Returning Print Data To End-User's Client Platform, (Nat And Vpn Challenges); Stand-Alone Thinprint .Print Network Printer Support - HP Bc1500 - BladeSystem - Blade PC Introduction Manual

CCI printing challenges
Returning print data to end-user's client platform,
(NAT and VPN challenges)
Clients utilize RDP to connect to the HP Blade PCs. This TCP connection may origi-
nate from a desktop on a network segment that is partitioned from the application
server by a router, firewall or a virtual private network (VPN) service. Often a combi-
nation of these apply. A user that connects through a VPN from a laptop computer,
connected via a small firewall device and a broadband Internet connection, provides
an example.
.print Engine can send print data to .print Clients over RDP as well as TCP/IP . If
the client machines are in a masked network, .print Engine can send print data either
directly to the user's terminal via RDP , or - using the .print Connection Service - via
TCP/IP to a local print server. Both solutions can also be deployed simultaneously.

Stand-alone ThinPrint .print network printer support

Many HP printers have support for a broad set of extended features through the
JetCAPS partnership program. ThinPrint has worked in conjunction with EuroForm
to provide a .print Client embedded into the HP LaserJet printers. Printers can be
connected directly to the Ethernet network and support .print compressed and band-
width-controlled data delivery by purchasing a DIMM ROM with the EuroForm .print
Client. A 16 MB memory expansion and a Jetdirect 615N card were tested for the
support on the HP LaserJet 2300. The .print Client was configured using a web
browser. Illus. 2 shows the simple remote printer configuration providing standalone
support for the .print Client.
Illus. 2
Deployment of standalone, network-connected printers may reduce support costs
when compared to printers directly attached to desktops that must be managed sep-
arately. This method of providing ThinPrint .print support improves the availability of
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Tip! RDP or Remote Desktop Protocol is Microsoft's Terminal Services Pro-
tocol. RDP is used in this paper as terms to describe the communications pro-
tocol with which the client communicates with the HP Blade PC.
Illus. 2 Network printer support with .print Clients in a DIMM ROM from EuroForm or
a network card from SEH
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