Terminal Server printer redirection issues

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Kurt Tomicich
2008/11/17

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Subject:	Terminal Server printer redirection issues
Category:	Printing, Troubleshooting

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Revision Date:	2008/11/17 Modified: 2011/06/15

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Kurt Tomicich

Issues

Local printers will not be redirected if the printer port does not begin with COM, LPT, or USB unless the client is Server 2003.

Multifunction print devices may not be redirected unless you are running Windows Server 2003 on your local computer.

Solutions
If TS doesn't redirect the client printers, check the following:

To do this, add a DWORD value named FilterQueueType to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Default\AddIns\RDPDR and set its value data to FFFFFFFF (that's 8 F's)
Here's a stub that should make the key addition:

Loop the printer using a network share and redirect it to an LPT port that can be passed up to the TS.

Create another printer (load printer driver only) on LPT# that was used in the net use command

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