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Apple Mac Powerbook G4 or G5 on OSX 10.2 RDP connection to WIndows Xp machine on external network
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I am having a problem with a client's Mac.
We have installed Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac from Microsofts website to enable us to RDP into an XP machine on an external network. This is working fine, however we need to share local resources and in particular the printers. The MAC has a local printer attached via USB however when we connect to the XP machine this does not appear in the printer list. The printers that do appear are all on the XP machines side which are at another location and the office with the MAC needs to be able to print in their office!!!
Coming off RDP the Mac prints fine to the local printer attached. It appears to be only a problem when on remote desktop.
Can anyone point me in the right direction for 500 points.
Thanks in anticipation
Matt
I am having a problem with a client's Mac.
We have installed Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac from Microsofts website to enable us to RDP into an XP machine on an external network. This is working fine, however we need to share local resources and in particular the printers. The MAC has a local printer attached via USB however when we connect to the XP machine this does not appear in the printer list. The printers that do appear are all on the XP machines side which are at another location and the office with the MAC needs to be able to print in their office!!!
Coming off RDP the Mac prints fine to the local printer attached. It appears to be only a problem when on remote desktop.
Can anyone point me in the right direction for 500 points.
Thanks in anticipation
Matt
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Thanks guys.
My client has now decided to have his remote XP machine installed in his office anyway!!! Wouldn;t we all be happier without customers?
I will send him a bill for my research time and your time answering my research!!!
: )
Matt
My client has now decided to have his remote XP machine installed in his office anyway!!! Wouldn;t we all be happier without customers?
I will send him a bill for my research time and your time answering my research!!!
: )
Matt
Sometimes you can get around the driver installer by installing the printer as a generic USB printer (HP Deskjet-whatever) then replacing the driver afterwards if the files aren't compressed. It's all really relative to the printer drivers. I have had great success with Black Ice Software's ePrintAnywhere software in those cases because it essentially fools the server (remote system) into just using your printer no matter what by installing a generic driver on the server (remote system) and using a client side tool to communicate with the ePrintAnywhere Server.
The downside is it's Windows only and I just looked at their website and couldn't even find the software.. they may have renamed it.