Printing from a Remote Desktop or Published Application

You can print to a virtual printer or to a USB printer that is attached to the local client computer from a remote desktop or published application. Virtual printing and USB printing work together without conflict.

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■	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 the 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 a Virtual Printer Feature on a Remote Desktop With the virtual printing feature, you can use local or network printers from a remote desktop without having to install additional print drivers 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 other settings.
■	Using USB Printers A USB printer is a printer that is attached to a USB port on the local client system. To send print jobs to a USB printer, you can use the USB redirection feature, or use the virtual printing feature. USB printing can sometimes be faster than virtual printing, depending on network conditions.