Printer autocreation

[Guest Mario]

I need to check if all the printers have been autocreated before letting TS

users do anything, as there are many printers and the process can be slow.

Where can I locate detailed information about the printer autocreation

process?

What script or program is responsible for printer autocreation?

How can I delay user actions till printer autiocreation is complete?

Regards

Mario

[Guest Priya Raghavan [MSFT]]

Re: Printer autocreation

 

Hi,

 

Currently, there is no notification when all printers have been autocreated

on the session.

Typically, on a Win 2003 server, it takes less than a minute to autocreate 5

client printers.

 

1.) Based on this, you can create a logon or startup script which will wait

for the appropriate amount of time before allowing any action by the TS

users

 

2.) If you mainly need only the client's default printer, then setting

theoption described in this article will redirect only the default printer.

This will further help in reducing the time taken to autocreate printers.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/911913

 

3.) You can write a script which will poll the printers at appropriate

intervals using the "EnumPrinters" API to check if the client printers have

been autocreated. But this requires advance knowledge of how many client

printers are expected to be autocreated.

 

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Thanks,

Priya.

 

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"Mario" <mario@mario.local> wrote in message

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>I need to check if all the printers have been autocreated before letting TS

>users do anything, as there are many printers and the process can be slow.

> Where can I locate detailed information about the printer autocreation

> process?

> What script or program is responsible for printer autocreation?

> How can I delay user actions till printer autiocreation is complete?

> Regards

> Mario

>

[Guest Mario]

Re: Printer autocreation

 

Thank you for the useful information.

Given I cannot say the number of printers being autocreated, is there any

way to check if the process or thread performing the autocreation still

exists before performing any further action?

How can I identify it?

Regards

Mario

 

"Priya Raghavan [MSFT]" <priyadr@online.microsoft.com> ha scritto nel

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> Hi,

>

> Currently, there is no notification when all printers have been

> autocreated on the session.

> Typically, on a Win 2003 server, it takes less than a minute to autocreate

> 5 client printers.

>

> 1.) Based on this, you can create a logon or startup script which will

> wait for the appropriate amount of time before allowing any action by the

> TS users

>

> 2.) If you mainly need only the client's default printer, then setting

> theoption described in this article will redirect only the default

> printer. This will further help in reducing the time taken to autocreate

> printers. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/911913

>

> 3.) You can write a script which will poll the printers at appropriate

> intervals using the "EnumPrinters" API to check if the client printers

> have been autocreated. But this requires advance knowledge of how many

> client printers are expected to be autocreated.

>

> --

> Thanks,

> Priya.

>

> --

> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no

> rights.

>

> "Mario" <mario@mario.local> wrote in message

> news:u9y0htgUIHA.5288@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>I need to check if all the printers have been autocreated before letting

>>TS users do anything, as there are many printers and the process can be

>>slow.

>> Where can I locate detailed information about the printer autocreation

>> process?

>> What script or program is responsible for printer autocreation?

>> How can I delay user actions till printer autiocreation is complete?

>> Regards

>> Mario

>>

>

[Guest Priya Raghavan [MSFT]]

Re: Printer autocreation

 

The process performing the autocreation will be active even after it creates

all printers.

As it is a kernel mode process, user mode applications will not be able to

receive notifications from it directly.

 

Thanks for bringing up the requirement. We will consider incorporating this

in the future releases.

 

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Thanks,

Priya.

 

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"Mario" <mario@mario.local> wrote in message

news:eT2OMjtUIHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> Thank you for the useful information.

> Given I cannot say the number of printers being autocreated, is there any

> way to check if the process or thread performing the autocreation still

> exists before performing any further action?

> How can I identify it?

> Regards

> Mario

>

> "Priya Raghavan [MSFT]" <priyadr@online.microsoft.com> ha scritto nel

> messaggio news:%23crNWXoUIHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> Hi,

>>

>> Currently, there is no notification when all printers have been

>> autocreated on the session.

>> Typically, on a Win 2003 server, it takes less than a minute to

>> autocreate 5 client printers.

>>

>> 1.) Based on this, you can create a logon or startup script which will

>> wait for the appropriate amount of time before allowing any action by the

>> TS users

>>

>> 2.) If you mainly need only the client's default printer, then setting

>> theoption described in this article will redirect only the default

>> printer. This will further help in reducing the time taken to autocreate

>> printers. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/911913

>>

>> 3.) You can write a script which will poll the printers at appropriate

>> intervals using the "EnumPrinters" API to check if the client printers

>> have been autocreated. But this requires advance knowledge of how many

>> client printers are expected to be autocreated.

>>

>> --

>> Thanks,

>> Priya.

>>

>> --

>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no

>> rights.

>>

>> "Mario" <mario@mario.local> wrote in message

>> news:u9y0htgUIHA.5288@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>>I need to check if all the printers have been autocreated before letting

>>>TS users do anything, as there are many printers and the process can be

>>>slow.

>>> Where can I locate detailed information about the printer autocreation

>>> process?

>>> What script or program is responsible for printer autocreation?

>>> How can I delay user actions till printer autiocreation is complete?

>>> Regards

>>> Mario

>>>

>>

>