Group Policy Object (GPO) template

Printer for Remote Desktop Server includes *.admx and *.adml administrative template files. These template files allow to configure the product via Local GPO and/or Domain-Based GPO. Please refer to Microsoft MSDN article on managing ADMX files.

GPO Editor

The archive file containing administrative template can be found in the installation directory: 

%ProgramFiles%\FabulaTech\Printer for Remote Desktop (Server)\policies.zip

Additionally, the administrative template files are deployed to a local GPO during product installation and can be found here: 

%WINDIR%\PolicyDefinitions\Fabulatech.admx
%WINDIR%\PolicyDefinitions\ftprintrdpsrv.admx
%WINDIR%\PolicyDefinitions\en-US\Fabulatech.adml
%WINDIR%\PolicyDefinitions\en-US\ftprintrdp.adml

It's recommended to use the GPO template files provided with the latest product version of Printer for Remote Desktop Server.

The GPO template can be used to configure the following settings:

Setting Description
Licensing

This policy setting is used for licensing management. The following licensing modes are used:

License Key
use the specified license key for each product server;
License Server
use a license server for centralized management of licensing;

For "License Key" type of licensing you must specify a string of the key in the corresponding field.

For "License Server" type of licensing you must specify a license server name in the name_or_ip:port format, where the port is an optional parameter.

If this policy setting is enabled, the licensing mode will be overridden by this policy setting. It means using GPO License key instead key that determined via the settings interface.

If this policy setting is disabled or not configured, the licensing mode is determined via the settings interface.

Limit quality for large prints

This policy setting is used to reduce print quality when the printed page area is larger than specified. It may help speed up the printing of large-format documents while maintaining maximum quality for smaller pages.

Quality limit
Maximum allowed quality (in DPI).
Page area

Maximum page area (in square inches) that will be printed without reducing quality. Must be an integer.

To preserve the best quality for standard formats and reduce it for larger pages, use the following area values:

  • Letter (US) - 94
  • A4 - 97
  • A5 - 48
Printer Name Masks
Multi-string array of printer name masks. If a printer name matches one of these masks the quality limit will be used while printing. If the value is empty any print will match. Special character * matches any number of symbols, ? matches any symbol.
Append user name instead of session ID

User name will be shown instead of session id alongside redirected printer name.

Possible formats: DOMAIN/user or COMPNAME/user.

Custom resolutions

This policy setting is used to add custom print resolutions (DPI) to the printer's resolution list (in case if the printer does not support such values) making it possible to print using reduced resolution. It may help speed up image processing and network transfer at the cost of reduced quality. Unlike the "Limit quality for large prints", this policy setting allows the user to flexibly adjust the desired DPI. The image will be printed using the closest higher supported resolution of the printer.

Resolutions
Multi-string array of custom DPI settings.
Printer Name Masks

Multi-string array of printer name masks to specify the printers to which this policy setting applies.

If the value is empty any printer will match.

* matches any number of characters.
? matches a single characters.

Default printer selection mode

This policy setting defines the order of default printer selection, which occurs each time a user logs in to a remote session.

Selection Mode

This setting specifies which printer is selected:

  • Physical printer – The default printer on the server will match the default printer on the workstation.
  • Last on server – The default printer will be the same as in the previous session (if the printer was redirected by Printer for Remote Desktop).
  • Disabled – The default printer will not be changed.

If this policy setting is disabled or not configured, Printer for Remote Desktop will use the "Physical printer" selection mode.

Printer for Remote Desktop Server User Manual