[THIN] Re: PS 4 Universal Print Driver error when printing PDF

  • From: Jeff Pitsch <jepitsch@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 15:58:58 -0500

Biggest reason I see most people not doing this is the compression you gain
by using the UPD. You lose any chance of using the UPD and compression when
doing network printers.
 Jeff

 On 11/18/05, Joe Shonk <joe.shonk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  Actually no… Setting and maintaining printers from a client standpoint is
> a huge management overhead. Managing them centrally is quite simple and easy
> and there are several different ways to skin that cat while allowing users
> to save their default printer.
>
>  Joe
>
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>
> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Evan Mann
> *Sent:* Friday, November 18, 2005 12:48 PM
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] Re: PS 4 Universal Print Driver error when printing PDF
>
>   Man, that can be a HUGE management overhead. In 1 office of 60 people I
> have 14 printers. Most departments have 2 printers (HP4200 class) to split
> the print load. Sure I can save "give them all printers" and "don't set a
> default", but do you know what kind of flack that generates when the users
> need to choose their defaults all the time? Yeesh!
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Joe Shonk
> *Sent:* Friday, November 18, 2005 2:32 PM
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] Re: PS 4 Universal Print Driver error when printing PDF
>
> If it's a network printer, why don't you forego auto-created printers all
> together?
>
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>
> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Matthew Shrewsbury
> *Sent:* Friday, November 18, 2005 12:26 PM
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] Re: PS 4 Universal Print Driver error when printing PDF
>
>  This is win32 as it is running Windows XP embedded. On the client I'm
> running the native printer driver and using the universal on the server.
>
>  *Matthew Shrewsbury, *MCSE+Internet MCSE 2000 CCA Server+
>
> Senior Network Administrator
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Jeff Pitsch
> *Sent:* Friday, November 18, 2005 2:10 PM
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] Re: PS 4 Universal Print Driver error when printing PDF
>
>  Thin clients don't use the new UPD driver from what I understand. Only
> the win32 client does. It's because of space requirements for the UPD driver
> on the client side.
>
>  Jeff Pitsch
>
>  On 11/18/05, *Matthew Shrewsbury* <MShrewsbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I just found that latest Citrix client available for the HP T5710 is
> 9.0.32649.0. I assume this does not have the hotfix?
>
>  *Matthew Shrewsbury, *MCSE+Internet MCSE 2000 CCA Server+
>
> Senior Network Administrator
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Matthew Shrewsbury
> *Sent:* Friday, November 18, 2005 12:57 PM
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN ] Re: PS 4 Universal Print Driver error when printing PDF
>
>  The client is a HP Thin Client so I don't think it is 9.1 but it is above
> 9. Thanks for the tip!
>
>  *Matthew Shrewsbury, *MCSE+Internet MCSE 2000 CCA Server+
>
> Senior Network Administrator
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Carl Stalhood
> *Sent:* Friday, November 18, 2005 12:51 PM
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] Re: PS 4 Universal Print Driver error when printing PDF
>
>  ICA Client 9.1? There is a PDF printing hotfix in that version of the
> client.
>
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>
> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Matthew Shrewsbury
> *Sent:* Friday, November 18, 2005 9:22 AM
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] PS 4 Universal Print Driver error when printing PDF
>
>  One of our users is complaining that when using the Citrix Universal
> printer driver to print PDF files the page comes out with ASCII text. I
> tested and it works fine with the actual print driver but not when using the
> Citrix Universal driver.
>
>  The printer is a HP 2420DN and it is running on PS4 on Win2K.
>
>  *Matthew Shrewsbury, *MCSE+Internet MCSE 2000 CCA Server+
>
> Senior Network Administrator
>
>

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