printers in Terminal Server and in Citrix

[Guest Cary W. Shultz]

Good evening.....

 

Two-pronged question:

 

Do networked printers need to be installed/shared on the actual Citrix box

in order for them to be available to Citrix sessions (not talking about the

local printer attached to the remote user's computer....talking about

networked printers within the local LAN environment)?

 

Wouldn't it - generally speaking - make more sense to install these

networked printers (all have a static IP Address) shared on a File

Server....especially if the Citrix box is going away in the immediate

future?

 

Client has a Citrix Server (WIN2003 SP2) and a Terminal Server (WIN2003

SP2). They have several Xerox printers (five 4510s and two 8560s) in the

environment that are all networked. They have to be available in the Citrix

session and in the TS session. Brief explanation: Citrix has been in use

for a couple of years but we are replacing that with a Terminal Server (I

did not have any say in the matter as to waiting for WIN2008, which I would

have strongly suggested). The Citrix Server will shortly be removed from

the environment.

 

We just had a big mess with all the printers and my colleage essentially

removed them all from the environment and then called our Boss and asked

what to do. Long story short - all of the printers are shared on the Citrix

Box. My colleague downloaded the latest driver from the Xerox web site and

used those for the installation (yes, on the Citrix box). The reason for my

colleague doing this was that our Boss said that the printers need to be

installed/shared on the Citrix box for them to be available to the Citrix

session. This does not jive with me.

 

Thanks,

 

Cary

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: printers in Terminal Server and in Citrix

 

No, that's not necessary at all.

Assume that you have a print server and a shared printer.

Just put a line in your users' logon script:

net use \\printserver\shared_printer

 

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Vera Noest

MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

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

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"Cary W. Shultz" <cshultz@n0spam.outsourceitcorp.com> wrote on 07

maj 2008 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Good evening.....

>

> Two-pronged question:

>

> Do networked printers need to be installed/shared on the actual

> Citrix box in order for them to be available to Citrix sessions

> (not talking about the local printer attached to the remote

> user's computer....talking about networked printers within the

> local LAN environment)?

>

> Wouldn't it - generally speaking - make more sense to install

> these networked printers (all have a static IP Address) shared

> on a File Server....especially if the Citrix box is going away

> in the immediate future?

>

> Client has a Citrix Server (WIN2003 SP2) and a Terminal Server

> (WIN2003 SP2). They have several Xerox printers (five 4510s and

> two 8560s) in the environment that are all networked. They have

> to be available in the Citrix session and in the TS session.

> Brief explanation: Citrix has been in use for a couple of years

> but we are replacing that with a Terminal Server (I did not have

> any say in the matter as to waiting for WIN2008, which I would

> have strongly suggested). The Citrix Server will shortly be

> removed from the environment.

>

> We just had a big mess with all the printers and my colleage

> essentially removed them all from the environment and then

> called our Boss and asked what to do. Long story short - all of

> the printers are shared on the Citrix Box. My colleague

> downloaded the latest driver from the Xerox web site and used

> those for the installation (yes, on the Citrix box). The reason

> for my colleague doing this was that our Boss said that the

> printers need to be installed/shared on the Citrix box for them

> to be available to the Citrix session. This does not jive with

> me.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Cary

[Guest Cary W. Shultz]

Re: printers in Terminal Server and in Citrix

 

Vera,

 

Thanks. Exactly what I wanted (to show him...).

 

Cary

 

"Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest@remove-this.hem.utfors.se> wrote in message

news:Xns9A97B48258AB1veranoesthemutforsse@207.46.248.16...

> No, that's not necessary at all.

> Assume that you have a print server and a shared printer.

> Just put a line in your users' logon script:

> net use \\printserver\shared_printer

>

> _________________________________________________________

> Vera Noest

> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

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

> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

>

> "Cary W. Shultz" <cshultz@n0spam.outsourceitcorp.com> wrote on 07

> maj 2008 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

>

>> Good evening.....

>>

>> Two-pronged question:

>>

>> Do networked printers need to be installed/shared on the actual

>> Citrix box in order for them to be available to Citrix sessions

>> (not talking about the local printer attached to the remote

>> user's computer....talking about networked printers within the

>> local LAN environment)?

>>

>> Wouldn't it - generally speaking - make more sense to install

>> these networked printers (all have a static IP Address) shared

>> on a File Server....especially if the Citrix box is going away

>> in the immediate future?

>>

>> Client has a Citrix Server (WIN2003 SP2) and a Terminal Server

>> (WIN2003 SP2). They have several Xerox printers (five 4510s and

>> two 8560s) in the environment that are all networked. They have

>> to be available in the Citrix session and in the TS session.

>> Brief explanation: Citrix has been in use for a couple of years

>> but we are replacing that with a Terminal Server (I did not have

>> any say in the matter as to waiting for WIN2008, which I would

>> have strongly suggested). The Citrix Server will shortly be

>> removed from the environment.

>>

>> We just had a big mess with all the printers and my colleage

>> essentially removed them all from the environment and then

>> called our Boss and asked what to do. Long story short - all of

>> the printers are shared on the Citrix Box. My colleague

>> downloaded the latest driver from the Xerox web site and used

>> those for the installation (yes, on the Citrix box). The reason

>> for my colleague doing this was that our Boss said that the

>> printers need to be installed/shared on the Citrix box for them

>> to be available to the Citrix session. This does not jive with

>> me.

>>

>> Thanks,

>>

>> Cary