HP vc4000 Thin Client Printing with the HP Universal Print Driver
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Microsoft Terminal Services ...5 Driver mapping ...5 Citrix Presentation Server ...6 Support for specific environments 6 Support for VDI/CCI environments 6 Support for HP Remote Graphics Software (RGS 7 ThinPrint .print Desktop Engine 7 Appendix A: Supported printers ...8 Appendix B: Manual plug - HP vc4000 | Thin Client Printing with the HP Universal Print Driver - Page 2
when installing • Plug-and-Play support for selected printers in the XPe or WES platforms • Smaller installed disk space footprint • Available only as a PCL5 driver at this time Pre-requisites • HP Thin Client or HP Mobile Thin Client running an XPe or WES image • The installation procedure requires - HP vc4000 | Thin Client Printing with the HP Universal Print Driver - Page 3
and with no help files. Please go to the "Software & driver downloads" section within thin client page for downloading this add-on. For detailed specification, other downloads and documentation about the original UPD visit the website http://www.hp.com/go/upd. Installing the add-on For information - HP vc4000 | Thin Client Printing with the HP Universal Print Driver - Page 4
"New Hardware Found" wizard will pop-up. The user may still go through and manually assign the driver named "HP Universal Printing for Thin Clients" to this printer, however printers that are not supported locally-attached have not been tested and asserted to work under these circumstances and may - HP vc4000 | Thin Client Printing with the HP Universal Print Driver - Page 5
applications running on the thin client works. With that pre-requisite satisfied, there are specific considerations for Microsoft Remote Desktop and Citrix Presentation Server as follow: Microsoft Terminal Services When a client connects to a Windows 2003 Server Terminal Services session, if the - HP vc4000 | Thin Client Printing with the HP Universal Print Driver - Page 6
auto-created printers for windows clients. Under these circumstances, the recommended approach is to use the Citrix UPD in the server and UPD for Thin Clients in the clients (no configuration action is needed for this environment as the Citrix UPD is the default fallback driver). More information on - HP vc4000 | Thin Client Printing with the HP Universal Print Driver - Page 7
Support for HP Remote Graphics Software (RGS) The UPD for Thin Clients has been tested to work correctly with HP Remote Graphics Software versions 5.x, with the original UPD installed on the sender's desktop, with and without USB forwarding between sender and receiver enabled. ThinPrint .print - HP vc4000 | Thin Client Printing with the HP Universal Print Driver - Page 8
capabilities are not supported by the UDP for Thin Clients and may require the use of the printer's own device driver. Printers supported when network-attached The following printers are supported when connected to the network via the printer's network interface card: HP LaserJet/Color LaserJet - HP vc4000 | Thin Client Printing with the HP Universal Print Driver - Page 9
Using the "Found new hardware" dialog When a printer not supported locally-attached is first connected to the thin client, a plug-and-play "Found new hardware" dialog will pop-up. One can manually force the device to use the UPD for Thin Clients driver by executing the steps that follow: 1 - On the - HP vc4000 | Thin Client Printing with the HP Universal Print Driver - Page 10
select "Don't search. I'll choose the driver to install" and click "Next": 4 - On the "Hardware Type" wizard step, select the "Printers" category and click "Next": 5 - On the "Manufactures and Models" wizard step, select "HP" as the manufacturer and "HP Universal Printing for ThinClient PCL5" as the - HP vc4000 | Thin Client Printing with the HP Universal Print Driver - Page 11
6 - There will be a warning about this driver possibly not being compatible with the hardware. Click "YES" to confirm that dialog: (and later test the device carefully to ensure compatibility) 7 - Wait for the - HP vc4000 | Thin Client Printing with the HP Universal Print Driver - Page 12
. If the printer is not explicitly supported by the driver, automatic installation will fail and it local printers) and the manufacturer and model (driver). Note on All-in-Ones and supported by this add-on is the printing component. When you plug a supported MFP device to a USB port, such as the HP - HP vc4000 | Thin Client Printing with the HP Universal Print Driver - Page 13
driver available for these components provided by the printing add-on. For supported update by the IT department fails on that one machine because of some difference from the standard company image By default, the 'user' account on the thin clients is locked-down so that it cannot browse the c: drive, - HP vc4000 | Thin Client Printing with the HP Universal Print Driver - Page 14
with more than 100 users), and an administrator can override this and turn it ON or OFF as required via Active Directory policy or MPA configuration (documentation can be found on http://www.hp.com/go/upd). Because in its default configuration thin clients don't log into a domain, users would be - HP vc4000 | Thin Client Printing with the HP Universal Print Driver - Page 15
driver for auto created printers cannot communicate with the corresponding client-side printer (regardless of it being a directly-attached or a network printer). As a result, the UPD driver assumes default values for color mode, tray support Thin Client there is normally also the dynamic queue "HP - HP vc4000 | Thin Client Printing with the HP Universal Print Driver - Page 16
with administrator rights browse directly to the printer share with Windows Explorer and connect to the printer (this is called point-and-print), he'll be prompted to install the printer's drivers locally. This is highly unwanted on the thin client because of possible driver compatibility issues - HP vc4000 | Thin Client Printing with the HP Universal Print Driver - Page 17
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon Values: AltDefaultDomainName, AutoLogonDomain and DefaultDomainName 17 - HP vc4000 | Thin Client Printing with the HP Universal Print Driver - Page 18
warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows, and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft
Thin Client Printing with the HP Universal Print Driver
Introduction
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Pre-requisites
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Printing with HP Thin Clients
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The HP Universal Print Driver for Thin Clients add-on
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Installing the add-on
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Uninstalling the add-on
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Printing to locally-attached printers
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Printing to network-attached printers
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Firewall settings
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Printing over an RDP/ICA remote session
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Microsoft Terminal Services
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Driver mapping
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Citrix Presentation Server
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Support for specific environments
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Support for VDI/CCI environments
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Support for HP Remote Graphics Software (RGS)
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ThinPrint .print Desktop Engine
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Appendix A: Supported printers
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Appendix B: Manual plug-and-play installation of supported printers
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Appendix C: Allowing an end-user to commit the Enhanced Write Filter (EWF)
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Appendix D: Configuring printer mappings under Citrix
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Appendix E: Special Offers Service
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Appendix F: Known issues
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