How to Disable Autorestored and Autoretained Printers in a Presentation Server Environment
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX117805
Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com
Found this pretty good explanation of the Auto Retained functionality
Autoretained Printers: These are client printers that are added by the user within an ICA session through the Add Printer wizard by browsing and connecting to printers enumerated through the client network print provider. When re-creating a retained printer, all Citrix policies except the autocreation policy are respected. This means that retained client printers are created exactly as the autocreation policy would have selected them. Such printers continue to be re-created with every logon from the same client until the client printer within the session is deleted manually or the remembered printer connection is removed from the client's properties store. On a Windows client, the properties store can be found in the user profile under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Citrix\PrinterProperties
http://www.gregmoseley.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=115&Itemid=52
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Jim Kenzig http://thin.ms <jkenzig@gmail.com> wrote:
See Section 4.2.2 in this doc There is an HKCU key you can fiddle with
http://support.citrix.com/servlet/KbServlet/download/8451-102-15600/PresentationServer4[1].0PrintingEnhancementsWhitepaper.pdf
Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Stratton, Doug ISMC:EX <Doug.M.Stratton@gov.bc.ca> wrote:Still stuck but have some more info.What I finally noticed was that it says "Auto Retained Client Printer...." in the comment field for this printer.No jobs in the queue.The only way I have been able to get rid of it is to totally disable client printer mapping in Citrix Policy. Then all the printers are gone.If I set the "Turn off client printer mapping" to "Not configured" and set the Auto-creation policy to "Do not auto-create client printers" I get the Office Document Image writer back but on others.Some how I ended up also getting one that says "Auto Restored" Think it happened when I changed the comment then tried deleting.I have removed any user rights from the local Microsoft Office Document Image Writer. (and deleted the local printer (not drivers)). Same problem.Regards,
Doug Stratton, Shared Service BC
Service Desk Email: 77000@gov.bc.ca
Service Desk Tel: (250)387-7000
From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Stratton, Doug ISMC:EXSent: December 19, 2008 12:14 PMJoe, unfortunatly the citrix policy did not correct the problem.Tried one of the other suggestions.I renamed the pc's Microsoft Office Document Image Writer to Microsoft Office Document Image Writerii and it did not map.Renamed it back came back.I checked Driver mappings nothing in the console related to this printer.PS I am sure it is on the server but it is also showing up as a printer mapped to the client.Regards,
Doug Stratton, Shared Service BC
Service Desk Email: 77000@gov.bc.ca
Service Desk Tel: (250)387-7000
From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Joe Shonk
Sent: December 19, 2008 10:59 AM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: 2 printers showing up for clientsTry setting your Citrix Policies. You should get the results you're after.
Joe
From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Stratton, Doug ISMC:EX
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 11:35 AM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: 2 printers showing up for clients
Nope no citrix policy.
Possibly GP? Not sure where that would be set.
I just don't get why 2 and not all local printers if that is what is causing it.
I for example have 5 or 6 local printers. Just the 2 get mapped.
Regards,
Doug Stratton, Shared Service BC
Service Desk Email: 77000@gov.bc.ca
Service Desk Tel: (250)387-7000
From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Joe Shonk
Sent: December 19, 2008 10:10 AM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: 2 printers showing up for clientsOk, you have the ICA listener setup for one printer… What about your Citrix Policies in the PSMC?
Joe
From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Stratton, Doug ISMC:EX
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 10:31 AM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: 2 printers showing up for clients
As i mentioned we are getting 2 printers per user in each session.
One network printer which is the default on the pc they are logging in from.
Also a second printer which is not default and is the Microsoft ..... printer.
We have the ica listener set to only map the default printer which the Microsoft printer is not.
Regards,
Doug Stratton, Shared Service BC
Service Desk Email: 77000@gov.bc.ca
Service Desk Tel: (250)387-7000
From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Saunders
Sent: December 18, 2008 2:24 PM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: 2 printers showing up for clientsBut that's a client printer mapping because the Users have Office installed locally on their client devices.
Cheers,
Jeremy.
From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Stratton, Doug ISMC:EX
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 7:09 AM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: 2 printers showing up for clients
It is but the ones I am want to get rid of are the ones that are showing as users version of "local" printers on the server
Looks like this: "Microsoft Office Document Image Writer (from ws0000007) in session 4 Ready Auto Retained Client printer......"
Regards,
Doug Stratton, Shared Service BC
Service Desk Email: 77000@gov.bc.ca
Service Desk Tel: (250)387-7000
From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Robert K Coffman Jr. -Info From Data Corp.
Sent: December 18, 2008 11:09 AM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: 2 printers showing up for clientsCheck to see if the Office Document Image writer is installed as a local printer on your Term Servers.
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