What is the best way to organize network printing if printing is used locally and from an RDP session from the server?

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Now I have inherited a fleet of computers (mainly XP and Win7/8) and printers (both network - with RJ45 port, and non-network - solo USB). ALL printers are connected only via USB, which seems to me not very correct. Basically, printing comes from the server from RDP sessions, but it can also be local. There are a lot of problems / applications with printing, I think to transfer all printers to network printing and get a decrease in the number of problems / applications. Everything seems to be clear with network printers, but with ordinary ones - should I use some kind of print server or what else would you recommend to look at? Before that, I had experience of communicating with not the most successful implementations of print servers, and therefore I am afraid to "get involved" again in something like this ... In short, help.

Answer 1

put all printers in network mode where possible. On the terminal enable easy print and install x32 and x64 printer drivers. Enable port and printer forwarding by default. In the future, printers will be automatically forwarded to the RDP session. Provided that all printers are able to forward (some series of HP printers do not allow forwarding them using easy pring, a kind of protection against commerce, all sorts of HP CP15xx)
The second option is to install a printer server on some machine or on the same terminal, disable forwarding and configure every printer on it.
I have about 30 printers even through nat forwarded using easy print. Basically kyocera printers (different years of release) and HP enterprise class (HP p3015, p4015) With the help of easy print, everything works, they are easily thrown into the terminal session. Failures with printers are rare, mostly a problem on machines with windows XP, but there the problem was solved using the universal driver for HP P4015dn.
That's why I'm leaning towards easy print, because. even with OS X and Linux printers are forwarded.
By the way, we do not use a server printer, because there are many small offices, and printers must work autonomously, even if there is no access to the servers.
The only thing to do on the terminal server is to do the following once a day or once a week:
net stop spooler
net start spooler

Answer 2

Look at your printer if it is supported in CUPS which you install Linux on
Linux, set up and print, you get a network printer, I partially set it up like this ... good old Samsung ML2010 and a couple of inkjet ...
the only thing is some old hardware will have to be installed and UPS