[THIN] Re: USB Printing on a thin client

  • From: "Nick Smith" <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:19:07 +0000

I don't know about the Wyse, but I can tell you from long annoyed smacking 
heads into palm experience that on Win CE Thin Clients, this is much simpler 
than I kept thinking it would be.


1)      Try adding a printer *before* connecting printer. Note all available 
local ports.

2)      Plug printer into USB port, restart Thin Client

3)      Go to Add Printer and there will be anew port - use this.

4)      The name of the printer driver is simply that - a name - *no driver 
whatsoever* is actually running on the Thin Client. The name is interpreted by 
the Terminal Server, and checked against it's list of available drivers, so 
make sure that that you put in a driver name that is on the server.

5)      It just works!

The main thing to be wary of, is that Windows powered printers won't print no 
matter what you try to do. Wyse may work differently, but I suspect the above 
will probably do the job.

From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Jon Luchette
Sent: 18 January 2008 19:22
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: USB Printing on a thin client

Sorry, I forgot to mention that the servers are running Windows 2003 server sp2 
and PS 4.5 Advanced...
On Jan 18, 2008 2:19 PM, Jon Luchette 
<jon.e.luchette@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:jon.e.luchette@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hello, I have a bunch of WYSE SX10 thin clients running the wyse o.s.  (WTOS)  
My question is whether or not it is possible to use USB connected printers to 
these thin clients.  I have several USB ports available, but I don't know what 
needs to be done on the server side and on the client side to make this work.

Thanks!

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