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Configuring a scanner on Terminal Server

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by labrat 1 view

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I need to install an HP scanner on a WinTerm thin client at a branch office. The WinTerm attaches to the main LAN thru a Microsoft NT Terminal Server with Citrix Metaframe 1.8. I installed the scanner software on the server but I don't know how to redirect it to the scanner attached to the WinTerm in the branch office. Can anyone tell me how to do this?

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by rabbit_runner

Hi, You really have a problem. In my previous job, we used terminal services in a small office setting. Printers and scanners were a requirement. We spend quite a bit of time on the phone with Microsoft and the end result is that for normal scanners, there is NO way to use the scanner with a terminal server. I know this is not what you want to hear. Microsoft said that the only way that a scanner can be used on a TS client, is IF the scanner is a 'fully networked' unit. That means it has its own IP address and can be accessed via the LAN. This is the only way. Sorry for the bad news.

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