Scenario: A Citrix Administrator has enabled an HDX Session printers policy within a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Site. The administrator added a printer to a print server and assigned the…

Question

Options

• ADirectly to the network print server and then to the specified printer
• BOver the HDX virtual channel to the specified printer attached to the print server
• COver the HDX virtual channel, through the endpoint, and then to the print server
• DDirectly from the session Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) machine to the printer

Explanation

Option A is correct. When a printer is assigned through a session printer policy from a network print server, Citrix routes print jobs directly from the VDA over the network to the print server, which then forwards the job to the designated printer - no HDX virtual channel is involved in this path.

Option B is wrong because the HDX virtual channel is not used for network/server-based printers. The VDA has direct network access to the print server, so there's no reason to route through the HDX channel.

Option C is wrong because this describes the routing path for auto-created client printers (local printers on the endpoint) - HDX channel → endpoint → printer. The question specifically asks about the print server-managed printer, not the local client printers also mentioned in the scenario.

Option D is wrong because it omits the print server as an intermediary. Printing doesn't bypass the print server and go straight to the printer - the print server manages the queue and delivers the job.

Memory tip: Think of it as two distinct paths - "Network = Network path" (VDA → Print Server → Printer, no HDX) and "Client = HDX path" (VDA → HDX channel → Endpoint → Printer). If the printer lives on a print server, it stays on the LAN. If the printer is local to the user's device, it must travel back through the HDX tunnel.

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