TS 2008 Printing Question

[Guest Julio]

We are looking at upgrading our TS environment from 2003 x32-bit to 2008

x64-bit. The question I have is;

how should I install the printers that our TS users need to use? In our

current 2K3 environment, our users can simply search AD for the printer they

want to print to. I understand our current scenario is possible since the

print server is also 2K3. None of our users use locally attached printers

therefore printer redirection is out of the question. Do I need to setup each

printer locally on the 2008 x64-bit server or is there a method of installing

the 2008 drivers on our current print server and have our users continue

adding their printers thru AD?

 

Please advice.

 

Thanks,

J

[Guest Jeff Pitsch]

Re: TS 2008 Printing Question

 

One of the biggest pain pointsin Terminal Services is print drivers. They

cause the majority of issues that crop with terminal services.

 

x64 server requires 64-bit drivers including print. So you will need to

either install every print driver on the new terminal server (really bad

idea unless you thoroughly test each and every single one), buy and use a

3rd party universal print driver (best choice really), or setup a whole

other set of print servers specifically serving 64-bit servers.

 

My choice is the UPD and then you never have to worry about print drivers

again. well, almost never, very rare cases still crop up. You servers will

be stable which will cut down on you having to support them.

 

Jeff Pitsch

Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services

 

 

"Julio" <Julio@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:B0363DB4-0E52-443E-A36E-4FE564AD1F4C@microsoft.com...

> We are looking at upgrading our TS environment from 2003 x32-bit to 2008

> x64-bit. The question I have is;

> how should I install the printers that our TS users need to use? In our

> current 2K3 environment, our users can simply search AD for the printer

> they

> want to print to. I understand our current scenario is possible since the

> print server is also 2K3. None of our users use locally attached printers

> therefore printer redirection is out of the question. Do I need to setup

> each

> printer locally on the 2008 x64-bit server or is there a method of

> installing

> the 2008 drivers on our current print server and have our users continue

> adding their printers thru AD?

>

> Please advice.

>

> Thanks,

> J

[Guest Julio]

Re: TS 2008 Printing Question

 

Thanks for the quick reply Jeff!

 

What 3rd party UPD would you recommend?

 

"Jeff Pitsch" wrote:

> One of the biggest pain pointsin Terminal Services is print drivers. They

> cause the majority of issues that crop with terminal services.

>

> x64 server requires 64-bit drivers including print. So you will need to

> either install every print driver on the new terminal server (really bad

> idea unless you thoroughly test each and every single one), buy and use a

> 3rd party universal print driver (best choice really), or setup a whole

> other set of print servers specifically serving 64-bit servers.

>

> My choice is the UPD and then you never have to worry about print drivers

> again. well, almost never, very rare cases still crop up. You servers will

> be stable which will cut down on you having to support them.

>

> Jeff Pitsch

> Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services

>

>

> "Julio" <Julio@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:B0363DB4-0E52-443E-A36E-4FE564AD1F4C@microsoft.com...

> > We are looking at upgrading our TS environment from 2003 x32-bit to 2008

> > x64-bit. The question I have is;

> > how should I install the printers that our TS users need to use? In our

> > current 2K3 environment, our users can simply search AD for the printer

> > they

> > want to print to. I understand our current scenario is possible since the

> > print server is also 2K3. None of our users use locally attached printers

> > therefore printer redirection is out of the question. Do I need to setup

> > each

> > printer locally on the 2008 x64-bit server or is there a method of

> > installing

> > the 2008 drivers on our current print server and have our users continue

> > adding their printers thru AD?

> >

> > Please advice.

> >

> > Thanks,

> > J

>

>

>

[Guest Jeff Pitsch]

Re: TS 2008 Printing Question

 

Print-IT from Provision Networks (I'm an employee), ThinPrint, or Tricerat.

Obviously I like ours the best :)

 

Jeff Pitsch

Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services

 

 

"Julio" <Julio@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:355C154A-6CC9-4F40-8CB2-2AE884ABF405@microsoft.com...

> Thanks for the quick reply Jeff!

>

> What 3rd party UPD would you recommend?

>

> "Jeff Pitsch" wrote:

>

>> One of the biggest pain pointsin Terminal Services is print drivers.

>> They

>> cause the majority of issues that crop with terminal services.

>>

>> x64 server requires 64-bit drivers including print. So you will need to

>> either install every print driver on the new terminal server (really bad

>> idea unless you thoroughly test each and every single one), buy and use a

>> 3rd party universal print driver (best choice really), or setup a whole

>> other set of print servers specifically serving 64-bit servers.

>>

>> My choice is the UPD and then you never have to worry about print drivers

>> again. well, almost never, very rare cases still crop up. You servers

>> will

>> be stable which will cut down on you having to support them.

>>

>> Jeff Pitsch

>> Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services

>>

>>

>> "Julio" <Julio@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:B0363DB4-0E52-443E-A36E-4FE564AD1F4C@microsoft.com...

>> > We are looking at upgrading our TS environment from 2003 x32-bit to

>> > 2008

>> > x64-bit. The question I have is;

>> > how should I install the printers that our TS users need to use? In our

>> > current 2K3 environment, our users can simply search AD for the printer

>> > they

>> > want to print to. I understand our current scenario is possible since

>> > the

>> > print server is also 2K3. None of our users use locally attached

>> > printers

>> > therefore printer redirection is out of the question. Do I need to

>> > setup

>> > each

>> > printer locally on the 2008 x64-bit server or is there a method of

>> > installing

>> > the 2008 drivers on our current print server and have our users

>> > continue

>> > adding their printers thru AD?

>> >

>> > Please advice.

>> >

>> > Thanks,

>> > J

>>

>>

>>