3rd party printing utilities?

[Chad Wickenheiser]

Can anyone recommend any third party utilities that will help minimize
the network congestion caused by using client printing mapping in TS?

RAW print jobs are pretty large going over the wire, and if I can get
them back to the client using some form of compressed PDF/PCL before
being spooled, it would help immensely.

 

[Stefan]

Fortunately, several third-party software printing solutions are available
to address these issues. The four most popular vendors now, in alphabetical
order are:

.. Emergent Online (EOL) : a fairly large consulting and training company
that also creates various software packages to help administrators with many
thin-client situations. They offer several printing products that can help
with many different aspects of printing. Their website is www.go-eol.com .

.. ThinPrint : a German company with a large US presence. As their name
implies, they focus entirely on printing in mobile and low bandwidth
environments. You can find them at www.thinprint.com .

.. triCerat Software: offers several products that can help you simplify the
management of server-based computing environments, including several
printing products. More information is available at www.tricerat.com .

.. Qnetix : a company whose Uniprint product family provides printing
solutions for server-based computing environments. Visit www.uniprint.net .

Taken from http://www.brianmadden.com/content/content.asp?id=62
I think Thinprint is the best one.

 

[Chad Wickenheiser]

Thanks for your input. I decided against a third-party vendor and
have implemented server-side printing as opposed to client-side. It's
a pain having to setup printers for every user initially logging onto
the TS, but at least it is saved in their roaming profile when they
log out.

Sending the EMF instead of the RAW data is a big plus too..