The performance of VDI depends a lot on the performance of the network. This applies to printing as well because printing data has to start at the server, go across the network, and come out at the printer. Printing might be competing with other XenDesktop virtual channels for network resources, such as video processing, keystrokes, and mouse data, which can all be complicated further by using a WAN.

To optimize printing performance, you would want to use the Universal printing optimization defaults policy with the Desired image quality, Enable heavyweight compression, Image and Font caching, and Allow non-administrators to modify these settings options enabled. You should also use the Universal printing image compression limit and Universal printing print quality limit policies.

To optimize printing in the Universal printing optimization policy, perform the following steps: