rdp printer redirection

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hello,

we have a ricoh 2018d printer in our office - this is attached to the
network as a stand-alone machine (ie not plugged into the server just into
the hub - sorry if my terminology is not quite correct); we have a windows
2003 server running only TS (it is a workgroup computer); our other office
has a windows 2000 server...

our win2003 server recently had "issues" and the IT people we brought in
re-formatted the drive and installed the operating system - setting up TS
only. I added the Ricoh to each desktop and our 2003 server as a network
printer so the port was like this \\rnp***\aficio2018d we started having
problems right away so I re-installed the printer as a local printer with an
IP port (is this the same thing as a dot4 port??) so in our office we can
print with no problems from our desktops to the printer; we also rdp into the
2003 server (without printer redirection as I installed the printer on the
2003 server as well) and we can print with no problems. When we rdp into our
other office (with printer redirection on the client side and it is allowed
at the the 2000 server side as well) the printer is not redirected - BUT only
for some of our desktops. I figured from what little i undersatnd that it
may be because of the port being an IP address - but why would some desktops
still work? I ensured that the 2000 server has the same driver that we are
using. Anyway, I just tried setting up the printer as a network printer
again on my desktop (ie with the \\rnp---\aficio port) and it is redirected
!!- I don't want to have two printers set-up on each desktop if I don't have
to and I especially don't want the \\rnp printer to start causing problems
again - any suggestions or direction will be greatly appreciated!

Trevor
 
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Guest

UPDATE - I did the fix suggested in kb 302361 and it works fine; I suppose
I'm really just wondering why I need to do the fix on some machines and not
others - the two other machines that are redirecting without the fix are a
brandnew winXP pro and an old old win 2000 pro

is it ok for me to do the fix on a win 2000 pro? we have one other win 2000
pro that I need to have printer redirection work for.

thanks for your help,

Trevor
 

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