printing to a local printer

[Guest]

I have Terminal Services running on a Windows 2000 Server and two XP
Professional client computers. On both clients I have Local Printers checked.
On one client I can see and print to my local printer (logged in with
Administrative rights). On my other client, I cannot see any of my local
printers (logged in as a domain user). What do I need to do to see my local
printers on the my second client computer?

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

The server must be able to recognize the printer model and find a
driver for it.
Check the EventLog on the server, and then follow this KB article, if
applicable:

239088 - Windows 2000 Terminal Services Server Logs Events 1111,
1105, and 1106
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=239088

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[Guest]

I loaded the printer driver on the server and had it use lpt1 even though no
printer is attached. My first client works fine. It can see all of its
local printers when you go to any printer dialog. The second client does not
show any of its local printers even though Local Printers is checked underthe
Remote Desktop Connection.

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

And are these 2 printers exactly the same printer models?
Which printer model are we talking about?
Is there anything at all in the EventLog on the server?

If you logon as Administrator on the XP clients where it doesn't
work, and as domain user on the XP client where it does work, what
happens then? Stays the problem with the client, or does it follow
the user?

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[Guest]

The printer is the Canon D320 laser printer. It only resides at the client
computer. I downloaded the driver for this printer and installed it on the
server assigning it to lpt2 on the server (which is not attached).

The Eventlog doesn't have any errors after a client attaches to the server.

I logged in as a user which is a member of Domain Admins.

The problem stays with the computer and not the user.

So what is happening is that none of the local printers on the client
computer appear in the printer list after logging in even though Local
Printers is checked on just that one client. On the other client computer,
its Local Printers are appearing in the printer list.

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

Strange. And both clients are running the same version of the rdp
client?
Personally, I wouldn't spend more time in troubleshooting, but
simply reinstall the client from scratch. But that is assuming that
you have a ready image which you can apply to your client.

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[Rick Boyett]

Is this a domain environment and are you using a manditory TS profile?

If so, stop using the TS profile and see what happens.

Also, on the TS, check
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environments\Windows
NT x86\Drivers

Look under Version-2 or Version-3 and see if your printer driver is actually
there. If not, reinstall it on the server.