Using Usb Printers; Installing View Client Silently - VMware View Manager 4.5 Installation Manual

Using USB Printers

In a View environment, virtual printers and redirected USB printers can work together without conflict.
A USB printer is a printer that is attached to a USB port on the local client system. To send print jobs to a USB
printer, you can either use the USB redirection feature or use the virtual printing feature.
You can use the USB redirection feature to attach a USB printer to a virtual USB port in the View desktop
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as long as the required drivers are also installed on the View desktop.
If you use this redirection feature the printer is no longer attached to the physical USB port on the client
and this is why the USB printer does not appear in the list of local printers that the virtual printing feature
displays. This also means that you can print to the USB printer from the View desktop but not from the
local client machine.
You can alternatively use the virtual printing feature to send print jobs to a USB printer. If you use the
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virtual printing feature you can print to the USB printer from both the View desktop and the local client,
and you do not need to install print drivers on the View desktop.

Installing View Client Silently

You can install View Client silently by typing the installer filename and installation options at the command
line. With silent installation, you can efficiently deploy View components in a large enterprise.
Set Group Policies to Allow Silent Installation of View Client with Local Mode
Before you can install View Client with Local Mode silently, you must configure Microsoft Windows group
policies to allow installation with elevated privileges.
You do not have to set these group policies to install View Client silently. These policies are required only for
View Client with Local Mode.
You must set Windows Installer group policies for computers and for users on the client computer.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have administrator privileges on the Windows client computer on which you will install View
Client with Local Mode.
Procedure
1 Log in to the client computer and click Start > Run.
2 Type
gpedit.msc
3 In the Group Policy Object Editor, click Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration.
4 Expand Administrative Templates, open the Windows Installer folder, and double-click Always install
with elevated privileges.
5 In the Always Install with Elevated Privileges Properties window, click Enabled and click OK.
6 In the left pane, click User Configuration.
7 Expand Administrative Templates, open the Windows Installer folder, and double-click Always install
with elevated privileges.
8 In the Always Install with Elevated Privileges Properties window, click Enabled and click OK.
What to do next
Install View Client with Local Mode silently.
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and click OK.
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