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How to print locally from and RDP connection

I have a computer running windows xp a 1 location

This client RDP's into the corporate headquarters onto windows 2003 and runs quickbooks off the server.

The question is how can this client print to her local computer via the RDP connection

She needs to print a quickbooks report that she is accessing via RDP off the windows 2003 server and print it to her local printer attched to the windows xp machine at her location.

Is this possible

thanks

Oddball_One

Open the RDP session and select options- Local resources-Printers. Check the appropriate box and print away

Oddball_One

Open the RDP session and select options- Local resources-Printers. Check the appropriate box and print away

WestonGroup

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select options where? in quickbooks or the RDP session?

how do you select options in the RDP session?

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Go to start, run and type MSTSC (that is the RDP Client)

Go to options

Click on Local resources

and make sure that the printer box is checked. Normally this is on by default I believe.

WestonGroup

ASKER

I installed the drivers on both the local printer and the server (rdp connection) and it didn't work

the printer locally is a tcp/ip connection it has a internal ip address of 192.168.1.39

I didn't know how to install it on the server so I gave it the same ip address....what is the proper way to do it on the server as whatever I did , didn't work?

Thanks