Citrix Workspace For Mac El Capitan

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Naturally, the next thing I tried was to install the native printer driver on the Citrix farm that the local Mac OS client uses and have it map the full-featured driver to their session printer. Providing the native driver doesn’t crash the print spooler on the Citrix server, (Stress Printers, is your friend) which can happen if it’s a. Citrix Files makes accessing your files from a Mac much easier. It allows you to access files and folders from ShareFile directly through Finder on your Mac. Content is streamed when it is accessed and not permanently stored on your computer. Changes made to files in the ShareFile folder are automatically saved back to the cloud.

Citrix Workspace Mac El Capitan 10.11.6

Capitan
  • Receiver for Mac

Objective

This article describes how to map a local Mac client printer when you are using the Citrix Receiver for Java on the Mac client computer to connect to a session.

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Background

To use a printer that is attached to a Mac client, the printer must be mapped. To map printers when you are using the Citrix Receiver for Java on the Mac client for connection, you must manually configure the printer.

To map a printer locally attached to the Mac client, specify the Server as 127.0.0.1 and the Queue name as the local Mac printer queue name.

Instructions

Complete the following procedure to map a local client printer on a Mac client computer when using Citrix Receiver for Java:

  1. Note the queue name of the printer in the Print & Fax settings of the Mac client and ensure that local printing is working.

  2. Start the initial published resource from the Web Interface page and notice the Citrix Connection Center window.

  3. Select Settings.

  4. Activate the Printer Mappings tab.

  5. Specify the following details to add a mapped printer:

  1. Specify a Printer Name.

  2. Select Network printer.

  3. Specify 127.0.0.1 in the Server option.

  4. Specify the Mac printer queue name in the Queue name option.
    Note: Ensure that the queue name matches the printer queue name in the Print & Fax settings of the Mac client.

  5. Select the appropriate printer driver from the Printer Driver option.

  6. Click OK to save the Printer Mapping settings.

  7. Close the current connection.

Citrix Workspace For Mac El Capitan

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Future connections reflect the mapped printer and allow printing within an ICA Session.

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Additional Resources

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