Administrator Guide

Configure the Citrix UPD printer

Use of Citrix Universal Printer Driver (Citrix UPD) ensures that all printers connected to a client can also be used from a virtual desktop or

application session without integrating a new printer driver in the data center. Citrix UPD is the base of Citrix Universal Printer. It is an

auto-created printer object that uses the Citrix UPD and is not tied to any specific printer defined on the client.

To configure the Citrix UPD usage on ThinOS:

1. Connect a printer to ThinOS client.

2. From the desktop menu, click System Setup, and then click Printer.

The Printer Setup dialog box is displayed.

3. Enter the name of the printer in the Printer Name box.

4. Enter any string of the Printer identification in the Printer Identification box.

5. Select the type of the printer class from the drop-down list, select the check box to enable the printer device and then click OK.

6. Start a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (formerly Citrix XenDesktop) or Citrix Virtual Apps (formerly Citrix XenApp) application

connection.

7. Open the Devices and Printers in the desktop or application, notice the printer is mapped as UPD printer by default. You can use the

HP-LaserJet-P2035 [UPD:PCL5c] to perform the print job.

Citrix UPD configuration on server

a. To enable the printer policy, use the following guidelines:

1. To enable the printer policy in Citrix Virtual Apps 6.5– Go to the DDC Server, click Start > Citrix AppCenter .

2. Click Citrix Resources > XenApp > Policies > User > Settings > Printing > Client Printers and enable the Auto-create

generic universal printer.

3. Click Printing > Drivers and set the Universal print driver usage to Use universal printing only from the drop-down

menu available.

4. To enable the printer policy in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7.5 and later versions, do the following:

a. Go to the Citrix DDC server,

1. Click Citrix studio > policies and add a policy. Enable the Auto-create generic universal printer option.

2. Set the Universal print driver usage to Use universal printing only from the drop-down menu.

b. Check registry and make sure the same driver has been installed.

1. Check the drivers in registry of the server or desktop which you want to connect. The server or desktop must have ps, pcl5,

pcl4 drivers in the registry and the same driver must be installed on the server or desktop.

2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Citrix\UniversalPrintDrivers\. ThinOS does not support EMF and

XPS.

NOTE:

The supported drivers in the following table are one of the supported drivers for Citrix UPD used in

ThinOS. One of the recommended driver is provided here as an example.

The supported drivers are listed in the following table:

Table 15. Supported drivers

Printer class Printer driver

PS HP Color LaserJet 2800 Series PS

PCL5 HP LaserJet 2200 Series PCL 5

PCL4 HP LaserJet Series II

c. If the server or desktop which you want to connect does not have these drivers, follow the steps mentioned here:

1. For example, in Citrix Virtual Apps 6.5 for Windows Server 2008 R2, add PCL driver in Server. Go to Device and Printers >

Select any printer > Click Printer server properties > Driver tab and then add HP LaserJet 2200 Series PCL 5 driver.

2. Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Citrix\UniversalPrintDrivers\PCL5c\, change DriverAlias and

DriverName

HP LaserJet 2200 Series PCL 5.

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