Print&Share Server installation on Citrix / Citrix with Provisioning Services

This article can be helpful when installing the Print&Share server version on:

  • Citrix
  • Citrix with Provisioning Services

Citrix

Per user session a single instance of Print&Share can be opened. Steps decribed in this document may be different according to the actual version or setup that you have.

Clean installation

Steps to install Print&Share for the first time on Citrix:

  1. Log on as administrator on the master server
  2. Make sure your Print&Share installation executable is available (e.g. on a network folder and that you can access it from the server)
  3. Go to:
    1. [Windows Start] button
    2. [Add/Remove Programs]
    3. [Add/New Program]
    4. [CD or Floppy]
    5. Browse to the installation file and click [Open]
    6. Follow the onscreen instructions, select [Custom] if possible to customize the installation
  4. Register and activate Print&Share with your server license

Update existing installation

Steps to install a different version of Print&Share on a server that has already Print&Share installed:

  1. Log on as administrator on the server
  2. Take a backup of the Print&Share profiles and settings
  3. Log off other user sessions or make sure no other user sessions have Print&Share running
  4. Version:
    1. Installing an older version than the existing one: first uninstall the existing Print&Share version.
    2. Installing the same version as the existing one: first uninstall the existing Print&Share version.
    3. Installing a newer version as the existing one: first uninstalling the current version is optional. You can overinstall newer versions.
  5. Install Print&Share with administrator account on the master server
  6. Register and activate Print&Share with your server license

Citrix with Provisioning Services

Steps decribed in this document may be different according to the actual version or setup that you have.
You need a special license for this, contact us.

Clean installation

Steps to install Print&Share for the first time on Citrix with Provisioning Services:

  1. Prepare a device (master target device) for imaging
  2. Install Print&Share on that master target device
  3. Register and activate Print&Share with your server license on that master target device.
    You need a special license for this, contact us.
  4. Create a vDisk image from the master target device's hard drive and save it on the network (on a Provisioning Server or storage device).
  5. Prepare the vDisk to be available from the network allowing the Provisioning Server to stream the contents of the vDisk to the target device.

Update existing installation

Steps to install a different version of Print&Share on a server that has already Print&Share installed:

  1. Go to the device (master target device) for imaging
  2. Take a backup of the Print&Share profiles and settings
  3. Version:
    1. Installing an older version than the existing one: first uninstall the existing Print&Share version.
    2. Installing the same version as the existing one: first uninstall the existing Print&Share version.
    3. Installing a newer version as the existing one: first uninstalling the current version is optional. You can overinstall newer versions.
  4. Follow the steps 2-5 from "Clean install"