General Settings Tab Reference (Endpoint Client)
General Settings Tab
The General Settings tab gives you control over how your remote sessions behave and how printer information is cached. These settings help you optimize your printing experience for your specific environment and connection type.
Session Options
These options control how your remote session responds to printer changes on your local workstation. Keep in mind that you can only use these if your Terminal Server allows them.
Notify active sessions when the local default printer changes: When you turn this on, your remote session gets notified whenever anything changes about your default printer - whether you've changed settings or switched to a different printer as your default. This keeps your remote session in sync with your local preferences.
Notify active sessions when a printer is added to the workstation: Enable this if you want your remote session to know immediately when you've added a new printer to your local machine. The printer becomes available in your session without needing to log out and back in.
Notify active sessions when a printer is removed from the workstation: Similarly, this option notifies your remote session when you've removed a printer from your local setup. It helps prevent errors from trying to print to a printer that's no longer available.
Force print jobs to print in order received: By default, print spools often prioritize smaller or already-spooled documents. Turn this on if you need your print jobs to process in strict first-in, first-out order - useful when the sequence of printed documents matters.
Force the remote session to see the selected printer as user's default printer: This is really handy if you want to override which printer shows as default in your remote session. When you enable this, you'll see a dropdown list of all your available printers. Just select the one you want to be the default in your remote session, even if it's not set as the default on your local workstation.
Printer Data Cache Method
How you cache printer data affects how quickly printers become available when you log in and how well the system works in different scenarios.
Cache to registry: When you select this option, your printer information gets stored in your client workstation's registry. This data is then sent to the remote machine when you log in, which can speed up printer availability. It works well for standard single-hop remote sessions.
Do not cache (recommended for double hop servers): This is the default option, and it's specifically recommended for double hop server scenarios (where the client and Session Agent are on the same machine). Instead of using cached data, ScrewDrivers Endpoint queries your printers fresh each time you log in. Yes, this makes printer creation a bit slower, but it ensures accuracy when you're creating a remote session from a double hop server to another server.
Query Printers: Click this button anytime you want to manually query all your enabled printers and save the current information to the registry. This is useful if you've made significant changes to your printer setup and want to refresh the cached data.
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