Re: Printing with Thin-Clients & Terminal Server

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porbarfarms@xxxxxxxxx wrote on 07 jan 2008 in
microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

We have Wyse V30L thin-clients that run WindowsCE 5.0 operating
system and they will remotely connect to our Windows 2003
Terminal Server (also a DC -we know very bad idea) through a
VPN, and we have some questions concerning printing at the
remote side:

1. The remote network will have an All-in-One ethernet-based
printer/ scanner/copier. We have not yet chosen a brand. The
thin-clients will connect to the TS to run an application and to
access the Internet, and will need to print to this AIO from
these apps. Do we simply have to install the driver for this AIO
on the TS? We have read threads which state to "map the printer
to a native driver" but we do not know where/how to do this.

No, do *not* install 3rd party printers drivers on the TS, and
especially not for all-in-one printers! Those are nearly always
incompatible with TS and can crash your printer spooler or the
whole server.
The scanner and copier features will not work over TS anyway.
Here are the detailed instructions on how to map the printer to a
native driver:

239088 - Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services
server logs events 1111, 1105, and 1106
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=239088

2. The Thin-clients have USB ports. If we install a USB printer
that they can print to locally while using the app on the TS, do
we just install the printer driver on the TS? What is considered
a "third- party" driver.

Again, no. A 3rd party driver is any driver which did *not* come on
the installation CD for Windows 2003.

3. Can anyone direct us to a list of TS-compatible printers for
Windows 2003 Server 32-bit Standard Edition SP1?

SP1? I strongly recommend to install SP2. It contains *lot* of
fixes for known problems:

914962 - List of updates in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=914962

All printers which are included with the OS. Just start the Add a
printer wizard on the server, and check the list of included
drivers.

Thanks!

You're welcome!
_________________________________________________________
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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