Test Scenarios, Auto Creation of Client Printers

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CITRIX COMPATIBILITY FOR THE SAMSUNG MULTIXPRESS 6345N PRINTER

Test Scenarios

The tests included several test scenarios designed to verify the compatibility of the Samsung MultiXpress 6345N with Citrix. The test scenarios include the following:

•Auto Creation of Client Printers

•Citrix Universal Printer Driver

•Client Driver Compatibility

•Using Session Printers

•Replicating Printer Drivers

•Mapping Client Printer Drivers

•Verifying Client Driver Properties

•Using a Network Print Server

•Shadowing Client Printers

•Using Driver Features

•Using the Interface

•Using Printer Policies

•Printing from a Server

•Using Driver Policies

•Installing Printer Drivers.

Auto Creation of Client Printers

Description

The Auto Creation feature displays the client machine printers on the server during an ICA connection. The server users can print from these auto-created client printers. When a user logs on to a server farm, Citric creates their configured printers in the session automatically, without requiring an installation of the printer drivers or printers located on the client system.

Test Methodology

The lab connected the Samsung MultiXpress 6345N printer to a client using a USB cable and they installed the printer drivers on the client. They made an ICA connection from the client to the server. All of the client printers in were auto- created on the server. The lab printed from the server using the auto-created client printers.

Observation

The Samsung MultiXpress 6345N printer was successfully auto-created, and there were no printing issues using the PCL6 and PS drivers.

Citrix Universal Printer Driver

Description

Citrix uses the Citrix Universal Printer Driver to auto- create printers on the server when the native printer driver is not available from the client.

The Citrix Universal Printer Driver supports the following printer control languages:

•PostScript (PS)

•PCL5C

•PCL4

Test Methodology

The lab connected the Samsung MultiXpress 6345N printer to a client using a USB cable and they installed the printer driver on the client. They made an ICA connection from the client to the server. They did not install the Samsung MultiXpress 6345N printer driver on the server.

Observation

Citrix successfully used the Citrix Universal Printer Driver to auto-create the driver on the server. The lab printed to the Samsung MultiXpress 6345N printer from the server using this driver and experienced no issues.