Administrator Guide

Table Of Contents
Configure the Citrix UPD printer
Use of Citrix Universal Print Driver (Citrix UPD) ensures that all printers that are connected to the thin client can also be used
from a virtual desktop or application session without integrating a new printer driver in the data center. Citrix UPD is the base of
Citrix Universal Printer. It is an autocreated printer object that uses the Citrix UPD and is not tied to any specific printer defined
on the client.
About this task
This section describes how to configure the Citrix UPD usage on your thin client.
Steps
1. Connect a printer to the ThinOS client.
2. On the ThinOS desktop menu, do the following:
a. Open the Connection Manager window.
b. Click Global Connection Settings.
c. Go to the Session tab and select the Exclude printer devices check box.
d. Click OK.
3. From the desktop menu, click System Setup > Printer Setup.
The Printer Setup dialog box is displayed.
4. Enter the name of the printer in the Printer Name box.
5. Enter any string of the Printer identification in the Printer Identification box.
6. Select the type of the printer class from the drop-down list, select the check box to enable the printer device, and click OK.
NOTE: In ThinOS 9.1, only PS class is supported.
7. Start a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops application connection.
8. Open the Devices and Printers in the desktop or application. The printer is mapped as the UPD printer by default.
Next steps
To enable the printer server policies for Citrix UPD printer, see the Citrix documentation at docs.citrix.com.
Configure the device-specific printer driver
Based on the Citrix Host Printer Policy settings, ThinOS supports device-specific printer drivers. This method allows Citrix hosts
to automatically create client redirected printer queues based on the peripheral management printers settings of the ThinOS
client. The host print manager uses the printer name and the printer ID to automatically create the printer queues.
About this task
This section describes how to configure the device-specific printer driver usage on your ThinOS client.
Steps
1. Connect a printer to the ThinOS client.
2. From the desktop menu, click System Setup > Printer.
The Printer Setup dialog box is displayed.
3. On the ThinOS desktop menu, do the following:
a. Open the Connection Manager window.
b. Click Global Connection Settings.
c. Go to the Session tab and select the Exclude printer devices check box.
d. Click OK.
4. Enter the name of the printer in the Printer Name box.
5. Enter the specific printer driver identification in the Printer Identification box.
Configuring connection brokers
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