Administrator Guide

Using the Printer Setup Dialog Box for Local USB or Parallel
Printers
In this example you have an HP LaserJet 4000 attached to a thin client USB port. When connecting USB printers, some printers ll out the
Printer Name and Printer Identication elds for you.
To Congure the Printer to print locally attached printers through USB or Parallel ports.
1 From the desktop menu, click System Setup > Printer.
The Printer Setup dialog box is displayed.
2 Click Printer Setup, and use the following guidelines for the Ports tab when printing to a local USB printer:
a Select Port — Select LPT1 or LPT2 port.
b Printer Name — Enter name you want displayed in your list of printers, most USB direct-connected printers report/ll in their
printer name automatically.
c Printer Identication — Enter the type or model of the printer in the exact text of the Windows printer driver name —
including capitalizations and spaces most USB direct-connected printers report/ll in their printer identications automatically. In
our example case, enter HP LaserJet 4000 Series PCL.
d Printer Class — You can leave this as default.
e Enable the printer device — Must be selected to enable the directly connected printer enables the device so it displays on the
remote host.
3 Click OK to save the settings.
Using INI Parameters for Local USB or Parallel Printers
Conguring local printing using ThinOS INI parameters is simple and an easy way to congure a printer for all clients in your environment
assuming every printer is the same.
Your INI parameters will look something like the following:
Printer=LPT1 \
Name="HP LaserJet 4000" \
PrinterID="HP LaserJet 4000 Series PCL" \
Enabled=yes
NOTE
: The PrinterID is the exact text of the Windows printer driver name, so if a printer driver is named HP LaserJet 4000
Series PCL in Windows, then it must be exactly the same in the PrinterID eld in the INI parameters including capitalizations and
spaces.
Printing to Non-Windows Network Printers (LPD)
ThinOS can print to non-Windows network printers as long as the printers can accept LPR print requests. Most workgroup printers and
large network printers have this capability be sure to check with your vendor that the printer can accept Line Printer Request print
requests.
Once your thin client is congured to print to an LPR capable printer, the client will then redirect this printer through an RDP or ICA
connection to your back end infrastructure. In this way the client will connect to your back end infrastructure and this network printer will
appear as a client local printer.
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Examples of Common Printing Congurations