BBence
Mar 05, 2025Copper Contributor
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Can't see my local printer on the connected Remote Desktop (Windows app on macOS)
I cannot see my printer on the remote desktop I connect to. The Printer redirection setting is enabled in the Windows app, and it worked with the same settings under an older iMac running Monterey. A...
printertales
Jan 06, 2026Brass Contributor
It’s not you, it’s Windows Server 2012 R2 being too old.
The Mac Windows App printing fixes work for Windows 10/11, but 2012 R2 is basically left behind. There’s probably no real fix coming. Workarounds are network-adding the printer on the server, printing to PDF, or RDP’ing from a Windows PC instead.