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ITMiller
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roaming printers???.....

Hello:

I am somewhat new to virtual desktops, but have done a lot of reading and am even working on a POC to try to prove that View is a good idea (actually just that Virtual Desktops are a good idea).

Right now we use roaming profiles, and based on which/where the pc is physically located in the building the logon script makes sure that the user gets the closest printer.

The logon script currently queries AD for the parent OU of the computer and assigns the correct printer.

The question I have is:

when we do go to VDI and the person logs into a physical machine (mostly likely will be a Thin client) and then to the VD, How do I setup it up so they get the closest printer to them in reguard to their physical location in the building.

At this time, ThinPrint doesn't accomplish what I need. that only does network/subnet (we are a small shop and only have use for one subnet), user (not practical by ANY means), Security group (also not practical since if the person moves they would still get the same printers/desktop, no matter which physical machine they used).

this issue is delaying the process of this project. I believe I would have the same issue even if I used XenDesktop.

If I need to think about this from a different angle, please let me know.

P.S. I am planning on using Linked cloned w/persistent disks. I image this setup to be like romaning desktops instead of romain profiles.

Thanks for you help in this perplexing issue

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jftuga
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I had this same issue in my environment and wrote a VBS script to solve the problem.  You can probably adapt it to suit your needs.

https://github.com/jftuga/VMWare/tree/master/vmware_view_zero-client_printing

Read the comments for "location aware printing" inside of printer_check.vbs, under "version 3 enhancements".

If someone has a better solution, I'd love to hear about it!

If you are using linked clones for kiosk mode, you might also want to check out this.

https://github.com/jftuga/VMWare/tree/master/view_linked_clone_account_generator

-John