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More info?)
Shouldn't be a problem then.
If you don't want to have the remote user go through the registry edit, then
stick with parallel port printers. These are probably an endangered
species, though--I wonder if MS will change the default mask to include the
USB ports in some future version of Windows?
On Servers, the best advice is to stick with drivers that shipped with the
server OS, and write custom INF files to connect a compatible driver to the
newer printer. Not a real simple process, but not too difficult, either.
"dan foxley" <dfoxley@nospampacificdatavision.com> wrote in message
news:%23Q5kn9cQEHA.2528@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> thanks bill,
> yeah this is for a WinXP workstation.
> "Bill Sanderson" <Bill_Sanderson@msn.com.plugh.org> wrote in message
> news:uSQbTLSQEHA.3524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Well a search on this group on the term "1012" should find the message
> from
>> the participant that reported success with this printer.
>>
>> The registry change needed is detailed here:
>>
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q302361
>>
>> I would recommend rebooting the client PC (where you make this registry
>> change) before testing.
>>
>> The driver for the printer, of course, must be available at the host.
>>
>> That's the reason I asked what machine was hosting this connection--the
>> requirements for a printer driver on a server may be quite different from
>> one on an XP Pro workstation.
>>
>>
>> "dan foxley" <dfoxley@nospampacificdatavision.com> wrote in message
>> news:ehgxq61PEHA.3380@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> >
>> > "Bill Sanderson" <Bill_Sanderson@msn.com.plugh.org> wrote in message
>> > news:OhPmCFgPEHA.3020@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> >> I'm not aware of any parallel port printer that doesn't work, if a
>> > suitable
>> >> driver is available at the host.
>> >>
>> >> What host is involved in your arrangement?
>> >>
>> >> Someone recently posted that, with the registry change work-around to
>> > enable
>> >> a DOT4 port to be redirected, an HP Laserjet 1012 worked fine.
>> >
>> > Bill do you have more information or link on this?
>> >
>> >>
>> >> This sure qualifies as cheap--both in initial cost and cost/copy.
>> > However,
>> >> you may not want to have to manage the registry edit to allow it to
> work.
>> >>
>> >> There really isn't a lot to this--either the driver isn't available,
>> >> or
>> > the
>> >> port isn't getting redirected. There was a pre-SP1 bug in Windows XP
>> > which
>> >> prevented redirection when certain antivirus apps were running, and
> we've
>> >> also heard that if the host is Windows Server 2003, it is important
> that
>> > you
>> >> be using the RD client that comes with that OS version (and is
>> > downloadable,
>> >> I believe.)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "dan foxley" <dfoxley@nospampacificdatavision.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:OQyY5hdPEHA.3012@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> >> >I need to buy a new printer that is known to work with RD. I have a
>> > remote
>> >> > user that is having a lot of trouble getting existing printers to
> work
>> >> > consistently. What printer works simply w/o issue with RD?
>> >> > Inexpensive
>> >> > is
>> >> > preferred, as this will be the printers only function.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks,
>> >> > Dan Foxley
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
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