Printing from terminal server.

You have to tell terminal server the network name of the printer that you normally use. Do this once and your computer will remember from that moment forward.

Open Internet Explorer and select File | Print from the menu.

Click on the ADD PRINTER icon and follow the instructions. You will get a series of dialog boxes labeled Add Printer Wizard. The instructions are mostly straightforward. After an introductory screen (not shown), you will get a following dialog box asking if you are adding a local printer or a network printer. You must choose the Network printer option (see below), since terminal server does not work with local printers.

It helps if you know the exact name of your printer (one of the printers I use is named \\hpprint02\Medrsrch2).

If you know the exact name of your printer, you can type it in the above dialog box. If you are not 100% certain about the name of your printer, check the option anyway and leave the name blank. You will get a list of printers and print servers to browse through (see below). Do not use the Find a printer in the Directory option button, as that does not work well (at least not for me).

Once you have selected your printer, you should decide if this is the default printer, the one that SPSS terminal server will try to use as its first choice.

When you click on the Next button, you will get a dialog box summarizing your choices. If these choices appear reasonable, click on the Finish button. If something appears to be wrong, use the Back button to fix things.

This webpage was written on 2003-06-06 and was last modified on 2008-07-08.