Bob, Speed has not been an issue, obviously it depends on the Computers being used, communication lines, network traffic, etc. But even on the worse days I have not seen it take more then 5-10 seconds to start printing from my Miami server to me in Boston or vice versa. As far as the driver, I am not sure which computer or if both use the driver. I know when I print I can see the printer icon on the Terminal Server pop up and then a few seconds later my printer icon comes on as the job starts. So maybe both ? Either way, just load the same driver on both machines and you should not have any issues.
-- Frank Frank Taylor - Information Systems Administrator F.J. O'Hara & Sons, Inc - Araho Transfer Inc. Boston, MA - Rockland, ME - Miami, FL Direct Dial - 617-790-3093 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Castanaro, Bob Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 4:25 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Remote Printing from Terminal Server Ok, this doesn't sound too difficult (always famous last words). So what you all are saying is R:Base will be essentially printing from the server to some remote location, thus bypassing the remote PCs printer drivers? I guess I can find out the printers and set a default for each client logging in via prnsetup. Also, how is the speed issue over the net? One can expect some lag time, but is it ridiculous? Thanks, BC -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sami Aaron Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 4:21 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Remote Printing from Terminal Server Bob - The only other think I would add to Frank's notes is that I've had to be sure the appropriate print drivers are installed on the server - so if a client has some unusual printer, make sure there are printer drivers installed. Sami ____________________________ Sami Aaron Software Management Specialists 913-915-1971 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank Taylor Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 3:08 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Remote Printing from Terminal Server Bob, If they are using Windows Terminal Server / Remote Desktop Connection, When setting up the RDC, goto Options - Local Resources and check off on Local Devices and Resources - Printers. This will bring a users local printer into the Terminal Session.. In the terminal server session, open up printers and faxes and you should see the local printers for the server and then the users remote printers. You can set any of them as a default and use RBase to print directly to it. We have been doing this for years with Win2003 TS and RBase 7.1, 7.5 and now 7.6. You should not need any other program to work with printers. I even have code that determines the which user is logged in and can hard code the printer to use if they have more than one on their local machine or a special printer. If you need any examples let me know. -- Frank Frank Taylor - Information Systems Administrator F.J. O'Hara & Sons, Inc - Araho Transfer Inc. Boston, MA - Rockland, ME - Miami, FL Direct Dial - 617-790-3093 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Castanaro, Bob Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 3:52 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Remote Printing from Terminal Server List, I have an application that resides on a win2003 server. I am going to have a compiled version for outside clients to run. The IT guy set this up as windows remote computing. I am assuming this is terminal services, but they are basically remotely running this directly from the server, not a workstation. My problem is remote printing of reports. In PCAnywhere, there is a remote print redirection, but nothing like this in MS software. Sooooo, I asked this IT guy to make it work, and he showed me some software from the web that might do the trick; 1. UniPrint 2. ThinPrint RDP engine 3. Net2Printer RDP Has anyone used these for this or have a better suggestion I can look into? Thanks! Bob C Robert M. Castanaro Director, Surgical Services, Clinic and Pain Services Summa Health System Barberton Hospital 155 Fifth Street N.E. Barberton, Ohio 44203 Phone 330-615-3627 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________________________ This Email has been scanned for all viruses by PAETEC Email Scanning Services, utilizing MessageLabs proprietary SkyScan infrastructure. If you need assistance, please contact the Systems Administrator, Frank Taylor at [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 617-790-3093. ** REMEMBER NEVER OPEN AN ATTACHMENT UNLESS YOU ARE SURE OF IT'S CONTENT AND SENDER ** _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ This Email has been scanned for all viruses by PAETEC Email Scanning Services, utilizing MessageLabs proprietary SkyScan infrastructure. If you need assistance, please contact the Systems Administrator, Frank Taylor at [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 617-790-3093. ** REMEMBER NEVER OPEN AN ATTACHMENT UNLESS YOU ARE SURE OF IT'S CONTENT AND SENDER ** _______________________________________________________________________
