How are you printing? Do your users have shared printers on their desktops, direct IP on desktop, or do they select shared/direct printers installed on the terminal server? If you have Desktop Experience (or something like that) installed, the client will use Easy Print where possible. There are some applications that do not support Easy Print. Great Plains, a Microsoft product (go figure) that we use here does not support it, yet. There are different ways to get the printing working. I have the Print Server role installed on my Terminal Servers, but no printers. I then added all the printer drivers that users might require. So far so good. You can always give MS a call. Each incident is only $250, not too bad compared to other vendors. I had to call MS about printing a month or so ago because my users couldn't print at all. Turns out it was a desktop issue. TS 2008 is much better than 2003 in my opinions. The remote gateway role is very nice. Tom Miller Engineer, Information Technology Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board 757-788-0528
>>> Phil Thompson <[email protected]> 6/25/2009 4:10 PM >>> Just wonder others experience with 08 terminal server. I’m needing to vent!!! Right now I’m ready to throw the damn thing in the lake. I have had nothing but trouble with it for 3 months. One of the big reasons I got it was the so called ease of printing. What a bunch of BULL that is. Nothing but trouble, especially with HP printers shutting down the spooler. Right now the server freezes up. Can’t get to task manager to see what is going on. Logs don’t tell anything. I have to hold the off button to shut it down. There are some features I like but generally it is a pile of C R A P !! I have my trusty old 03 Terminal server to fall back on. NEVER have an issue with it. Same programs running on it. The venders say there software is compatible but I truly doubt it or it I’m going to take 08 off of it and go with 03, my only choice at this time. 3 months of explaining to management and users this and that, I’m starting look like a dumb ass. Any way that’s it. I feel better now.!! Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
