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

A is correct. When a printer is assigned through an HDX Session Printer policy, it is treated as a network printer - the VDA connects directly to the network print server, and print jobs travel from the VDA straight to the print server, then on to the physical printer, completely bypassing the HDX virtual channel.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B is wrong because HDX virtual channel routing applies to auto-created client printers, not to session printers assigned via policy from a print server.
• C describes the route for auto-created local client printers - those jobs travel over HDX to the endpoint, then out to the local/network printer - which is the opposite printing model from session printers.
• D is almost right but misleading: the job does originate from the VDA, but it must pass through the print server first before reaching the physical printer, so "directly to the printer" is inaccurate.

Memory tip: Think of the two Citrix printing paths as "inside vs. outside the datacenter." Session printers (assigned via policy from a print server) stay inside - VDA talks directly to the print server over the LAN. Auto-created client printers go outside - the job rides the HDX channel back to the user's endpoint. If the printer lives on a print server and was assigned by policy, the HDX channel is never involved.

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