HP LaserJet 1220 HP Printers - Supported Citrix Presentation Server environmen - Page 13

The difference between the Citrix and HP UPDs The Citrix UPD for Citrix Presentation Server 4.0, 4.5, or XenApp™ 5.0 works well for autocreated client printers and Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista® clients. The Citrix UPD cannot be used for autocreated session printers, configured by a Citrix policy, that are network print shares connected at login. Discrete print drivers must be installed on the Citrix server for any session printer. The Citrix UPD also requires Windows 2000, XP, or Vista on the client. The Citrix UPD is not supported with thin clients that utilize embedded operating systems because the Citrix UPD works in conjunction with the Windows print driver installed on the client for communication of print settings and rendering of the print jobs locally. The HP UPD works well for mapping to any HP PCL or Postscript client print driver for autocreated client printers. It works well for any client, including thin clients with embedded operating systems. The Citrix UPD has the ability to provide all printer configurations and user settings from the client printer, such as print on both sides as default, to the autocreated printer within the Citrix user session. The HP UPD has the ability, if the client printer is a network printer, to communicate with the printer and determine its configuration, such as tray configuration. But the HP UPD cannot determine user settings of the client printers from the client. The autocreated printers using the HP UPD will have default print settings, such as print single-sided as default. Known limitation of the UPD when used for autocreated printers or redirected printers with client printers that are directly attached The UPD, outside of a Citrix environment, has the ability to configure itself according to the actual configuration of the printer, such as tray configuration, by communicating directly with the printer. Currently, version 4.7 of the UPD has the limitation that, when installed on the server and mapped for autocreated printers, it cannot communicate with the printer installed on the client if the client's printer is directly attached to the client machine such as via USB. If the printer is networked, automatic configuration is supported. For directly attached printers on the client, the UPD PCL driver defaults to black and white, no extra trays, no device-specific paper handling, etc. The UPD PS driver defaults to color, no extra trays, no device-specific paper handling, etc. NOTE: Printers that are attached to the client via network ports are not affected. The UPD, installed on the server, can communicate with client printers that are available on the network. Client printer settings not reflected in autocreated printers This is a limitation of Citrix MetaFrame 3.0 and older versions. Driver settings, such as tray configuration, duplexer, printer memory, and quick sets are not read at autocreation. Paper size and orientation are the only client settings that are read during autocreation. The remaining settings are determined by the default settings of the driver installed on the server. Citrix has provided this functionality in Presentation Server 4.0 by using the Citrix UPD for client printers. The Citrix server must be at least 4.0 and the client must be a 32-bit Windows client (Windows 2000, XP, Vista) with at least ICA version 9.0. If Feature Release 1/Service Pack 1 or later is installed on a MetaFrame XP Server, go to the properties of the autocreated printer and configure the driver for features manually, then set the tray configuration, duplexer, and hard disk settings. The settings will be saved to the user's profile when the user logs out. Printer settings will be restored the next time the user logs in. This feature is available in environments running MetaFrame XP with Feature Release 1 and Service Pack 1 or greater. 13