Printer configuration

When FH Web Edition clients connect to a host, proxy printers are automatically created on the host and serve as an interface for printing to the client printer. Proxy printers are printers FH Web Edition sets up on the host as a bridge between the applications running in a FH Web Edition session and the client printers. Proxy printers can be configured automatically or manually.

Native printer drivers are preferred when configuring proxy printers, if they are available and if settings allow them to be used. Alternatively, the universal printer driver can be used when the native driver is not available. There are several methods an administrator can use to manage which printer drivers are used when creating proxy printers. Settings from client printers are replicated in their proxy printer counterpart. A session's proxy printers are removed when the session ends. Proxy printers are not removed when a session disconnects. All proxy printers on the system are removed when the Application Publishing Service starts.

When a proxy printer is configured, there is a hierarchy of preferences when selecting a native printer driver. In the FH Web Edition Connection Manager, if Windows Printer Drivers is cleared, this hierarchy is not applied. Native drivers are selected in the following order:

• Printers Applet. A user’s manual selection of a printer driver in the Printers Applet takes precedence over all other driver selection methods.
• Mapped Printer Drivers. MappedPrinterDrivers.xml contains a list of driver names that can be used for each driver. This file is generated by the Application Publishing Service, but can also be manually edited by administrators.
• Client driver name. The driver with the exact name of the driver installed on the client is used to configure the proxy printer.