ThinPrint .print 8.0 – new features and functions

ThinPrint .print Version 8.0 includes new, significant enhancements to the .print Application Server Engine for your application and/or terminal servers, as well as the .print Server Engine for use with dedicated print servers. Both products enable you to manage your printing environment more easily and clearly. Your users benefit from a much higher degree of user-friendliness. Here is an overview of the new features:

Simplified administration

• Installation via MSI
• Roll-out ThinPrint automatically throughout your company. The Unattended Installation option reduces your installation effort to a minimum.
• Install admin tools separately
• Simply install the .print admin tools on your administration computer and you can remotely configure .print throughout your company.
• Windows Server 2008 R2 server core support
• Use ThinPrint .print on very powerful servers equipped with Windows Server 2008 R2 Core.
• Use AutoConnect as a Group Policy (GPO)
• Simplified use of printer templates and network sharing in the Dynamic Printer Matrix
• Session-in-Session support

Improved user-friendliness

• Live updating of locally connected printers
• Turbo-mapping accelerates your session start
• Automatic transfer of local printing options
• Free configuration of the print option transfer
• Printing options in 15 languages

Gain and maintain an overview

• Completely revised user interface and MMC snap-in
• Customized installation scale
• Hints and tips right where you need them
• An even better overview of your printer landscape
• AutoConnect now even better
• AutoConnect Diagnostics
• Enhanced .print Tracking Service

Thanks to the new .print 8.0 user interface, AutoConnect is now even more user-friendly. Configuration changes, checks and error searches are considerably easier. And with the help of the new AutoConnect diagnostics interface, administrators can recognize problems before a user even notices them.

Summary of the most important AutoConnect features:

• .print AutoConnect Diagnostics allows effective printer mapping control.
• Instant Search in the dynamic printer matrix and the map additional printers table enable easy configuration checks and error searches.
• The Dynamic Printer Matrix templates or network paths can be entered easily via a drop down menu or via the Active Directory search.
• When setting-up the standard printer the administrator can choose if he wants to give preference to the client's standard printer or the server.
• Group Policies (GPO) simplify the printer mappings administration.