Although you lot should add together native drivers if necessary, travail to limit the sum of drivers. This tin last done yesteryear using the same driver for several printer types. HP has a universal printer driver available, which supports close all their printers. It is a proficient agency to limit the sum of drivers, but delight regime notation that on around printers, around options are non supported.
Download together with install HP's Universal Print Driver.
- Download the latest HP Universal Print Driver from here.
- Unzip the file together with Install the driver using the Add Printer Driver wizard. To create this:
- Go to Start --> Printers together with Faxes.
- Go to File--> Server Properties -> Drivers tab together with select Add Driver.
- Select Have Disk from the Printer Driver Selection screen
Terminal Server Fallback Printer Driver Behavior
Windows Server 2003 SP1 together with newer versions of Windows Server include the “Terminal Server Fallback Printer Driver”, which tin last enabled via grouping policy at Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Terminal Services -> Client/Server Data Redirection.
The Terminal Services Fallback Printer Driver allows for the organisation to connect printers without installing additional Server Side Printer Drivers. The Policy tin last fix to auto-create unsupported printers using a Fallback PCL or Fallback PS Drivers. The fallback drivers furnish alone basic functionality together with volition non piece of job amongst all printers.
- Both settings of "Not Configured" or "Enabled" amongst "Do nil if 1 is non found" volition effect inward no customer printer existence created using the fallback driver.
- "Default to PCL if 1 is non found" volition effect inward an machine created printer using the PCL driver if the touchstone driver mapping procedure cannot abide by a suitable driver on the Terminal Server or inward a mapping file.
- "Default to PS if 1 is non found" volition effect inward an machine created printer using the Postscript driver is a suitable driver cannot last found.
- "Show both PCL together with PS if 1 is non found" volition effect inward an auto-created printer using the PCL together with the PS driver.
Set Fallback Driver
Microsoft provides a machinery to fix the driver that is used for the Terminal Server Fallback PCL together with PS Printers. To modify the default behavior, modify the next registry fundamental together with locomote into the desired printer driver.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\Wds\rdpwd
"FallbackPclDriver"="HP Universal Printing PCL 5" "FallbackPsDriver"="HP Universal Printing PS"
Reboot your server together with should last able to impress from whatever HP printer.
Additional Info:
How Microsoft's Windows 2003 SP1 Fallback Printer Driver Works
