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to print from terminal services using a usb hp printer

Hi there,

I have an HP Photosmart 2600 printer and I use Remote desktop to connect to my terminal server.  I would like to print to my locally connected printer using remote desktop, it looks like all the settings are right, the remote desktop connection has ticked detect local printers but it does not detect it.  How can I get around this problem as I desperately need to print from home.

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download the appropriate drivers from the manufacturer's website.  In the case of HP multi-function's you need to download the "BASIC" package with network support.

Then, all you need to do to add a printer to your server is to open Printers & Faxes, RIGHT CLICK anywhere in the right side panel and select SERVER PROPERTIES.

On the "DRIVERS" tab, click ADD and browse to the appropriate driver, click install.

That's it.

Printers that have not been added will cause an error in the system event log when a user connects --- this is the easiest way to keep an eye on what printers need to be installed on your server.

This is from the MS website
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/ts_cli_c_print.asp
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the thing is is that when you rdp on to the main sbs server the printer is picked up superly and works well, can i grab the driver of this server..?  The trouble with this particular printer is that the "basic" driver package is a 37mb exe file, all I really want is the .inf file but I just cant get it...  Is there another way..?
hmmmmm.i doubt it, but did you try to install the driver on a local worksation and try...driver files should be available in the website
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