Samsung 6345N Using the Printer Driver Interface, Using Printer Policies, Description

WHITE PAPER CITRIX COMPATIBILITY FOR THE SAMSUNG MULTIXPRESS 6345N PRINTER

Using the Printer Driver Interface

Description

The Printer Driver User Interface is the interactive visual representation of the printer features and their settings presented in a format that allows a user to configure or arrange the printer settings to accommodate their printing requirements.

A Printer Driver User Interface provides the following:

•Control over the printer input, allowing the user to manipulate the system.

•Control over the printer output, allowing the system to produce the desired user-configured effects.

The goal of any user interface is to provide easy navigation, accessibility, and a logical flow of the user interaction. It must provide an environment that any user can understand and that they can use to create their expected output.

Test Methodology

The lab installed the Samsung MultiXpress 6345N PCL 6 driver on the Citrix Presentation Server machine and on the Citrix Client. They established an ICA connection from the client to the server by using MS Word from the Server side. The lab connected the printer to the server. They tested the Samsung Printer Driver User Interface print window for navigability, accessibility, and functionality. The lab accessed all of the UI tabs such as Page Order, Page Orientation, etc.

Observation

The lab found all of the Samsung Printer Driver User Interface tabs to be functional, navigable, and user friendly. They did not encounter any issues while testing the Samsung MultiXpress 6345N printer on any of the Windows Operating systems tested.

Using Printer Policies

Description

You use Citrix Presentation Server Printer Policies created in the Presentation Server Console to configure printer management. Presentation Server Printer Policies provide a mechanism to define a collection of system settings that can be associated with a broader range of criteria than just users, groups, and computers.

You can use policies to establish farm-wide defaults for server settings. You assign Presentation Server Printer Policies through filters that apply rules defined by using any combination of the following criteria:

•Access Control

•Client IP address

•Client Name

•Servers

•Users.

Test Methodology

The lab connected the Samsung MultiXpress 6345N printer to the Citrix Presentation Client machine by using a USB connection or by using a TCP/IP connection. They installed the printer driver on the Client. Then from the Citrix Presentation Console the lab enabled the server ‘Auto Create all Client Printers’ policy and applied it to the following:

•A range of IP addresses

•One particular IP address

•A specific client name

•One particular user

The lab tested the auto creation of client printers after they applied each of these policies.

Observation

Citrix successfully auto-created all of the client printers to which the policies were applied.

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