[THIN] Re: XenApp 5.0 Printing
- From: TSguy92 Lan <tsguy92@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:52:25 -0700
Paul,
Some thoughts based on what's been posted.
- If you are enforcing a policy for all users to mandate use of the UPD
(universal printer driver) AND that the client's local default printer is
the only printer mapped for their session; then it would seem to me that
importing print servers is a redundant step. IE - in the case of your setup,
you are NOT mapping the imported printers to users / groups, you're
dependent on their client session printers.
- going into Install mode (change user /install) and installing the
printers, simply puts all printers installed under that mode into the
printer selection menu for any user. I don't think this is what you're
looking for if your policy is set to map local printers. The end result of
doing this, would be a user would see ALL installed printers in addition to
any printers they successfully map.
With Citrix printing mapping issues, the event log is your best friend. Have
a user login, notice what printers they do or don't have, and then look over
any printer errors in the event log.
Lastly, what is the value setup on user accounts in AD? Make sure that users
are allowed to connect local printers in the "environment" tab of their
domain accounts.
HTH
Lan
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Paul Bergson (ALLETE)
<pbergson@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> I have imported the drivers from my print server and the default ones for
> my test user exists on this server. If I go into the Presentation Server
> Console the drivers show up for the printer. So I don’t see why it won’t
> map. I didn’t put the server into install mode for any of the printer
> driver installs. Is this required.
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> The policy is applied to domain users. Is there anything misconfigured in
> the policy itself?
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> What is the Citrix Control Panel –or- is that the Presentation Server
> Console
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> Thanks
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> Paul
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> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Jim Kenzig
> *Sent:* Friday, September 18, 2009 9:58 AM
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] Re: XenApp 5.0 Printing
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> Install the printer drivers on your servers. Do a change user /install and
> install the drivers of the printers you want. Then do a change user
> /execute from the command prompt after the installation. Once the printer
> is installed delete the printer from the printers control panel. The
> drivers will then be available on the server and should load the printer for
> the user. You can then use the citrix control panel to migrate the printer
> drivers to other servers if you have a lot of them.
> Jim Kenzig
> Blog: http://www.techblink.com
> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kenzig
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> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Paul Bergson (ALLETE) <
> pbergson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> We recently updated from Metaframe XP to a new farm with XenApp 5.0. I had
> hoped once we got to the new farm my printing issues would subside.
> Short term at least, I have more issues instead of less. My guess is I
> don't have a strong enough understanding of the new system.
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> I have rolled out Notepad as my first application and I can't seem to get
> anything but the XPS printer to show up. I have imported my 2 print servers
> successfully. I logged on the XenApp server as an admin and installed a
> couple of printers and when I log onto NotePad with the admin account the
> printers do show up, but that isn't an option for my user base.
>
> My policy settings are below (No other settings are defined):
> Printing
> Client Printers
> Auto-Creation - Enabled
> Auto-Create the client's default printer only
> Legacy client printers - Enabled
> Create dynamic session-private client printers
> Printer properties retention - Enabled
> Retained in user profile only
> Print job routing - Enabled
> Connect directly to network print server if possible
> Turn off client printer mapping - Disabled
> Drivers
> Native printer driver auto-install - Enabled
> Do not automatically install drivers
> Universal driver
> Use universal driver only
> Session printers - Enabled
> No printers defined
> Choose client's default printer: = Set default printer to the
> client's main printer
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> I have tried to get XPS working
> http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX118554
> Talks about XPS but this option isn't even available in the registry and I
> tried installing via
>
> http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/gabeknuth/archive/2008/12/16/xenapp-5-feature-profile-citrix-universal-xps-printer-driver.aspx
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> I'm stumped? Any help appreciated.
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> Thank-You
>
> Paul Bergson
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