Printing from a Remote Desktop or Application

From a remote desktop, you can print to a virtual printer or to a USB printer that is attached to your client computer. Virtual printing and USB printing work together without conflict.

You can use the virtual printing feature with the following types of remote desktops and applications:

■	Remote desktops that run Windows Server operating systems
■	Session-based desktops (on virtual machine RDS hosts)
■	Remote hosted applications

Subtopics

■	Enabling Virtual Printing in Horizon Client When you use the VMware Blast display protocol or the PCoIP display protocol, you can use printers configured for your local computer from a remote desktop or application. You do not need to install printer drivers on the remote desktop to use the virtual printing feature.
■	Set Printing Preferences for the Virtual Printer Feature on a Remote Desktop The virtual printing feature lets end users use local or network printers from a remote desktop without requiring that additional print drivers be installed in the remote desktop. For each printer available through this feature, you can set preferences for data compression, print quality, double-sided printing, color, and so on.
■	Using USB Printers In a Horizon environment, virtual printers and redirected USB printers can work together without conflict.