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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.
2Rightclickanyofthelocallyav
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
OTEOnanofflinedesktop,.printEngineusesanamedpipe(Com1:)topassprint
datato.printClient.