Printer
Map client-printers
Citrix Workspace app supports printing to network printers and printers that are attached locally to user devices. By default, unless you create policies to change it, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and Citrix DaaS lets users:
- Print to all printing devices accessible from the user device
- Add printers
These settings, however, might not be perfect in all environments. For example, the default setting that allows users to print to all printers accessible from the user device is the easiest to administer initially. But the default setting might create slower logon times in some environments. In this situation, you might want to limit the list of printers configured on the user device.
Likewise, your organization’s security policies might require that you prevent users from mapping local printing ports. To do so, on the server configure the ICA policy Auto connect client COM ports setting to Disabled.
To limit the list of printers configured on the user device:
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Open the configuration file, wfclient.ini, in one of the following:
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$HOME/.ICAClientdirectory to limit the printers for a single user - $ICAROOT/config directory to limit the printers for all Workspace app users. All users in this case are those users who first use the self-service program after the change.
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In the [WFClient] section of the file type:
ClientPrinterList=printer1:printer2:printer3
Where printer1, printer2, and so on, are the names of the chosen printers. Separate printer name entries by a colon (:).
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Save and close the file.
Map a local printer
The Citrix Workspace app for Linux supports the Citrix PS Universal Printer Driver. So, usually no local configuration is required for users to print to network printers or printers that are attached locally to user devices. You might manually map client printers on Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops or Citrix DaaS for Windows. This manual mapping is required if, for example, the user device’s printing software doesn’t support the universal printer driver.
To map a local printer on a server:
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From Citrix Workspace app, start a server connection and log on to a computer running Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops or Citrix DaaS.
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On the Start menu, choose Settings > Printers.
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On the File menu, choose Add Printer.
The Add Printer wizard appears.
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Use the wizard to add a network printer from the Client Network, Client domain. Usually this value is a standard printer name, similar to values created by native Remote Desktop Services, such as “HP LaserJet 4 from client name in session 3.”
For more information about adding printers, see your Windows operating system documentation.