Which laser printer is compatible with remote desktop?

[cubby1223]

I have someone asking me about wanting to use a local printer with a remote desktop connection. I am very surprised at how little information is available around the web.

General consensus seems to be if I have an HP LaserJet from 10 years ago, it will work - short of that I'm just wasting time and money. Apparently all host-based printers are incompatible, which throws out most new HP LaserJets. HP lists off some host-based printers in a document, but nowhere do they have a list saying what printers are non-host-based.

Anyone know anything about other brands? Brother perhaps? Anything at all?

 

[starfireone]

Hi cubby1223

Check this support article out. It pretty much explains how to get remote desktop printing working for any local printers.


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312135

By default, when you try to print from a program that is running on a computer that you are connected to with a Remote Desktop connection, you can gain access to printers that are available to the remote Windows XP Professional-based computer. You can make a local printer (for example, a printer that is on the client computer) available for printing. This article describes how to make a local printer available for printing while you use the Remote Desktop feature.

 

[cubby1223]

Originally posted by: starfireone

Hi cubby1223

Check this support article out. It pretty much explains how to get remote desktop printing working for any local printers.


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312135

By default, when you try to print from a program that is running on a computer that you are connected to with a Remote Desktop connection, you can gain access to printers that are available to the remote Windows XP Professional-based computer. You can make a local printer (for example, a printer that is on the client computer) available for printing. This article describes how to make a local printer available for printing while you use the Remote Desktop feature.

I know about that article. It's just not that simple.