- Login to Remote Desktop Connection Program
- Click on control panel
- Click on “View devices and printers”
- Click on “Add a printer” and select “Add a local printer”
- Make a note of the printer ports that are seen on your local system. For example, LPT1 is not visible, but COM3 is.
- Now, on your local system, go to the settings for your functioning printer (Start -> Control Panel -> Devices and Printers -> Right click printer -> Printer Properties -> Ports Tab)
- Check the tick box that says "Enable Printer Pooling."
- Check the box that your remote system is seeing (In the above example of step 5, it is COM3). Note: Make sure that your existing port remains checked (For example the IP port for the wireless router).
- Return to your remote system
- Download and install your printer’s drivers but don't select a port.
- Follow again steps 2-4 but select the port you checked in step 8 (In this case, COM3 was selected on the local system)
- Select your printer from the list.
- Click “yes” when it asks if you want to use the existing drivers
Note: Print a test page to be sure that it works.
