well ... I have tried the basics you have shown below ... but no such
luck.  I have basically done the same as 

-r printer:mydeskjet

with no luck.  There does not even appear to be a request for a printer
redirection on the other end.

hmmmm ... 

Randy

On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 19:24 -0600, Raymond Norton wrote:
> 
> I am having some issues in redirecting a printer to my local system when
> I use rdesktop as a terminal server.  It was working previously, but for
> some reason now - it no longer works.  Thoughts or suggestions
> welcome.  
> 
>   '-r lptport:LPT1=/dev/lp0': enable parallel redirection of /dev/lp0 to
> LPT1
>              or      LPT1=/dev/lp0,LPT2=/dev/lp1
>          '-r printer:mydeskjet': enable printer redirection
>              or      mydeskjet="HP LaserJet IIIP" to enter server driver
> as well