Event ID 1115 — Remote Desktop Services Printer Redirection

Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2

Remote Desktop 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 an RD Session Host server, the redirected printer will be available to applications running in the remote session.

By default, an RD Session Host server that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 first tries to use the Remote Desktop Services Easy Print driver. If the client computer does not support this driver, the RD Session Host server looks for a matching printer driver installed on the RD Session Host server. You can either install a matching printer driver on the RD Session Host server, or you can create a custom printer mapping file.

Event Details

Resolve

Start the Print Spooler service or reinstall the printer driver

To resolve this issue, ensure that the Print Spooler service is running on both the client computer and the RD Session Host server. If restarting the Print Spooler service does not resolve the issue, the printui.dll drive file on the RD Session Host server might be corrupted. To resolve this issue, reinstall the printer driver on the RD Session Host server.

To perform these tasks, refer to the following sections.

Start the Print Spooler service

To perform this procedure, you must have membership in the local Administrators group, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority.

To start the service:

1. Open the Services snap-in. To open the Services snap-in, click Start, type services.msc, and then click OK.
2. If the User Account Control dialog box appears, confirm that the action it displays is what you want, and then click Yes.
3. In the Services pane, right-click Print Spooler, and then click Properties.
4. On the General tab, ensure that Startup type is set to Automatic. If it is not, click Automatic, and then click Apply.
5. Under Service status, click Start.
6. Click OK to close the Print Spooler Properties dialog box.
7. Confirm that the Status column for the Print Spooler service displays Started.

Reinstall the printer driver on the RD Session Host server

If the printer driver installed on the client computer is an OEM driver, and a driver is available from the printer's manufacturer, replace the OEM driver with the driver that is available from the printer manufacturer. If you are installing a third-party driver, make sure that the driver is a Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) signed driver.

Important:  After you install the printer driver, RD Session Host server clients must log off from and then log on to the RD Session Host server before the printer driver changes take effect.

To install the printer driver, use either of the following methods.

To perform these procedures, you must have membership in the local Administrators group, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority.

Method one

Run the printer's Setup program to install the printer driver .inf file on the RD Session Host server.

Method two

Install the driver by using the Add Printer Driver Wizard.

To install the driver:

1. On the RD Session Host server, click Start, click Run, type control printers, and then click OK.

2. On the File menu, click Server Properties.

   Note:  If the File menu is not visible, right-click an empty area of the Printers dialog box, and then click Server Properties.

3. Click the Drivers tab.

4. Click Add, and then follow the instructions in the Add Printer Driver Wizard to install the printer driver .inf file.

Verify

To verify that printer redirection is working properly, establish a remote session with the RD Session Host server and check that the redirected printer is available and is functioning as expected.

Related Management Information

Remote Desktop Services Printer Redirection

Remote Desktop Services