I have been working with Citrix since the very first product [1]. Matter of fact, in another life I was a software developer. The company I worked for tested the first Citrix product and we loved it. Image being able to put 16MB of RAM into a server (therefore doubling the cost of the server) and being able to serve our app to 24 people on Wyse 60 dumb terminals. That was really sweet for 1990/91.
Printing has been a royal pain in the butt since day 1 and for the most part has disappeared with PS 4 and PS 4.5 provided you follow a few simple rules. Never install kernel mode print drivers on a TS or Ctx server Use the UPD Use native mode drivers only when necessary (the drivers that come preinstalled in Server 2003) Don't replicate print drivers to all Ctx servers Session printers are very handy and allow you to pick the specific network printers you want your users to use Use Citrix policies to control all this printing stuff Enjoy the video. I learned a lot from it. Webster 1. When the founder left IBM, started the company in TX, hired his first 5 engineers and then moved back to FL. IIRC, one of those 5 engineers is still with the company. From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 1:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Citrix question I've actually signed up for that second webcast. Just need to find the time to watch it. I looked in the console, and see a bunch of different printer drivers installed on the Citrix server. Is this the way it's supposed to look? I know in the 4.5 class I recently took, the instructor was saying to NEVER!!! install printer drivers on the Citrix server... Joe Heaton _____ From: Webster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 9:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Citrix question From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Citrix question Don't know if anyone here can answer this for me but here goes: Does anyone know what version of Presentation Server finally "fixed" the printing issues? I know 4.5 is ok, but is 4.0? Meaning that in 4.5 you are not supposed to install any print drivers on the Citrix server. Printing is done completely from the client machine. Is that also true in 4.0? If you really want to know the basics of the Universal Print Driver, go here: Optimizing Printing in Presentation Server Environments http://mfile.akamai.com/8296/wmv/citrix.download.akamai.com/8296/TechVidEnc/ Configuring_Printing_in_PS4_high.asx If you REALLY want to completely understand the UPD, who better than from the guy who designed it: <http://www.citrix.com/English/NE/events/event.asp?eventID=31745> Using the Citrix Presentation Server 4 Universal Printer Driver http://www.citrix.com/English/NE/events/event.asp?eventID=31745 This is a very deep presentation. About the only thing not covered is how he wrote the code. Webster ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
