[THIN] Re: How ready\stable is MPS 4?
- From: "Evan Mann" <emann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 14:50:51 -0500
Yup, I am installing the actual printer drivers on 1 citrix server, then
replicating them to the entire farm, so every printer maps to the actual
driver for that printer. I try to use the same driver across all my
sites using Citrix, but that's not always the case. My citrix server
has the newest versions, but some sites will have an older one.
Anyway, I do this because I personally feel it will give me the least
amount of problems, and I use a fairly standard set of about a dozen
different HP LaserJet's and a Dell 1700/1710/5300's.
I do manual printer mappings for random printers people use at home,
like DeskJet's to DeskJet 550C, and some older laserjet's to the LJ4.
I'm just trying to head off at the pass any potential UPD realted
problems, because I had already ran into them when I tried to rely on it
for a few printers.
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Steve Parr
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 12:25 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: How ready\stable is MPS 4?
When you say using all native drivers I assume you are installing the
dirvers on Citrix server and letting them map when users log on 1:1 vs.
any type of UPD. BUT I thought the promise with MPS4 was(with the caveat
that some apps would still fall back to old way of printing if EMF file
handling was not possible in the way required) that the EMF print file
would be sent directly down to the client effectively doing away with
the need to install any drivers on Citrix?
-----Original Message-----
From: Evan Mann [mailto:emann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 12:08 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: How ready\stable is MPS 4?
My farm is a clean install of 2003 SP1 with MPS4.0, no upgrades or
anything like that. The farm itself is extremely stable. I have 2
zones with 2 servers per zone and a single WI server (I also use CSG).
My only issues have been all printing related, but some were fixed by
hotfixes (Print Manager crashing) and others appear to be related to an
app I use that relies on a kernel mode driver. I use all native
drivers, not the UPD, and I don't do any imported network printing, so
it's pretty striaght forward on the printing end. I'm most likely going
to deploy ScrewDrivers if my testing proves to solve some application
specific printing issues.
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Steve Parr
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 11:50 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] How ready\stable is MPS 4?
How far have things come? If stability is my number one priority should
I stick with XP FR3?
Also the real attraction for our company would be the apparent ease with
which printing in theory is dealt with by MPS 4 - how much has this
proven true in practice for others?
Also I assume the upgrade path from XP3 to MPS4 is not smooth and
possibly not even an option from what I recall reading on the topic last
spring? Probably need to be on PS 3 to upgrade to 4?
Steve Parr
Metroland Printing, Publishing and Distributing Ltd.
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