutkdr37cgu0le@4ax.com:

> I have re-read all of the posts and the KB - Maybe I am looking
> in all the wrong places but here goes!
>
> There are no errors 1111, 1105, or 1106 in the Event Viewer
> under System or any of the other items in the Event Viewer.
> Since I am not getting these errors I am hesitant to mess with
> the registry as the KB suggests.
>
> In the "Printers & Faxes" on both the Server and the Workstation
> the printer is named HP LaserJet 4050 PS. I have not been able
> to find the name of the actual printer driver. They are the
> drivers that Microsoft supplies for the HP 4050 with the OS's
> (not supplied from HP) I would guess they are the same.
>
> According to the KB Article 239088 for Windows 2000 (I am using
> Windows 2003) it is only the local ports that get redirected. I
> want to redirect my network printer (which I thought Windows
> 2003 could do).
>
> I don't know what to do next?
>
> Thanks
>
> Ron
>
>
> On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 07:03:38 -0700, "Vera Noest [MVP]"
> <Vera.Noest@remove-this.hem.utfors.se> wrote:
>
>>Ron, did you ever read that KB article?
>>The answers to all of your questions are spelled out there.
>>
>> --
>>Vera Noest
>>MCSE,CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
>>http://hem.fyristorg.com/vera/IT
>>*----------- Please reply in newsgroup -------------*
>>
>>Ron Boetger <rboetger@bblink.net> wrote in
>>news:72nqg09ehold088bis6hgp8c94b590q7ve@4ax.com:
>>
>>> Both the printer on my WinXP laptop and the new server are HP
>>> LaserJet 4050 PS. I cant find any error in the event log with
>>> the error numbers you stated or any other print error. In
>>> what directory do I create the ntprintsubs.inf file
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Ron
>>>
>>> On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 13:33:22 -0700, "Vera Noest [MVP]"
>>> <vera.noest@remove-this.hem.utfors.se> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Ron,
>>>>
>>>>Maybe I have not expressed myself clear enough, but I have
>>>>already answered this in my first post:
>>>>
>>>>>If you still don't see your printer in your ts session, the
>>>>>most likely cause is a missing printer driver on the server,
>>>>>or a mismatch in the printer driver name.
>>>>>
>>>>>Check the EventLog on the TS, which should report what
>>>>>printer driver is missing or not recognized, and then solve
>>>>>the problem by
>>>>>creating a custom ntprintsubs.inf file, and map the local
>>>>>printer driver name to the name of a native printer driver on
>>>>>the server.
>>>>>
>>>>>Here are the details:
>>>>>
>>>>>239088 - Windows 2000 Terminal Services Server Logs Events
>>>>>1111, 1105, and 1106
>>>>>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=239088
>>>>
>>>>As an example, if the name of the driver on your laptop is
>>>>something like "HP LaserJet 4050" and the name of the driver
>>>>on the server is something like "HP LaserJet 4050 Series",
>>>>then the names don't match and you must create a custom
>>>>ntprintsubs.inf, as explained in KB article 239088.
>>>>
>>>>Once the server recognizes your local printer, it will be
>>>>autocreated within your session. There's no need to connect to
>>>>it manually.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>Vera Noest
>>>>MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
>>>>http://hem.fyristorg.com/vera/IT
>>>> --- please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ---
>>>>
>>>>Ron Boetger <rboetger@bblink.net> wrote in
>>>>news:povpg05ailrv8r38qpudo4fsidj4jimlbl@4ax.com:
>>>>
>>>>> Let me start over again. I don't think I have given enough
>>>>> information.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am running a Windows XP laptop in my office. I have a HP
>>>>> 4050 printer with a Jet Direct card. I am printing to it
>>>>> through my office network. I am attached to the internet
>>>>> through a DSL with dynamic IP.
>>>>>
>>>>> At my customers site we have a new Windows 2003 Server. DSL
>>>>> with a static IP. I have turned on Remote Desktop on the
>>>>> server and I am able to use Remote Desktop Client fomr my
>>>>> laptop and attach to the server from my office. I have
>>>>> loaded the HP 4050 driver on to the Windows 2003 server and
>>>>> have named it the same as mine on the laptop.
>>>>>
>>>>> With my Remote Desktop Client I am able to see my local
>>>>> laptop drives during the remote session and I am able to
>>>>> copy files from the Server to my laptop during the remote
>>>>> session. I am however not able to print to my HP 4050 from
>>>>> the server during a remote session.
>>>>>
>>>>> My Remote Desktop Client has Printer and Disk Drives checked
>>>>> under "Options - Local Resources - Local Devices".
>>>>>
>>>>> My next step was to enable Terminal Services and follow your
>>>>> directions in the above posts. I admit this is my lack of
>>>>> knowledge. I don't know what I am looking for nor do not see
>>>>> my local printer showing up on the Windows 2003 server under
>>>>> printers and faxes. I have gone into the "PORTS" properties
>>>>> of the printer on the server and do not see anywhere to
>>>>> connect to my printer at the office.
>>>>>
>>>>> Many Thanks for all your help.

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