THE NEWS IN PRINT

The ever-growing technology has ensured that we need not carry our computer wherever we go to be able to access it. We can access our workstations through any other computer which acts as a gateway. I had written a dummies guide on remote desktop last year which is one of the leading guides for over a million surfers so far. This piece of tutorial will aim at using a local printer along with a remote workstation.

When we log onto a remote computer and print a document, the document prints on the printer connected to the remote computer. But, if you want to take printouts from the remote computer onto a local printer, here’s how you do it:

- Click on Start
- Click on run
- Type “mstsc” and hit Enter
- Expand the options bar
- Select ‘Local Resources’ tab
- Check Printers and hit Connect

Here are some important things to remember:

- If the printer driver doesn’t exist on Windows XP, you will need to install the drivers on the remote machine before attempting to print
- Printer redirection works on network printers as well
- If multiple printers are configured on the local workstation, remote desktop will use the default printer
- Printer redirection comes as default along with remote desktop

I hope this small tutorial was helpful.

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