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triCerat ScrewDrivers vs. ThinPrint .print Remote Desktop Print Engine Comparison

Thursday, 27 April 2006 by Michel Roth

This is a comparison by triCerat of their product, ScrewDrivers, with the ThinPrint .print Remote Desktop Print Engine:

• Features: ScrewDrivers provides administrators with a multitude of built-in functionality, making it a superior printing product.

• User experience: ThinPrint’s .print remote desktop engine and its universal driver "Output Gateway" is only like a small
enhancement of what is normally referred to as a printer mapping. It functions as a template driver and the administrator still has to
configure according to various options, i.e. will it support Duplex, will it have color support, what is the maximum resolution, etc.
Once this is setup ALL users will be forced into having the same settings for ALL of their printers. This puts a burden on users
because they will need to know exactly what the printer they are using supports, as they may be given alternatives at printout that they
cannot support.

• Resolution: Output gateway supports a maximum resolution of 600*600dpi, ScrewDrivers does not have any limitation on maximum
resolution.

• Font embedding: ScrewDrivers will embed fonts that are not present on the client workstation, decreasing the administrator’s work
and time spent installing fonts on all client workstations. ThinPrint requires you to install ALL fonts used at the client workstations.
Printer created in session: With ScrewDrivers you can give users all of their printers from within their session. .print Remote
Desktop Printing Engine only supports building of clients’ default printer.

Read the triCerat ScrewDrivers vs. ThinPrint .print Remote Desktop Print Engine Comparison here.