Started: 5/4/2008 9:30 AM | |
|  | Printing to NON Supported Printer in a Terminal Server Session
Unsupported remote printer work-around
The workaround is to install a generic HP Deskjet on LPT1: printer on your local PC? Yes, you can install drivers for printers that you do not have. That generic printer driver can used in place of your unsupported printer in a Terminal Server session.
To make this trick work, you install a new (non existant, but supported printer) on your local computer and tell Windows setup the printer is connected to your local LPT1: port. Tell Windows Setup NOT to search for the printer and select the HP Deskjet from the list of available printers. After the installation is completed, go back and change the non existant printers port from LPT1: to the port your real printer actually uses. Now Terminal Server will pickup the new (supported) printer and let you send print Jobs to it. Since all printers recognize basic HP printer commands, your local (un-supported) printer should accept the print job. Some special features my not work, but basic printing should come out OK. | |
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