Problem using Multifunctional Laser printer

Guys,

Has anybody ever managed to install a scanner driver on a Windows 2003 Terminal Server enviroment?

Thanks

Plain printer drives are (usually) going to be fine.  Scanner drivers on a TS, not so much.  Printing will work if the exact printer name and driver are on both systems.  There are third party programs to manage TS/RDS printing, most think they are very worthwhile.

I have found some drivers for this Multifunctiom laser printer. All the drivers are there even for scanner and compatible with Win Server 2003.

The problem is that he server is still logging an event:"SmarThru Pc Fax" driver is not installed!

The server has print server, fileserver, DC, GC, terminal server roles installed.

How should I apply this missing driver "SmarThru Pc Fax"

thanks

I have never seen a scanner driver work over TS.  Not sure it would make any sense for it to do so, as the device and the human and the computer that are needed are all at the "local" end.  If the scanner driver was installed on the remote server, what use would be made of it?  There (normally) is no such scanner there, and if there was, there is no human to put anything  in it to be scanned.

Is the driver event you're seeing repeated in the System event log an Event ID 1111?

You can ignore those errors: they just indicate that a local printer on a client pc is using a driver that the terminal server doesn't "recognize" (in other words, it's not installed).  So, it's basically a warning that the printer isn't going to be redirected to the terminal server because the driver isn't installed on the TS.

Those errors are no cause for concern: they're a way for Admins to find out which drivers users have installed for their local printers that may need to be installed on the server.  It's up to you whether or not you'd like to install them.

In this case, I wouldn't worry about installing the fax driver: it probably won't work on the terminal server anyway.

I hope this helps!

Alicia

ok, and is there a way to make these
errors dissappear from event log ?

Not that I know of.  But still trying to differentiate between the printer part and the scanner part.  If you can find a printer only driver you should be able to install that on the TS/RDS server to allow the user to print.  In some cases the manufacture requires the device to be present via usb  on the target system before you can install any of its drivers, which can be a pain.  As the administrator, you have to decide if you want to deal with this or require that your users purchase a standard inexpensive printer that you can support.  Still, the warnings for devices for which there is no driver on the TS/RDS server will continue.

@spike99/Alicia:  Good catch.  I learn something here every day.  Thanks for that.

No problem! Always happy to help out. :)

thanks for the points!