Printing over Remote Desktop & Terminal Services
For a while I didn’t understand why some printers would print over remote desktop and others wouldn’t. After some troubleshooting with an HP LaserJet 1022 (a host-based USB printer) I discovered these helpful tips:
- If the printer supports Postscript or PCL, it should work over remote desktop without any additionally configuration, as long as it can print locally.
- If that doesn’t work or if the printer uses a custom language like GDI, if it is called “host based”, or if it is generally cheap, install the driver on the remote desktop server. Then, add a new local printer to the RDP server and pretend it is connected on LPT3, and choose the correct printer driver/model. This will force windows to load the driver, albeit to a non-existent port.
- If it still doesn’t work, try making it a shared printer on the client side. Make sure printing is allowed in the Windows Firewall control panel.
On the RDP server, you can also check the Application or System Event Log (Right click My Computer -> Manage). Any printer related errors or warnings are recorded there.
No commentsMicrosoft Certified
I’m now considered a Microsoft Certified Professional, since I’ve passed the “Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows XP Professional” Exam at a local testing center.
I had already been working with installing and configuring Windows XP for a couple of years now, so I knew a lot of the material already. It wasn’t easy though, there were a lot of networking questions and arbitrary questions about the unattended / automated installation options.
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PlanetStatiK.com domain name for sale. Does anyone want to purchase it for cheap? I’d rather give it to a human than an advertising robot.
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Best of the Best, Rants & Raves, & Comedy, Written by real people
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Music Video Debut
I’ve made my Chinese Ping Pong Music Video debut. With footage spanning 2 years, my friend Ken painstakingly put together this extraordinary ping pong video complete with slow motion and custom animations!!!
Note: I am actually in this video… I understand that you may be frightened by hearing foreign languages. I appear within the first 1-2 minutes.
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Oh man I can’t believe how funny these sketch comedies are!!
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=derrickcomedy
Printing PDFs from the Command Line
I’ve been struggling for a while to get PDFs to print correctly using Adobe Reader from the command line, so here’s how to do it from a batch file:
:: This is a DOS-Style path to the AcroRd32.exe, in this case Adobe Reader 7.0
SET PATHTOADOBE=C:\PROGRA~1\ADOBE\ACROBA~2.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe
:: This adds /h to tell Adobe Reader to minimize, and /p tells it to print the document to the default printer and close right after.
SET PRINTCMD=C:\PROGRA~1\ADOBE\ACROBA~2.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe /h /p
:: This will first launch Adobe Reader in a new process. NOTE: whatever directory you are in at this point,
:: Adobe Reader will only look for files here unless you supply full path file names.
call start /MIN %PATHTOADOBE% /h
:: ...
:: do stuff...
:: ...
:: Here is the actual call to print the PDF. Because Adobe Reader is already launched in its own process, the batch file will continue executing immediately after the command is invoked.
%PRINTCMD% "C:\myDocument.pdf"
:: Batch file will continue executing other commands
What Have I Been Watching?
Yeah I have a lot to say. I went to Japan and half my pictures got corrupted on my camera. Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Dodgeball, other stuff. Really don’t feel like writing.
Here’s what I’ve rented since “Kamikaze Girls”. There are a lot of hidden gems here. I’m marking off my favorites with a pound sign. If it wasn’t my first time seeing it, I marked it with $.
Part 4
Love Liza, 2002 01/11/07
#Warm Water Under a Red Bridge, 2002 01/11/07
$The Cable Guy 01/11/07
Broken Flowers 01/11/07
Hellraiser 01/02/07
$Dumb and Dumber (Unrated) 01/02/07
#Secretary 12/14/06
The Virgin Suicides 11/28/06
Flightplan 11/21/06
#All the Real Girls 11/21/06
Johnny Dangerously 11/17/06
Better Off Dead 11/16/06
#Mystery Science Theater 3000: Space Mutiny 11/10/06
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Hamlet 11/07/06
Carrie 11/03/06
#V for Vendetta 11/01/06
MADtv: Season 1: Disc 2 (6-Disc Series) 10/30/06
The Forgotten 10/24/06
MADtv: Season 1: Disc 1 (6-Disc Series) Series Disc 10/16/06
Whisper of the Heart 10/11/06
The Opposite of Sex 10/06/06
#$Addams Family Values 10/03/06
Kino’s Journey: Vol. 4: Not Without Reservations (4-Disc Series) 10/03/06
Kino’s Journey: Vol. 3: Warning! Curves Ahead (4-Disc Series) Series Disc 09/27/06
Kino’s Journey: Vol. 2: Emerging Lanes (4-Disc Series) Series Disc 09/27/06
#Corpse Bride 09/12/06
Steamboy 08/29/06
#Silent Hill 08/29/06
#$The Crow 08/24/06
House of Flying Daggers 08/21/06
Lost: Season 1: Disc 3 (7-Disc Series) 08/17/06
Ocean’s Twelve 08/15/06
Rambo: First Blood 08/10/06