Printing in Terminal Services & Group Policy

Win 2k TS and SBS 2k. 2 printers are directly on network.
4 other shared printers attached to various local
workstations. Everyone uses RDC to connect to TS but I am
having problems understanding printing from within a
Terminal Services session. None of the printers are
attached to the TS or SBS.

Do I need to install all the printers on the TS for users
to be able to use them ? or just the printer drivers ?
Do I need to use the Add Printer wizard, when each of the
users logs into a TS session in order for them to use a
particular printer ? or is there any way of making all of
the printers available to all users without having to go
thru the wizard for each users TS session ?

With regards using Group Policy on the SBS to lock down a
TS session, I know I must create an OU but would I
include all computers and users in this OU or just the TS
or just the users ? Possibly a misunderstanding of Group
Policy on my part.

Thanks in advance.

Regards
Antony Catella

Mark
Tue Feb 10 21:03:33 CST 2004

there is Claudio's print redirection paper in teh download section of
mcse2000.com and as for loopback GPOs. I am simply not a fan if you bill by
the hour or never messed with them before...besides, you always miss
something and someone will change something you don't want....that's why I
developed AppLauncher. Make sure you use the latest 5.2 RDP client for
better printer support, that is also available for download.

--
Sincerely,
Mark Mancini, CCA, CCNA, Master CIW&CI, CNE 4&5, MCSE+I 4&2000
www.MCSE2000.com
www.AppLauncher.com



"antony.catella@kingleaplants.co.uk" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:e03401c3f00b$15763240$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Win 2k TS and SBS 2k. 2 printers are directly on network.
> 4 other shared printers attached to various local
> workstations. Everyone uses RDC to connect to TS but I am
> having problems understanding printing from within a
> Terminal Services session. None of the printers are
> attached to the TS or SBS.
>
> Do I need to install all the printers on the TS for users
> to be able to use them ? or just the printer drivers ?
> Do I need to use the Add Printer wizard, when each of the
> users logs into a TS session in order for them to use a
> particular printer ? or is there any way of making all of
> the printers available to all users without having to go
> thru the wizard for each users TS session ?
>
> With regards using Group Policy on the SBS to lock down a
> TS session, I know I must create an OU but would I
> include all computers and users in this OU or just the TS
> or just the users ? Possibly a misunderstanding of Group
> Policy on my part.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards
> Antony Catella
>
>

Jim
Wed Feb 11 09:06:48 CST 2004

You add the printer drivers.

I would venture that you would add domain users. If you lock down all
users the domain administrator has a harder time doing things on the
servers.

Brian Madden has co-authored a book on Terminal Services for Windows
2003. Available at Amazon. It does a good job of explaining stuff in
my language. I.E. simple terms.

"antony.catella@kingleaplants.co.uk"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Win 2k TS and SBS 2k. 2 printers are directly on network.
>4 other shared printers attached to various local
>workstations. Everyone uses RDC to connect to TS but I am
>having problems understanding printing from within a
>Terminal Services session. None of the printers are
>attached to the TS or SBS.
>
>Do I need to install all the printers on the TS for users
>to be able to use them ? or just the printer drivers ?
>Do I need to use the Add Printer wizard, when each of the
>users logs into a TS session in order for them to use a
>particular printer ? or is there any way of making all of
>the printers available to all users without having to go
>thru the wizard for each users TS session ?
>
>With regards using Group Policy on the SBS to lock down a
>TS session, I know I must create an OU but would I
>include all computers and users in this OU or just the TS
>or just the users ? Possibly a misunderstanding of Group
>Policy on my part.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Regards
>Antony Catella
>
>

Jim B. SBS MVP
remove the mvp to send email