How to Change the Default Settings on the Citrix Generic Universal Printer

Summary

This article describes how to change the default settings for the Citrix Generic Universal Printer by overriding the hard-coded default settings of the Citrix Generic Universal Printer with registry keys of the manual setting.

Background

The Citrix Universal Printer in XenApp was originally created with static default printer settings. For examples, paper size, paper width, number of copies, and so on.

Requirements

Procedure

Caution! This procedure requires you to edit the registry. Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Citrix cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk. Back up the registry before you edit it.

Use the following registry values to override the default settings:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Citrix\Print\UPDDevmode
Name: see the following table
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: see the following table

The following table provides information about the Registry Chart:

 

Name	Data
dmOrientation	1 = portrait 2 = landscape
dmPaperSize	1 = letter 9 = A4 through 118 = last paper defined in paper table
dmPaperLength	1 – 65535
dmPaperWidth	1 – 65535
dmScale	1 – 1000
dmCopies	1 – 9999
dmDefaultSource	1 – 15
dmPrintQuality	1 = draft 4 = high
dmColor	1 = monochrome 2 = color
dmDuplex	1 = simplex 2 = horizontal 3 = vertical
dmYResolution	32 – 65535
dmTTOption	1 = bitmap 2 = download 3 = substitute 4 = outline
dmColate	0 = false 1 = true
dmLogPixels	0 – 65535
dmBitsPerPel	0 – 65535
dmPelsWidth	0 – 65535
dmPelsHeight	0 – 65535
dmFormName	Form name, such as letter, A4, tabloid, or other available form options

Note: The Citrix Generic Universal Printer uses the preceding defined registry settings to override the default settings. Any changes to these settings using the printer preferences of the Citrix Universal Printer might be retained.

More Information

CTX089874 – Troubleshooting and Explaining the Citrix Universal Print Driver

CTX106812 – How to Auto-Create the Generic Citrix Universal Printer in User Sessions

CTX119690 – The Printing Jobs Take More Time When Using the Citrix Universal Printer