Copy all printer Drivers from Print Server to Citrix Server

u could create a batch file

see here;

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/22848695/Copy-Print-Drivers-From-Print-Server-to-Citrix-Servers.html

Rrgards

I would be very very careful loading any drivers onto a citrix box.  Most printers will work fine with the citrix universal drivers.  In the case that a certain printer doesnt I would only load that print driver instead of copying all.....

1.  Are you sure you want/neeed to do that?
2.  Why do you want/need to do that?
3.  Are you sure all the print drivers are certified to work in a Terminal Services/Citrix environment?

If you have no Kernel Mode printer drivers then you could use the free Microsoft Print Migrator 3.1 utility.

http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsServer2003/techinfo/overview/printmigrator3.1.mspx

Or, you could go into your Presentation Server Console, right-click on Printer Management and select the option "Import Network Print Server".  It will then ask the name of the Print Server to import.

Well thats what I want to know is if its recommend. I want to install all the native drivers on the Citrix server however, I ran into an issue that they have to be the exact same PCL version as the ones on the print server, or else they won't map for client computers.

Could I just map the printer drivers to the universal print driver in Citrix, I thought it was for client printer use only.

I think we are confused.

I have already imported the print server, but don't the drivers from the printer server have to be installed on the Citrix server also? It will not map the printers unless the driver is installed locally.

So what I have been doing is going through the drivers that the print server uses and been installing and then replicating the drivers to all the Citrix servers and they will map fine after that.

The universal print driver will map automatically - if it wont work then the printer wont map.  I have only had 1 printer that didnt work on the UPD from citrix and it was a very off the wall printer.

I read specifically from Citrix that it will not map network session printers that are configured through policies.

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX111308

I am using the UPD for clients who have printers locally attached to their computer but how can you be using the UPD for session printers in policies.

Ah so when you log into the citrix box a printer maps automatically that is on the network.  This is whats we are talking about by session printer right?

If so then yes you will need to load the print driver on the server.  But be careful because it needs to be PCL based and written for win2k3.

Now for printers attached locally the UPD will work fine.  No need to load the native drivers.  Hope this helps.

Yes exactly ryan, the UPD works great in that aspect.

I just find it a pain in the arse because of exactly what you said I have to go to each printer and get the right PCL driver not only make sure its PCL but it has to be the exact version, I installed PCLv6 on the  Citrix server and it was PCLv5 on the print server it would not map and I spent an entire day trying to figure it out.

So is there no "easy" way of doing this, as you can tell this has been dumped on me and I don't have much Citrix training just learning as I go.

Ah I tried doing that to force the UPD driver to network session printers through a policy, lol. Great I will give that a shot that will get rid of at least some of my pain.

Thanks for clearing this up for me brother.