Setting up printer driver?

[Gilles Ganault]

Hello

TS clients can have any printer on their end, so how should I set
things up on the TS server so they users can print without any
problem?

Thank you.

 

[moncho]

Re: Setting up printer driver?

Gilles Ganault wrote:
> Hello
>
> TS clients can have any printer on their end, so how should I set
> things up on the TS server so they users can print without any
> problem?
>
> Thank you.

If you want "Any" printer to work you will need a third
party printing software like ThinPrint.

If you want to stick with a compatible list check out the
Windows 2003 products at
http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=label


moncho

 

[Gilles Ganault]

Re: Setting up printer driver?

On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:56:18 -0400, moncho <moncho@NOspmanywhere.com>
wrote:
(snip)

Actually, any standard printer is fine. What I need to know, is
whether I need to do anything on the server so that the user will be
able to print just fine when he's running our applications on a TS
server?

Do I need to set something up, or does the RDP protocol handles
everything automagically?

Thank you.

 

[moncho]

Re: Setting up printer driver?

Gilles Ganault wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:56:18 -0400, moncho <moncho@NOspmanywhere.com>
> wrote:
> (snip)
>
> Actually, any standard printer is fine. What I need to know, is
> whether I need to do anything on the server so that the user will be
> able to print just fine when he's running our applications on a TS
> server?
>
> Do I need to set something up, or does the RDP protocol handles
> everything automagically?

You need to make sure that you allow printer redirection on the
server and printer redirection in the Remote Desktop Connection
on the users desktop.

If both of those items are setup, then make sure that the user
is using the MS Printer driver for their installed printer.

If all that is setup, it should work "magically."

You can google search this newsgroup ("printer redirection") and you
will find many many many posts about TS printing.

moncho

moncho

 

[Gilles Ganault]

Re: Setting up printer driver?

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:21:54 -0400, moncho <moncho@NOspmanywhere.com>
wrote:
>If all that is setup, it should work "magically."

Thanks a lot.

 

[Hank Arnold (MVP)]

Re: Setting up printer driver?

Gilles Ganault wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:56:18 -0400, moncho <moncho@NOspmanywhere.com>
> wrote:
> (snip)
>
> Actually, any standard printer is fine. What I need to know, is
> whether I need to do anything on the server so that the user will be
> able to print just fine when he's running our applications on a TS
> server?
>
> Do I need to set something up, or does the RDP protocol handles
> everything automagically?
>
> Thank you.

Actually, any printer is *NOT* fine... Not every printer driver is
compatible with Terminal Services. The biggest problem printing under TS
is printer drivers.

If you can't control which printers people use, than you should
seriously consider, as moncho, suggests, a 3rd party program like
ThinPrint or ScrewDriver....

--

Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services

 

[moncho]

Re: Setting up printer driver?

Gilles Ganault wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:21:54 -0400, moncho <moncho@NOspmanywhere.com>
> wrote:
>> If all that is setup, it should work "magically."
>
> Thanks a lot.

Your welcome. If possible and what I have come to learn
from experience with printers, I HIGHLY recommend you
have your users get a printer that accepts PCL commands.

Using any printer that accepts PCL 3, 5, or 6 commands
allows you to use the MS generic HP LaserJet driver, although,
you may have to do some printer mapping.

moncho