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Paul Kraemer
Hi,
I am running XP Pro. I use remote desktop connection to
connect to a PC running Windows 2003 Server. It works
great, but I am having trouble printing locally. I
followed the instructions in MSKB article 312135 - "How
to Make a Local Printer Available During a Connection to
a Remote Desktop in Windows XP Pro". All it says you
have to do is open RDC, click options, got to the Local
Resources tab, check "Printers" in the local devices box,
and then connect. Supposedly, this should have made my
local printer the default printer for anything I print
through the remote desktop connection. This doesn't
work, when I try to print something, I get a message
saying that I first have to install a printer. This
launches the "Add Printer Wizard", which looks like it
wants to install a printer on the server.
The only thing I can think of is my "Local" printer isn't
really local - I connect to it through another PC on my
LAN. Is RDC really so picky that the "Local" printer has
to be physically connected to my PC? Is there any way I
can get around this?
Thanks,
Paul
I am running XP Pro. I use remote desktop connection to
connect to a PC running Windows 2003 Server. It works
great, but I am having trouble printing locally. I
followed the instructions in MSKB article 312135 - "How
to Make a Local Printer Available During a Connection to
a Remote Desktop in Windows XP Pro". All it says you
have to do is open RDC, click options, got to the Local
Resources tab, check "Printers" in the local devices box,
and then connect. Supposedly, this should have made my
local printer the default printer for anything I print
through the remote desktop connection. This doesn't
work, when I try to print something, I get a message
saying that I first have to install a printer. This
launches the "Add Printer Wizard", which looks like it
wants to install a printer on the server.
The only thing I can think of is my "Local" printer isn't
really local - I connect to it through another PC on my
LAN. Is RDC really so picky that the "Local" printer has
to be physically connected to my PC? Is there any way I
can get around this?
Thanks,
Paul