Re: [Dataperf] Printing on a Remote Desktop

Mon, 08 May 2006 15:35:34 -0700 

Hi Michael,
Perhaps I am wrong, but I thought that you had to have administrator rights to redirect a real printer port with the NET USE command, and you would normally not have terminal server users granted administrator rights... but perhaps you do not need it when you are using Terminal Server. 

Bye
Brian




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Shadel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 2:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Dataperf] Printing on a Remote Desktop



Hi Brian,

I am not sure what you mean.

I am running a terminal server (win2003) without a domain controller and 
have locked down everything except shutdown and printers. I have set up a 
personal directory for each user as a place to store tmp files and 
installed a printer and shared it and am using net use lpt2 
\\%computername%\sharedprinter.
This is working great and the user does not have any rights other than 
running the dp database.


Thanks
Michael

Brian Hancock wrote:


Hi Jeff,


On Windows you can redirect a local port to a shared Windows network 
printer, using the NET USE command, but in the case of Terminal Server 
where you would never grant a user administrator rights you can only 
readily and dynamically redirect a local printer port if it is not real, 
ie LPT1 and LPT2  are real even if they do not have connectors, they are 
often supported on the motherboard), so best to use LPT4 in the reports, 
to redirect NET USE LPT4 \\computer\printersharename



Remember with Terminal Server that DP is executing in the memory space of 
the server and not of the client, so if you want to use a local printer 
you are sharing in the opposite direction. So the server becomes the 
printer client, and your client becomes the printer server.


Regards
Brian





----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Puhlmann-Becker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 9:31 AM
Subject: RE: [Dataperf] Printing on a Remote Desktop






I though DP only printed to a local prniter on a LPT1 or LPT2 port.  Is 
this
correct, or is there a way to get DP ro print across a network 
connection to

a newwotrk printer?

I'll try this other stuff when I am in the office on Monday.  Thanks.
Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 4:50 PM
To: DataPerfect Users Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [Dataperf] Printing on a Remote Desktop

Hi Jeff,

This article might help describe the Windows printing process,
http://www.brianmadden.com/attachments/Brian%20Madden%20-%20Terminal%20Serve
r%20Printing.pdf


I have a feeling you might need a thirdy party product like Citrix, 
however
you could try setting up shared printers on the client  and then say use 
a

batch file to redirect the local port to the network queue.

eg Using MyClient and MyServer , create a printer shared on MyClient (NB
keep share name to 8 chars or less), and give permission to the Terminal
Server user.

On MyServer use a batch file to start DP, (ie instance running on
MyServer -Terminal server session)

 net use lpt4 \\Myclient\MyShare
 dp myStr.str


and configure DP report to print to LPT4, do not use LPT1 or LPT2, or 
even

LPT3, as non-Administrators cannot remap a real local port. Since most
systems do not have support for LPT4 it is reasonable safe.

You might be able to use environment variables set in log in scripts to
manage the bactch file for multiple users, eg
 net use lpt4 %MyPrinter

Regards
Brian




----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Puhlmann-Becker" 
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To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 6:50 AM
Subject: [Dataperf] Printing on a Remote Desktop



Hello, Fellow DataPerfect Users!


We're using DataPerfect on  Windows Server 2003.  Almost everything 
works

great (especially with the Tame DOS addition I picked up here!)

Our users log on to the server via a Remote Desktop connection.  As I
said,
almost everything works...


Users can do anything EXCEPT print reports from DataPerfect on their 
local

printer.  They can print any other documents from any Windows programs
running on the remote desktop, so I know the connection to the local
printer

is good.  I need a workaround to get DataPerfect to print directly to 
the

local LPT1 port.

Can anyone help me?

Thanks.

Jeff
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