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View a list of all currently open remote desktops and applications. You can click the desktop or
application to bring it to the foreground.
Printing from a Remote Desktop or Published Application
You can print to a virtual printer or to a USB printer that is attached to the local client computer from a
remote desktop or published application. Virtual printing and USB printing work together without conflict.
For information about the types of remote desktops that support virtual printing, see Feature Support
Matrix for Mac.
Enabling Virtual Printing in Horizon Client
When you use the VMware Blast display protocol or the PCoIP display protocol, you can use printers
configured for the local computer from a remote desktop or application. You do not need to install printer
drivers on the remote desktop to use the virtual printing feature.
You can enable virtual printing the first time you start Horizon Client. Click Continue when Horizon Client
prompts you to start remote desktop USB and printing services and type your system credentials.
If you do not enable virtual printing the first time you start Horizon Client, you can use the Connection
menu to enable virtual printing.
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To enable virtual printing before you connect to a remote desktop or application, select Connection >
Start Printing Services from the VMware Horizon Client menu. Click Continue and type your
system credentials.
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To enable virtual printing after you connect to a desktop, select Connection > Start Printing
Services from the VMware Horizon Client menu. Click Continue, type your system credentials, and
reconnect to the desktop or application. If you cancel the reconnection, you can select Connection >
Enable Printing and Horizon Client prompts you to reconnect again.
When the virtual printing feature is enabled, the Connection menu displays Printing Enabled.
Note If you install Horizon Client on a Mac on which VMware Fusion was previously started, printing
services are already enabled when you start Horizon Client. This behavior occurs because VMware
Fusion and Horizon Client use some of the same files to implement virtual printing.
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 settings.
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