Scenario: A Citrix Administrator has enabled an HDX Session printers policy within a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Site. The administrator added a…

The scenario describes using the "Session printers" policy to map a network printer managed by a print server. In this standard Windows network printing configuration, the print job is generated and rendered on the Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA). The VDA then sends the print job directly over the corporate network to the print server's queue. The print server spools the job and forwards it to the physical printer. This entire process occurs on the server-side network and does not use the HDX virtual channel to route the print job to the user's endpoint device.

B. This describes the routing for client printer redirection, where the print job is sent over the HDX channel to the user's endpoint, which is incorrect for a session-mapped network printer.

C. This is less accurate than A. For centralized management and spooling, the VDA sends the job to the print server, not directly to the printer's IP address.

D. This describes an incorrect and highly inefficient path. The HDX channel is not used to route a server-side print job through the client endpoint back to a network print server.

1. Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Documentation (2311). Printing - Print job routing. In the section "Windows network printing pathway," the documentation states, "The default printing pathway is to route print jobs from the VDA, over the network to the print server, or directly from the VDA to the printer." The diagram clearly shows the VDA sending the job over the network to the Print Server.

2. Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Documentation (2311). Printing policies and preferences - Session printers. This section describes the policy used in the scenario, stating it "specifies the network printers to be automatically created in a session." This confirms the printer type is a network printer, which follows the routing path described in the first reference.