Tc5000 Printing Overview - I/O TC5000 User Manual

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TC5000 Printing Overview

The thin client has several methods for printing. The following is a brief overview of the various
methods:
I-O TN5250e Printing – receives print jobs from the IBM host directly to a printer attached to the thin
client. The printer is setup when the I-O 5250 Printing connection is added on the Connection Manager.
No other printer configuration is required on the thin client. The IBM host will automatically create a
printer device.
Host Print Transform Printing – receives print jobs from the IBM host to a printer attached to the thin
client. The printer is setup when the Terminal Emulation printer session is added on the Connection
Manager. The IBM host must have a printer created on it as well. Because of the well known problems
of this type of printing (often called the "black hole of printing") it is recommended that IBM host printing
be done through the I-O TN5250e Printing connection.
LPR/LPD Printing – receives print jobs from a host or PC to a printer attached to the thin client. The
printer is setup using the LPR/LPD printing option on the Control Panel. No other printer configuration
is required on the thin client. The sending host or PC must have a LPR printer created and the
appropriate print driver installed. The thin client is the LPD device. LPR is the sending side and LPD is
the receiving side.
Local Printing (Viewer, E-mail and Internet Explorer) – prints to a PCL printer that is attached to the
thin client. No other printer configuration is required on the thin client. Note: Microsoft only supports HP
LaserJet or compatible PCL printers.
Network Printing (Viewer, E-mail and Internet Explorer) – prints to a PCL printer that is attached to
another Windows PC, or a NetBIOS capable printer. No other printer configuration is required on the
thin client. Note: Microsoft only supports HP LaserJet or compatible PCL printers.
RDP Printing, Method 1 – prints from applications running on a Microsoft Terminal Server. Printers are
created on the thin client using the Add Printer option on the Control Panel. When a connection is
made to a terminal server, the terminal server copies the printer objects to the terminal server. The user
then can select from those printers when they are running an application on the terminal server.
RDP Printing, Method 2 – also prints from applications run on a Microsoft Terminal Server. However,
printers are created on the terminal server in lieu of the thin client.
ICA Printing – prints from applications run on a Citrix Metaframe server. Printers are configured on the
Citrix server.
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