Known Issues / Limitations When Printing in a Terminal Server / MetaFrame Environment

  • Windows Terminal Server Printing

  1. When printing a file containing a large number of bitmap images or fonts, some of the images or fonts formatting may be lost.

  • When using Citrix MetaFrame's Auto Creating Client Printer feature

  1. By default, device options settings (i.e., finisher, large capacity paper tray, etc.) will not be stored on the server after the client logs off their session. The settings for device options will be at their default values each time the user logs onto the server. With MetaFrame XP FR1/SP1, the user can go into the properties of the auto-created printer and manually configure the driver for features such as optional trays, set the tray configuration, duplex unite, etc. and the settings will be saved to the users profile when the user profile will restore the printer settings.

  2. When printing a large number of bitmap images or when printing in a WAN environment over dial-up connections (ISDN, Modem, etc.), depending on the data transfer rate / available bandwidth, printing may be disabled or a printing error may occur.

  3. Depending on your environment, when using MetaFrame XP 1.0 or later, we recommend configuring "Client printer bandwidth available" from within the Citrix Management Console.