W2K8 printing

[anthonyx26]

This question obviously comes up a lot in this forum, having searched.

And while I'm pretty experienced in TS using Win2003, I've always
implemented Tricerat's Screwdrivers software. I've had to do this because
of the umpteen million different printers out there, and their lack of a
built-in native Win2003 driver...while costly, it sure as heck beats
attempting to install all the various drivers for the end user's printers
(with only scattered success).

But I'm interested in whether Win2008 has improved in this area. I have an
environment in which all users are now using Windows Vista based PCs. I
heard something about how TS in Win2008 can now automatically configure a
user's remote printer, as long as the remote user is using Vista. Is this
correct? Do this mean I no longer need a third party product for printing?

- anthonyx26

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: W2K8 printing

Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services contains a new feature:
Terminal Services Easy Print, an XPS based Universal Printer
driver.
This means that you don't have to install all those drivers any
more. However, there have been some reports here that it doesn't
work perfectly with *all* printers. I've seen posts about margins
being wrong or some characters missing / wrong.

WS2008: Terminal Services Printing
http://blogs.technet.com/askperf/archive/2008/02/17/ws2008-
terminal-services-printing.aspx

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"anthonyx26" <anthonyx26@gmail.com> wrote on 23 sep 2008 in
microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> This question obviously comes up a lot in this forum, having
> searched.
>
> And while I'm pretty experienced in TS using Win2003, I've
> always implemented Tricerat's Screwdrivers software. I've had
> to do this because of the umpteen million different printers out
> there, and their lack of a built-in native Win2003
> driver...while costly, it sure as heck beats attempting to
> install all the various drivers for the end user's printers
> (with only scattered success).
>
> But I'm interested in whether Win2008 has improved in this area.
> I have an environment in which all users are now using Windows
> Vista based PCs. I heard something about how TS in Win2008 can
> now automatically configure a user's remote printer, as long as
> the remote user is using Vista. Is this correct? Do this mean
> I no longer need a third party product for printing?
>
> - anthonyx26