Universal printing questions

[Guest Jeff Vandervoort]

WS2003 SP2 R2 Terminal Server; Win XP SP2 clients. Redirected printers are

causing spooler crashes; we need to set up a universal "driverless" printing

solution. Lots of choices out there and I'd like to narrow the field.

 

1. Do any of the universal printing solutions work without a client? We have

lots of machines that are in remote locations, all locked down so the user

can't install software. Installing client software on these is not possible.

If so, I'm guessing they drop a PDF file somewhere on your local disk that

you have to print in Adobe Reader...am I close?

 

2. Do any universal TS print drivers allow users to select THEIR printer in

applications run in a TS session, or do they all (client or no client)

require the user to select the universal driver, then make the final

selection from their local Windows session at print time?

 

3. For our machines that are on the domain, can most of the universal print

clients be installed by Group Policy?

 

TIA!

 

 

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Jeff Vandervoort

JRVsystems

http://www.jrvsystems.com

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: Universal printing questions

 

Check this articles and the links mentioned in it:

 

Differences Between Several Universal Printer Solutions - by Wilco

van Bragt

http://www.msterminalservices.org/articles/Differences-Universal-

Printer-Solutions.html

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Vera Noest

MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

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"Jeff Vandervoort" <jeffv @ jrvsystems dot com> wrote on 06 feb

2008 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> WS2003 SP2 R2 Terminal Server; Win XP SP2 clients. Redirected

> printers are causing spooler crashes; we need to set up a

> universal "driverless" printing solution. Lots of choices out

> there and I'd like to narrow the field.

>

> 1. Do any of the universal printing solutions work without a

> client? We have lots of machines that are in remote locations,

> all locked down so the user can't install software. Installing

> client software on these is not possible. If so, I'm guessing

> they drop a PDF file somewhere on your local disk that you have

> to print in Adobe Reader...am I close?

>

> 2. Do any universal TS print drivers allow users to select THEIR

> printer in applications run in a TS session, or do they all

> (client or no client) require the user to select the universal

> driver, then make the final selection from their local Windows

> session at print time?

>

> 3. For our machines that are on the domain, can most of the

> universal print clients be installed by Group Policy?

>

> TIA!