[THIN] Re: Setting up Printing in Metaframe...
- From: "Steve Rance" <steve.rance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 16:46:07 +0100
Yeap...
Basically we have a number of network printers (like HP8150's), we then =
have a number of colour printers, in some cases these are networked =
(mostly HP Deskjet cp1700's with Jet direct boxes), but we also have =
smaller Deskjet's (895CXi, 950, etc) on the back of users PC's. Upto 5 =
or 6 people in the same office will print to these smaller Deskjet =
printers, as well as to the networked HP8150's.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Oglesby [mailto:roglesby@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 09 October 2002 15:35
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Setting up Printing in Metaframe...
Oh no....
I never share a workstation Printer. I guess you can... but hmmm
So you have say 5 users.
1 has a printer
the other 4 print to that printer via a share on the first PC?
Ron Oglesby
Senior Technical Architect
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Office 312.372.7188
Mobile 312.961.2380
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-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Rance [mailto:steve.rance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=3D20
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 10:37 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Setting up Printing in Metaframe...
So I am on the right track...
With the local client connected printers, other users do print to them =
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via sharing, both locally on their PC's and though Citrix.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Oglesby [mailto:roglesby@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 09 October 2002 15:26
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Setting up Printing in Metaframe...
Well if you have a combination of printers (autocreated and network)
there are several ways to go.
One way would be to use just XP features.
SO, of those 17 printers figure out the network printers and set up the
shares on the print server.
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Read that print server into the CMC.
Then assign the groups to the appropriate printers.
THEN: use a Citrix policy within the CMC to allow other users to auto
create their printers (these are user with locally attached devices).
BUT not the users that are getting assigned printers.
Get it?
This is easy in your small environment. If you get bigger it can be a
hassle and auto created printers or network assigned by them selves
might be easier. And this doesn't even get into Creating printers via a
VBS or KIX script or anything.
Ron Oglesby
Senior Technical Architect
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RapidApp
Office 312.372.7188
Mobile 312.961.2380
email roglesby@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Rance [mailto:steve.rance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=3D3D3D20
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 10:18 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Setting up Printing in Metaframe...
I am currently carrying out research into the best way to print from =
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Metaframe and could like to get any experience, thoughts, etc from you =
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guys.
Currently all the printers are installed on the Metaframe box, and =3D
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shared. Users then either print direct to the printer, though the =3D
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share, or have the printer installed locally on their PC which is then =
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auto-created when they logon to Citrix and they print though that.....
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Note: I didn't set this up.
I am in the progress of rebuilding all the servers at the company and =
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this is how I think would be more ideal.
1. Install all the printers on a File and Print W2K Server.
2. Setup the F&P Server as a Network Printer Server in Citrix.
3. Create a "user / printer" matrix and setup each user so they
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have the printers shown they actually need.
4. Turn off auto-creating client printers.
We have 1 Citrix Server (will be Metaframe FR2 on W2K), 55 users (but =
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growing), and 17 printers (selection of networked and client connected =
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via LPT or USB). The user base is a mix of Thin Clients, and PC's =3D
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running W98, WNT, W2K and WXP.
I would be grateful for any feedback in the above.
Thanks,
Steve Rance
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