Re: [SLUG] Interesting Citrix problem

From: Tom Suzda (tsuzda@verizon.net)
Date: Thu May 11 2006 - 16:34:44 EDT


On Thursday 11 May 2006 4:08 pm, you wrote:
> On Thursday 11 May 2006 15:50, Tom Suzda wrote:
> > The problem came up when she needed to print locally. We logged a
> > service ticket with her IT group, who responded to her fairly
> > quickly, with the answer, "We don't support linux." I responded
> > back to them, that I didn't want them to support linux, I'd take
> > care of that, just tell me what they were doing about printing. It
> > turns out that her company decided against the Citrix printing
> > environment, and went with triCerat Simplify Printing package
> > called Screwdrivers. Unfortunately, right now, it's only for
> > windows.
>
> Not knowing anything about screwdriver, but off the cuff you might be
> able to have her office printer being a windows share as well, which
> you should be able to access.
>
> Actually if she makes her office computer, which must be connected to
> the "screw" she can create a remote "printer" on her computer which
> points to the screw printer.

I'm not sure I'm following you. I know she can share her printer at her
'real' office, but she wants to print locally, on our LaserJet 4/4M PS,
here at home, when she is working from home.

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