ViewSonic SC-T46 User Manual page 86

Settings for Printers
Item
Share Printer
Mapping in RDP Sessions
Mapping in ICA Sessions
Mapping in VMware Sessions
Windows Driver Name
(for RDP sessions only)
RDP Printer Mapping Name
(for RDP sessions only)
Check/Uncheck to share the printer.
Once Share Printer is checked, other computers in the same network segment
will be allowed to use the printer.
To add this shared printer for use on other computers, please do the following:
1. For computers running a Windows Server operating system, such as
Windows Server 2008 R2, please add the Internet Printing Client
feature first (Click Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools >
Server Manager > Action > Add Features > Internet Printing Client,
follow the wizard to complete the task, and then restart your system).
2. Click Start > Devices and Printers > Add a printer >
Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer.
3. Click Stop to cancel the automatic printer search, and then click
The printer that I want isn't listed.
4. Under Select a shared printer by name, enter
http://IP address of your thin client:631/printers/Printer Name.
NOTE: For example, if a printer is locally attached to your thin client
and is added as a local printer through ViewSonic Client
Setup with the printer name EPS, and the IP address of
your thin client is 192.168.50.146. Here you should enter:
http://192.168.50.146:631/printers/EPS
5. Click Next to continue.
6. Select the manufacturer and model of the printer, and then click OK to
install the correct driver.
7. Upon completion, a success message appears. Click Next to continue.
8. On the appeared page, click Print a test page to test the printer.
9. Click Finish to apply. The printer is added to the Printers and Faxes list.
Check/Uncheck to enable/disable the locally connected printer in an RDP session.
Check/Uncheck to enable/disable the locally connected printer in an ICA session.
Check/Uncheck to enable/disable the locally connected printer in a View session.
Keep this field blank, if the printer works well in an RDP session using the current
RDP connection settings. In case that the printer fails to work, filling in this field
may solve the problem.
To find out the required information, please do the following:
1. In the RDP session, click Start > Devices and Printers.
2. In the opened window, right click the printer to open a popup menu.
3. On the popup menu, click to select Printer properties.
4. In the opened window, click Advanced. The Windows driver name is
shown on the tab.
Type in the desired printer name in a session (Windows desktop). If this field
remains blank, the name you typed in the Printer Name field will be used.
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Configuring Client Settings
Configuring External Device Settings
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