RE: Printer name keeps changing

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From: Patrick Rouse (PatrickRouse_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/18/05 

Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:13:01 -0800

One way you could accomplish your goal is by creating a VPN between the
remote router and the router at your main office, then setup the remote
printers as local printers on the TS.

Did you try renaming the printer in the user's RDP session, instead of on
the remote laptops?

Patrick Rouse
Microsoft MVp - Terminal Server
http://www.workthin.com

"ChuckW" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am having problems printing in Terminal Server. I have two laptops that
> are part of the same workgroup. They link to a Windows 2003 server with
> Terminal Server through a router and a dsl connection. The main thing we
> want to print is Quicbkooks. But Quickbooks does not like long printer
> names. Our printer name is HP Laser Jet 3015 6E. We shortened it to HPSGS.
> This printer is attached to one of the two laptops through a through an LTP
> cable. We renamed it to the shortened name on both PCs and it prints fine.
> The problem is that when we reboot the PCs, the pc that does not have the
> printer attached to it reverts back to the real printer name HP Laser JEt
> 3015 6E rather than the shortened name. There is then an error message when
> we try to print. Is there a way to hold the printer name rather than having
> it rename itself?
>
> Chuck
> --
> Chuck W

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