Using the Citrix Universal Printer

The Citrix Universal Printer is a generic printer created at the beginning of sessions that can be used with almost any printer. Using a single print driver simplifies the deployment of a XenApp farm.

The Citrix Universal Printer name doesn't change when users reconnect; this is good because changing printer names can cause issues on some applications.

When the Citrix Universal Printer is enabled, an extra printer is created in each session with the name Citrix UNIVERSAL Printer in the session #number of session, where #number of session is ID of the client connected.

Using Citrix Universal printers provides two benefits:

  • Reduce print management complexity
  • Increase the speed of starting a session

Often, Citrix Universal ...

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