Windows Remote Desktop Printing
Mark Berry January 25, 2010
Often home users connecting to a remote computer would like to print to their local printer. It is possible, at least sometimes, depending on the printer. The basic idea is that the host computer needs a driver for the guest computer’s printer, then it needs to be able to map that driver to the printer when the terminal services session is established.
When the remote user’s printer is an HP-Postscript enabled LaserJet HP2605dn, I have had some success installing the HP Universal Print Driver – Postscript and using the printer mapping described in MSKB 239088 and near the end of this article: Windows Terminal Services Printing. And yes, this applies not only to servers running Terminal Services (aka Remote Desktop Services), but also to individual desktop computers that allow remote users to connect via Remote Desktop.
More...Thin Client vs. Desktop in the Small Business
Mark Berry December 12, 2009
A non-profit customer has an underutilized server and a desktop due and budgeted for replacement. Would it make sense to replace the desktop with a thin client, and run the needed programs in a virtual instance on the server?
I blogged earlier about Microsoft Desktop Virtualization Licensing for the SMB. Mostly for licensing reasons, it doesn’t make sense to do full virtual desktops. So that leaves the option of running a terminal server to host the customer’s apps.
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