Configuring a USB printer over RDP

Configuring a USB printer over RDP

Hi Guys

I was just hoping to get some assistance with configuring a printer over a RDP session through a Wyse Terminal.

The terminal has windows 7 embedded installed on it, and have the below info within the manual. I have tried installing the generic text driver, as well as the manufacture driver. When connected to the terminal session the printer does display but when you print, the local printer on the wyse terminal just displays a error.

We previously had older model Wyse terminals, that you just chose the lpt1 port and made sure the name of the printer matched the terminal server driver name. This always worked without issue. I have tried this same method on the new terminal, but as mentioned above, installed the generic and actual driver without success.

The Wyse terminal is a C90LE7, and the printer is a HP Officejet 6500 E710a-f.

Terminal server is Windows Server 2003.

Any suggestions would be welcomed.

"Manual"

Adding Printers
If you want to add a printer to the thin client, you can use the Add Printer wizard.
1. Click the Devices and Printers icon in Control Panel to open the Devices and
Printers window.
2. Click Add a Printer to open and use the Add Printer wizard.
A universal print driver is installed on the thin client to support text-only printing to a
locally-connected printer. To print full text and graphics to a locally-connected printer,
install the driver provided by the manufacturer according to the instructions.
Printing to network printers from ICA and RDP applications can be achieved through print
drivers on the servers.
Printing to a locally-connected printer from an ICA or RDP session using the print drivers
of the server produces full text and graphics functionality from the printer. To do this, install
the print driver on the server and the text only driver on the thin client according to the
following procedures:
1. Connect the printer to the thin client.
2. Click the Devices and Printers icon in Control Panel to open the Devices and
Printers window.
3. Click Add a printer to open the Add Printer wizard, and then click Next.
4. Select Add a local printer.
5. Select Use an existing port, select the port from the list, and then click Next.
6. Select the manufacturer and model of the printer and click Next.
7. Enter a name for the printer and click Next.
8. Select Do not share this printer and click Next.
9. Select whether or not to print a test page and click Next.
10.Click Finish (the installation will complete and a test page will print if this option was
selected).