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Troubleshooting Citrix Xendesktop

By : Gurpinder Singh
Book Image

Troubleshooting Citrix Xendesktop

By: Gurpinder Singh

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Troubleshooting Citrix XenDesktop
Notice
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Understanding the printing setup


Citrix XenDesktop supports a variety of printing solutions. Before choosing any solution for printing, we must understand the organization's needs and the solution that offers to meet the desired requirement.

The following are the solutions that are supported by Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop: let's have a quick look at what each solution offers.

Provisioning printers

The process by which printers are created in XenApp or XenDesktop sessions is called printer provisioning. Printer provisioning is classified into two types:

  • Static: In this type of provisioning, a collection of printers is created in every session. This type of printer collection is created each time and does not vary as per policy. This is best suited for smaller setups.

  • Dynamic: In this type of provisioning, a collection of printers is created in each session according to policies. Here, the set of printers created might vary in each session based on the policy changes, IP subnet, or user location...