August - 2005

In the past, if you had a computer sitting on a remote network that had a printer connected via USB interface, or which had access to a network printer that was connected via USB, it was difficult to impossible to print while participating in a Terminal Services or Microsoft Remote Desktop Platform (RDP) connection.  A free download of RDP 5.2 client application from the Microsoft website may now cure your printing problem.

Click  HERE to download an updated version (5.2) of the Microsoft Remote Desktop client application with improved USB printing capability. For more information on this download please see below:

This software package will install the client portion of Remote Desktop on a computer running any of the following operating systems: Windows 95, Windows 98 and 98 Second Edition, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 or Windows XP. This software, when run, allows other Windows platforms to remotely connect to a computer running Windows XP Professional or Windows Server 2003. The version of this software is 5.2.3790.0

System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Service Pack 2, Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows XP Media Center Edition.

The Remote Desktop Connection software will be installed to the Program Files directory of the target computer. On Windows XP machines this package will not replace the system installed version of Remote Desktop Connection. Instead they will be installed side by side. The start menu icon for Remote Desktop Connection, however will point to the new version in the Program Files directory. This download is the same executable that is offered in Windows Server 2003 and can be used to connect to Windows XP Professional machines or other legacy Terminal Server platforms.

For more information regarding printer redirection during a Remote Desktop or Terminal Services session, please visit the Microsoft website: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/mstsc_print_local.mspx