Printer Redirection Part II

[dlw]

OK, I set up the ntprintsubs.inf thing, and the printer is showing up in the
remote session. BUT, I'm having trouble selecting a substitute driver- it's
an HP OfficeJet 4200 series (4215) and I've tried several different win2k
server native officejet drivers, and they all do not print, the queue on
local machine says printing and nothing happens, won't delete, need to reboot
to clear the queue.
Question- I understand RDP will only redirect to a "native" driver, can I
install the HP driver on the server, and have the user select it from the rdp
session after logging in?

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

Installing the driver on the server is exactly what you should
avoid!
The printer will redirectly automatically, sure, but you will be
using a 3th party driver, which is *not* TS-compatible.

Moreover, the model that you have is officially "not supported" by
HP, so even with the driver installed it will probably not print.
Documented here:

HP Color LaserJet, LaserJet, All-in-One, and Multi-Function Series
Products
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?
objectID=c00213455&locale=en_US&taskId=101&prodSeriesId=410622
&prodTypeId=18972

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Post by dlw
OK, I set up the ntprintsubs.inf thing, and the printer is
showing up in the remote session. BUT, I'm having trouble
selecting a substitute driver- it's an HP OfficeJet 4200 series
(4215) and I've tried several different win2k server native
officejet drivers, and they all do not print, the queue on local
machine says printing and nothing happens, won't delete, need to
reboot to clear the queue.
Question- I understand RDP will only redirect to a "native"
driver, can I install the HP driver on the server, and have the
user select it from the rdp session after logging in?