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I use remote desktop to connect to software on a remote machine (that is running Windows Server 2016).<br />
In Windows control panel I have set the default printer to my local printer (it is displayed as a &quot;redirected&quot; printer).<br />
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In the application, I cannot get the redirected printer to set up as the default. When I print, I can scroll down the list of printers to redirected and print and it will print ok to my local printer.<br />
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If I change the default printer in Windows control panel on remote machine to any non-redirected printer, it does show up as the default printer in my application but I cannot get the redirected one to do this.<br />
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Is there some way I can change the name or settings for the printer on the remote machine to make it appear to the application that it is a valid local printer and therefore set up as default ok?
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I use remote desktop to connect to software on a remote machine (that is running Windows Server 2016).
In Windows control panel I have set the default printer to my local printer (it is displayed as a "redirected" printer).

In the application, I cannot get the redirected printer to set up as the default. When I print, I can scroll down the list of printers to redirected and print and it will print ok to my local printer.

If I change the default printer in Windows control panel on remote machine to any non-redirected printer, it does show up as the default printer in my application but I cannot get the redirected one to do this.

Is there some way I can change the name or settings for the printer on the remote machine to make it appear to the application that it is a valid local printer and therefore set up as default ok?

Having trouble setting default printer in application on remote machine

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