2X Universal Printing
Universal
Printing
When using
2X ApplicationServer, the printing process is greatly simplified by the 2X
Universal Printer, which is automatically installed when you install the agents
for Terminal Server, VDI Guest and Remote PC.
2X Universal Printing
will solve most printer driver problems. If the client is using a printer where
the server does not have a suitable printer driver, the normal printing
redirection will not work. You do not need to install a specific printer
driver on the server when you are using 2X Universal Printing.. The 2X
Universal Printer drivers are available in 32 and 64 bit format.
Starting
from 2X ApplicationServer version 10.1, you can redirect multiple printers at
the same time as opposed to the previous versions where only one printer (2X
Universal Printer) was available on each terminal server.
The
administrator can choose the format of each printer name by editing the
‘Printer
rename
Pattern’ text
box. You can also choose to continue to work in legacy mode by choosing
<2X
Universal
Printer> as the
printer rename pattern, in this case only the first printer redirected by the
client is utilized.
Variables
You can use any of the
following variables in the “Printer Rename Pattern” text box:
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%PRINTERNAME%
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Client side printer name
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%USERNAME%
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User name connected to the
server
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%SESSIONID%
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Session ID of the active
session
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<2X Universal
Printer>
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Legacy mode (only one printer
for all users)
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Choosing <DEFAULT>, the
default printer pattern is used. The default pattern is %PRINTERNAME% for
%USERNAME% by 2X”.
Redirected printers are only
accessible by administrators and the user who redirected the printer.
Choosing <2X Universal
Printer>, only one printer will be shown on the server and is available for
all users.
To enable or disable the
functionality of 2X Universal Printing from each Terminal Server, VDI Guest or
Remote PC in the farm, select the Terminal Server(s), VDI Guest(s) or Remote
PC’s and click
‘Enable’. Click on
‘Select All’ to facilitate 2X Universal Printing on every type.
To
‘Disable’ Universal
Printing, select the Terminal Server, VDI Host or Remote PC and then click on
‘Disable’.
Universal Printing page to
enable or disable universal printing on each Terminal Server
Fonts Management
To control
the embedding of fonts within a print job, go to the 'EMF Properties' tab and
check/uncheck 'Embed Fonts'. By default a number of fonts will already be
excluded since these are normally available on standard Windows platforms. If
the client selects ‘Enhanced Meta File’ data format for Universal
Printing, you can select which fonts are embedded with the print
job.
To add a new font click on the
‘Add’ button and select the
font which you would like to add.
To delete a font, select the font
which you would like to delete from the excluded list and click the
‘Delete’ button.
Enable fonts to be embedded in
EMF print jobs
