[THIN] Re: Printer driver issues on NT 4.0 TSE
- From: "Alexander Danilychev" <teknica@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 14:03:53 -0700
Note - you do not need ICA or RDP session to run the app.
That app can be run remotely from any workstation that was authenticated
with the network and is compatible with NT 4.0, Novell, Win2K and WinXP.
If you have ideas regarding the features that you do not get easily with kix
- let me know.
ALEX
>From: "Mack, Rick" <RMack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [THIN] Re: Printer driver issues on NT 4.0 TSE
>Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 06:00:41 +1000
>
>Hi Alexander,
>
>Thanks for that. Though to be honest I've been using kix and the enumkey
>function to do that for a while. ;-)
>
>Regards,
>
>Rick
>
>Ulrich Mack
>rmack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Volante Solutions
>18 heussler Terrace, Milton 4064
>Queensland Australia
>tel +61 7 32467704
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Alexander Danilychev [mailto:teknica@xxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Thursday, 12 September 2002 2:17 AM
>To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [THIN] Re: Printer driver issues on NT 4.0 TSE
>
>
>
>Hi Rick,
>
>This is not a solution, but will help to see which printers are
>auto-created
>
>and which driver is used (works outside MetaFrame as well):
>
>http://64.58.170.3/iShare/Info/iPrintSearch.htm
>
>ALEX
>
>
>
> >From: "Mack, Rick" <RMack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: [THIN] Re: Printer driver issues on NT 4.0 TSE
> >Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 21:36:11 +1000
> >
> >Hi People,
> >
> >We've been having some interesting problems with printer drivers on NT
> >4.0 TSE/Metaframe on one of our sites.
> >
> >Since getting a batch of new TS-friendly drivers from HP, we'd get
> >random instances of some printers not working any more and then
> >spontaneously working again later in the day. So users would be ringing
> >the help desk with a continuous barrage of printing problems.
> >
> >We've finally been told what the problem is.
> >
> >There is a limited amount of kernel memory available for printer
> >drivers. Once a printer driver is loaded by a user's application, it
> >stays loaded until that user logs out. If you've got enough users with
> >enough different printer drivers you'll get to the point where no more
> >drivers can be loaded, and printing suddenly fails to a particular
> >printer that requires that a different driver be loaded.
> >
> >Two things have lead to this problem. Manufacturers keep adding more
> >and more "functionality" to their printer drivers making them bigger
> >and bigger. And we've gotten more different type of printers,
> >particular multi-bin colour printers.
> >
> >More and bigger printer drivers = potential headache.
> >
> >The solution is fairly simple. Reduce the number of different printer
> >drivers, either by using some common set of drivers (eg postscript) or
> >native NT/Win2K drivers (small), point out to the manufacturers that
> >"simple and small" is actually pretty good, or use a universal printer
> >driver.
> >
> >We've found that postscript really isn't an option on a WAN (print jobs
> >4-6 times larger than PCL6), so the next best option is looking for a
> >universal printer driver with seamless application-end bin selection.
> >Note I mean that the user is in word, selects the bin/form they want,
> >and it prints, no client end bin selection.
> >
> >Now all I've got to do is find one ;-)
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Rick
> >
> >Ulrich Mack
> >rmack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Volante Systems
> >18 heussler Terrace, Milton 4064
> >Queensland Australia
> >tel +61 7 32467704
> >
> >
> >
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