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Administrators Guide

Dell

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 Wyse ThinOS

TM

 

Products: C10LE, D10D, D10DP, R10L, T10, T10D, V10LE 

Issue: 011614

PN: 883682-08 Rev. AF

Summary of Contents for Wyse C10LE

Page 1: ...Administrators Guide Dell Wyse ThinOSTM Products C10LE D10D D10DP R10L T10 T10D V10LE Issue 011614 PN 883682 08 Rev AF ...

Page 2: ...porting the Software see http www microsoft com exporting Ordering Information For availability pricing and ordering information in the United States and Canada call 1 800 438 9973 or visit us at Dell com In all other countries contact your sales representative FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for either Class A or Class B digital devices pursuant to...

Page 3: ...es are on and transmitting Some circumstances require restrictions on wireless devices Examples of common restrictions include When in environments where you are uncertain of the sanction to use wireless devices ask the applicable authority for authorization prior to use or turning on the wireless device Every country has different restrictions on the use of wireless devices Since your system is e...

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Page 5: ...p Features 12 Classic Interactive Desktop Guidelines 12 Shortcut Menu 13 Desktop Menu 14 Connect Manager 15 Login Dialog Box Features 16 Accessing System Information 17 3 Configuring Thin Client Settings Locally 19 Local Settings Menu 20 System Preferences 21 Display 23 Peripherals 25 Printer 28 Reset Features 32 Resetting to Factory Defaults Using G Key Reset 32 Resetting to Factory Defaults Usin...

Page 6: ...alog Box for Local USB or Parallel Printers 74 Using INI Parameters for Local USB or Parallel Printers 74 Printing to Non Windows Network Printers LPD 76 Using the Printer Setup Dialog Box for Non Windows Network Printers LPD 76 Using INI Parameters for Non Windows Network Printers LPD 77 Printing to Windows Network Printers SMB 78 Using the Printer Setup Dialog Box for Windows Network Printers SM...

Page 7: ...and offer ultra fast access to applications files and network resources within Citrix Microsoft VMware and Dell vWorkspace environments and other leading infrastructures ThinOS based thin clients are self managed go from power on to fully productive in seconds and with no published API locally accessible file system or browser require no local antivirus software or firewall to protect against viru...

Page 8: ...nning ThinOS These files are available from the Dell Web site go to http www wyse com manuals search for sample ini click the reference guide link and then click the sample ini link to open and use the file download dialog box to save the compressed file to a folder you want These sample files are annotated to allow you to use them as a starter set that you can modify for your users needs to quick...

Page 9: ...red using INI files to automatically push updates and any desired default configuration to all supported thin clients in your environment see Central Configuration Automating Updates and Configurations If no INI files are detected you can use local dialog boxes on each thin client to make available configurations ThinOS will save many of these locally configured settings common settings such as re...

Page 10: ...ress the power button to turn on your thin client to see the Login dialog box Enter your User name Password and Domain and then click Login After authentication is successful your available connections are presented for use TIP Although the thin client will default to the Classic Desktop for INI backward compatibility you can configure the thin client to display the Zero Desktop by using the SysMo...

Page 11: ...he IP Address for the server in the Broker Server box Note For more details see Remote Connections 3 Click OK and then restart the thin client click the Shutdown icon on the Zero Toolbar to open and use the Shutdown dialog box to restart the thin client If You Configured an ICA or RDP Connection After thin client restart click the Home icon on the Zero Toolbar to open the list of available connect...

Page 12: ...Zero Desktop Click the System Settings icon on the Zero Toolbar and then select Remote Connections Users with a Classic Desktop will see the classic ThinOS desktop with full taskbar desktop and Connect Manager familiar to ThinOS users This option is the default out of the box experience and is recommended for terminal server environments with published applications and for backward compatibility w...

Page 13: ...tor For dual monitor supported thin clients using a DisplayPort the DisplayPort monitor will be the primary monitor Locking the Thin Client To help ensure that no one else can access your private information without permission ThinOS allows you to lock your thin client so that credentials are required to unlock and use the thin client after you do one of the following Unplug a signed on smart card...

Page 14: ...ialog box by pressing Ctrl Alt Delete Use the following guidelines depending on user privilege some options may not be available for use Table 1 Shutdown dialog box options Option What It Does Sign off from account Allows you to sign off from the current open account the Login dialog box appears and is ready for another user Lock Terminal Locks the thin client from use until you log in again Shutd...

Page 15: ...esktop however this function depends on session server configurations TIP In addition to the standard two button mouse the thin client supports a Microsoft Wheel Mouse used for scrolling Other similar types of a wheel mouse may or may not work To switch the left and right buttons use the Peripherals dialog box see Peripherals Table 2 Zero Desktop Shortcut Keys Action Press Display the Zero Toolbar...

Page 16: ...ing its clock to time provided by a Simple Network Time Protocol SNTP server Table 3 Toolbar icons Icon What It Does Home Opens the list of available connections see List of Connections System Information Displays thin client system information see Accessing System Information System Settings Opens the System Settings menu to configure thin client system settings and perform diagnostics see Config...

Page 17: ...s the connection useful when a connection is not functioning properly or you need to reboot the connection Quick Disconnect icon Closes the connection the Close icon is grayed out for connections that are not open Edit icon Opens the Connection Settings dialog box see Advanced Details on Configuring ICA and RDP Connections to change the connection options depending on user privilege level editing ...

Page 18: ... to initiate the connection Right clicking on the desktop provides a Shortcut Menu see Shortcut Menu Clicking the User Name User Name is the user who is logged on and is located at the bottom left side of the taskbar or clicking on the desktop opens the Desktop Menu see Desktop Menu TIP If configured to display by an administrator the volume control is displayed in the right corner of the taskbar ...

Page 19: ...n then be pasted to an ICA or an RDP session Purge clipboard Discards the contents of the clipboard in order to free up memory Lock Terminal Puts the thin client in a locked state if the user has signed on to the system with a password The thin client can only be unlocked using the same password Group Sessions Enables you to open more than three ICA or three RDP or three ICA seamless sessions The ...

Page 20: ...client WAN System Preference Allows user selection of thin client parameters that are a matter of personal preference See System Preferences Display Allows you to configure the monitor resolution and refresh rate See Display Peripherals Allows you to select the peripherals settings such as keyboard mouse volume and touch screen settings See Peripherals Printer Allows configuration of network print...

Page 21: ...clude Connect To make a connection select a connection from the list and click Connect New Clicking New opens the Connection Settings dialog box either directly or through the Connection Protocol menu selection for creating a new connection definition for more information on the Connection Settings dialog box refer to Advanced Details on Configuring ICA and RDP Connections The new locally defined ...

Page 22: ... guidelines Sys Info Click the Sys Info button to open the System Information dialog box and view the thin client system information such as System Version IP Address information on devices connected to your thin client event logs and so on see Accessing System Information Admin Mode Click the Admin Mode button to configure various settings locally on the thin client not broker desktop configurati...

Page 23: ...m Information in the Desktop Menu Zero Desktop Click the System Information icon on the Zero Toolbar The System Information dialog box includes General Tab Displays general information such as System Version Serial Number Boot From Memory Size Total and Free Terminal Name IP Address Net Mask Gateway and DHCP Lease Devices Tab Displays information about devices such as the CPU Speed ROM Size Monito...

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Page 25: ... to use dialog boxes for configuring thin client settings they are available in case you want to temporarily override central default configurations or you do not have the option to set up central configuration smaller environments In general it is recommended that you use central configuration to enable you to automatically push updates and any desired default configuration to all supported thin ...

Page 26: ...access the Local Settings menu Zero Desktop click the System Settings icon on the Zero Toolbar administrators can also click the Admin Mode button on the Login dialog box Classic Desktop click User Name User Name is the user who is logged on and is located at the bottom left side of the taskbar and select System Setup ...

Page 27: ...nglish Note that Locale changes the language for the user login experience screens only displayed during boot up and login and not the configuration or administrator screens Only the following messages are applicable for French and German locales Username Password Domain System Information Shutdown the system Restart the system Reset the system setting to factory default OK Cancel Initiating devic...

Page 28: ...try with optional port number is specified as Name or IP port where port is optional If not specified port 80 is used Locations can be supplied through user profiles if user profiles are used The Time Servers provide the thin client time based on the settings of time zone and daylight saving information If DHCP is used locations can be supplied through DHCP Change Date and Time Allows you to chang...

Page 29: ...ent to automatically select the best resolution and refresh rate If your monitor is not DDC compatible a Monitor does not support Plug and Play message is displayed click OK to acknowledge the message and remove it from the screen DDC table If the monitor is VESA DDC2B Display Data Channel compatible selection of this option allows you to select the resolution and refresh rate you want from the li...

Page 30: ...DVI monitors at the same time the VGA monitor will be the primary monitor Layout Select how you want the two monitors to be oriented to each other Horizontal where you mouse between the monitors from the left and right of the screens or Vertical where you mouse between the monitors from the top and bottom of the screens Alignment Select how you want the monitors to be aligned Bottom Center or Top ...

Page 31: ...onds or No Repeat The default is 1 3 second Repeat Rate Select Slow Medium or Fast The default is Medium Table 6 Supported Keyboard Languages Supported Keyboard Languages Arabic Saudi Arabia Arabic Iraq Arabic Egypt Arabic Libya Arabic Algeria Arabic Morocco Arabic Tunisia Arabic Oman Arabic Yemen Arabic Syria Arabic Jordan Arabic Lebanon Arabic Kuwait Arabic U A E Arabic Bahrain Arabic Qatar Braz...

Page 32: ... Collect information about the speaker and microphone currently being used Examine the performance of the speaker and microphone currently being used Export the recorded audio sample to a USB key for archiving and further analysis Use the following guidelines for the Serial tab Select Port Select the port to which this setup definition applies Either COM 1 COM 2 COM 3 or COM 4 can be selected defa...

Page 33: ...ended directly from the thin client if the webcam supports Universal Video Driver Note that this feature is experimental and does not currently support central configuration INI parameters Also note that this feature is CPU intensive and is recommended for high performance products such as the D10D thin client Use the Touch Screen tab to configure touch screens that are connected to the thin clien...

Page 34: ...nable LPD service for the printer is selected the printer name becomes the queue name for other clients using LPR to print to this printer Printer Identification Enter the type or model of the printer in the exact text of the Windows printer driver name including capitalizations and spaces most USB direct connected printers report fill in their printer identifications automatically This entry must...

Page 35: ... global profile wnos ini or by MetaFrame servers through the MetaFrame printer configuration file winnt system32 wtsprnt inf LPD Hosts The DNS or WINS name of the server for the network printer An IP address of the printer on the network can also be entered NOTE If the printer is attached to another thin client on your network the entry in the LPD Hosts box is the name or address of that thin clie...

Page 36: ... mapping takes place either through a printer mapping file read by the system as part of the global profile wnos ini or by MetaFrame servers through the MetaFrame printer configuration file winnt system32 wtsprnt inf Host Printer Enter the Host Printer or use the browse folder icon next to the box to browse your Microsoft Networks and make the printer selection you want from the network printers a...

Page 37: ... Options tab Default Printer Select the printer you want to be the default printer from your list of available printers Enable print Client and Port If you want to enable print Client select Enable print Client and then enter the Port The Help tab contains printer help information ...

Page 38: ... option 2 Select the Reset the system setting to factory default check box 3 Click OK Shutdown reset impacts all configuration items including but not limited to both network configuration and connections defined in local NV RAM Terminal name will not change TIP Shutdown reset is disabled for Low privileged and Non privileged users regardless of lockdown state Resetting Display Settings Using V Ke...

Page 39: ...to use dialog boxes for configuring thin client connection settings they are available in case you want to temporarily override central default configurations or you do not have the option to set up central configuration smaller environments In general it is recommended that you use central configuration to enable you to automatically push updates and any desired default configuration to all suppo...

Page 40: ...s the default setting for connecting to a smart card reader at startup TIP ICA sessions always have automatic connection to attached smart card readers When using the Disks check box for automatic connection to connected USB sticks use the following guidelines Support is for VFAT File System only be sure that the USB stick you use is formatted to FAT16 or FAT32 More than one disk can be used at th...

Page 41: ... Network Level Authentication NLA The NLA authentication method verifies users before they are allowed to connect with a full Remote Desktop connection Enable or disable ForceSpan This dual monitor feature allows you to span the session horizontally across two monitors two monitors acting as one large monitor Enable or disable Terminal Service Multimedia Redirection TSMM Enable or disable Record f...

Page 42: ...36 Chapter 4 Use the PCoIP tab to specify the channel of USB devices redirection PCoIP USB or TCX USB default is PCoIP USB for all PCoIP sessions ...

Page 43: ... Configuration To access the Connectivity menu Zero Desktop click the System Settings icon on the Zero Toolbar administrators can also click the Admin Mode button on the Login dialog box Classic Desktop click User Name User Name is the user who is logged on and is located at the bottom left side of the taskbar and select System Setup ...

Page 44: ...ered locally on the Options tab however locally entered values will be used if the DHCP server fails to provide replacement values Statically specified IP Address Select this option to manual enter the IP Address Subnet Mask and Default Gateway IP Address Must be a valid network address in the server environment The network administrator must provide this information Subnet Mask Enter the value of...

Page 45: ...work administrator for this value Default Gateway Use of gateways is optional Gateways are used to interconnect multiple networks routing or delivering IP packets between them The default gateway is used for accessing the Internet or an intranet with multiple subnets If no gateway is specified your zero client can only address other systems on the same subnet Enter the address of the router that c...

Page 46: ...mary DNS server and the second is for a backup DNS server WINS Servers Use of WINS is optional Enter the network address of an available WINS name server WINS allows you to specify remote systems by their host names rather than IP addresses If a specific IP address instead of a name is entered for a connection it rather than WINS will be used to make the connection These entries can be supplied th...

Page 47: ... box select the EAP Type option you want TLS LEAP or PEAP TLS If you select the TLS option click Properties to open and configure the Authentication Properties dialog box you can use Browse to find and select the Client Certificate file and Private Key file you want Validate Server Certificate is mandatory be sure the check box is selected checked Note that the CA certificate must be installed on ...

Page 48: ...gray Certificate Management Opens the Certificates Browser where you can select the Import From option you want to import a certificate either USB Storage or File Server USB Storage If you select the USB Storage option click Import to open and use the Import dialog box to find and select the certificate you want to use The maximum importing path is limited to 128 characters and the maximum certifi...

Page 49: ... frame transmitted from or received by the wireless adapter The access point must recognize frames encrypted by the same key Keys can be 5 or 13 characters for the 64 or 128 bit encryption key or specified as 10 or 26 hex decimal digits Enable IEEEE 802 1x authentication Select this check box to enable this authentication and activate the EAP Type list of options EAP Type If you have enabled the E...

Page 50: ...etup Dialog Box Although there are privileges and user modes associated with user access to thin client resources access to network setup using the Network Setup dialog box depends upon privilege level A Stand alone user either is by default a user with High privilege or has a thin client that is locked down A Guest user has an implicit privilege of None and all access is governed by that privileg...

Page 51: ...onfiguring RDP Connections Microsoft Connection Select Microsoft enter the IP Address for the server in the Broker Server box and then click OK Citrix Xen Connection Select Citrix Xen enter the IP Address for the server in the Broker Server box select your options and then click OK TIP You can also select the Enable StoreFront option to enable StoreFront feature if selected the Visual Experience t...

Page 52: ...http and https and depends on the broker server support If http or https is not specified on the broker server then http is used by default If https is specified the client side must install a corresponding root certificate locally For details on installing a corresponding root certificate locally refer to Knowledge Base Solution 15508 go to the Knowledge Base at http www wyse com kb and search fo...

Page 53: ...nfigure the OneSign Server box enter either https ip or https FQDN values reboot the client to display the Log on dialog box and then enter credentials to open the VDI broker dialog box for log on use You can also set this feature in your INI file see Reference Guide Wyse ThinOSTM INI Files For details on Deployment in an Imprivata OneSign ProveID Environment see Knowledge Base Solution 23254 go t...

Page 54: ...To log in to the file server Use 15 characters maximum Password To log in to the file server Use 15 characters maximum WDM Servers List of IP addresses or host names if WDM is used Locations can also be supplied through user profiles if user INI profiles are used Discovery Settings area For more information on setting up the discovery options see Installation Guide Wyse Device ManagerTM DNS Name R...

Page 55: ...x is selected enter the Group Registration Key as configured by your Cloud Client Manager administrator for the desired group click OK and then follow the on screen instructions When prompted log in with corporate credentials in order to complete the registration process TIP You can use the Validate Key button to verify your entry is correct If you see a success message click OK to reboot the devi...

Page 56: ...work administrator and are accessed by the thin client from the user profiles located on a remote server Stand alone user The Connect Manager is available to Stand alone users because connection definitions cannot be accessed from remote user profiles If user profiles are available on an FTP server but are not accessed because DHCP is not available or is not configured to provide the file server I...

Page 57: ...t to the box to make the selection you want If you enter a delimited list of servers the thin client attempts to connect to the next server on the list if the previous server attempt failed If you use the list and the selected connection fails the thin client attempts to connect to the next one on the list TIP The Host Name may be resolved using one of three mechanisms ICA master browser DNS or WI...

Page 58: ... automatically connects the session on start up Re connect after disconnect When selected causes the thin client to automatically reconnect to a session after a non operator initiated disconnect If selected the wait interval is that set in the Delay before re connecting box enter the number of seconds 1 to 3600 or the user profile for yes 20 seconds or seconds The default is 20 seconds if there is...

Page 59: ...peed connections such as reducing audio quality and or decreasing protocol specific cache size Intended for a connection spanning a WAN link or using dialup Map all disks under z When selected maps all disks under the Z drive Enable session reliability When enabled session reliability allows a user to momentarily lose connection to the server without having to re authenticate upon regaining a conn...

Page 60: ...e name without using the default Enable Wyse VDA When selected the thin client will use Virtual Desktop Accelerator software to provide an accelerated user experience on remote desktop sessions with high round trip delay between the server and client Console mode Select to set the RDP connection with Windows Console mode Display Resolution Select the display resolution for this connection Colors S...

Page 61: ...ing directory that you want to start automatically on the server when the connection is made Use TS Gateway Enables the use of Terminal Services Gateway TS Gateway server when connecting If required then enter the IP address or URL of the TS Gateway server in the Server name box You can also enable Use Same Info if the server credentials are the same credentials as your Remote Desktop Credentials ...

Page 62: ...vices USB Redirects locally attached USB devices on the thin client to a Microsoft Windows terminal server When the user connects to the terminal server locally attached USB devices on the thin client are accessible RDP Audio Playback and RDP Audio Recording Select the audio options you want Turn compression off When selected turns compression off intended for high speed connections Optimize for l...

Page 63: ...ser who is logged on and is located at the bottom left side of the taskbar to open the Desktop Menu and select either Network Test for network tools Ping and Trace Route or System Tools for system tools to configure Trace and Event log settings and to view INI files TIP Additional system tool features such as Write Event Log to USB Network Capture to USB Trace Action Delay on Trace and Trace to fr...

Page 64: ...ork capture to USB option on the General tab to enable the capture of network information a network trace of all traffic coming in and out of the thin client to a USB drive that is inserted into the thin client after logon and use of the XenDesktop server or network you will see a WTOS_WS pcap file in the USB drive which you can analyze using software such as a packet analyzer used for network tro...

Page 65: ... previously found in the Devices tab of the System Information dialog box IMPORTANT The Mirror File Server tab has been removed from the System Tools dialog box as it can now be viewed in the Device Viewer tab If you are using global INI files use the Global INI tab to view wnos ini information If you are using username INI files use the user ini tab to view user ini information ...

Page 66: ... configure CCM in a wnos ini file to enable the CCM Agent on supported ThinOS clients refer to Knowledge Base Solution 23875 go to the Knowledge Base at http www wyse com kb and search for 23875 IMPORTANT It is best practice to remove any ini parameters options that you are using in CCM from other ini files such as Global and username INI files For example if you are using the Connect parameter in...

Page 67: ... brief summary upon completion of the calculation The ping utility can be used to Determine the status of the network and various foreign hosts Track and isolate hardware and software problems Test measure and manage networks Determine the IP address of a host if only the hostname is known TIP Not all network equipment will respond to ping packets as this is a common mechanism used in denial of se...

Page 68: ...evice routers and computers in the path and displays the round trip response times and identifying information in the message box Use the following guidelines Enter Hostname or IP Enter the IP address DNS registered host name or WINS registered host name of the target to be traced Data area Displays round trip response time and identifying information for each device in the path Start Executes the...

Page 69: ...evice management software They are configured to obtain their IP address as well as the location of firmware and configuration instructions from a DHCP server However you can use WDM for a more hands on management of your thin clients For information about configuring your thin clients to communicate with a WDM server see the WDM related INI parameters in Step 2 Direct the Thin Client to the Serve...

Page 70: ...ctory It stores the wnos folder wyse wnos Required The main INI configuration folder It stores the wnos ini file MAC ini file firmware and the following optional folders bitmap folder cacerts folder font folder inc folder ini folder locale folder trace folder wyse wnos bitmap Optional The folder where you can place custom images you plan to use wyse wnos cacerts Optional The folder where you can p...

Page 71: ...at http www wyse com kb and search for 15508 Step 2 Direct the Thin Client to the Server Using DHCP Options After you set up the folder structure and populate it with the correct files you must then direct the thin client to the location of the server using DHCP Information about the server and root directory is obtained from the following DHCP options 161 The server 162 Root path to the file serv...

Page 72: ...ess Optional 51 Lease Time Optional but recommended 52 Option Overload Optional 53 DHCP Message Type Recommended 54 DHCP Server IP Address Recommended 55 Parameter Request List Sent by thin client 57 Maximum DHCP Message Size Optional always sent by thin client 58 T1 renew Time Optional but recommended 59 T2 rebind Time Optional but recommended 61 Client identifier Always sent 161 File server ftp ...

Page 73: ... in order to complete proper access 181 PNAgent PNLite server list Optional string The thin client uses the server to authenticate the Windows credentials of the user and to obtain a list of ICA published applications valid for the validated credentials The user supplies those credentials when logging in to the thin client 182 NT domain list for PNAgent PNLite Optional string The thin client creat...

Page 74: ...is sent as 2 bytes for example the value of 0x0050 was interpreted as 0x5000 This option tag was used by old ThinOS releases New ThinOS releases still accept this option tag for backward compatibility 188 Virtual Desktop Broker server Optional string 190 WDM secure port Optional number word or two bytes array Specifies to use HTTPS to communicate with WDM instead of HTTP 192 WDM server port Option...

Page 75: ... later D10D BIOS version 3 0D or later R10 BIOS version 1 0H_SPC 0T51 or later V10LE BIOS version 1 19R or later Depending on the method of distribution you want to use complete one of the following CMOS Central Management Extracting CMOS Settings to the File Server for Distribution CMOS Local Management Extracting CMOS Settings to a USB Key for Distribution ...

Page 76: ... key setting BiosPassword and for C10 BIOS version 1 0B_SPC001 0407 or later the WakeOnLAN setting 2 Save your CMOS settings before exiting the utility 3 Shut down the thin client Step 2 Prepare a File Server containing a CMOS INI File 1 On your file server create a cmos ini file and place it in the wnos directory folder under the file server ini directory be sure the wnos directory on the file se...

Page 77: ...tem Information icon System Information dialog box Event Log tab to view a CMOS restore from C10_cmos 1 0B_SPC001 event This means that your CMOS central management file containing the CMOS settings from your Reference Device has been written to your target thin client TIP After your target thin clients contain the CMOS settings you want do not login to the file server containing the cmos ini file...

Page 78: ...ttach the USB Key right click on the USB key select Format click Restore device defaults select Quick Format click Start 2 Use the Extract CMOS to USB GUI feature of ThinOS to extract the CMOS settings to the USB Key Classic Desktop Right click the desktop and select Extract CMOS to USB Wyse Zero Desktop On the General tab of the System Tools dialog box System Settings icon System Tools General ta...

Page 79: ... USB or Parallel Printers Using INI Parameters for Local USB or Parallel Printers Printing to Non Windows Network Printers LPD Using the Printer Setup Dialog Box for Non Windows Network Printers LPD Using INI Parameters for Non Windows Network Printers LPD Printing to Windows Network Printers SMB Using the Printer Setup Dialog Box for Windows Network Printers SMB Using INI Parameters for Windows N...

Page 80: ...rt Select LPT1 or LPT2 port Printer Name Enter name you want displayed in your list of printers most USB direct connected printers report fill in their printer name automatically Printer Identification Enter the type or model of the printer in the exact text of the Windows printer driver name including capitalizations and spaces most USB direct connected printers report fill in their printer ident...

Page 81: ...4000 Series PCL in Windows then it must be exactly the same in the PrinterID field in the INI parameters including capitalizations and spaces For example to find the Windows printer driver name on a Windows 2003 Server 1 Click Start Printers and Faxes 2 Right click in the window and select Server Properties 3 Click the Drivers tab to view the printer driver name ...

Page 82: ... Identification Enter the type or model of the printer in the exact text of the Windows printer driver name including capitalizations and spaces In our example case enter HP LaserJet 4200n PCL6 LPD Hosts The DNS or WINS name of the server for the network printer An IP address of the printer on the network can also be entered as we have used in our case example NOTE If the printer is attached to an...

Page 83: ...ing every printer is the same Your INI parameters will look something like the following Printer LPD1 LocalName HP LaserJet 4200n Host 10 10 10 1 Queue auto PrinterID HP LaserJet 4200 PCL6 Enabled yes NOTE The PrinterID is the exact text of the Windows printer driver name so if a printer driver is named HP LaserJet 4200n PCL6 in Windows then it must be exactly the same in the PrinterID field in th...

Page 84: ...l not be able to use it Using the Printer Setup Dialog Box for Windows Network Printers SMB Configuring an SMB printer is this manner forces users to enter their credentials before each printing this means they will be temporarily pulled out of their remote session to enter their credentials this can be avoided by using an INI file as discussed in Using INI Parameters for Windows Network Printers ...

Page 85: ...Examples of Common Printing Configurations 79 After entering required domain credentials the Printer Setup dialog box will display ...

Page 86: ...le case enter HP LaserJet 4100 Series PCL Printer Class Optional You can leave this blank Enable the printer device Must be selected to enable the printer enables the device so it displays on the remote host Click Test Print and you will be prompted to enter your Windows credentials these credentials will be used to access the printer share This is also the same dialog box that will display for a ...

Page 87: ...lName Demo SMB Printer Host dp dc ftp Name TechSupportPrinter PrinterID HP LaserJet 4100 Series PCL Enabled yes Username Username1 Password Password Domain contoso Example 2 Defining an SMB Printer with Generic User Credentials that are Encrypted Printer SMB1 LocalName Demo SMB Printer Host dp dc ftp Name TechSupportPrinter PrinterID HP LaserJet 4100 Series PCL Enabled yes Username enc PACGOGDBPKD...

Page 88: ...NTLM Connect RDP Host 1 2 3 4 Username UN Password PW Domain DN AutoConnect 1 Printer SMB1 LocalName Demo SMB Printer Host dp dc ftp Name TechSupportPrinter PrinterID HP LaserJet 4100 Series PCL Enabled yes Username UN Password PW Domain DN NOTE The PrinterID is the exact text of the Windows printer driver name so if a printer driver is named HP LaserJet 4100 Series PCL in Windows then it must be ...

Page 89: ...box 5 Enter the Printer Identification type or model of the printer in the exact text of the Windows printer driver name including capitalizations and spaces In our example case enter HP LaserJet 4000 Series PCL 6 You can leave Printer Class blank 7 Select Enable the Printer Device 8 Select Enable LPD service for the printer 9 Set up the application server see Setting Up Windows 2003 2008 Servers ...

Page 90: ... Configuring LPD printing using ThinOS INI parameters is simple and an easy way to configure a ThinOS thin client to be a basic network print server to share local printers with other thin clients Your INI parameters will look something like the following Printer LPT1 Name HP LaserJet 4000 PrinterID HP LaserJet 4000 Series PCL Enabled yes EnableLPD yes NOTE The PrinterID is the exact text of the W...

Page 91: ... driver and ThinPort as a printer port You can use any protocol TCP RDP or ICA because ThinOS has print clients for all of the protocols The printer object needs to observe ThinPrint naming conventions for example HPLJ5 _ 2 in which case print jobs will be sent to the local printer that has ID number 2 by referring to print client port ID If no ID number is present the print client sends the print...

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Page 93: ...Tables 1 Shutdown dialog box options 8 2 Zero Desktop Shortcut Keys 9 3 Toolbar icons 10 4 Connection Options 11 5 Classic Desktop Shortcut Keys 12 6 Supported Keyboard Languages 25 7 DHCP Options 66 ...

Page 94: ...Administrators Guide Dell Wyse ThinOSTM Issue 011614 Written and published by Dell Inc January 2014 Created using FrameMaker and Acrobat ...

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