Remote Desktop and Network Printing

Hello Everyone and thanks for your help in advance. I am utilizing remote
desktop on a Windows XP Pro to connect to a Windows 2003 Server. The Windows
client has a network printer connected via ethernet as it's default (and
only) printer. When I connect to the server via remote desktop, the printer
is not available as a printer choice. I have checked the pritner box under
local resources, yet it does not detect the printer. I have checked the
documentation for remote desktop and it does say that network printing is
supported, however, I canno figure out what the problem is. Any help on this
topic would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Any chance a group policy is set to disable client printer redirection?

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...e_rem_uvnl.asp

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"kmcnet" <kmcnet@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello Everyone and thanks for your help in advance. I am utilizing remote
> desktop on a Windows XP Pro to connect to a Windows 2003 Server. The
> Windows
> client has a network printer connected via ethernet as it's default (and
> only) printer. When I connect to the server via remote desktop, the
> printer
> is not available as a printer choice. I have checked the pritner box
> under
> local resources, yet it does not detect the printer. I have checked the
> documentation for remote desktop and it does say that network printing is
> supported, however, I canno figure out what the problem is. Any help on
> this
> topic would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Thanks for the feedback. We may be hitting on part of the problems, however,
I'm not sure. The server being accessed is obviously an AD domain, however,
the workstation accessing it is not, nor is it located within the same domain
or network (basically a home machine connecting to a work network). The
printer is connected via ethernet through a router, but no server is present.
When another workstation with a printer connected via USB connects to the
same server, the local printer on the USB is detected. However, I'm starting
to wonder if I have the server configured properly. Any ideas?

"Sooner Al [MVP]" wrote:

> Any chance a group policy is set to disable client printer redirection?
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...e_rem_uvnl.asp
>
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>
> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
>
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> benefit of all of us...
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>
> "kmcnet" <kmcnet@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:715F1789-3CD9-4CBC-AEAC-355C3738F8BE@microsoft.com...
> > Hello Everyone and thanks for your help in advance. I am utilizing remote
> > desktop on a Windows XP Pro to connect to a Windows 2003 Server. The
> > Windows
> > client has a network printer connected via ethernet as it's default (and
> > only) printer. When I connect to the server via remote desktop, the
> > printer
> > is not available as a printer choice. I have checked the pritner box
> > under
> > local resources, yet it does not detect the printer. I have checked the
> > documentation for remote desktop and it does say that network printing is
> > supported, however, I canno figure out what the problem is. Any help on
> > this
> > topic would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
>
>

Well, I am not a server guy at all so the best I can say is that if your
logging onto a server and an AD then I suggest you post this to one of the
server groups...

microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory
microsoft.public.windows.server.general
microsoft.public.windows.server.networking

Good luck...

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"kmcnet" <kmcnet@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AF5A0E7D-A087-49FF-8DB8-1ACFEA06FDA1@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the feedback. We may be hitting on part of the problems,
> however,
> I'm not sure. The server being accessed is obviously an AD domain,
> however,
> the workstation accessing it is not, nor is it located within the same
> domain
> or network (basically a home machine connecting to a work network). The
> printer is connected via ethernet through a router, but no server is
> present.
> When another workstation with a printer connected via USB connects to the
> same server, the local printer on the USB is detected. However, I'm
> starting
> to wonder if I have the server configured properly. Any ideas?
>
> "Sooner Al [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Any chance a group policy is set to disable client printer redirection?
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...e_rem_uvnl.asp
>>
>> --
>>
>> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
>>
>> Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual
>> benefit of all of us...
>> The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights...
>>
>> "kmcnet" <kmcnet@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:715F1789-3CD9-4CBC-AEAC-355C3738F8BE@microsoft.com...
>> > Hello Everyone and thanks for your help in advance. I am utilizing
>> > remote
>> > desktop on a Windows XP Pro to connect to a Windows 2003 Server. The
>> > Windows
>> > client has a network printer connected via ethernet as it's default
>> > (and
>> > only) printer. When I connect to the server via remote desktop, the
>> > printer
>> > is not available as a printer choice. I have checked the pritner box
>> > under
>> > local resources, yet it does not detect the printer. I have checked
>> > the
>> > documentation for remote desktop and it does say that network printing
>> > is
>> > supported, however, I canno figure out what the problem is. Any help
>> > on
>> > this
>> > topic would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>>
>>
>>

To print to an Ethernet printer on your local network with Remote Desktop
you need to configure printer pooling as follows:

1. In printer properties on your machine Share the printer (This seems
counter intuitive but is required.).

2. Run ipconfig and note your local PC's IP address.
NOTE - You should NOT be connected to RD at this point. Also, it would
be best to assign this PC a static address.

3. In a command prompt Run net use lpt3
\\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\printer-sharename /persistent:yes
x is your local address and printer-sharename is the name you assigned
in step 1.
(This lpt could be 1, 2, or 3 - I prefer not to use 1 as it is often
captured for another printer.)

4. Under Printer properties Ports check enable printer pooling.
- Check the LPT port you used in the net command AND the Standard IP Port
which must show the IP address of the printer.

There must also be a matching printer driver installed on the host.
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"kmcnet" <kmcnet@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:715F1789-3CD9-4CBC-AEAC-355C3738F8BE@microsoft.com...
> Hello Everyone and thanks for your help in advance. I am utilizing remote
> desktop on a Windows XP Pro to connect to a Windows 2003 Server. The
> Windows
> client has a network printer connected via ethernet as it's default (and
> only) printer. When I connect to the server via remote desktop, the
> printer
> is not available as a printer choice. I have checked the pritner box
> under
> local resources, yet it does not detect the printer. I have checked the
> documentation for remote desktop and it does say that network printing is
> supported, however, I canno figure out what the problem is. Any help on
> this
> topic would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.