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How to Determine the Printer Driver for Wyse Thin Client Printing

Summary: This article discusses how to determine the printer driver identifier or Printer ID for Dell Thin Client.

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Instructions

Affected Products:

  • Dell Thin Client

The Printer ID is vital for the VDI to autodetect the printer when connecting with a ThinOS device. Otherwise the printer needs to be added manual on every connection.

Printer Settings
Figure 1: (English Only) LPD Printer Settings

To find the printer driver name:

On the Windows Server:

  1. Open Printer settings

Printer settings
Figure 2: (English Only) Printer settings

  1. Click on Printer server properties and select drivers.

Printer server properties
Figure 3: (English Only) Printer server properties

  1. The driver's name must be added as the Printer ID in the LPD Settings on the Thin Client.
Note: Case, spaces and special characters are all important and cannot be omitted.

Add the driver's name to the Printer ID in the LPD Settings on the Thin Client
Figure 4: (English Only) Add the driver's name to the Printer ID in the LPD Settings on the Thin Client

Affected Products

Wyse 3020 Thin / Zero Client, Wyse 3030 Thin Client, Wyse 5020 Thin Client, Wyse 5040 AIO Thin Client, Wyse 5050 All-In-One, Wyse 5070 Thin Client, Wyse 7020 Thin Client, Wyse ThinOS, Wyse 7010 Thin Client / Z90D7