VMware View Manager 4.5 Admin Manual page 154

VMware View Administrator's Guide
Configure the Location-Based Printing Group Policy
To set up location-based printing, you configure the
group policy setting. The group policy setting is a name translation table that maps printers to View desktops.
Prerequisites
Verify that the Microsoft MMC and the Group Policy Object Editor snap-in are available on your Active
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Directory server or on the domain computer that you use to configure group policies.
Register the DLL file
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you use to configure group policies. See
on page 153.
Familiarize yourself with syntax of the
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policy setting. See
Create a GPO for the location-based group policy setting and link it to the OU that contains your View
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desktops. See
for View group policies.
Because print jobs are sent directly from the View desktop to the printer, verify that the required printer
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drivers are installed on the your desktops.
Procedure
1 On your Active Directory server or on the computer that you use to configure group policies, select Start
> All Programs > Administrative Tools > Active Directory Users and Computers.
2 Right-click the OU that contains your View desktops and select Properties.
3 On the Group Policy tab, click Open to open the Group Policy Management plug-in.
4 In the right pane, right-click the GPO that you created for the location-based printing group policy setting
and select Edit.
The Group Policy Object Editor window appears.
5 Expand Computer Configuration, open the Software Settings folder, and select AutoConnect Location-
based Printing for VMware View.
6 In the Policy pane, double-click Configure AutoConnect Location-based Printing.
The AutoConnect for VMware View Location-based Printing window appears.
7 Select Enabled to enable the group policy setting.
The translation table headings and buttons appear in the group policy window.
I Clicking Disabled deletes all table entries. As a precaution, save your configuration so that
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you can import it later.
8 Add the printers that you want to map to View desktops and define their associated translation rules.
9 Click OK to save your changes.
Location-Based Printing Group Policy Setting Syntax
You use the
AutoConnect Location-based Printing for VMware View
View desktops.
AutoConnect Location-based Printing for VMware View
and defines associated translation rules.
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on your Active Directory server or on the domain computer that
TPVMGPoACmap.dll
AutoConnect Location-based Printing for VMware View
"Location-Based Printing Group Policy Setting Syntax,"
"Create GPOs for View Group Policies,"
Table 8-14
AutoConnect Location-based Printing for VMware View
"Register the Location-Based Printing Group Policy DLL File,"
on page 158 for an example of how to create GPOs
group policy setting to map printers to
is a name translation table that identifies printers
describes the syntax of the translation table.
group
on page 154.
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