Administrator Guide

Configure the HID Fingerprint reader settings
ThinOS supports using HID Global Identification Software with HID Fingerprint reader in a Citrix ICA session.
Prerequisites
Ensure that you have installed HID Fingerprint Reader.pkg on your client.
Steps
1. On the ThinOS client, open Admin Policy Tool or go to the ThinOS 9.x policy settings on Wyse Management Suite.
2. On the Advanced tab, expand Session Settings, and click Global Session Settings.
3. In the Advanced Settings section, enable HID Fingerprint Reader.
NOTE: By default the option is disabled.
4. Click Save & Publish, and relogin to the Citrix Broker agent to make the setting change successful.
5. Plug in the HID Fingerprint reader device.
6. On the ThinOS client, open Admin Policy Tool or go to the ThinOS 9.x policy settings on Wyse Management Suite.
7. On the Advanced tab, expand Peripheral Management, and click USB Redirection.
8. Click Add Row in the vUSB Force Local section, and enter the fingerprint device ID 0xVIDPID.
9. Launch the ICA desktop.
You can use the HID Fingerprint Reader in the ICA desktop. For the list of supported devices, see the Dell Wyse ThinOS 9.1
Operating System Release Notes at www.dell.com/support.
NOTE:
HID Fingerprint Reader can be configured in ICA desktop without the configuration changes in steps 8, 9 and 10.
However, Dell Technologies recommends that you use this configuration for better user experience.
In the ThinOS 9.1.3112 release, HID virtual channel configuration is removed from Admin Policy Tool/Wyse Management
Suite policy settings > Session Settings > Citrix Session Settings > Other Citrix Virtual Channels Settings > HID
Fingerprint Reader.
Configuring the printer settings
Use the Printer Setup dialog box to configure network printers and local printers that are connected to the thin client. Through
its USB ports, a thin client can support multiple printers. If more than one printer is to be used and another port is not available
on your thin client and the port that is to be used must be shared with a USB modem converter, connect a USB hub to the port.
Based on the Citrix Host Printer Policy settings, ThinOS supports the following:
● Device-Specific Printer Driver support—This method allows Citrix hosts to automatically create client redirected printer
queues based on the peripheral management printers settings of the ThinOS client. The following details are used by the
host print manager to automatically create the printer queues:
○ Name—Printer queue name.
○ Printer ID (Printer Identification)—Printer driver name.
● Citrix Universal Print Driver support—This method allows Citrix hosts to automatically create printer queues based on
the peripheral management printers settings of the ThinOS client. The following details are used by the host print manager
to automatically create the printer queues:
○ Name—Printer queue name.
○ Class—Printer class that is associated by the Citrix host registry to a printer-specific driver name.
NOTE:
ThinOS 8.6 supports the association of PS, PCL5, and PCL4 classes. However, ThinOS 9.0 associations are
limited to the PS class only.
Limitations
● The ThinOS solution to support the client printer redirection functionality is limited to Type 3 printers only. However, the
solution is subject to changes in the future according to the changes made by Citrix.
● ThinOS supports only PS class when using the Citrix Universal Print Driver policy to automatically create ThinOS client
redirected printers. PCL5 and PCL4 classes are not supported. This is a Citrix limitation.
Configuring the thin client local settings
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