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Error when trying to print from web based program.

When I try to print from a web based program I use at work (called Innfusion) I get a microsoft error stating:

Windows Presentation Foundation Terminal Server Print W has encountered an error and needs to close.

I have no problems printing from any other program. I can also save these documents as PDFs and email them to myself with no problems printing the documents once they arrive in my inbox.

I tried updating .Net Framework; I also uninstalled and reinstalled Service Pack 3 -- no luck.

Any help is much appreciated.

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When I try to print from a web based program I use at work (called Innfusion) I get a microsoft error stating: Windows Presentation Foundation Terminal Server Print W has encountered an error and needs to close. I have no problems printing from any other program. I can also save these documents as PDFs and email them to myself with no problems printing the documents once they arrive in my inbox. I tried updating .Net Framework; I also uninstalled and reinstalled Service Pack 3 -- no luck. Any help is much appreciated.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2021394

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverTS/thread/3eda7a79-7294-46de-b3e3-2d78d2cc980c

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Fixing Remote Printing on XP computers logging into Server 2008 via RDP

How to fix remote printing on a XP computer logging into Server 2008 R2 via RDP. You will get an error called Error: Windows Presentation Foundation Terminal Server Print W

Step 1: Downloads

• Logon as an administrator on the XP PC.
• Download Framework.net 4.0 and install. ( http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17851 )
• Download Remote Desktop Connection 7.0 (RDP) and install. ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969084 ) Please make sure you install the correct version based on your OS…32 bit (86x) vs 64 bit (64x).

Step 2: If that does not work try…

• Copy the file Tswpfwrp.exe from any Windows Vista or Windows 7 machine located in System32 folder.
• Paste the file in System32 folder of the windows XP machine.

Connecting to remote desktop and printing should now work without error.

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Windows Presentation Foundation: Terminal Server Print W

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I am running Windows Server 2008 R2 (Term Server) I have users that login with their computers (Windows XP Pro SP3) and they have local printers installed either by USB or added by TCP/IP. I set up the option when they go into remote desktop the printers will show up in the rdp session when they login. To the point: When they print in RDP to their local printer they get an error.(pictures attached) This is only one particular user that is having the issue and NO ONE else!:angry: I tried restarting the print spooler, doing windows updates on the user PC, and a new print driver... But no luck. Help??  

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first thing you need to make sure you have is that all the printers that are installed on the client machines have the drivers installed on the Server itself do you have that (in my case i have clients using 32bit and 64bit machines and I have installed both drivers for all the printers that are going to be redirected) Check that first  

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Windows Presentation Foundation terminal server print W has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the in convenience.

 When trying to print to a redirected printer the print job might go through successfully, but you might experience the following error:

" Windows Presentation Foundation terminal server print W has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. "

On the client machine event log, you may see the following event:

Event Type: Error Event Source: .NET Runtime 2.0 Error Reporting Event Category: None Event ID: 5000 Date: MM/DD/YEAR Time: HH:MM:SS AM/PM User: N/A Computer: CLIENTWORKSTATIONNAME Description: EventType clr20r3, P1 tswpfwrp.exe, P2 3.0.6920.1109, P3 470bc7c1, P4 windowsbase,

P5 3.0.0.0, P6 470bc68a, P7 f92, P8 36, P9 system.io.fileformatexception, P10 NIL.

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An issue with the "Windows Presentation Foundation Terminal Server Print Wrapper" that ships with the .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1).

%systemroot%\system32\Tswpfwrp.exe

Note:  Windows Server 2008 SP1 ships with the .NET Framwork 3.0 SP1.

1.  On the Windows XP make sure that at least .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is installed

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 1 http://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ec2ca85d-b255-4425-9e65-1e88a0bdb72a

2.  On the Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003 or Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 or Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 clients, update the Tswpfwrp.exe to a newer version such as 3.0.6920.1201 in:

946411 FIX: When you print an XPS file on a Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Service Pack 3-based computer, the characters in the XPS file print incorrectly http://support.microsoft.com/?id=946411

or the latest which is in:

954744 FIX: Some pages are printed in the incorrect orientation when you use Terminal Services Easy Print to print a document that contains both portrait-oriented pages and landscape-oriented pages http://support.microsoft.com/?id=954744

3.  On the RDS/DC server you might also want to make sure your permissions are set properly per:

968605 Terminal Server Easy Print not printing http://support.microsoft.com/?id=968605   

More Information

968605 Terminal Server Easy Print not printing http://support.microsoft.com/?id=968605

http://www.microsoft.com/PrintServer

http://blogs.msdn.com/print

http://blogs.technet.com/askperf

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Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2) 

print W; redirection; Tswpfwrp.exe; 5000; Windows Presentation Foundation;

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We are connecting to a Windows Server 2008 R2 server and trying to print a 120 page report. We get an error saying "Windows presentation foundation terminal server print w has encountered a problem and needs to close". All the solutions on the web point to installing the latest .Net. Currently they have .Net 3.5 installed but when I try to install 3.5.1 there isn't enough disk space. I've tried to install it from a thumb drive but it still gives me a drive space error. Does anyone have an idea on how to fix this printing issue or install .Net 3.5.1?

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Troubleshooting with RES Workspace Manager Part2

When I try to reproduce the steps the user takes to print an report in the remote application I see the following error.

The process TSWPFWRP.EXE is the Windows Presentation Foundation Terminal Server Print Wrapper that is installed with .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 1.

Within the security node of RES Workspace Manager you select Managed Applications. You now see al list of al the processes that are being blocked by Workspace Manager.

I locate the line about the Print Wrapper tool that causes the user not being able to print from the remote application. The Print Wrapper tool is being called by the process mstsc.exe.

When you authorize an extra process for a application it is wisely to authorize the process within the Workspace Manager application object. To authorize the process you do the following: Application>Security>Authorized Files>Add

You now enter the location of the process/file you want to authorize. You can also enter the process that you allow to execute the given process of modify the file you authorize. In the ‘Administrative note’ box I enter the Topdesk call number for future reference.

After you click ok the process is authorized and the user can print again from his remote application.

For more information about the TSWPFWRP.EXE process please check out.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2021394

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