How to Print to a Local Network Printer in Terminal Services

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This article was previously published under Q286047

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SYMPTOMS

You may find that you cannot print to a local network printer from a Windows 2000 Server-based computer running Terminal Services. This happens when the client and server are in separate, unconnected domains.

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CAUSE

This behavior can occur because Windows 2000 Terminal Services supports the autocreation only of local printers, not of local network printers.

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this behavior, install Citrix Metaframe 1.8 on the Windows 2000-based server running Terminal Services.

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STATUS

This behavior is by design.

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MORE INFORMATION

Citrix Metaframe 1.8 supports autocreation of local network printers. When you print, the print job is sent to the local system through the ICA protocol; it is then sent to the network printer from the client workstation.

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