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HP D2660 won't print from terminal server
I have a HP D2660 inkjet printer that I have a remote user wanting to print to from a windows 2003 R2 terminal server. We are having issues printing. It will print a test page but won't print in many other cases. HP says the printer does not support a PCL driver so it is not compatible with terminal servers. I know I have plenty of inkjet printers that my users are currently using. Is their a way to force this to work with a known working driver on a terminal server or is their a trick to getting it to work?
The issue is that when printing from Excel, for example, the job will hang and eventually fail. You will see it in the queue on the local computer but the file being spooled with just keep getting larger and larger for some reason. It just keeps growing in size until it fails. Then the user is unable to print b/c of the jammed print queue.
Thanks,
Justin
The issue is that when printing from Excel, for example, the job will hang and eventually fail. You will see it in the queue on the local computer but the file being spooled with just keep getting larger and larger for some reason. It just keeps growing in size until it fails. Then the user is unable to print b/c of the jammed print queue.
Thanks,
Justin
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I will start my quest to find a print driver that works. I tried loading the HP universal print driver but when I go to select it their are about fifteen options. Can I load printer drivers in bulk? If not, which printer driver do I load of the universal print to try?
Thanks,
Justin
Thanks,
Justin
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I was not able to find a printer driver that worked with the printer. However, I was able to use the document HP has that shows compatible printers. I am ordering a new one from that list. Thanks for the help.
Justin
Justin
http://www.virtualizationadmin.com/articles-tutorials/terminal-services/printing/windows-terminal-services-printing.html
Look about middle way through where it shows 2 registry changes to make to allow the creation of a file to redirect one printer to a different driver. This may already be enabled on your system or can be via Group Policy. If you know a built-in printer driver that will print to the printer with no problems you may want to edit the file manually to force is to map the way you want.