VDI Printing: Printing in a Virtual Desktop Environment

If you’re reading this post and looking for information about VDI printing, than you most likely already know that VDI stands for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. In a nutshell, its a platform of sorts for facilitating adminstration of enterprise-level computing.

Large corporations have many PC desktop users, and those users have a number of software applications they all access commonly, but also have some differences in terms of how they configure their desktops. One has certain bookmarks, another has customized profile settings , etc. Another difference is print management… basically how users print. What printers they use, what they settings are, necessary drivers, etc.

As virtual networks are often spread over relatively large areas, and as users typically want to print to a printer that if physically near their workstation, there is often opportunity for inefficiency. If a user gets a new printer they may need to have the drivers installed on their local desktop. Installing hundreds of different drivers on every users desktop is not hardly a practical solution either. Such is the dilemma for VDI printing. How do you balance local customization (user printing where they want) with standardization across the network?

Enter the solution… driverless printing. A universal print driver enables users to print to any printer on the newtork without having to install a driver on their desktop. This solves most printing problems associated with VDI , making VDI printing much less of a headache.

Need a good driverless printing solution? We highly recommend triCerat’s ScrewDrivers, a remote desktop printing solution . TriCerat has been around for a while and really has print management figured out, though there are also a number of other quality solutions available as well.

 

Print Management for VDI and SBC Environments

The benefits of desktop virtualization and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) in the business world are undeniable. That said, both VDI and SBC (server-based computing) can occasionally have difficulties with managing printers and print jobs when the environment becomes more complex and larger in scale.

Whether its VDI printing or SBC printing, there are a number of great print management solutions that can work with the popular solutions VDI and SBC management software created by companies like VMWare and Citrix.

This blog will research the very best VDI printing and VDI management solutions, and share those findings as we move forward.