Remote Printing 2

[scottew]

I have a terminal server in the office which our sales people log into remotely from their home office. I would like for them to be able to print to their local printer from the terminal server.

Is this possible?

Any tips are greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

 

[TekJunkie01]

Make sure you have the drivers for each remote printer installed on the terminal server.

A+, N+, MCSA:Messaging, MCSE

 

[jocadmin]

Yup, you just have to have their printer's drivers loaded on the terminal server and once they are on the server they can map their local printer. I have several like this.

 

[markdmac]

Run this script on the local machine before they connect via Terminal Services. This fixes a problem of printing to DOT4 printers (network or USB). Note that if their home printer is an "all-in-one" you will most likely never get it to work because this requires software and not just drivers to be installed.

'==========================================================================
'
' NAME: TSPrintFix.vbs
'
' AUTHOR: Mark D. MacLachlan , The Spider's Parlor
' URL: [URL unfurl="true"]http://www.thespidersparlor.com[/URL]
' (c) 2003 All Rights Reserved
' DATE  : 12/22/2003
'
' COMMENT: Fixes printing via terminal services to allow DOT4 printers
'
'==========================================================================
myPrompt = MsgBox("This script will set up your printers for use with Terminal Services",vbOKCancel,"Setup Printers for Terminal Services?")
If myPrompt = 1 Then 
	Set WshShell=WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
	keypath ="HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Default\AddIns\RDPDR\FilterQueueType"
	WshShell.RegWrite keypath, -1, "REG_DWORD"
	If WshShell.RegRead(keypath) = "-1" Then
		MsgBox "Setup was successful",,"Success"
	Else
		MsgBox "Sorry A Problem Was Encountered" & vbCrLf & "Make sure you have permission to write to the registry.",,"Something went wrong"
	End If	
End If
WScript.Quit

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[scottew]

Thanks for everyones help. I got it working great.

 

[markdmac]

I take it the script resolved the issue right?

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark