Installation and Setup Guide
Table Of Contents
- VMware Horizon Client for Linux Installation and Setup Guide
- Contents
- VMware Horizon Client for Linux Installation and Setup Guide
- System Requirements and Installation
- System Requirements for Linux Client Systems
- System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video
- System Requirements for Multimedia Redirection (MMR)
- Requirements for Using Flash URL Redirection
- Requirements for Using Skype for Business with Horizon Client
- Smart Card Authentication Requirements
- Supported Desktop Operating Systems
- Preparing Connection Server for Horizon Client
- Installation Options
- Install or Upgrade Horizon Client for Linux from VMware Product Downloads
- Install Horizon Client for Linux from the Ubuntu Software Center
- Configure VMware Blast Options
- Horizon Client Data Collected by VMware
- Configuring Horizon Client for End Users
- Common Configuration Settings
- Using the Horizon Client Command-Line Interface and Configuration Files
- Using URIs to Configure Horizon Client
- Configuring Certificate Checking for End Users
- Configuring Advanced TLS/SSL Options
- Configuring Specific Keys and Key Combinations to Send to the Local System
- Using FreeRDP for RDP Connections
- Enabling FIPS Compatible Mode
- Configuring the PCoIP Client-Side Image Cache
- Managing Remote Desktop and Application Connections
- Using a Microsoft Windows Desktop or Application on a Linux System
- Troubleshooting Horizon Client
- Configuring USB Redirection on the Client
- Index
After a printer is added on the local client computer, Horizon Client adds that printer to the list of available
printers on the remote desktop. No further conguration is required. If you have administrator privileges,
you can still install printer drivers on the remote desktop without creating a conict with the virtual printer
component.
I This feature is not available for the following types of printers:
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USB printers that are using the USB redirection feature to connect to a virtual USB port in the remote
desktop.
You must disconnect the USB printer from the remote desktop in order to use the virtual printing
feature with it.
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The Windows feature for printing to a le.
Selecting the Print to check box in a Print dialog box does not work. Using a printer driver that
creates a le does work. For example, you can use a PDF writer to print to a PDF le.
This procedure applies to remote desktops that have a Windows 7 or Windows 8.x (desktop) operating
system. The procedure is similar, but not exactly the same, for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server
2012.
Prerequisites
Verify that the Virtual Printing component of the agent is installed on the remote desktop. In the remote
desktop le system, verify that the following folder exists: C:\Program Files\Common Files\ThinPrint.
To use virtual printing, a Horizon administrator must enable the virtual printing feature for the remote
desktop. This task includes enabling the Virtual Printing setup option in the agent installer, and can include
seing policies regarding virtual printing behavior. For more information, see the Seing Up Virtual Desktops
in Horizon 7 or Seing Up Published Desktops and Applications in Horizon 7 document.
Procedure
1 In the Windows 7 or Windows 8.x remote desktop, click Start > Devices and Printers.
2 In the Devices and Printers window, right-click the default printer, select Printer Properties from the
context menu, and select the printer.
Virtual printers appear as <printer_name> in single-user virtual machine desktops and as
<printer_name>(s<session_ID>) in published desktops on RDS hosts if View Agent 6.2 or later, or
Horizon Agent 7.0 or later, is installed. If View Agent 6.1 or earlier is installed in the remote desktop,
virtual printers appear as <printer_name>#:<number>.
3 In the Printer Properties window, click the Device Setup tab and specify which seings to use.
4 On the General tab, click Preferences and specify which seings to use.
5 In the Printing Preferences dialog box, select the dierent tabs and specify which seings to use.
For the Page Adjustment advanced seing, VMware recommends that you retain the default seings.
6 Click OK.
Copying and Pasting Text
It is possible to copy text to and from remote desktops and applications. Your View administrator can set
this feature so that copy and paste operations are allowed only from your client system to a remote desktop
or application, or only from a remote desktop or application to your client system, or both, or neither.
This feature is available if you use the VMware Blast display protocol or the PCoIP display protocol. Remote
applications are supported with Horizon 6.0 or later.
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