Joe, now that is something that I hadn't thought of. Thanks, Ken ... ________________________________ From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Shonk Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 6:51 PM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Printer alias name If you need to use auto-created printers you could setup local printer named "Plus Permit" on the server and set the port to LPT1: and then map LPT1: back to the user's client printer. Joe ________________________________ From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Shonk Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 6:49 PM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Printer alias name Is there a reason why you can't use standard network printing instead of Auto Created printers? Joe ________________________________ From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lutz, Ken Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 5:16 PM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Printer alias name Hello everyone. I have an application - PLUS - that uses some "named" printers that have special defaults that direct printed output to special drawers, pre-printed forms, etc. For example, building permits are pre-printed forms that come out of a particular drawer in the printer that is not the default drawer. PC PLUS users that need to print building permits have a printer named PLUS PERMIT set up on their computers that contains the defaults that select paper from the correct drawer on their printer. The MS Access report that prints that building permit has been set to use the PLUS PERMIT printer. In the Citrix environment, with all printer names prefixed with "Client\ComputerName#\", the Access report can't find the PLUS PERMIT printer. It displays an error message stating that it cannot find the printer, and asks the user to select another printer or use the default printer. The user then must go through a rather tedious process of selecting the correct printer. Is there a way to alias a Citrix printer so it's name is not different for each person logging in? For example, the building permits printer would be named PLUS PERMIT for that user, instead of Client\<Device name>#\PLUS PERMIT. I don't think this can be done, but I wanted to run it by the experts first. Windows 2000 server with Citrix XPe FR2/SP2 and a few patches. Thanks, Ken Lutz Senior Systems Administrator Information Systems Department Spokane County Spokane, Washington 99260