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Table Of Contents
- Administration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Installation
- View Administrator
- Virtual Desktop Deployment
- Client Management
- View Client and View Portal
- Client Connections from the Internet
- Creating SSL Server Certificates
- Using Existing SSL Certificates
- Smart Card Authentication
- RSA SecurID Authentication
- View Client Command Line Options
- Virtual Printing
- View Composer
- Offline Desktop
- Component Policies
- Unified Access
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
- Index
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Chapter 5 Client Management
VirtualPrintingconsistsofaguestcomponent(.printClient)whichresideswithinthe
ViewClientorViewClientwithOfflineDesktopapplication,andahostcomponent
(.printEngine)whichispartoftheViewAgentserviceontheViewManagerdesktop.
Jobsaresentby.printEngineto.printClientoveranRDPconnection.
Whereaus
erhasadministrativeprivileges,printerdriverscanstillbeinstalledonthe
ViewManagerdesktop;thisactiondoesnotinterferewiththevirtualprinting
component.
To configure a virtual printer instance on the View Manager desktop
1ClickStart>Settings>PrintersandFaxes.ThePrintersandFaxeswindowis
displayed.
2Right‐clickanyofthelocallyav
ailableprintersandselectPropertiesfromthe
contextmenu.Youarepresentedwiththeprintpropertieswindowassociatedwith
theselectedprinter.
3 SelecttheThinPrintDeviceSetuptab.
4Usingtheslider,selectanoptionforprintdatacompression:
Noimages—Onlytextisprinted.
Extreme—Imagesarecompressedwithmaximumpossiblecompressionrate
withoutregardtoimagequality.
Maximum—Imagesarecompressedwithgoodquality.
Optimal—Imagesarecompressedwithoptimalquality.
Normal
EnableordisabletheduplexandShowtrayselectioncheckboxesasrequired.
5 SelecttheGeneraltabandclickPrintingPreferences.
6Editthepageandcolorsettings;thedefaultvaluesareacquiredfromthehost
printer.
N
OTEOnanofflinedesktop,.printEngineusesanamedpipe(Com1:)topassprint
datato.printClient.