Question : Network Printer Redirection with RDP

Have a customer with a local client running XP.  Locally the clients's default printer is a network printer containing a internal nic with its own IP address.  The local pc connects to a Win2K Server via RDP.  The clinet wants to be able to redirect printing to print to the local network printer.  I installed the print driver for the local printer on the remote Win2K server. Since these are 2 completely different networks, I can't install the local network printer on the remote server.  I could try mapping the local network printer to a lpt port so that automatic redirection should occur on connection through RDP.  But, there isn't a print server for this printer, only an IP address.  i.e. (net use lpt3 \\192.168.1.10) I don't think this will work.  I'm probably missing something simple.  Please help!

Answer : Network Printer Redirection with RDP

You can map back to an LPT port if the above doesn't work by having

Current printer installed to TCP/IP port.  Share it as myprinter (say) in the sharing tab
net use lpt2: \\%computername%\myprinter /persistent:Yes  (or enter computer name manuall).

You can test with

echo testing > lpt2:

Now try creating a new local printer, connect it to the port LPT2: and use a driver known to be on the remote server, e.g. a basic HP Laserjet 4 driver would normally suffice for most HP printers.

Steve