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Set Printing Preferences for a Virtual Printer Feature on a Remote Desktop
With the virtual printing feature, you can use local or network printers from a remote desktop without
having to install additional print drivers in the remote desktop. For each printer available through this
feature, you can set preferences for data compression, print quality, double-sided printing, color, and other
seings.
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 conguration is required. If you have administrator privileges,
you can still install printer drivers on the remote desktop without creating a conict 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
seing policies regarding virtual printing behavior. For more information, see the Seing Up Virtual Desktops
in Horizon 7 or Seing 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 seings to use.
4 On the General tab, click Preferences and specify which seings to use.
5 In the Printing Preferences dialog box, select the dierent tabs and specify which seings to use.
For the Page Adjustment advanced seing, VMware recommends that you retain the default seings.
6 Click OK.
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