Remote Desktop printing w/HP Deskjet 6980

[John]

I have been using Remote Desktop for a few years with no problems. I
recently added an HP Deskjet 6980 to my home network and it works
fine. When I use RDP to connect to my office, remote printing back to
the 6980 is not available. My other printers at home are seen, but the
6980 is not. I assume it is because the 6980 is connected to my
network with an IP address and not through a USB or parallel cable. It
is however, setup as my default printer.

Do I need to install the 6980 printer driver on my office pc even
though the printer is here at home? Any suggestions?

Thanks,
John

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

"John" > wrote in message
...
> I have been using Remote Desktop for a few years with no problems. I
> recently added an HP Deskjet 6980 to my home network and it works
> fine. When I use RDP to connect to my office, remote printing back to
> the 6980 is not available. My other printers at home are seen, but the
> 6980 is not. I assume it is because the 6980 is connected to my
> network with an IP address and not through a USB or parallel cable. It
> is however, setup as my default printer.
>
> Do I need to install the 6980 printer driver on my office pc even
> though the printer is here at home? Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> John
>

Installing the driver on your office PC may help. I would also try
to share the printer, then link it to LPT1:. Have a look here too:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302361

[John]

On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 22:02:07 +1000, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" >
wrote:

>
>"John" > wrote in message
...
>> I have been using Remote Desktop for a few years with no problems. I
>> recently added an HP Deskjet 6980 to my home network and it works
>> fine. When I use RDP to connect to my office, remote printing back to
>> the 6980 is not available. My other printers at home are seen, but the
>> 6980 is not. I assume it is because the 6980 is connected to my
>> network with an IP address and not through a USB or parallel cable. It
>> is however, setup as my default printer.
>>
>> Do I need to install the 6980 printer driver on my office pc even
>> though the printer is here at home? Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John
>>
>
>Installing the driver on your office PC may help. I would also try
>to share the printer, then link it to LPT1:. Have a look here too:
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302361
>

Thank you! Installing the driver on the remote pc made the printer
available during the session.

Thank you for the help!

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

"John" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 22:02:07 +1000, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" >
> wrote:
>
> >
> >"John" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I have been using Remote Desktop for a few years with no problems. I
> >> recently added an HP Deskjet 6980 to my home network and it works
> >> fine. When I use RDP to connect to my office, remote printing back to
> >> the 6980 is not available. My other printers at home are seen, but the
> >> 6980 is not. I assume it is because the 6980 is connected to my
> >> network with an IP address and not through a USB or parallel cable. It
> >> is however, setup as my default printer.
> >>
> >> Do I need to install the 6980 printer driver on my office pc even
> >> though the printer is here at home? Any suggestions?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> John
> >>
> >
> >Installing the driver on your office PC may help. I would also try
> >to share the printer, then link it to LPT1:. Have a look here too:
> >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302361
> >
>
> Thank you! Installing the driver on the remote pc made the printer
> available during the session.
>
> Thank you for the help!

Thanks for the feedback.