Terminal Services Printer Redirection
Applies To: Windows Server 2008
Terminal Services provides printer redirection, which routes printing jobs from a server to a printer that is attached to a client computer or to a shared printer that is available to the client computer. When a user establishes a remote session with a terminal server, the redirected printer will be available to applications running in the remote session.
By default, a Windows Server 2008 terminal server first tries to use the Terminal Services Easy Print driver. If the client computer does not support this driver, the terminal server looks for a matching printer driver installed on the terminal server. You can either install a matching printer driver on the terminal server, or you can create a custom printer mapping file.
Events
| Event ID | Source | Message |
|---|---|---|
Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-Printers |
TS RDPDR Device Redirection failed to initialize for a single user session %1. Serial, Parallel, Printer, and File System Redirection will be disabled. Look in the System event log for other related errors. | |
Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-Printers |
Driver %1 required for printer %2 is not installed on the server. Contact the administrator to install the driver before you log in again. | |
Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-Printers |
An internal communication error occurred. Redirected printing will no longer function for a single user session. Check the status of the Terminal Services Device Redirector in the System folder of Device Manager. | |
Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-Printers |
Printer security information for the printer %1 could not be set. | |
Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-Printers |
The printer %1 could not be deleted. | |
Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-Printers |
Configuration information for the %1 printer could not be restored. | |
Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-Printers |
The %1 printer could not be set as the default printer. | |
Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-Printers |
An error occurred during processing of %1. The file might be corrupted. Run Setup again to reinstall the file. | |
Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-Printers |
Driver %1 required for printer %2 is unknown. Contact the administrator to install the driver before you log in again. | |
Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-Printers |
Failed to register for user printing preferences change notification. Open the Services snap-in and confirm that the Printer Spooler service is running | |
Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-Printers |
There is not enough memory to complete the operation. Save your work, close other programs, and then try again. | |
Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-Printers |
Error communicating with the Spooler system service. Open the Services snap-in and confirm that the Print Spooler service is running. | |
Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-Printers |
Unexpected internal error in TS RDP device redirection. Contact technical support. | |
Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-Printers |
The printer %1 cannot be redirected by using Terminal Services Easy Print. The client computer may not have a version of the Remote Desktop Connection client or Microsoft .NET Framework installed that supports this driver. | |
Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-Printers |
The Print Spooler failed to add the printer %1, port %2 because of a port error. The Print Spooler will not try again to add the printer. | |
Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-Printers |
The number of printers per session limit was reached. The following print queue was not created: Printer = %1 Port = %2 |