
Why ThinPrint Client Service Windows?
4 Manual ThinPrint Client Service Windows
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Why ThinPrint Client Service Windows?
The ThinPrint Client Service Windows is installed on local print servers where it runs
as a Windows Service – in contrast to other ThinPrint Clients which are installed as
an application. The local print server with its ThinPrint Client is also called ThinPrint
Client Gateway. It can be a real or virtual desktop (Windows XP, Vista, 7) or a server
(Windows 2003/2008).
A ThinPrint Client Gateway can greatly simplify the introduction of ThinPrint
because it can receive ThinPrint print jobs for an entire group of clients and printers,
decompress and decrypt them, and then distribute them conventionally in a local
network – like a local print server (Illus. 1). Then the ThinPrint Client is only neces-
sary on the Client Gateway for this remote LAN. Otherwise, the ThinPrint Client must
be installed on each end device: rich clients, printers, print servers, thin clients, etc.
This could mean that with thin clients, for example, a BIOS update is necessary.
Even mixed environments pose no problem: The ThinPrint Client is installed onto
all devices where simple installation is possible, and all others are served by a Client
gateway. More information can be found in the white paper “Windows computer as
a ThinPrint Client Gateway” (Page 21
).
Illus. 1
Illus. 1 Windows computer as a ThinPrint Client Gateway (example)
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