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by wburdine 4 views

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I need HELP with printing on the Client side of Win2k Terminal services. I have read every 'Qxxxxxx' I can find on the subject but I still can't get it to work. The last article I read was Q243552, but I did not understand step 4 for selecting theport that corresponds to the client computer name and port. Where is that set up at? Basically what I have is a Terminal server here at work and the bosses computer at home with Win2k and the TS client program loaded that was created on the Terminal server. The bosses computer can use TS with no problem, but he can't print on his home computer the documents he's working on in TS. HELP!
Thanks
William

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by aspasa

TS will print on the office LAN but not through the Web WAN. You need citrix for this....

by wburdine

If you had bothered to go to Citrix's site and in to thier demo under the Company Intranet and looked at the Word document it even states it is possible for client side printing.
NEXT! (sorry to be so rude everyone, but I hate small answers and no research!)

by sergey kovzik

#1 is correct. TS is a little different than Citrix. I has both systems in my network. Citrix was able to print as you both said. :) Well, regarding your question. You can try to share your boss printer and make it accessible from your LAN but this will be difficult because of WAN, dynamic addresses, and traffic will go twice - forth and back. Other choice - client side. exact as in article you mentioned. You need to start terminal session from boss computer, login as administrator or as boss (if he has rights to add printers), then you install printer on Terminal Server through it, as described in article. you need to select "Local Port", next screen will show you "Use following Port". Here should be lines like TS001, TS002 etc up to TS012 (in my case). There is description for each port - which machine and LPT is mapped for this TSxxx. You check appropriate port and see result. If you can't select "Local Port" or to find port mapping you can do this later. There is tab "Port" in printer properties. Phrase "Inactive TS Port" means that no Terminal Sessions which provided printer for this TSxxx connection. And WAN sessions shouldn't provide port for Server so it most likely you won't see your boss printer here. try to connect notebook to LAN, do all the same and compare - will you see your port?
There is another article, by the way:
support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q238/8/41.ASP
But it still about LAN...

by aaron bird

I have had the same issues and in the end resolved it by mapping a drive via TS to the client - copying the file to their local machine and then printing it out locally. "Setup a simple batch file for the drive mapping or do it via login script"Basically this is the cheapest and most efficient way of doing it.

There are a couple of 3rd party products that will map a client side COM/LPT port but they are unreliable (except for MetaFrame) and the cost to justify one person would be huge.
Hope this helped you out - or at least gave you some ideas..

cheers
Aaron

by oridjinn

Terminal server allows you to print to the local printer connected on your Bosses computers. There are several things you need to keep in mind though.

1st - Enable local printer in the user's TS Settings in AD Users and Computers.

2nd - If the printer driver is not installed on the TS you need to go into Settings... Printers... File... Server Properties... Drivers tab... and add the printer driver.

3rd - One last item. Lexmark Printers do not map to a TS logon local drive. I have tried over and over again and it will not work because Lexmark uses a print installer utility.

Hope this helps

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