Printer for Remote Desktop

A printer that can be accessed remotely through a virtual environment is now a mainstream option rather than an advanced specialty. Today, remote protocols like RDP are widely used individually or by businesses. This is a more secure way to exchange data and ensure seamless communication between distant offices.

Still, challenges are also present with these solutions. The major one is absent or awry support for USB devices. Printers usually crown the lists of unavailable devices on problematic remote desktops. Is there a workable solution?

HighFigure specialists say ‘yes’ and offer an innovative application for allowing access to all USB devices on virtual networks of all types in general and enabling your RDP printer redirection in particular. How can you tune up a remote desktop printer with its help? Which software’s extras will let you streamline the work in your virtual environment? Find answers in the blog below.

How the Application Works

USBoNET is a port virtualization solution that allows IT specialists and common users to connect and redirect various USB peripherals. It’s enough to plug one physically into an in-network machine, and its virtual prototype will be accessible across the entire environment. The supported protocols for remote desktop printing include the following:

As for devices, you can connect any type or brand, from the simplest scanner to a highly advanced biometric data reader. Printers are also on the list, so with USBoNET you can enable RDP printing with a couple of clicks.

The software integrates easily into various applications and complies with all types of network connections. The supported ones include Wi-Fi, WAN, LAN, Ethernet, etc. Finally, the app enables a remote gate between different operating systems without a conflict between 32-bit and 64-bit ones. Today, the app supports the remote desktop print process on Linux and Windows, but Android and MacOS versions are soon to be introduced.

How to Start Printing on RDP

USBoNET is compatible with all sorts of remote printing software solutions, like RDP or CITRIX. You can easily switch on a USB device within an environment created via any of them if you take these steps:

• Enable the RDP software on your Server and Client machines.
• Plug in printing hardware to a local machine.
• Create an account on HighFigure.net.
• Download and set up USBoNET on your host and guest computers.
• Run the app through RDP.
• Go to ‘Device’ on the local machine.
• Tap the targeted printer and choose the ‘Allow access’ option.
  
• On remote machines, click ‘Connect’ to print to the local printer from the remote desktop.
  

Remote access to similar USB peripherals can be tuned up in the same way. No complex configurations are needed on your part.

Advanced Possibilities of the Software

USBoNET is a universally working solution for RDP sharing of various devices. Thanks to it, you can allow or disallow apUSB access with a click. However, you can raise your RD performance to the next level by applying the following functions of the app:

• Compliance with biometric scanners. This option will let you apply biometric authentication procedures to your RD security scheme.
• Driverless operation. Does your RDP edition not provide USB support or drivers for your hardware model? It’s not a problem for USBoNET. The software will detect, connect, and redirect any device through your RDP with or without drivers from the virtual desktop manufacturer.
• Web-Admin is a smart set of tools for monitoring and managing access to your peripherals. One of its options is User Isolation. It can be applied to a separate user or a group of them. The access rights can be enabled or disabled at any time.
• Smart integration. The app will let you use the full functional set of your printer, regardless of the complexity level of its features.

These and other features of USBoNET ensure secure RDP sessions. Thanks to them, your remote printer will work without delays and provide you with high-quality printing materials across the network. A special offer for you is a 365-day free trial of USBoNET, the free key for which you can request from HighFigure support right away.