You need to do two things to make this work, assuming that your
Brother printer driver software is TS-compatible:

1.) Use Remote Desktop Client version 5.2.3790.0 or later on
your office PC.

- Version 5.2.3790.x can be found on a 2003 server in the
following folder:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\clients\tsclient\win32\

- You can download version 6.0.6000.16386 here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...f-d4f18c8f5df9

2.) Install the Brother printer driver software on your home PC.
You can do this by "pretending" that the Brother is attached to the
computer and running through the Add Printer wizard, making sure
to uncheck "Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play Printer".
Do *not* print a test page, this is unnecessary and will not work.
Also, the local port you select is irrelevent, so simply choose the
default LPT1.

After you have successfully completed the wizard, delete the
Brother printer you just installed--the necessary driver software
will remain.

Next time you connect to your home PC from your Office PC, your
Brother printer will automatically show up as an option. It will be
named something similar to "Brother HL-2040 (from COMPUTER)".

The technique GTS describes (sharing, pooling, etc.) was a
workaround for an older version of the client, but has not been
necessary for years.

-TP

cfman wrote:
> HI all,
>
> I installed a Brother printer in office(hereafter I call PC O), and
> now I am remotely connecting back to my home(hereafter I call it PC
> H).
>
> On PC O, the printer was installed in a local LAN peer-to-peer
> printing mode, using LPR protocol.
>
> The remote desktop does not recognize this printer at all - on the PC
> H, when I want to print, actually I want it to print to this Brother
> printer on PC O. But it never had this option in the scroll-down list
> of the printer list.
>
> Is there a way I can let the remote PC H know that it should print
> via PC O to the Brother printer in my office?
>
> What's wrong with remote desktop?
>
> Do I need to install a virtual network printer on PC H, in order to
> use it to print to Brother printer in office? Since it was installed
> as peer-to-peer printing using LPR protocol, I am not sure how to
> install a printer driver on PC H for this Brother printer in my
> office...
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks a lot