Printer very big print job

[vcavusoglu]

I have Got a Citrix MF 1.0 FR3 SP4
and I have got HP Deskjet 3845 printer on client computer

i am send to printer test page

on local print job size 29 kb (on client) and fast print

but on citrix same print job size 6 mb (on citrix) and very slow print because job size very big

i don't understand

please help me.

 

[worldphoenix]

What is the print driver you are using on the Citrix server and what application is the user printing from ?

 

[vcavusoglu]

i am send to printer test page on citrix on client printer

i am use to hp deskjet 3845 printer driver (my printer driver on client and citrix server)

 

[worldphoenix]

Some HP drivers don't work well with Citrix

Have a look at these 2 links

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?lc=en&cc=us&docname=bpd50450#N1004E

http://www.printingsupport.com/matrix.htm

I not sure if this driver is supported in a Citrix enviroment - but you need to double check


A few things you can try

- check if its a PCL6 driver - if so change it to a PCL5e

- try mapping it to a HP DeskJet 550C - either in the CMC or using wtsuprn.inf


Cheers

Davey

 

[patrickrouse]

Another thing that I discovered (Stefan from printingsupport.com validated my findings) was that disabling the Advanced Printing Features in the client's RDP or ICA printer settings cuts the print job size by 8-10 times the original size.

In the client's session -> Printer Control Panel -> ORight-click Printer -> Properties -> Printing Preferences -> Advanced -> Advanced Printing Features -> Disabled

In my testing it consistently reduced the size of print jobs (at 600dpi) bu 8-10 times.

Another option is to use a 3rd party printing product like ThinPrint, UniPrint or Screwdrivers (or wait for MPS 4.0, which will have EMF printing instead of the stoopid Citrix UPD.

Patrick Rouse
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

http://www.workthin.com

 

[lb63640]

Lastly, make sure you have the most recent client. We had problems like that until we upgraded to 8.X from 7.X