Re: Application popup: Printers Folder : There was an error found when printing the document "x" to IP_w.x.y.z. The device is not ready.

"Jim" <hoo.me@xxxxxxxx> wrote on 15 jan 2007 in
microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

Priya Raghavan [MSFT] wrote:

Check this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q264039/

Interesting, thanks, though all my other redirected network
printers have always worked OK. Does terminal services on 2003
server support redirection of network printers? Would something
like Thinprint help?

Jim,

The title of KB 264039 is actually *very* misleading!

The first line says:

"In Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services you can redirect
clients local printers when they log on to a Terminal Services
session with the Microsoft RDP 5 Terminal Services client."

and then the whole article describes a problem with this exact
setup, i.e with the *rdp client 5.0, which came with the W2K server
OS*.
This *client* doesn't support redirection of network printers.

Note the last paragraph, which states:

"An alternative way to work around this is to install the remote
desktop connection client, which is compatible with the latest
version of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) protocol and is
compatible with Windows 2000 terminal services. This client is
included with Microsoft Windows XP"

So using rdp client 5.1 with a W2K TS already gives support for
redirection of network printers.

And yes, 2003 TS does support it as well, assuming you use a client
which supports it (at least rdp 5.1).
_________________________________________________________
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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