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 This is not recommended because if the primary fails, printing services fail.

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

UNIX and Linux application servers

To set up printing through the primary Secure Global Desktop server, you must install a single printer on the application server, using the --ttahost option to specify the DNS name of the primary server. If you have installed printers for the other members of the array, you must uninstall them.

Windows application servers

To set up printing through only the primary server, you must edit the wcpwts.exp login script so that it sets the following for the ttatsc program:

• A -printcommand lp or a -printcommand lpr argument.
• 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"

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