Windows NT printing in TS...yes, that!

[Cary Shultz]

Good afternoon!

I have a hopefully simple question regarding printing within a TS
environment.

First off - environment is single Windows Server 2003 R2 (SP2 32-bit) AD
Domain and the TS box is a member server of that domain. I have implemented
the ntprintsubs.inf (the two entries in the registry are correct) and am
seeing an error entry on the TS box in the Event Logs.

Question: upon reviewing the ntprintsubs.inf file I have noticed that one
printer (on the left side of the file) will have multiple entries (on the
right side) as a possible mapping. Is this possible?

Here is an example of what I mean:


"HP LaserJet 6L" = "HP LaserJet 4"
"HP LaserJet 6L" = "HP LaserJet 4L"
"HP LaserJet 6L" = "HP LaserJet 5L"
"HP LaserJet 6L" = "HP LaserJet 6L PCL"
"HP LaserJet 6L" = "HP LaserJet 6L"
"HP LaserJet 6L" = "HP LaserJet"

Shouldn't there be just one mapping possible? I have noticed this for
several different printers.....


[SIDENOTE: I have also implemented the Fallback Printer Driver - do I even
need to worry about the ntprintsubs.inf file?]

Thanks,

--
Cary W. Shultz
Roanoke, VA 24012

 

[George Valkov]

Hallo Cary!
I excuse for not replaying to you questions (I don't have the experience
to). But I thing I've tried this once (a few years ago):
Leave my home PC (2003 ent. stand alone server) turned on. Go to the
printing center, sit on an XP workstartion, remote desktop attaching the
printers and print. I believe it should be that easy.

"Cary Shultz" wrote:
| Good afternoon!
|
| I have a hopefully simple question regarding printing within a TS
| environment.
|
| First off - environment is single Windows Server 2003 R2 (SP2 32-bit) AD
| Domain and the TS box is a member server of that domain. I have
implemented
| the ntprintsubs.inf (the two entries in the registry are correct) and am
| seeing an error entry on the TS box in the Event Logs.
|
| Question: upon reviewing the ntprintsubs.inf file I have noticed that one
| printer (on the left side of the file) will have multiple entries (on the
| right side) as a possible mapping. Is this possible?
|
| Here is an example of what I mean:
|
|
| "HP LaserJet 6L" = "HP LaserJet 4"
| "HP LaserJet 6L" = "HP LaserJet 4L"
| "HP LaserJet 6L" = "HP LaserJet 5L"
| "HP LaserJet 6L" = "HP LaserJet 6L PCL"
| "HP LaserJet 6L" = "HP LaserJet 6L"
| "HP LaserJet 6L" = "HP LaserJet"
|
| Shouldn't there be just one mapping possible? I have noticed this for
| several different printers.....
|
|
| [SIDENOTE: I have also implemented the Fallback Printer Driver - do I even
| need to worry about the ntprintsubs.inf file?]
|
| Thanks,
|
| --
| Cary W. Shultz
| Roanoke, VA 24012
|
|

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

Hi Cary!

Yes, that's incorrect.
The entries should be the other way around:

"HP LaserJet 4" = "HP LaserJet 6L"
"HP LaserJet 4L" = "HP LaserJet 6L"
etc.

and:
"HP LaserJet 6L" = "HP LaserJet 6L"
is not necessary at all.

See:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=239088

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Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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"Cary Shultz" <cwshultz@mvps.org> wrote on 07 jul 2007 in
microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Good afternoon!
>
> I have a hopefully simple question regarding printing within a
> TS environment.
>
> First off - environment is single Windows Server 2003 R2 (SP2
> 32-bit) AD Domain and the TS box is a member server of that
> domain. I have implemented the ntprintsubs.inf (the two entries
> in the registry are correct) and am seeing an error entry on the
> TS box in the Event Logs.
>
> Question: upon reviewing the ntprintsubs.inf file I have noticed
> that one printer (on the left side of the file) will have
> multiple entries (on the right side) as a possible mapping. Is
> this possible?
>
> Here is an example of what I mean:
>
>
> "HP LaserJet 6L" = "HP LaserJet 4"
> "HP LaserJet 6L" = "HP LaserJet 4L"
> "HP LaserJet 6L" = "HP LaserJet 5L"
> "HP LaserJet 6L" = "HP LaserJet 6L PCL"
> "HP LaserJet 6L" = "HP LaserJet 6L"
> "HP LaserJet 6L" = "HP LaserJet"
>
> Shouldn't there be just one mapping possible? I have noticed
> this for
> several different printers.....
>
>
> [SIDENOTE: I have also implemented the Fallback Printer Driver -
> do I even need to worry about the ntprintsubs.inf file?]
>
> Thanks,