Re: Printer autocreation failing

Oh dear. Things are getting worse. I originally installed the PCL driver
for the 640 but then noticed that the 632 that works at our other site was
using the PS version. So I tried setting the 640 up as PS as well. Since
then (not sure if it's actually just random and I got lucky the first few
times) both the PCL and PS versions have been behaving randomly. Sometimes
they create and sometimes they don't. Trying to access the printer
properties, or page setup in Word, causes the session to hang.

Tried installing that printer tray hotfix, and realised that I couldn't as
the print server is 2000 server (as is the one that works). Also tried
updating the RDP client to the latest version (as per TP's suggestion) on
one of my XP clients, and that also makes no difference.

Still no errors in event logs anywhere.

Any ideas (other than the obvious one of taking a baseball bat to the
hardware)?


"Rob Oldfield" <blah@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sadly, half of my TS clients are still using Win2K, so version 6 of the
client isn't an option. I have actually got one step further forward
though... by going to the TS box and installing the print queue from the
remote server (i.e. start, run, \\remoteservername, and double clicking on
the printer) I now have the printers autocreating.

BUT, they're doing it without adding in additional trays. I've checked
the printer on the server, and that has the trays set up, and the local
version of the printer also has them. They just fail to show up in the
autocreated version.

I'm going to try installing the patch from
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=870981 tonight (thanks to Vera's site
for finding that one), and see how that goes.

For ref, this behavious is consistent on both the T640 and the T632, and
no difference is made if I upgrade the client to 5.2.3790.1830

"TP" <tperson.knowspamn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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That is not the latest.

You can use version 5.2.3790.1830 to enable redirection of printers
attached to standard tcp/ip ports. The install file for this version is
located on your 2003 server here:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\clients\tsclient\win32\msrdpcli.msi

Alternatively, you can download the newest available client, version
6.0.6000.16386 here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=26f11f0c-0d18-4306-abcf-d4f18c8f5df9

The primary benefit of using the version 6 client is to allow you to use
the new features available when connecting to Vista and Windows Server
code-named Longhorn. It works fine when connecting to 2003 as well,
however, the initial connection takes longer and the credential-saving
capability is different than 5.x client versions.

-TP
Rob Oldfield wrote:
TS box is running 2003 server, SP1. RDP client is 5.1.2600.2180
which is, as far as I can see, the latest version. Client is set to
automatically connect local printers, all printers are set up with a
standard tcp/ip port.




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