Printing From a Remote Desktop or Published Application

You can print to a network printer or a locally attached printer from a remote desktop or published application.

You can use the Virtual Printing feature or the VMware Integrated Printing feature, depending on which feature is enabled in Horizon Agent.

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 the Mac client from a remote desktop or published application. You do not need to install printer drivers on a remote desktop to use the virtual printing feature.
■	Set Printing Preferences for the Virtual Printing Feature You can set printing preferences in a remote desktop for the Virtual Printing feature. With the Virtual Printing feature, you can use network or locally attached printers from a remote desktop without having to install additional printer 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. You can send print jobs to a USB printer attached to the local client system from a remote desktop.