Printing To Windows Network Printers (Smb); Using The Printer Setup Dialog Box For Windows Network Printers (Smb) - Dell Wyse ThinOS C10LE Administrator's Manual

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Printing to Windows Network Printers (SMB)

ThinOS can print to printers that are shared by Microsoft print servers. There are some
configuration requirements that need to be considered when configuring SMB printing
from ThinOS which may require changes to your thin client setup.
Since connecting to a Microsoft Windows Print Server requires domain credentials, you
must provide the credentials to ThinOS either on demand as the printer is used or by
administrator setup providing credentials cached from the Wyse login screen (see
"Example 3: Defining an SMB Printer to Use User Credentials Cached by ThinOS
(Advanced)"). This section will discuss both methods.
CAUTION: The printer name shared by Windows must not contain any spaces or
ThinOS will not be able to use it.

Using the Printer Setup Dialog Box for Windows Network Printers (SMB)

Configuring an SMB printer is this manner forces users to enter their credentials before
each printing; this means they will be temporarily pulled out of their remote session to
enter their credentials (this can be avoided by using an INI file as discussed in "Using
INI Parameters for Windows Network Printers (SMB)."
Use the Printer Setup dialog box (System Settings icon > Printer) and the following
guidelines for the SMBs tab when printing to a Windows network printer (CAUTION:
The printer name shared by Windows must not contain any spaces or ThinOS will not
be able to use it.):
Select SMB - Select the SMB you want from the list.
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\\Host\Printer - Click the browse folder icon next to the box to browse your
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Microsoft Networks and make the printer selection you want from the network
printers available (the DNS name or IP address of the Windows print server on the
network).