
Overview
ThinPrint Client Service Windows Manual 5
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Overview
ThinPrint is a software solution and consists of a server and a client component
(Illus. 2).
Illus. 2
Server component The ThinPrint Engine is the actual core of the ThinPrint framework. It provides com-
plete printer driver management including Driver Free Printing. The ThinPrint Engine
performs the following main functions:
■ Bandwidth control, encryption, and compression for print data
■ Virtual printer driver ThinPrint Output Gateway
(replaces printer drivers on printing computers = Driver Free Printing).
Client component A software component on the client side, print Client is generally responsible for
receiving print data, decompressing and decrypting it, and sending it to the print
device. Many ThinPrint Clients are available for different end devices and areas of
deployment: for all Windows versions incl. Windows CE, for Linux, Solaris, Dos, Win
OS/2, and Java, as well as for internal and external print servers for network printers.
The following ThinPrint Clients are available for Windows:
■ ThinPrint Client Windows for ICA
■ ThinPrint Client Windows for RDP
■ ThinPrint Client Windows for TCP/IP (as a Windows application)
■ ThinPrint Client Service Windows (as a Windows service)
The ThinPrint Client Service Windows uses TCP/IP as print protocol. This Client type
differs from the ThinPrint Client for TCP/IP
1
because it is running as a Windows ser-
vice under Windows XP /2003/Vista/7/2008
2
. This has the advantage that no user
must be logged onto the computer running ThinPrint Client Service Windows . No
page preview is possible with this ThinPrint Client type.
Illus. 2 Using of ThinPrint with server and client components
1 See manual “ThinPrint Client Windows for ICA, RDP, and TCP/IP”
2 For older operating systems install ThinPrint Client 7.0.
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