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Bruce SSSS SSSS - 26 Jan 2006 17:05 GMT

Hi All:

I have a W2k03 terminal server machine and a person with a Mac that wants to
use and print from the TS server.

Power PC G4, 1.67 Ghz, 512 MB , MAC OS X 10.4.4
There is an HP PSC 750 printer (multi-function) directly attached to the MAC
with a USB cable. The HP does not show up as an available printer when
logged onto the TS computer session.

Can someone suggest some specific printers (and the MAc drivers) that will
correctly print documents such as invoices and excel spreadsheets from the
terminal server session.

Thanks

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William Smith - 27 Jan 2006 02:57 GMT

> Hi All:
>
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> correctly print documents such as invoices and excel spreadsheets from the
> terminal server session.

Hi Bruce!

Generally, a Postscript capable printer will work. Must your Mac user
print to a local printer or can he just simply use a network printer
that is available to the server?

Several folks here have suggested trying to create workarounds to "fool"
the Mac into thinking it has a locally attached Postscript printer using
CUPS, but I've yet to see anyone post proof of concept and give details
as to how he got it to work.

bill

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Robert Peirce - 28 Jan 2006 05:14 GMT

> Hi All:
>
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> correctly print documents such as invoices and excel spreadsheets from the
> terminal server session.

I gave up on this. You need a postscript printer and I don't know where
you can find a cheap one.

What I do is save to a directory on my Mac in PDF and then print them
locally.

This is not as convenient as printing directly, but it solves the
problem and is fairly straight-forward and easy.

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Robert B. Peirce, Venetia, PA 724-941-6883
bob AT peirce-family.com [Mac]
rbp AT cooksonpeirce.com [Office]

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