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ThinPrint Virtualizes Printers

Friday, 01 December 2006 by Michel Roth

.print Virtual Desktop Engine, a print solution for VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 is now available. The .print Virtual Desktop Engine with its well proven DRIVER FREE PRINTING technology virtualizes printer drivers and therefore also creates total independence from hardware, operating system, application, and physical location for printing. The solution developed by ThinPrint, a VMware Technology Alliance Partner, eliminates the need for installation of native printer drivers on the virtual machines, compresses print data to down to 1% of its original size, and makes it possible to use mixed 64- and 32-bit environments.

Many companies today focus on virtualized environments. The independence from hardware, operating system, and application that virtualization creates helps businesses achieve high savings and consolidation potential. Trouble is, though, that printing puts an end to the freedom of a virtualized environment. As always, the applications are directly connected to the printer hardware by the relevant printer drivers, and the operating system is predefined, as well, because 32-bit printer drivers cannot be used in 64-bit environments or vice versa.

Full press release here.