On Thursday 11 May 2006 5:02 pm, you wrote:
> Tom Suzda wrote:
> > On Thursday 11 May 2006 4:09 pm, you wrote:
> >> Tom Suzda wrote:
> >>> Well, at least to me.
> >>>
> >>> The wife comes home last weekend with a bag full of work. Her
> >>> boss told her she could work OT over the weekend. They gave her
> >>> the web site address of the Citrix server, and she told them I
> >>> would be able to take care of anything else she needed at home.
> >>>
> >>> Since I don't have a windows box here, except for a second boot
> >>> option on a new laptop that I just purchased, I downloaded a
> >>> Citrix client for linux. No problem with the install, and she was
> >>> able to work fine.
> >>>
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >>> Does anybody have any suggestions on how to get around this issue
> >>> without loading windows, or doing what she has been doing, which
> >>> is mailing each of the documents back to herself at home, and
> >>> then opening them here under linux and printing them?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> Tom
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>
> >> The first question is what version of Citrix? I use Presentation
> >> Server 3.0 here, and printing works just fine to Linux. it uses
> >> the Citrix GPD (Generic Print Driver). I'm also using the Citrix
> >> client for Linux and it works very well... Also, the drive mapping
> >> works if you set it up properly.
> >
> > Not really sure what version they're using. The screen says to
> > login to the Citrix Metaframe XP server, enter your.........
> >
> > I've googled, read a number of white papers from Citrix, and I know
> > that you can print from linux, just enter the printer driver name
> > in the ini file. Unfortunately, I tried the HP LaserJet 4/4M, just
> > plain 4, and almost every other variation I can think of. I also
> > read about the Universal Print Driver, but what's it called so I
> > can enter it in the ini file? My LaserJet is an old 4 that I juiced
> > up with 24 Megs ram and postscript, so it prints postscript
> > natively under linux.
> >
> > Like I mentioned, the linux client works fine, it's just a printing
> > issue based on the server end.
> >
> >
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> I misspoke. The driver is the Universal Print Driver, and something
> they need to have on the other end. I'm not sure how advanced it was
> in MetaFrame XP, but if its there, the printer should map properly.
> If it does not print under the print menu they may not have it
> configured properly. I would say ask their admin if they have the
> Universal Print Driver installed.
That's pretty much what I asked them. Whether they had printer
autocreation turned on, and what printer drivers they were using. The
answer I got back was they were using Simplify Printing from triCerat
for the printing functions.
The other option that one of their guys mentioned was VMware or some
other Windows emulation. I am working on WINE, and I can get the ICA
client for Win32 installed with no problem as well as the Simplify
Printing client. I can log into the Citrix server, but as soon as I try
to launch and application, I get an encryption error. "You must have
128-bit SSL support installed....." I'm still trying to work that part
out, and if I can, it should solve the issue. I can log into my bank
with the same browser, so I know I have 128-bit support.
Well, it gives me something to do in my spare time...
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