Using .ThinPrint to print to a Windows 2003 server using RDP

[Guest BeckyBoo123]

Hello!

 

I have several HP T5530 thin clients, running Windows CE 5.0 which came

preloaded with Thin Print.

 

After reading documentation from HP I have attempted to configure the Thin

Print service on the thin client to enable printing for applications running

on a Windows 2003 server, via a RDP connection to the server.

 

In the ThinPrint options I have manually added the TCP/IP details of the

printer and it accepted them with no issues. However, when I am in the RDP

connection and select print, no printers are listed. Is my server missing

some software to pick up the ThinPrint settings on the thin client? I have

also made sure that the RDP connection is set to use local resources

including printers.

 

Also if I try to print locally on the thin client (for exmaple, an IE7 page

on the desktop of the thin client) I select print and a dialogue box for

JetCet Professional printing appears instead of ThinPrint options. Is there a

way to set ThinPrint as the default print service on the thin client?

 

Or is there any other way I can configure this?

[paulp]

Re: Using .ThinPrint to print to a Windows 2003 server using RDP

 

Hello,

 

the built-in ThinPrint client is meant for usage with the ThinPrint .print Engine which has to be installed on a server. This will give you printer auto-mapping, bandwidth control for printing, print data compression and many other features.

You can download the .print Engine as RDP Engine (only RDP printing) at ThinPrint Software - .print RDP Engine 7.0 32/64bit - print management Microsoft Windows 2003 Terminal Services network printers desktop printers driver free , as Application Server Engine (for terminal servers) at ThinPrint Software - .print Application Server Engine – Professional print management for Terminal Services - RDP ICA Citrix IT solution printer mapping load balancing driver free or as Server Engine (for print servers) at ThinPrint Software - .print Server Engine - print management Terminal Server dedicated print server driver free load balancing data compression

 

All can be downloaded and used for free for a trial period of 30 days.