Secure Global Desktop Administration Guide > Printing > Do I have to use distributed printing?

Do I have to use distributed printing?

No. You can direct all your print jobs through the primary Secure Global Desktop server in the array.

Note We do not recommend you print through a single server.

How you configure printing through only the primary Secure Global Desktop server depends on the application server type.

UNIX application servers

To set up printing through the primary Secure Global Desktop server you must install a single printer on the application server and supply the DNS name of the primary server in the array. If you have installed printers for the other members of the array, you must uninstall them.

Windows 2000/2003 application servers

To set up printing through only the primary server you must edit the wcpwts.exp login script so that the ttatsc script has:

• a -printcommand lp or a -printcommand lpr argument; and
• an LPDEST environment variable which sets the name of the Secure Global Desktop printer on the primary Secure Global Desktop server (by default, this is tta_printer).

For example:

if [catch {exec -- echo $TTATSC1 | env LPDEST=tta_printer $ProtocolCmd "-stdin" "-printcommand" "lp"

Other Windows application servers

Distributed printing is not available for the following types of application server:

• Windows NT 4
• Windows NT 3.51

Print jobs on these application servers are always printed through the primary Secure Global Desktop server.

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