Help - Setup For Remote Printing

[David Hellewell]

W2K SP4 Terminal Sevices
RDP 5.1
Remote Client - W98
Remote Client Printer LPT1: HP Laserjet 1100A
I need to print to the remote client at home. Could someone pls point me in
the right direction for the setup.
Do I Have to install the HP Laserjet 1100A Driver onto the TS & if so what
port do I use?
Thx
David Hellewell

 

[David Hellewell]

When trying to print to the remote printer, the queue for that print says
"Printing" but nothing happens. If I try & delete that print job, it says
"deleting" but nothing happens. If I stop, restart the print spooler, the
job eventually gets removed.
Is this a Printer driver problem?

David Hellewell

 

[David Hellewell]

thx Matthew,
I changed the printer on the remote client & all is well.
Could u explain the difference between ntprint.inf & printupg.inf
Also where is the knowledge base article u r refering to.

 

[Matthew Harris [MVP]]

This is the link I posted a few posts ago:

support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;275495

There isn't much difference between the ntpring.inf and
the printupg.inf file. There were reported problems with
editing the ntprint.inf since it was digitally signed, so
editing it broke that signing. See the above link for
more information about that.

-M

 

[David Hellewell]

Thx again Matthew,
I have tried to find the following key in the registry using find in
regedit as well as regedt32 but can't
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\Wds\rdpwd
Am I missunderstanding something

 

[Matthew Harris [MVP]]

I imagine that key just doesn't exist. Just go ahead and
add it.

-M

 

[David Hellewell]

G'day Matthew
I have created the key with values etc & created the print.inf file but I
still get error 1111 when logging onto the server remotely even though the
named print driver is installed on the server -
"HP Laserjet 1100" = "HP Laserjet 1100 [MS]"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal
Server\Wds\rdpwd\HKLM

Name: PrinterMappingINFName
Type: REG_SZ
String: c:\winnt\inf\daveprint.inf

Name: PrinterMappingINFSection
Type: REG_SZ
String: Printers

In c:\winnt\inf\daveprint.inf

[Version]
Signature="$DAVID$"
[Printers]
"HP Laserjet 1100" = "HP Laserjet 1100 [MS]"

Does the server need to be rebooted after these changes?

Thx

 

[Matthew Harris [MVP]]

David, take a look at www.printingsupport.com.

That website has a ton of substitute driver listings for
printers.

Oh, FYI, many people have posted on this newsgroup about
trying to get the Lexmark Z series to work, and very few,
if any have been successful.

-M

-----Original Message-----
Forget this one, a typo error, but I would like to know if there is a
substitute driver for a Lexmark X73

David Hellewell

G'day Matthew
I have created the key with values etc & created the print.inf file but I
still get error 1111 when logging onto the server remotely even though the
named print driver is installed on the server -
"HP Laserjet 1100" = "HP Laserjet 1100 [MS]"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Termina
l

Server\Wds\rdpwd\HKLM

Name: PrinterMappingINFName
Type: REG_SZ
String: c:\winnt\inf\daveprint.inf

Name: PrinterMappingINFSection
Type: REG_SZ
String: Printers

In c:\winnt\inf\daveprint.inf

[Version]
Signature="$DAVID$"
[Printers]
"HP Laserjet 1100" = "HP Laserjet 1100 [MS]"

Does the server need to be rebooted after these changes?

Thx



--
David Hellewell

I imagine that key just doesn't exist. Just go ahead and
add it.

-M

-----Original Message-----
Thx again Matthew,
I have tried to find the following key in the registry
using find in
regedit as well as regedt32 but can't
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal
Server\Wds\rdpwd
Am I missunderstanding something
--
David Hellewell
in message
This is the link I posted a few posts ago:

support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;275495

There isn't much difference between the ntpring.inf and
the printupg.inf file. There were reported problems
with
editing the ntprint.inf since it was digitally signed,
so
editing it broke that signing. See the above link for
more information about that.

-M

-----Original Message-----
thx Matthew,
I changed the printer on the remote client & all is
well.
Could u explain the difference between ntprint.inf &
printupg.inf
Also where is the knowledge base article u r refering
to.

wrote
in message
It may be a printer driver problem. Since printer
drivers
can easily be changed through the ntprint or the
printupg
files, that is the easiest solution.

-M

-----Original Message-----
When trying to print to the remote printer, the
queue
for
that print says
"Printing" but nothing happens. If I try & delete
that
print job, it says
"deleting" but nothing happens. If I stop, restart
the
print spooler, the
job eventually gets removed.
Is this a Printer driver problem?

David Hellewell
"Matthew Harris [MVP]"

wrote
in message
Drivers of any type on a terminal server can lead
to
instability. Because many print drivers are not
made
especially well and crash often, then can cause
your
entire system to become unstable. It is common
practice
to always try to substitute the driver to the
printer
before installing the printer from the
manufacturer.

Have you tried using the ntprint.int or the
printupg.inf
files to map a printer driver to the client's
printer?
That way when a client connects with this printer,
the
server will use a driver that is previously
installed.

support.microsoft.com/default.aspx? scid=kb;en-
us;275495

-M

-----Original Message-----
W2K SP4 Terminal Sevices
RDP 5.1
Remote Client - W98
Remote Client Printer LPT1: HP Laserjet 1100A
I need to print to the remote client at home.
Could
someone pls point me in
the right direction for the setup.
Do I Have to install the HP Laserjet 1100A Driver
onto
the TS & if so what
port do I use?
Thx
David Hellewell


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