[OPLINTECH] Receipt Printer frustrations with VMware View

[Chad Neeper]

You'll probably have better luck with this particular problem on the 
VMware support forums.
Good luck!

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*Chad Neeper*
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On 2/22/2011 3:02 PM, Matt Hoffman wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> Just hoping someone out there has some experience utilizing USB 
> receipt printers via VMware View and Winterms.  We have Citizen 
> CT-S3010s and CT-S300s connected to Winterms via USB.  These have been 
> reliable printers for years for us, but we’re just now moving into 
> VMware-land.
>
> We’ve tested using both Windows 7 and XP under View.  What we’re 
> running into is a problem where the printers cease printing.  A 
> restart of the print spooler is necessary to get printing to 
> continue.  It seems like an incompatibility between the printers and 
> VMware.  Changing from Microsoft’s drivers to Citizen’s make no 
> difference to the issue.
>
> We have Okidata Microline 320 Turbo dot matrix printers elsewhere with 
> the same infrastructure and setup and do not have these problems.
>
> I know it’s a long shot, but I was wondering if anyone else is using a 
> similar setup and has experienced something like this.  Additionally, 
> perhaps someone has had good experience with another brand of receipt 
> printer and VMware View.
>
> Thanks for any info you can give,
>
> Matt Hoffman
>
> Network Administrator
>
> Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library
>
> Ph. 216.932.3600 ext 284
>
>
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