Printer - Dell Wyse ThinOS C10LE Administrator's Manual

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Printer

IMPORTANT: Host-based printers are not supported.
Use the Printer Setup dialog box (System Settings icon > Printer) to configure
network printers and local printers that are connected to the thin client. Through its
USB ports, a thin client can support multiple printers. If more than one printer is to be
used and another port is not available on your thin client and the port that is to be used
must be shared with a USB modem converter, connect a USB hub to the port.
IMPORTANT: Microsoft Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH), Microsoft Terminal
Services, and Citrix XenApp each have their own printing policies that must be
configured properly to allow client side printing. For details on configuring printing in
these environments, see your vendor instructions.
TIP: This section details the tabs and fields of the Printer Setup dialog box. For
examples on using the Printer Setup dialog box for common printing situations, see
"Examples of Common Printing Configurations."
Use the following guidelines for the Ports tab when printing to a local USB printer:
Select Port - Select the port you want from the list (LPT1 or LPT2 selects the
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connection to a direct-connected USB printer).
Printer Name - (Required) Enter name you want displayed in your list of printers
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(most USB direct-connected printers report/fill in their printer name automatically).
NOTE: If Enable LPD service for the printer is selected, the printer name becomes
the queue name for other clients using LPR to print to this printer.
Printer Identification - Enter the type or model of the printer in the exact text of
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the Windows printer driver name—including capitalizations and spaces (most USB
direct-connected printers report/fill in their printer identifications automatically).
This entry must be either the device driver name for the printer under the Microsoft
Windows system, or a key to map to the device driver. If not specified, the name will
be defaulted to the printer-supplied identification for standard direct-connected
USB printers or Generic / Text Only for non-USB connected printers upon
connection to Windows hosts. The driver name mapping takes place either through
a printer-mapping file read by the system as part of the global profile (wnos.ini) or
by MetaFrame servers through the MetaFrame printer configuration file
(\winnt\system32\wtsprnt.inf).
Printer Class - (Optional) Select the printer class from the list (PCL5, PS, or TXT).
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Enable the printer device - Must be selected to enable the directly-connected
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printer (enables the device so it displays on the remote host).
Enable LPD service for the printer - Select this to make the thin client an LPD (Line
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Printer Daemon) network print server for LPR printing requests from the network
(see "Using Your Thin Client as a Print Server (LPD)").
CAUTION: If the thin client is to be used as an LPD printer server, DHCP must not be
used and a static IP address must be assigned to the client (see "Network Setup").