Saturday, September 6, 2008

Printing in SpEdDoc

Printing in SpEdDoc can be problematic now that we are using a terminal server to host the system. This means when you are working on SpEdDoc you are actually just seeing a picture of what is happening on the server in the BRSU office, so when you go to print the system should connect back to the local printers that are installed on your laptop or workstation.

I say "should connect" because this does not always happen without some configuration changes. The most important thing is to ensure you have local printing enabled in your remote desktop client. To do this, start up Remote Desktop and before you log in go to the options - local resources tab and make sure the local printers box is checked. Also, the server will not connect back to networked printers so you need to have a local printer that is either connected by a USB or parallel port.