Re: Local Printers Being Renamed - Big Problem!
- From: "Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:42:32 -0700
Changing the name of the redirected printer isn't possible.
The problem lies of course in the application, which should use the
GetDefaultPrinter function, which will retrieve the default printer
in the session, irrespective of the name or the session id.
One way around this (if you can't fix the application) is to use a
3rd party printer management solution, which allows for custom
printer names.
Another workaround would be to completely bypass printer
redirection. Share all local printers and let users connect to
their local printer from within their ts session. Ugly, but it
should work.
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Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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"msnews.microsoft.com" <nickjax01@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 23 aug
2007 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
Hello.
We are running Terminal Services on a Win2k3 SP2 server.
When a user connects to the terminal server and connects their
local printer, the printer is being renamed to something like
this:
Laser1 on WORKSTATION in session 8
This is causing a big problem for us as the app running in the
terminal service environment can only use printer names that are
8 characters or less. If I log in as an admin, I can rename the
printer but only for that session. The users do not have the
permission to rename it, even if they wanted to.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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