Administrator Guide

Table 6. Blast feature matrix
Blast features Support on ThinOS Comments/ Known issues
VPN connect Yes N/A
AES 128/256 Yes See, ThinOS AES design.
Multi-display/ 4K/ 32-bit Yes See, VMware Blast support information. For
example, the pre-requisite is VM video RAM.
ClearType fonts support Yes ThinOS supports the TrueType fonts
3D display Yes See, VMware Blast support information
Blast recovery from network interrupt Yes Requires Horizon View agent 7.0.1
For more information about VMware Horizon Blast, see VMware documentation.
For information about Blast Virtual Printing on ThinOS, see Blast Virtual Printing.
Blast Virtual Printing
Virtual printing with VMware Blast allows you to use local or network printers from the Blast desktop without the need of
installing the additional print drivers on the remote desktop. For each printer configured locally on ThinOS, you must map the
printer to the VMware Blast desktop. ThinOS Blast printer mapping is equivalent to VMware Blast virtual printing.
To map your printer, do the following:
NOTE:
LPT printer is considered as an example to explain the printer mapping scenario. Printer mapping in ThinOS works
similar to LPT for LPD and SMB printers.
1. Power on the ThinOS client with the VMware View broker configured in the Broker Setup tab. Set the connection protocol
as All Supported from the Connection Protocol drop-down list.
2. Go to Global Connection Settings > Session, and retain the Exclude printer devices check box selection. This option is
selected by default.
3. Plug in a USB printer to the ThinOS client terminal.
4. Go to System Setup > Printer.
The Printer Setup dialog box is displayed.
5. In the Printer Setup dialog box, do the following:
a. From the Select Port drop-down list, select LPT 1.
b. Enter valid printer name and printer identification.
c. Select the Enable the printer device check box.
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Configuring the connection brokers