remote printing with hp 6110

[davewalden777]

I know this is kind of a specific question, hopefully someone out there has come up against this before.

One of my remote users just bought a new printer, the hp 6110xi. I need to load the drivers onto our terminal server so she can print to this printer at home from the ts. The drivers refuse to load on w2k server saying they are incompatible and I haven't been able to get around it. I am currently trying to find a substitute/compatible driver.

Any ideas? Any one know of a different hp driver I can get to work? A bulletproof vest for when I tell her she bought the wrong printer?

 

[markdmac]

Try downloading the Windows 200 compatible driver from

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?product=79480&lang=en&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&os=181.

These all in one printers are a real pain for TS and often WILL NOT WORK.

Your user will need to make a registry change to allow support for DOT 4 printers. This script will do it for them. It must be run on the client machine and not via TS.

'==========================================================================
'
' NAME: TSPrintFix.vbs
'
' AUTHOR: Mark D. MacLachlan , The Spider's Parlor
' URL: [URL unfurl="true"]http://www.thespidersparlor.com[/URL]
' (c) 2003 All Rights Reserved
' DATE  : 12/22/2003
'
' COMMENT: Fixes printing via terminal services to allow DOT4 printers
'
'==========================================================================
myPrompt = MsgBox("This script will set up your printers for use with Terminal Services",vbOKCancel,"Setup Printers for Terminal Services?")
If myPrompt = 1 Then 
	Set WshShell=WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
	keypath ="HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Default\AddIns\RDPDR\FilterQueueType"
	WshShell.RegWrite keypath, -1, "REG_DWORD"
	If WshShell.RegRead(keypath) = "-1" Then
		MsgBox "Setup was successful",,"Success"
	Else
		MsgBox "Sorry A Problem Was Encountered" & vbCrLf & "Make sure you have permission to write to the registry.",,"Something went wrong"
	End If	
End If
WScript.Quit

I hope you find this post helpful. Please let me know if it was.

Regards,

Mark

 

[davewalden777]

Thanks for the script, I will give it a try and see what happens with their home computer.

I have downloaded both the basic feature and full solution software. They just refuse to load on the 2K server. When you run setup they check system compatibility and when they see 2K server they stop the install and don't give you the choice to continue.

I have tried installing the proper .inf files on the TS and putting the driver files into system32 etc. but no lick so far.

 

[markdmac]

I haven't had to do it in a while but if I recall correctly you can use Set Ver to fake the software out and make it think it is running on Win2K Pro instead of Win2K Server.

I hope you find this post helpful. Please let me know if it was.

Regards,

Mark

 

[moffl]

Hi Would this apply to the hp6110 . I have clients that have bought these along with th DP-300u Print server and am trying to just install print drivers so that this printer can be used on a computer that has lock downs on them as they are public acess computers