Windows Shared Printer Settings

Here's a brief overview of the settings used to create a connection to shared TCP / IP printers and shared printer settings.

To access the Client settings go to Tools Settings Client.

Connection to Shared Printers Settings

To view shared printer connection settings scroll to the TCP / IP Printer Settings option.

Create connections to shared TCP / IP printers

Enable this option to create a network printer connection (instead of a TCP / IP printer) from a print server that has the Client installed.

The printer must be deployed to a print server with the Shared option enabled on the printer's Deploy tab.

Only apply in terminal services sessions

Enable this option to only make printers installed in Citrix or a terminal services session shared printers. Printers installed on workstations will be TCP / IP.

Allow direct IP printers to be installed from the portal

Enable this option If you want Virtual Appliance to create a TCP / IP printer if it cannot find a shared printer server deployment for the printer you are attempting to install. If you do not enable this option, Virtual Appliance generates an error message instead of creating a TCP / IP printer.

Windows Shared Printer Settings

These options impact environments using Windows Print Server Links.

Create Delete Global Printers (Per-Workstation)

Enable this option if you want any printer installed from the portal to be automatically available to all users who sign in to the workstation.

We don't recommend enabling this option

Create / Delete User Printers (Per-User)

By default this option is enabled. Any printers installed from the portal are only available to the user who installed them.

Remove end-user printers connections from roaming profiles

Enable this option to remove all shared printers from a user's roaming profile. This features is useful when users sign in to workstations at different locations.

Remove all end-users printers connections when a user logs in to a terminal server:

Enable this option to remove all shared printers when a user signs in to a Citrix session or Terminal Services session.