Redirecting Scanner drivers?

[Guest Sree]

I have a Windows 2003 Server R2 Standard Edition. When i connect the server

using remote desktop my printer work even in the remote desktop but what do i

need to do in order my scanner to work in the remote desktop so that i can

scan the documents right into the server while i am away from my server.

 

Please assist me in what kind of scanner i need to purchase and how to

redirect the drivers. I want a scanner that supports Twain drivers.. When i

was searching for KB artices i found one that says that scanners that support

Windows Image Aquisition works? Please let me know the details i really

appreciate the help.. I looked and looked.

 

Thanks in Advance.

 

 

 

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Sree

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: Redirecting Scanner drivers?

 

From

http://ts.veranoest.net/ts_faq_client_resources.htm#TWAINsupport

 

Q: How can I connect to my local scanner or digital camera in a TS

session?

 

A: Windows rdp does not support TWAIN devices (scanners, digital

cameras). This is documented here:

931946 - The "From Camera or Scanner" menu option is unavailable in

Office XP and Office 2003 programs during a terminal server session

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=931946

 

So you will need some 3rd party software.

 

Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 (Enterprise and Advanced Editions

only) provides TWAIN support; local scanners and USB attached

digital cameras are now supported. If you want to use a scanner

connected to a thin client, make sure that the thin client runs XP

embedded. You need XPe because you need to install the scanner

driver on the thin-client.

 

Other solutions are based on sharing the scanner on the network.

This can be done with a number of 3rd party utilities:

 

* RemoteScan - lets you share any kind of TWAIN scanner

(SCSI / USB / Firewire, etc.)

http://www.remote-scan.com/

* LWP DokScan for RDP

http://www.lwp.de/dokscanrdp.html?&L=1

* Some scanner models include network scanner sharing, and

are accessible by terminal server users.

 

Other devices, such as keyboards and printers, work perfectly well

when connected to a local USB port, thanks to Device Level

redirection. For an explanation of Device versus Port Level

redirection, see Citrix KB article CTX816193 - USB Support in

MetaFrame Products, which applies to Citrix PS 3.0 and native

Windows 2003 Terminal Services.

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX816193

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Vera Noest

MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

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=?Utf-8?B?U3JlZQ==?= <devathi1981@yahoo.com> wrote on 09 okt 2007:

> I have a Windows 2003 Server R2 Standard Edition. When i connect

> the server using remote desktop my printer work even in the

> remote desktop but what do i need to do in order my scanner to

> work in the remote desktop so that i can scan the documents

> right into the server while i am away from my server.

>

> Please assist me in what kind of scanner i need to purchase and

> how to redirect the drivers. I want a scanner that supports

> Twain drivers.. When i was searching for KB artices i found one

> that says that scanners that support Windows Image Aquisition

> works? Please let me know the details i really appreciate the

> help.. I looked and looked.

>

> Thanks in Advance.

[Guest TP]

Re: Redirecting Scanner drivers?

 

In addition to the information Vera provided you, there is

a version of remote scan that is made for Terminal Services

and will use RDP protocol.

 

http://www.remote-scan.com/feature-list-connecting-scanner-to-network.php

 

-TP

 

Sree wrote:

> I have a Windows 2003 Server R2 Standard Edition. When i connect the

> server using remote desktop my printer work even in the remote

> desktop but what do i need to do in order my scanner to work in the

> remote desktop so that i can scan the documents right into the server

> while i am away from my server.

>

> Please assist me in what kind of scanner i need to purchase and how to

> redirect the drivers. I want a scanner that supports Twain drivers..

> When i was searching for KB artices i found one that says that

> scanners that support Windows Image Aquisition works? Please let me

> know the details i really appreciate the help.. I looked and looked.

>

> Thanks in Advance.