[THIN] Re: print server question

Um... yes. No. I don't remember, to be honest. The only thing I remember
was having to go to every damn workstation to get around the odd
problems :)

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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Luchette, Jon
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 1:12 PM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: print server question



But as long as I have all of the drivers installed on the new server for
all of the different client operating systems as alternate drivers it
should work right?  Or are you saying that because on the NT 4.0 print
server the drivers are set to run in kernel mode (version 2 drivers)
irregardless of the client operating system, and with a 2k3 print server
drivers will operate in user mode (version 3) so there may be the
occasional problem with that?  Is that what you are saying?  

 

-Thank you for your help by the way- 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Gano, David [mailto:DavidGano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 1:02 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: print server question

 

Tried that here and had mixed results. Went from NT4 server to 2K. Not
sure if 2k3 will do any better...

 

It all seems to depend on the driver versions on the print servers and
the workstations. Some HP printers work OK, some die, some have limited
functionality. Your best bet is to remove the printers on the
workstations and re-map them.

 

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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Luchette, Jon
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 12:57 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] print server question

Hello, this isn't really a Citrix specific question but hey what the
hell, it's Friday...

 

We have an NT 4.0 print server with about 180 printers setup on HP
JetDirect ports on it for our network.  I have just recently built a new
Win 2k3 print server on a separate piece of hardware and set it up on
the network with a different name.  I then created all of the same ports
and printers as TCP/IP ports on the new server from scratch.  All ports
map to the same IP addresses and all printer names are identical on the
two servers.  At this point nobody has installed any printers from the
new print server.  Here is my question: if I just take the NT 4.0 print
server off of the network, rename the new Win2k3 print server to the
name of the NT 4.0 print server and reboot the server; will everyone
that has network printers setup from the old NT 4.0 print server have to
reinstall their printer in order to print or will they not have to and
just be able to print immediately?  Has anyone ever done something like
this before?

 

Thanks for your help,

 

/jL

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