| Article #270 - Printing on the TC5000 Thin Client |
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| Updated:02-18-2006 - Views: 550 |
| The thin client has several methods for printing. The following is a brief overview of the various methods:
I-O TN5250e Printing ? receives print jobs from the IBM host directly to a printer attached to the thin client. The printer is setup when the I-O 5250 Printing connection is added on the Connection Manager. No other printer configuration is required on the thin client. The IBM host will automatically create a printer device. Host Print Transform Printing ? receives print jobs from the IBM host to a printer attached to the thin client. The printer is setup when a Terminal Emulation printer session is added on the Connection Manager. The IBM host must have a printer created on it as well. Because of the well known problems of this type of printing (often called the ?black hole of printing?) I-O recommends IBM host printing be done through the I-O TN5250e Printing connection. LPD Printing ? receives print jobs from a host or PC to a printer attached to the thin client. The printer is setup using the LPD Printing option on the Control Panel. No other printer configuration is required on the thin client. The sending PC or host must have a LPR printer created and the appropriate print driver for the printer attached to the thin client. Local Printing (Viewer, E-mail and Internet Explorer) ? prints to a PCL printer attached to the thin client. No other printer configuration is required on the thin client. Note: Microsoft?s Windows CE operating system only supports HP LaserJet or compatible PCL printers for this option. Network Printing (Viewer, E-mail and Internet Explorer) ? prints to a PCL printer attached to another Windows PC, or a NetBIOS capable printer. No other printer configuration is required on the thin client. Note: Microsoft?s Windows CE operating system only supports HP LaserJet or compatible PCL printers for this option. RDP Printing, Method 1 ? prints from applications running on a Microsoft Terminal Server. Printers are created on the thin client using the Add Printer option on the Control Panel. When a connection is made to a terminal server, the terminal server copies the printer objects to the terminal server. The user then selects from those printers when they are running an application on the terminal server. RDP Printing, Method 2 ? also prints from applications run on a Microsoft Terminal Server. However, printers are created on the terminal server rather than the thin client. ICA Printing ? prints from applications run on a Citrix Metaframe server. Printers are configured on the Citrix server. |
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