Attributes on the Printing tab control printing from Windows applications.
The settings on this tab are default settings, which can be overridden by the following attributes:
Client Printing: Override
(--userprintingconfig
)
attribute for an organization, organizational unit, or user
profile object.
Client Printing: Override
(--appprintingconfig
)
attribute for a Windows application object. If you configure a
Windows application object, this overrides the printing
configuration for organization, organizational unit, or user
profile objects.
From the command line, use the Section D.16, “tarantella config list” command to list these settings, and the Section D.15, “tarantella config edit” command to edit these settings.
Usage: Select an option.
Controls the client printers users can print to from Windows application.
By default, users can print to all their client printers.
If you select the No Printer option, you can still use an SGD PDF printer.
Changes to this attribute take effect for new user sessions.
If SGD is configured so you can only print to the client's default printer and you want to print to a different printer, log out of SGD. Then change the default printer and log in to SGD again.
Command option:
--printing-mapprinters 2 | 1 |
0
Usage: Specify one of the following options:
2 – Allow users to print to all client printers
1 – Allow users to print to the client's default printer
0 – No client printers available
The following example enables the user to print to all client printers from a Windows application.
--printing-mapprinters 2
Usage: Select or deselect the check box.
Enables users to print from a Windows application using the SGD Universal PDF printer.
When a user prints to the Universal PDF printer, the print job is converted into a PDF file and is printed on the user's client device.
This is enabled by default.
Changes to this attribute take effect for new user sessions.
Command option:
--printing-pdfenabled 1 | 0
Usage: Specify
1
(true) or 0
(false).
The following example enables printing from Windows applications to the SGD Universal PDF printer.
--printing-pdfenabled 1
Usage: Select or deselect the check box.
Sets the SGD Universal PDF printer as the client's default printer when printing from a Windows application.
When a user prints to the Universal PDF printer, the print job is converted into a PDF file and is printed on the user's client device.
This attribute is only available if the Universal PDF printer is enabled.
By default, the Universal PDF printer is not the default printer.
Changes to this attribute take effect for new user sessions.
Command option:
--printing-pdfisdefault 1 |
0
Usage: Specify
1
(true) or 0
(false).
In the following example, the SGD Universal PDF printer is set to be the client's default printer.
--printing-pdfisdefault 1
Usage: Select or deselect the check box.
Enables users to print from a Windows application using the SGD Universal PDF Viewer printer.
When a user prints to the Universal PDF Viewer printer, the print job is converted into a PDF file and can be viewed, saved, or printed on the user's client device.
This attribute is enabled by default.
Changes to this attribute take effect for new user sessions.
Command option:
--printing-pdfviewerenabled 1 |
0
Usage: Specify
1
(true) or 0
(false).
The following example enables printing from Windows applications to the SGD Universal PDF Viewer printer.
--printing-pdfviewerenabled 1
Usage: Select or deselect the check box.
Sets the SGD Universal PDF Viewer printer as the client's default printer when printing from a Windows application.
When a user prints to the Universal PDF Viewer printer, the print job is converted into a PDF file and can be viewed, saved or printed on the user's client device.
This attribute is only available if Universal PDF Viewer is enabled.
By default, the Universal PDF Viewer printer is not the default printer.
Changes to this attribute take effect for new user sessions.
Command option:
--printing-pdfviewerisdefault 1 |
0
Usage: Specify
1
(true) or 0
(false).
In the following example, the SGD Universal PDF Viewer printer is set to be the client's default printer.
--printing-pdfviewerisdefault 0
Usage: Type the printer driver name in the field.
The name of the printer driver to use for SGD PDF printing. This printer driver must be installed on every Windows application server used with SGD.
The printer driver must be a PostScript™ printer driver. The default is HP Color LaserJet 2800 Series PS.
The name of the printer driver must match the name of the
printer driver installed on the Windows application server
exactly. Pay particular attention to the use of capitals and
spaces. The
/opt/tarantella/etc/data/default.printerinfo.txt
file contains all the common printer driver names, ordered by
manufacturer. To avoid errors, copy and paste the driver name
from this file.
Changes to this attribute take effect for new user sessions.
Command option:
--printing-pdfdriver
driver_name
Usage: Replace
driver_name
with the PDF printer
driver name.
In the following example, an HP Laserjet 4000 driver is used for PDF printing.
--printing-pdfdriver "HP Laserjet 4000 Series PS"