[THIN] Re: Does Windows 2008 / XenApp 5 fix all Printing Issues

  • From: Carl Stalhood <cstalhood@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:17:53 -0600

Have you tried 4.5 on 2003 with R03 and hotfix
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX119086?

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Chad Schneider (IT) <
Chad.M.Schneider@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  My first concern for you....you want printing issues to go away, but are
> looking to go to 64-bit Citrix...
>
> We have found numerous issues with printing in our 64-bit Citrix
> environment, due to the intracacies of 64-bit print drivers and the fact
> many drivers for many printers are not 64-bit.
>
> >>> On 1/21/2009 at 4:56 PM, <angela_smith9@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Our existing farm of Windows 2003 / Presentation Server 4 had quite a few
> issues with Printing.  Large PDF spool sizes, Print Spooler crashes etc with
> both Native Drivers and Citrix Universal Driver.  Im looking at upgrading
> to  Windows 2008 / XenApp 5 (64 bit) and was wondering if anyone is running
> it and whether Windows 2008 Printer Improvements are sufficient to make
> Printing reliable once and for all without having to buy a third party
> product.
>
> I know third party Products such as Tricerat ScrewDrivers support the
> latest Citrix/Windows versions but are they really needed?  Has anyone seen
> a matrix that compares Printer functionality between Windows 2008/XenApp 5
> and ScrewDrivers?.
>
> Id love to hear your experiences with Printing if your running Windows 2008
> / XenApp5
>
> Thanks
> Ang
>
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