printers in Terminal Server and in Citrix

[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

 

[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
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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

 

[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