[THIN] Re: print server question
- From: "Luchette, Jon" <JLuchette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 13:12:12 -0400
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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