REDIRECTION OF PRINTERS / HARD DRIVES / CLIPBOARD FROM YOUR LAPTOP OR DESKTOP
On client laptop/desktop prior to connecting to server:
Local Printing (and redirection of DVD drive, local hard drive, enable copy and paste between client an server, etc.)— When you open the Remote Desktop Connection program on your local laptop/desktop, before pressing “Connect”, click on “Show Options” in the lower left bottom corner. Then go to the local resources tab and make sure that printers is selected (this is also where you can click “more” and share your hard drive so you can easily move files between your PC and sever). Then once you connect and open a document, go file->print, you will see your printer with a label like this:redirected printer #.
You can check “clipboard” and “drives” (under more) which will allow you to cut and paste from you local desktop to the server (clipboard) or see the redirected drives in windows explorer (drives) to move files on to the server.