Administrator Guide

d Printer Identication — Enter the type or model of the printer in the exact text of the Windows printer driver name—including
capitalizations and spaces.
In example case, enter HP LaserJet 4100 Series PCL.
e Printer Class —You can leave this as default.
f Enable the printer device — Must be selected to enable the printer.
It enables the device so it displays on the remote host.
Click Test Print and you will be prompted to enter your Windows credentials, these credentials will be used to access the printer
share. This is also the same dialog box that will display for a user when they attempt to print to this printer.
Using INI parameters for Windows network printers
Conguring SMB printing using ThinOS INI parameters is simple and an easy way to congure printers shared by a Windows server for all
clients in your environment. The primary advantage of conguring SMB printing using ThinOS INI parameters is that you can pre-dene the
domain account to use to authenticate the printer. The following examples discuss how the credentials can be supplied.
1. Dening an SMB printer with generic user credentials in plain text
Printer=SMB1 \
LocalName="Demo SMB Printer" \
Host=\\dp-dc-ftp \
Name="TechSupportPrinter" \
PrinterID="HP LaserJet 4100 Series PCL" \
Enabled=yes \
Username=Username1 \
Password=Password \
Domain=contoso
2. Dening an SMB printer with generic user credentials that are encrypted
Printer=SMB1 \
LocalName="Demo SMB Printer" \
Host=\\dp-dc-ftp \
Name="TechSupportPrinter" \
PrinterID="HP LaserJet 4100 Series PCL" \
Enabled=yes \
Username-enc=PACGOGDBPKDOPGDGKC \
Password-enc=PFDBOHDBODCJPODP \
Domain=contoso
NOTE
: You can use the Conguration Generator (ConfGen) tool to create INI parameters for ThinOS. ConfGen can be
downloaded from technicalhelp.de.
IMPORTANT: This is a non-supported tool that is linked solely for the purpose of this example.
3. Dening an SMB printer to use user credentials cached by ThinOS (advanced)
NOTE
: This method requires that the user log in to ThinOS so that the credentials can be cached for later use. The example INI
section provided below provides the minimum requirements you need.
Signon=NTLM
Connect=RDP \
Host=1.2.3.4 \
Username=$UN \
Password=$PW \
Domain=$DN \
AutoConnect=1
Printer=SMB1 \
LocalName="Demo SMB Printer" \
Host=\\dp-dc-ftp \
Name="TechSupportPrinter" \
PrinterID="HP LaserJet 4100 Series PCL" \
Enabled=yes \
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Examples of common printing congurations