Printing using Virtual Channels through FirePass

Posted By Oleg Sayakov on 09/21/2009 1:13 PM

 

 

Hey FirePass users,

 

 

We are trying to get Screwdrivers RDP printing product from TriCerat http://www.tricerat.com/screwdrivers to work with the FirePass. Unfortunately Screwdrivers, like other thin printing solutions, uses Virtual RDP Channels. ActiveX RDP client on the FirePass does not support VC. Has anybody tried this combination or similar anything similar to this?

 

 

We are trying to come up with a solution for printing through FirePass from a VM session back to a home/remote office printer. Using FirePass printer redirection will require management all the print drivers and doesn’t seem like a good option.

 

 

Anyone has any ideas on how we could implement it? Are there any thoughts outside the box? Any workarounds? Has anybody customized their F5 RDP client to facilitate this?

 

 

Greatly appreciate all the responses.

 

Thank you, Oleg.

 

 

 

This is what I would do, it is a long shot but...

 

 

Package your application.

 

Have the user's download the application.

 

Create an application tunnel to point to the desired terminal server with the desired package application.

 

 

So we are using VMware, the users are forced to download the package. Once installed, log back on to the Firepass. An application tunnel is then launched kicking off the program, it will then use our specific pararamters into the application. This should allow you to use the customized screwdriver settings.