Hello,I have multiple clients on a network that connect to Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2012 via Remote Desktop Connection.I have custom preferences set up locally on the clients' printers. These custom preferences do not carry over when I connect to the remote server though.
Page size on the local machine is 4'x6' but every time I connect to the remote server it's set to the driver default of 3'x2'.We just switched off from Server 2003 and this was never a problem on that version.The drivers are installed correctly on both the server and local machines. None of the clients are on a domain and each client is using its own individual printer. The printer is not shared out or connected to any Print Server. It is redirected from the local machine to the server when they connect using the RDC settings.I need the preferences to carry over from the local machine to the remote desktop in order for documents to print correctly.If you have any idea on how to solve this please let me know!
The Issue may be with the of Terminal Services Easy Print printer driver first.This policy setting allows you to specify whether the Terminal Services Easy Print printer driver is used first to install all client printers.If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, the terminal server first tries to use the Terminal Services Easy Print printer driver to install all client printers. If for any reason the Terminal Services Easy Print printer driver cannot be used, a printer driver on the terminal server that matches the client printer is used. If the terminal server does not have a printer driver that matches the client printer, the client printer is not available for the Terminal Services session.If you disable this policy setting, the terminal server tries to find a suitable printer driver to install the client printer.
If the terminal server does not have a printer driver that matches the client printer, the server tries to use the Terminal Services Easy Print printer driver to install the client printer. If for any reason the Terminal Services Easy Print printer driver cannot be used, the client printer is not available for the Terminal Services session.Not sure is this is the actual cause but may be worth looking into this. David, we disabled the easy print driver first policy since that causes problems with our printers.
We have the driver installed both locally and server side. The printer uses a special driver since it's a thermal label printer. The printer is recognized by the server it just doesn't carry over the preferences from the local machine for some reason. This worked fine on Server 03 but for some reason doesn't in 08/12.Thank you for your help and suggestions!Bill, tried this and unfortunately this did not help. Empi if 3wave manual.
Thanks for the suggestion though!Dbeato, when we didn't have the printer drivers installed on the server, the printer would not show up in printers and devices on the server side. Is there a way around that? Thank you for taking time to reply to this issue! Mblaul wrote:David, we disabled the easy print driver first policy since that causes problems with our printers. We have the driver installed both locally and server side. The printer uses a special driver since it's a thermal label printer.
Terminal Server Easy Print Driver Free
Terminal Server Easy Print Driver Free
The printer is recognized by the server it just doesn't carry over the preferences from the local machine for some reason. This worked fine on Server 03 but for some reason doesn't in 08/12.Thank you for your help and suggestions!Bill, tried this and unfortunately this did not help. Thanks for the suggestion though!Dbeato, when we didn't have the printer drivers installed on the server, the printer would not show up in printers and devices on the server side. Is there a way around that?
Easy Print Download
Thank you for taking time to reply to this issue!In Server 2008 R2 and 2012 you need to enable Easy Print Driver.