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Guest jacob@nowhere.com
Posted

Hello,

 

I am having an issue where I am logging in to a Windows Server 2003 server

from a Remote Desktop Session and have checked the option to use the local

printers installed on the PC I am "RDPing" from as resources in my RDP

session.

 

Once I get logged into the server I start receiving a huge amount of "Remote

Desktop Redirected Printer Doc" entires(print jobs) in at least two of my

print queues on my local machine. This happens everytime I RDP to this

server and I am not creating any print jobs on the server at all. They never

stop being sent and they will eventually bring one of my print queues down

till I clear out all the excess print jobs.

 

Of course if I uncheck the box to use the printers on my local machine as a

resource during the RDP session, the issue will not occur but I would like to

see some type of better solution than this as I would rather not have to

worry about doing that every time I need to RDP to this server. If anyone

has any information regarding this it is much appreciated.

 

Thanks,

 

--

Jake

  • 2 months later...
Guest Roger
Posted

RE: Remote Desktop to Server 2003 Printer Issue

 

Jake,

This is not an answer to your question/problem, I have exacty the same

issue and I am tearing my already in short supply hair out! Did you find a

solution, r has any one out there got a solution t mulltiple Remote Desktop

Redirected Printer Doc 's eing produced when logging in to our 2003 Windows

Server, we use a SBS server as a Domain controller and Exchange server.

Thanks in advanve!

Roger

 

"jacob@nowhere.com" wrote:

> Hello,

>

> I am having an issue where I am logging in to a Windows Server 2003 server

> from a Remote Desktop Session and have checked the option to use the local

> printers installed on the PC I am "RDPing" from as resources in my RDP

> session.

>

> Once I get logged into the server I start receiving a huge amount of "Remote

> Desktop Redirected Printer Doc" entires(print jobs) in at least two of my

> print queues on my local machine. This happens everytime I RDP to this

> server and I am not creating any print jobs on the server at all. They never

> stop being sent and they will eventually bring one of my print queues down

> till I clear out all the excess print jobs.

>

> Of course if I uncheck the box to use the printers on my local machine as a

> resource during the RDP session, the issue will not occur but I would like to

> see some type of better solution than this as I would rather not have to

> worry about doing that every time I need to RDP to this server. If anyone

> has any information regarding this it is much appreciated.

>

> Thanks,

>

> --

> Jake

Guest Anthony [MVP]
Posted

Re: Remote Desktop to Server 2003 Printer Issue

 

Jake,

We should be able to narrow this down.

Who is creating the print jobs and on what printer? They are obviously not

receiving their job.

What is the connection, if any, between the printer the print jobs were sent

to and the printer on your local PC that they are arriving at?

How is your PC connected to the printer that is receiving the print jobs: is

it directly connected or a network printer? If network, what is the print

server? Is it the server you are RDPing to?

Anthony,

http://www.airdesk.com

 

 

"Roger" <Roger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:87FF1870-C460-4EC3-AF0A-A3536071D64D@microsoft.com...

> Jake,

> This is not an answer to your question/problem, I have exacty the same

> issue and I am tearing my already in short supply hair out! Did you find

> a

> solution, r has any one out there got a solution t mulltiple Remote

> Desktop

> Redirected Printer Doc 's eing produced when logging in to our 2003

> Windows

> Server, we use a SBS server as a Domain controller and Exchange server.

> Thanks in advanve!

> Roger

>

> "jacob@nowhere.com" wrote:

>

>> Hello,

>>

>> I am having an issue where I am logging in to a Windows Server 2003

>> server

>> from a Remote Desktop Session and have checked the option to use the

>> local

>> printers installed on the PC I am "RDPing" from as resources in my RDP

>> session.

>>

>> Once I get logged into the server I start receiving a huge amount of

>> "Remote

>> Desktop Redirected Printer Doc" entires(print jobs) in at least two of my

>> print queues on my local machine. This happens everytime I RDP to this

>> server and I am not creating any print jobs on the server at all. They

>> never

>> stop being sent and they will eventually bring one of my print queues

>> down

>> till I clear out all the excess print jobs.

>>

>> Of course if I uncheck the box to use the printers on my local machine as

>> a

>> resource during the RDP session, the issue will not occur but I would

>> like to

>> see some type of better solution than this as I would rather not have to

>> worry about doing that every time I need to RDP to this server. If

>> anyone

>> has any information regarding this it is much appreciated.

>>

>> Thanks,

>>

>> --

>> Jake

Guest jacob@nowhere.com
Posted

Re: Remote Desktop to Server 2003 Printer Issue

 

I will try and answer all the questions you just sent but if I miss any just

let me know and I will respond as quick as I can.

 

So right now the printer that keeps getting these print jobs is a color

laser high output printer/copier in our office. This printer is available

through a print server. This print server just so happens to BE the server

that I am connecting to via RDP.

 

The print jobs are all remote desktop redirected print jobs. They all get

sent to the printer but they never end up getting printed or even look like

they are in the printer/copier's queue at it's console.

 

Let me know if you need any more information.

 

Thanks for your help,

 

-Jake

 

 

--

Jake

 

 

"Anthony [MVP]" wrote:

> Jake,

> We should be able to narrow this down.

> Who is creating the print jobs and on what printer? They are obviously not

> receiving their job.

> What is the connection, if any, between the printer the print jobs were sent

> to and the printer on your local PC that they are arriving at?

> How is your PC connected to the printer that is receiving the print jobs: is

> it directly connected or a network printer? If network, what is the print

> server? Is it the server you are RDPing to?

> Anthony,

> http://www.airdesk.com

>

>

> "Roger" <Roger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:87FF1870-C460-4EC3-AF0A-A3536071D64D@microsoft.com...

> > Jake,

> > This is not an answer to your question/problem, I have exacty the same

> > issue and I am tearing my already in short supply hair out! Did you find

> > a

> > solution, r has any one out there got a solution t mulltiple Remote

> > Desktop

> > Redirected Printer Doc 's eing produced when logging in to our 2003

> > Windows

> > Server, we use a SBS server as a Domain controller and Exchange server.

> > Thanks in advanve!

> > Roger

> >

> > "jacob@nowhere.com" wrote:

> >

> >> Hello,

> >>

> >> I am having an issue where I am logging in to a Windows Server 2003

> >> server

> >> from a Remote Desktop Session and have checked the option to use the

> >> local

> >> printers installed on the PC I am "RDPing" from as resources in my RDP

> >> session.

> >>

> >> Once I get logged into the server I start receiving a huge amount of

> >> "Remote

> >> Desktop Redirected Printer Doc" entires(print jobs) in at least two of my

> >> print queues on my local machine. This happens everytime I RDP to this

> >> server and I am not creating any print jobs on the server at all. They

> >> never

> >> stop being sent and they will eventually bring one of my print queues

> >> down

> >> till I clear out all the excess print jobs.

> >>

> >> Of course if I uncheck the box to use the printers on my local machine as

> >> a

> >> resource during the RDP session, the issue will not occur but I would

> >> like to

> >> see some type of better solution than this as I would rather not have to

> >> worry about doing that every time I need to RDP to this server. If

> >> anyone

> >> has any information regarding this it is much appreciated.

> >>

> >> Thanks,

> >>

> >> --

> >> Jake

>

>

>

Guest Anthony [MVP]
Posted

Re: Remote Desktop to Server 2003 Printer Issue

 

Which server is the Terminal Server that people are using? Is it also the

Print Server?

What errors do you have on the Terminal Server for all the failed print

jobs?

Does the printer/copier have terminal services-compliant drivers?

Anthony,

http://www.airdesk.com

 

 

 

"jacob@nowhere.com" <jacobnowherecom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

message news:CE0A49F7-0AE0-4D8D-A88A-E06290CDB61F@microsoft.com...

> I will try and answer all the questions you just sent but if I miss any

> just

> let me know and I will respond as quick as I can.

>

> So right now the printer that keeps getting these print jobs is a color

> laser high output printer/copier in our office. This printer is available

> through a print server. This print server just so happens to BE the

> server

> that I am connecting to via RDP.

>

> The print jobs are all remote desktop redirected print jobs. They all get

> sent to the printer but they never end up getting printed or even look

> like

> they are in the printer/copier's queue at it's console.

>

> Let me know if you need any more information.

>

> Thanks for your help,

>

> -Jake

>

>

> --

> Jake

>

>

> "Anthony [MVP]" wrote:

>

>> Jake,

>> We should be able to narrow this down.

>> Who is creating the print jobs and on what printer? They are obviously

>> not

>> receiving their job.

>> What is the connection, if any, between the printer the print jobs were

>> sent

>> to and the printer on your local PC that they are arriving at?

>> How is your PC connected to the printer that is receiving the print jobs:

>> is

>> it directly connected or a network printer? If network, what is the print

>> server? Is it the server you are RDPing to?

>> Anthony,

>> http://www.airdesk.com

>>

>>

>> "Roger" <Roger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:87FF1870-C460-4EC3-AF0A-A3536071D64D@microsoft.com...

>> > Jake,

>> > This is not an answer to your question/problem, I have exacty the same

>> > issue and I am tearing my already in short supply hair out! Did you

>> > find

>> > a

>> > solution, r has any one out there got a solution t mulltiple Remote

>> > Desktop

>> > Redirected Printer Doc 's eing produced when logging in to our 2003

>> > Windows

>> > Server, we use a SBS server as a Domain controller and Exchange server.

>> > Thanks in advanve!

>> > Roger

>> >

>> > "jacob@nowhere.com" wrote:

>> >

>> >> Hello,

>> >>

>> >> I am having an issue where I am logging in to a Windows Server 2003

>> >> server

>> >> from a Remote Desktop Session and have checked the option to use the

>> >> local

>> >> printers installed on the PC I am "RDPing" from as resources in my RDP

>> >> session.

>> >>

>> >> Once I get logged into the server I start receiving a huge amount of

>> >> "Remote

>> >> Desktop Redirected Printer Doc" entires(print jobs) in at least two of

>> >> my

>> >> print queues on my local machine. This happens everytime I RDP to

>> >> this

>> >> server and I am not creating any print jobs on the server at all.

>> >> They

>> >> never

>> >> stop being sent and they will eventually bring one of my print queues

>> >> down

>> >> till I clear out all the excess print jobs.

>> >>

>> >> Of course if I uncheck the box to use the printers on my local machine

>> >> as

>> >> a

>> >> resource during the RDP session, the issue will not occur but I would

>> >> like to

>> >> see some type of better solution than this as I would rather not have

>> >> to

>> >> worry about doing that every time I need to RDP to this server. If

>> >> anyone

>> >> has any information regarding this it is much appreciated.

>> >>

>> >> Thanks,

>> >>

>> >> --

>> >> Jake

>>

>>

>>

Guest jacob@nowhere.com
Posted

Re: Remote Desktop to Server 2003 Printer Issue

 

I hope this explanation helps.

 

The server that we are trying to RDP into is just a server that Sys Admin's

in our business connect to. Normal users never end up connecting to it

through RDP and it is not a terminal server. We are using "terminal

services" to Remote into the server but this is not a terminal server. We

actually don't have a terminal server in our business, that is to say we only

use the client to client terminal services on our internal network through

RDP.

 

As for errors. We aren't seeing any errors on the server we are "remoted"

into or on the PC that we are "remoting" from.

 

So maybe the best way to describe this, is step by step.

-So first I open a remote desktop connection and type in the server that I

am connecting to. Which does happen to be the print server for most all of

the printers in our network.

-Once I am logged in remotely to this server from my PC, I start to see

print jobs popping into this printer's queue on MY PC. You can also see this

print jobs accumulating on the print server by going into printers and faxes

on the server and checking this particular's printers queue.

-If I log out of the remote session these print jobs will stop being queued

up.

They will eventually say they are printing and will take themselves out of

the queue when finished but the wierd thing is, the printer printed nothing

from these jobs. It didn't even print a blank sheet of paper, it just never

printed anything. Yet the jobs are cleared out of the queue like they had

been printed.

 

In regards to your question about the print drivers for this printer and if

they are terminal services compliant, I will have to do some more research to

find that out. If I do find something in regards to this from the

manufactuer I will let you know what happens when installing those new

drivers. Although I have noticed that this issue will send these "ghost"

print jobs to other printers listed in my local printers and faxes, such as

the Adobe PDF printer or another network printer.

 

I hope this clears things up. Again, let me know if you need more

information.

 

Thanks for your help,

--

Jake

 

 

"Anthony [MVP]" wrote:

> Which server is the Terminal Server that people are using? Is it also the

> Print Server?

> What errors do you have on the Terminal Server for all the failed print

> jobs?

> Does the printer/copier have terminal services-compliant drivers?

> Anthony,

> http://www.airdesk.com

>

>

>

> "jacob@nowhere.com" <jacobnowherecom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

> message news:CE0A49F7-0AE0-4D8D-A88A-E06290CDB61F@microsoft.com...

> > I will try and answer all the questions you just sent but if I miss any

> > just

> > let me know and I will respond as quick as I can.

> >

> > So right now the printer that keeps getting these print jobs is a color

> > laser high output printer/copier in our office. This printer is available

> > through a print server. This print server just so happens to BE the

> > server

> > that I am connecting to via RDP.

> >

> > The print jobs are all remote desktop redirected print jobs. They all get

> > sent to the printer but they never end up getting printed or even look

> > like

> > they are in the printer/copier's queue at it's console.

> >

> > Let me know if you need any more information.

> >

> > Thanks for your help,

> >

> > -Jake

> >

> >

> > --

> > Jake

> >

> >

> > "Anthony [MVP]" wrote:

> >

> >> Jake,

> >> We should be able to narrow this down.

> >> Who is creating the print jobs and on what printer? They are obviously

> >> not

> >> receiving their job.

> >> What is the connection, if any, between the printer the print jobs were

> >> sent

> >> to and the printer on your local PC that they are arriving at?

> >> How is your PC connected to the printer that is receiving the print jobs:

> >> is

> >> it directly connected or a network printer? If network, what is the print

> >> server? Is it the server you are RDPing to?

> >> Anthony,

> >> http://www.airdesk.com

> >>

> >>

> >> "Roger" <Roger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> >> news:87FF1870-C460-4EC3-AF0A-A3536071D64D@microsoft.com...

> >> > Jake,

> >> > This is not an answer to your question/problem, I have exacty the same

> >> > issue and I am tearing my already in short supply hair out! Did you

> >> > find

> >> > a

> >> > solution, r has any one out there got a solution t mulltiple Remote

> >> > Desktop

> >> > Redirected Printer Doc 's eing produced when logging in to our 2003

> >> > Windows

> >> > Server, we use a SBS server as a Domain controller and Exchange server.

> >> > Thanks in advanve!

> >> > Roger

> >> >

> >> > "jacob@nowhere.com" wrote:

> >> >

> >> >> Hello,

> >> >>

> >> >> I am having an issue where I am logging in to a Windows Server 2003

> >> >> server

> >> >> from a Remote Desktop Session and have checked the option to use the

> >> >> local

> >> >> printers installed on the PC I am "RDPing" from as resources in my RDP

> >> >> session.

> >> >>

> >> >> Once I get logged into the server I start receiving a huge amount of

> >> >> "Remote

> >> >> Desktop Redirected Printer Doc" entires(print jobs) in at least two of

> >> >> my

> >> >> print queues on my local machine. This happens everytime I RDP to

> >> >> this

> >> >> server and I am not creating any print jobs on the server at all.

> >> >> They

> >> >> never

> >> >> stop being sent and they will eventually bring one of my print queues

> >> >> down

> >> >> till I clear out all the excess print jobs.

> >> >>

> >> >> Of course if I uncheck the box to use the printers on my local machine

> >> >> as

> >> >> a

> >> >> resource during the RDP session, the issue will not occur but I would

> >> >> like to

> >> >> see some type of better solution than this as I would rather not have

> >> >> to

> >> >> worry about doing that every time I need to RDP to this server. If

> >> >> anyone

> >> >> has any information regarding this it is much appreciated.

> >> >>

> >> >> Thanks,

> >> >>

> >> >> --

> >> >> Jake

> >>

> >>

> >>

>

Guest Anthony [MVP]
Posted

Re: Remote Desktop to Server 2003 Printer Issue

 

Hi Jake, so:

- You are RDP'ing to the print server

- You get phantom print jobs in your redirected printer queue

- There are no errors relating to printing on the print server or the PC.

 

What I would do is:

- Disable printer redirection on the print server. You can do that from the

Terminal Services Manager console.

- Check the drivers of the printers on the print server and remove any that

are non-standard

- In regedit, for your own HKCU (when you are logged on to the PC or

server), delete unwanted printers from HKCU\Printers\Connections.

- Probably not connect the high volume copier to the print server, but print

to it directly. It probably is a print server itself,

Hope that helps,

Anthony,

http://www.airdesk.com

 

 

 

"jacob@nowhere.com" <jacobnowherecom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

message news:50087530-D513-4A66-9E9A-9BE9475F1261@microsoft.com...

> I hope this explanation helps.

>

> The server that we are trying to RDP into is just a server that Sys

> Admin's

> in our business connect to. Normal users never end up connecting to it

> through RDP and it is not a terminal server. We are using "terminal

> services" to Remote into the server but this is not a terminal server. We

> actually don't have a terminal server in our business, that is to say we

> only

> use the client to client terminal services on our internal network through

> RDP.

>

> As for errors. We aren't seeing any errors on the server we are "remoted"

> into or on the PC that we are "remoting" from.

>

> So maybe the best way to describe this, is step by step.

> -So first I open a remote desktop connection and type in the server that I

> am connecting to. Which does happen to be the print server for most all

> of

> the printers in our network.

> -Once I am logged in remotely to this server from my PC, I start to see

> print jobs popping into this printer's queue on MY PC. You can also see

> this

> print jobs accumulating on the print server by going into printers and

> faxes

> on the server and checking this particular's printers queue.

> -If I log out of the remote session these print jobs will stop being

> queued

> up.

> They will eventually say they are printing and will take themselves out of

> the queue when finished but the wierd thing is, the printer printed

> nothing

> from these jobs. It didn't even print a blank sheet of paper, it just

> never

> printed anything. Yet the jobs are cleared out of the queue like they had

> been printed.

>

> In regards to your question about the print drivers for this printer and

> if

> they are terminal services compliant, I will have to do some more research

> to

> find that out. If I do find something in regards to this from the

> manufactuer I will let you know what happens when installing those new

> drivers. Although I have noticed that this issue will send these "ghost"

> print jobs to other printers listed in my local printers and faxes, such

> as

> the Adobe PDF printer or another network printer.

>

> I hope this clears things up. Again, let me know if you need more

> information.

>

> Thanks for your help,

> --

> Jake

>

>

> "Anthony [MVP]" wrote:

>

>> Which server is the Terminal Server that people are using? Is it also the

>> Print Server?

>> What errors do you have on the Terminal Server for all the failed print

>> jobs?

>> Does the printer/copier have terminal services-compliant drivers?

>> Anthony,

>> http://www.airdesk.com

>>

>>

>>

>> "jacob@nowhere.com" <jacobnowherecom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

>> message news:CE0A49F7-0AE0-4D8D-A88A-E06290CDB61F@microsoft.com...

>> > I will try and answer all the questions you just sent but if I miss any

>> > just

>> > let me know and I will respond as quick as I can.

>> >

>> > So right now the printer that keeps getting these print jobs is a color

>> > laser high output printer/copier in our office. This printer is

>> > available

>> > through a print server. This print server just so happens to BE the

>> > server

>> > that I am connecting to via RDP.

>> >

>> > The print jobs are all remote desktop redirected print jobs. They all

>> > get

>> > sent to the printer but they never end up getting printed or even look

>> > like

>> > they are in the printer/copier's queue at it's console.

>> >

>> > Let me know if you need any more information.

>> >

>> > Thanks for your help,

>> >

>> > -Jake

>> >

>> >

>> > --

>> > Jake

>> >

>> >

>> > "Anthony [MVP]" wrote:

>> >

>> >> Jake,

>> >> We should be able to narrow this down.

>> >> Who is creating the print jobs and on what printer? They are obviously

>> >> not

>> >> receiving their job.

>> >> What is the connection, if any, between the printer the print jobs

>> >> were

>> >> sent

>> >> to and the printer on your local PC that they are arriving at?

>> >> How is your PC connected to the printer that is receiving the print

>> >> jobs:

>> >> is

>> >> it directly connected or a network printer? If network, what is the

>> >> print

>> >> server? Is it the server you are RDPing to?

>> >> Anthony,

>> >> http://www.airdesk.com

>> >>

>> >>

>> >> "Roger" <Roger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> >> news:87FF1870-C460-4EC3-AF0A-A3536071D64D@microsoft.com...

>> >> > Jake,

>> >> > This is not an answer to your question/problem, I have exacty the

>> >> > same

>> >> > issue and I am tearing my already in short supply hair out! Did you

>> >> > find

>> >> > a

>> >> > solution, r has any one out there got a solution t mulltiple Remote

>> >> > Desktop

>> >> > Redirected Printer Doc 's eing produced when logging in to our 2003

>> >> > Windows

>> >> > Server, we use a SBS server as a Domain controller and Exchange

>> >> > server.

>> >> > Thanks in advanve!

>> >> > Roger

>> >> >

>> >> > "jacob@nowhere.com" wrote:

>> >> >

>> >> >> Hello,

>> >> >>

>> >> >> I am having an issue where I am logging in to a Windows Server 2003

>> >> >> server

>> >> >> from a Remote Desktop Session and have checked the option to use

>> >> >> the

>> >> >> local

>> >> >> printers installed on the PC I am "RDPing" from as resources in my

>> >> >> RDP

>> >> >> session.

>> >> >>

>> >> >> Once I get logged into the server I start receiving a huge amount

>> >> >> of

>> >> >> "Remote

>> >> >> Desktop Redirected Printer Doc" entires(print jobs) in at least two

>> >> >> of

>> >> >> my

>> >> >> print queues on my local machine. This happens everytime I RDP to

>> >> >> this

>> >> >> server and I am not creating any print jobs on the server at all.

>> >> >> They

>> >> >> never

>> >> >> stop being sent and they will eventually bring one of my print

>> >> >> queues

>> >> >> down

>> >> >> till I clear out all the excess print jobs.

>> >> >>

>> >> >> Of course if I uncheck the box to use the printers on my local

>> >> >> machine

>> >> >> as

>> >> >> a

>> >> >> resource during the RDP session, the issue will not occur but I

>> >> >> would

>> >> >> like to

>> >> >> see some type of better solution than this as I would rather not

>> >> >> have

>> >> >> to

>> >> >> worry about doing that every time I need to RDP to this server. If

>> >> >> anyone

>> >> >> has any information regarding this it is much appreciated.

>> >> >>

>> >> >> Thanks,

>> >> >>

>> >> >> --

>> >> >> Jake

>> >>

>> >>

>> >>

>>

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