Specifications

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View Manager Administration Guide
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VirtualPrintingisaplugandplaysolution;onceaprinterisinstalledonthelocal
systemitisautomaticallyaddedtothelistofavailableprintersontheViewdesktop.
Nofurtherconfigurationisrequired.
VirtualPrintingconsistsofaguestcomponent(.printClient)whichresideswithinthe
ViewClient
orViewClientwithOfflineDesktopapplication,andahostcomponent
(.printEngine)whichispartoftheViewAgentserviceontheViewdesktop.Printjobs
aresentby.printEngineto.printClientoveranRDPconnection.
Whereauserhasadministrativeprivileges,printerdriverscanstillbeinstalled
onthe
Viewdesktop;thisactiondoesnotinterferewiththeVirtualPrintingcomponent.
To configure a virtual printer instance on the View desktop
1ClickStart>Settings>PrintersandFaxes.ThePrintersandFaxeswindowis
displayed.
2RightclickanyofthelocallyavailableprintersandselectPropertiesfromthe
contextmenu.Youarepresentedwiththeprintproperties
windowassociatedwith
theselectedprinter.
3 SelecttheThinPrintDeviceSetuptab.
4Usingtheslider,selectanoptionforprintdatacompression:
Noimages—Onlytextisprinted.
Extreme—Imagesarecompressedwithmaximumpossiblecompressionrate
withoutregardtoimagequality.
Maximum—Imagesarecompressedwithgoodquality.
Optimal—Imagesarecompressedwithoptimalquality.
Normal—Losslessimagecompressionisused.
SelectordeselecttheduplexandShowtrayselectioncheckboxesasrequired.
5 SelecttheGeneraltabandclickPrintingPreferences.
6Editthepageandcolorsettings;thedefaultvaluesareacquiredfromthehost
printer.
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OTEOnanofflinedesktop,.printEngineusesanamedpipe(Com1:)topassprint
datato.printClient.