WFICACE error when printing via ICA session to my WYSE 3360SE Winterms

[mattjurado]

Hello, I have two Wyse 3360SE Winterms. One has ICA Client 6.3, the other 6.0. I am manually creating static printers. I am printing to an HP Deskjet 3820 (via parallel port), using the 550C Deskjet driver built into Windows 2000. This seemed to work fine when I first loaded my Terminal Server. I could print anything I wanted. I'm running XPa FR2, with Win 2K SP2 (SP3 is too buggy with redirected printing). Now, I can print just fine if I connect via RDP, but if I connect via ICA, I can only print small text files from Notepad. If I try to print a Windows test page, or if I print a web page, I get the following error "WFICACE has preformed an Illegal operation and will be terminated." On my Winterms, I am not using the option to use the Autocreate Printing (seems to be the only way I can get printing to work with these). Since both my Winterms have the same problem yet with different ICA clients, and I can print via RDP no problem, it has to be a Citrix configuration issue. This is one of those "I've been staring at it too long, I need a fresh pair of eyes," scenarios. I'm sure its something simple, but any suggestions for a fresh look at this would be appreciated.
I know the port mapping is right, I can print via Notepad.

Matt J.

 

[chikn]

I had this problem on all my CE based winterms. The only thing that would fix it was a firmware upgrade on the terminal. This also fixed some other issues such as black blocks when trying to type in Word.

 

[mattjurado]

Thanks for the responses. Turns out, there is a known issue with these WYSE Winterms. Apparently, Microsoft has made some changes with redirected printing in the last couple of service packs for Win2k server. I just received an e-mail from WYSE tech support today, stating they still have no resolution. They thought a new ICA client version would fix it, but apparently not. I just went out and bought a Neoware Linux terminal. It has full RDP/ICA support out of the box, its faster, much cheaper, and because its Linux, the printing problems are gone.

Matt

 

[ahalecitrix]

Newoware rocks... Wyse winterms work... but I've had so many hardware problems alone, with NIC's or something else just going bad overnight I prefer not to use them. And it always seems to happen right after the warranty ends!