Remote Desktop Printing

[sandingdude]

I have an issue with printing to my local printer with remote desktop.I have a Dell 720 printer and when I connect to my remote PC my local printer is displayed in my printers on my remote PC and even goes through the setup of aligning the printer, however when I go to print test - it says cannot connect to printer, power down printer and restart. I have tried this and nothing has happened. I checked the ports of the printer and it is using the TS port. Any ideas?

 

[linney]

How To Make a Local Printer Available During a Connection to a Remote Desktop in Windows XP Professional

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312135&sd=tech

 

[cdogg]

OK, I just need a little clarification here...

Host: PC you are connecting TO
Client: PC you are connecting FROM

So when you say "local" printer, are you talking about a printer that is connected to the Client or one that is connected to the Host?

Printing to a printer that is attached to the client is a bit more difficult, but is possible. The requirement is that the printer is attached over USB or LPT1 to the client. If the printer is networked, it won't work unless the Host has access to see the printer across TCP/IP.

~cdogg
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[undrcovr]

TS port = Terminal Services port?

 

[sandingdude]

Thanks for your help everyone, but we got it to work.

 

[linney]

Can you help complete the thread and tell members how you finally solved it? This would help us (and you) to help the next person who has this kind of problem. Thank you in advance.