[THIN] Re: Default Printers & Mandatory Profiles
- From: "Angus Macdonald" <Angus.Macdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:07:42 +0100
We use a simple utility with an MSSQL back end. Clients are assigned up to 3 NT
print queues ( \\server\share) in the database, which the utility queries at
startup. If a match is found for the client name, the utility makes a Win32 API
call to map the printer, falling back to CON2PRT to set the default or if the
API call fails. It includes other functionality to map queues only if the
specified driver exists on the Citrix box but that's the core of it.
It's fairly tightly integrated into our environment at the moment but I'd be
happy to share it and information with any interested parties.
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
James Hayes
Sent: 13 July 2007 03:47
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Default Printers & Mandatory Profiles
Every since our switch from roaming profiles to mandatory profiles (Provision
Networks Meta-Profile), our users have had to set their default printers every
morning. Now this may not seem like a big deal but to our users they would
rather shove bamboo under their fingernails than do this every morning.
We have tried to make it easier for by using DABCC's default printer tool but
they still had to set it every time they logged in. We have used Citrix
printer policies to automatically set printers but we have too many locations
with too many printers to make this effective.
What I would like to know is there a way or a tool that will allow our users to
set their default printer once and then not have to worry about it again? So
that it is retained login after login.
Any help would be most appreciated.
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