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2.6. How to: Allow USB Printers to Forward using remote desktop
If you're a user of windows remote desktop (like me), you might find that, even after ticking printing forwarding, your shiny new USB printer doesn't show up This will run you through adding an entry into the registry to fix it Bear in mind that the registry can be a mystical place of wondrous danger, so put your careful hat on.
5 Steps total
Step 1: Double check you've got printer forwading ticked on within Remote Desktop
If you've got a .RDP file, right click on it and go edit. If not, just crack open RD as per usual Ensure options is expanded and go to the local resources tab If the box labeled printers isn't ticked, tick it. Do not connect just yet..
Step 2: Crank open the Registry editor
Go start -> Run, type regedit and click ok
Step 3: Browse to the following..
HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software -> Microsoft -> Terminal Server Client -> Default -> Addins -> RDPDR
Step 4: Within the Key RDPDR, add a new DWORD Value
Call it FilterQueueType (I'm pretty sure it's CAsE sENsiTiVE), and give it a value of ffffffff (8 f's) Click ok and close down the registry editor
Step 5: Ensure driver is installed on the remote Computer
Your printer is only going to forward itself to a PC that has a driver installed on it, so download/copy the driver across and install it
Hint: To install a printer driver on a computer without it showing up in the printer list, open up the printers and faxes window, go file -> server properties, go to the drivers tab and then add your printer