Just something for the community. Any ideas, please let me know.

We host multiple clients on our terminal server. Instead of managing printers manually, we have utilized a third party application to automatically handle this for us. Triceterat Screwdrivers has worked very well and I can highly recommend. However, at 1400.00 / server + 400.00 first year support, it is somewhat difficult to justify.

So, imagine our excitement when I discovered that Windows Server 2008 has a new utility, Easy Print, which does the same thing (though perhaps different method) - and is included for no additional charge!

We built another terminal server, loaded Windows Server 2008 and Easy Print does work - mostly. There are some issues with XP that require a hotfix to be installed on the client and on the server. But for us, the real problem is that it does not support one of our industry-standard forms. The problem is when printing a 8.5 x 12' form, the dreaded 'Detail Band Too Large' is returned.

Now, we are familiar with this message and the solution (defining a form and referencing in the printer properties). This is not a problem from any client, with any OS, regardless of printer - only with Easy Print.

The interesting thing is that some clients are printing other 'non-standard' documents, such as shipping labels, without incident. So, I'm not sure where the problem lies - not through lack of testing though. At this point, MS Support has not come up with anything either, though I am awaiting the inevitable response of 'known incident' or 'limitation' (sigh).

David