Windows 10: Win 10 keeps changing the default printer using Remote Desktop

I have 2 Win 10 computers and an XP computer in my home network. I have 2 printers connected to the XP computer. I mostly use the XP computer with Remote Desktop to control a Win 10 computer. The printers work fine in all situations except Remote Desktop with the XP computer connecting to the Win 10 computer.

Every time I print in this situation, I see that my default printer is my Canon 410, instead of my Canon 920. If I select Canon 920 as the default printer then it all works fine until the next day when I reboot all the computers.

I wonder if I should uninstall all printers and install the 920 first. The 410 was
bought first so it was installed first. I also tried changing the name of the 920 to "a Canon 920" in case it was an alphabetical order thing, but that didn't help.

I've tried a lot of things it seems, like trying different settings on the Win 10 "let Win 10 set the default printer". I've been running this setup for over a year and it seems like in the past it was working ok, so I assume some Win 10 update changed it.

Any suggestions?

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RPD session to 2008 R2 server changes Windows 10 default printer.

I have a couple of Windows 10 machines that changed default printer when a 2008 R2 RDP session prints. The printer is shared on the Windows 10 machine. I cannot use the printer redirect in this case.

I set the computer's default printer and turn off the Windows 10 option to use the "last used" feature. The local second printer is connected directly to the Win 10 box. The default printer is a network printer.

I remote into the 2008 R2 server and "Connect..." to the shared printer (local to the Win 10 machine.)

I do a test print from the proper dialogue on the 2008 server.

My local default printer is now the shared printer local to the Win 10 machine.

I change the Win 10 default back to the correct printer. Any further print jobs again change the Win 10 printer to the share.

I have turned off the Win 10 feature to let Win 10 decide what the default should be. It says "Default" instead of "Last used." It seems like Win 10 is still using the "Last Used" behavior. I've even verified the reg key is set to the correct value. Changing
the setting in the Win 10 setting correctly changes the key I was looking at.

I've tried with different printers and even the generic driver. Every time the RDP session uses one of the Win 10's shared printers the Win 10 default printer changes.

 

Windows 10 is not redirecting my printer during a remote desktop session

My remote system is running Windows 10 Pro and my local system is running Windows 7 Ultimate.

My local system have a HP M425 PCL 6 Version 5.4.0.11493 default printer that its installed thru an IP address as part of the local network.

I'm using Remote Desktop 8.0 on my local desktop to connect to the remote desktop, and the printer local resource check mark has been selected.

Remote system already have the HP M425 PCL 6 printer driver installed (Same Version)

When I'm running the remote desktop, I'm able to connect to the remote desktop on my remote system, but the printers are not redirected, any ideas why?

If already try to resolve this issue by installing the printer on the remote system as a local printer using a local port (FILE, this method has resolve this issue in the past, but not now.

Any recommendations are very much welcome!!

 

Hi Gerry

While you very likely have specific reason why you are not configured this way, have you considered making your Canon 920 a network printer, that is connecting it to your network rather than sharing it from your XP system?

I think I read the Canon 920 can be wired to router. It would also make it Airprint available should you have any IOS devices.


Ken

 

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Thanks Ken you may be on to something. I went to my XP computer and chose add printer. And then chose “a network printer or printer attached to another computer”. I then saw that the 920 didn't show up in the list only the 410.

I found out that the 920 was not a shared printer, yet the 410 was. So I shared the 920 printer and just in case alphabetical has some thing to do with it I named it “aCAN-920”. I used remote Desktop at my XP computer to access the Win 10 computer and tried to print something. Now the 920 does show up as the default printer.

The 410 was installed when my Win 10 computer was a Win 7 computer last year. I remember the 920 was the easiest printer installation ever. I may have not even use the CD install disc – not sure. So my guess is Win 10 was so smart with printers that it didn’t need any help like me sharing the 920 on my XP computer.

So at this point I hope it’s solved. I’ll know tomorrow when I reboot everything from scratch.

Thanks,

 

Great. If it worked. I was more targeting attaching the printer right to the router so it was truly networked. Then any system could print to it without the XP system being up.

Anyway, it does what you need. Good luck.


Ken