ThinPrint Engine on print servers

■ ThinPrint version 11

Quick installation
Test installation on a print server

ThinPrint GmbH
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10559 Berlin
Germany / Alemania

Cortado, Inc.
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Denver, Colorado 80002
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Cortado Pty. Ltd.

Level 12, Plaza Building,
Australia Square
95 Pitt Street E-mail: info@thinprint.com
NSW 2000 Sydney Web: www.thinprint.com
Australia Issued: December 15, 2017 (v250)
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Safety warning
Please note the safety warnings in the technical documentation from your hardware vendor and from the
manufacturer of each device and component.
Before beginning installation, we recommend closing all windows and applications and deactivating any
virus scanner.

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2 Manual
 Introduction

Introduction
The ThinPrint product line offers premium print management for all IT environments.
No matter whether server-based, virtualized or distributed PC architecture, with
homogeneous or heterogeneous hardware and operating features, with an integrated
print server or not. Mobile employees, home employees, as well as complete branch
offices can be easily integrated into the existing corporate IT infrastructure without
any printing restrictions with regard to flexibility, performance or comfort. Thanks to
the high levels of print data compression, secure encryption, connection-oriented
bandwidth control, dynamic printer deployment and technology such as Driver Free
Printing and V-Layer, ThinPrint fully meets the requirements for professional print
management.

Example scenario

The following documentation of a ThinPrint Engine quick installation on a print server

uses the scenario in Illus. 1.

Illus. 1

Illus. 1 example scenario with the ThinPrint components to be installed

Technical requirements for the quick installation

Be sure that the TCP port number/s for printing via TCP/IP is/are not being blocked
by another program or by a server-side or client-side firewall. IPv4 has to be enabled
for each involved machine.

Terminal servers • Windows Server 2016 or

and print servers • Windows Server 2012 R2 or
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• Windows Server 2012 or

• Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or
• Windows Server 2008 SP2 or

Workstation • Windows 10, 8.1, 8 or 7 SP1

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Network • The computers are domain members. Users or servers with ThinPrint Engine
installed can also be in subdomains or trusted domains.

Browser To license users, you can use the following browsers:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 10 minimum

• Google Chrome version 27 minimum
• Mozilla Firefox version 21 or later
Monitor with a minimum resolution of 1024x768 pixels

Note! Before beginning installation, we recommend deactivating any virus

scanner. Also be aware that after installation ThinPrint Engine will only
become functional after a Windows restart.

Installation and configuration

The License Server and the ThinPrint Engine are installed on the same print server.
The ThinPrint Client is installed on a workstation.
Before beginning installation, we recommend deactivating any virus scanner.

Installing License Server on the print server

For all stages of installation and configuration, you will need a normal domain user
account with local administrator permissions.

– To install and configure the software, set up a normal user account in the AD
(Active Directory). LicService used here as an example.

– Then give this account local administrator permissions on the license server.

– Log on as a domain user with local administrator permissions (see above).

– Start the installation program, e.g. Setup_ThinPrint_11_Complete_x64.exe or

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ThinPrintLicenseServer_x64.exe (Illus. 2).

– Select Install ThinPrint License Server if you use the bundle installer Set-
up_ThinPrint_11_Complete_x64.exe.

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Illus. 2

Illus. 2 starting the installation program

– The InstallShield Wizard opens (Illus. 3). Click INSTALL.

Illus. 3

Illus. 3 InstallShield Wizard

– The THINPRINT LICENSE SERVER READINESS CHECK opens (Illus. 4).

• It may run for several minutes.
• It will show you if all installation requirements have been met (green check
marks).
• Proceed only when you have all green check marks on the left.

Illus. 4
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Illus. 4 License Server Readiness Check

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– In the Welcome window of the InstallShield Wizard, click NEXT.

– Read and accept the License Agreement and click NEXT to continue.

– Confirm the installation folder with NEXT (Illus. 5).

Illus. 5

Illus. 5 confirm the installation folder

– In the Ready to Install window, click INSTALL.

– In the next window, select DEMO MODE (Illus. 6) and confirm with FINISH.

Illus. 6

Illus. 6 select DEMO MODE and confirm

The Management Console will open. For now, a configuration isn’t necessary because
the users are enabled automatically for ThinPrint.

Installing ThinPrint Engine on the print server

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– Start the installation program, e.g. Setup_ThinPrint_11_Complete_x64.exe or

Setup_ThinPrintEngine_x64.exe (Illus. 7).

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– Select Install ThinPrint Engine if you use the bundle installer Setup_Thin-
Print_11_Complete_x64.exe.

Illus. 7

Illus. 7 start ThinPrint Engine installation program

– Select your language and click OK (Illus. 8).

Illus. 8

Illus. 8 select a language

– InstallShield Wizard will open (Illus. 9). Click NEXT.

Illus. 9

Illus. 9 InstallShield Wizard

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– Read the license agreement and accept it (Illus. 10). Click NEXT.

Illus. 10

Illus. 10 license agreement

– Select PRINT SERVER (Illus. 11). Click NEXT.

Illus. 11

Illus. 11 select PRINT SERVER

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– Enter the License Server address if it’s installed on a different machine

(Illus. 12). Confirm with NEXT.

Illus. 12

Illus. 12 enter License Server address if necessary

– If the account you’re using to install ThinPrint Engine shouldn’t have admin per-
missions on the license server you’ll be asked for. Enter appropriate credentials
(Illus. 13). Confirm with OK.

Illus. 13

Illus. 13 entering admin credentials for the license server, if required

– Confirm installation folder with NEXT (Illus. 14).

Illus. 14
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Illus. 14 confirm installation folder

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– Click INSTALL (Illus. 15).

Illus. 15

Illus. 15 click INSTALL

– Click FINISH (Illus. 16).

Illus. 16

Illus. 16 InstallShield Wizard completed

– Click YES to reboot the server (Illus. 17).

Illus. 17
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Illus. 17 Click YES to reboot the server now

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Installing ThinPrint Client on a Windows workstation

– Are your printers installed?

– Feel free to install several printers (Illus. 18), as many as you like – including
network printers, multi-functional devices, ink-jets etc.

Illus. 18

Illus. 18 installing printers

Note that Local Administrator permissions are necessary on the workstation to

install the ThinPrint Client Windows.

– Start the ThinPrint Client installation program, e.g. SETUP_THINPRINTCLI-

ENT_X64.EXE (Illus. 19).

Illus. 19

Illus. 19 start ThinPrint Client installation program

– Select a language and click OK to confirm (Illus. 20).

Illus. 20
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Illus. 20 select a language

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– In the Welcome window just click NEXT (Illus. 21).

Illus. 21

Illus. 21 Welcome window

– Read the License Agreement, accept its terms and click NEXT (Illus. 22).

Illus. 22

Illus. 22 accept License Agreement

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– Select THINPRINT CLIENT TCP/IP and click NEXT (Illus. 23).

Illus. 23

Illus. 23 select THINPRINT CLIENT TCP/IP

– Confirm the installation path with NEXT (Illus. 24).

Illus. 24

Illus. 24 installation path

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– Choose the installation method INSTALL THINPRINT CLIENT TCP/IP AS AN APPLICA-

TION and click NEXT (Illus. 25).

Illus. 25

Illus. 25 select INSTALL THINPRINT CLIENT TCP/IP AS AN APPLICATION

– Click INSTALL to start the installation process (Illus. 26).

Illus. 26

Illus. 26 start the installation process

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– Click FINISH (Illus. 27). The ThinPrint Client will be started.

Illus. 27

Illus. 27 complete InstallShield Wizard

– Run THINPRINT CLIENT TCP to open the ThinPrint Client Manager (Illus. 28).

Illus. 28

Illus. 28 open ThinPrint Client Manager

– Change to ASSIGNMENT tab and find out the printer IDs (Illus. 29). Click OK.

Illus. 29

Illus. 29 printer IDs (here: 1)

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Creating printers on the central print server (Driver Free Printing)

– Create a printer on the server for each Windows workstation printer (Illus. 30),
attach them to ThinPort: and share them; share name = printer name on the
workstation; driver: TP Output Gateway; add client address and printer ID to
the printer name, syntax: anyname#address:ID.

Illus. 30

Illus. 30 printers folder

– Check in the printer properties whether the SHARE NAME (Illus. 31) is (in this
example) the same as the respective printer name on the workstation.

Illus. 31

Illus. 31 check SHARE NAME

Installing ThinPrint Engine on a terminal server

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– To install the ThinPrint Engine on a terminal server, just proceed as on the cen-
tral print server (Page 6) – with the following exception:

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– Select the server role TERMINAL SERVER (Illus. 32).

Illus. 32

Illus. 32 selecting the TERMINAL SERVER role

– After installation including a terminal server reboot, open the THINPRINT CON-
FIGURATION (Illus. 33).

Illus. 33

Illus. 33 open the THINPRINT CONFIGURATION

Note! Please also note the section Storage destination for AutoConnect set-
tings in the ThinPrint Engine on Terminal Servers manual.

– Open DYNAMIC PRINTER MATRIX (Illus. 34).

– Start editing with double-click into the table.

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Illus. 34

Illus. 34 Dynamic Printer Matrix

– Enter a new line (Illus. 35) with the following entry in the target column:
\\cps50\Lexmark T644 (cps50 = address of the central print server)

– For clarity, deactivate all checkboxes of the two existing lines.

– Click OK to confirm.

Illus. 35

Illus. 35 enter a new line

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Note! In the terminal server’s Windows Explorer, establish – as an adminis-

trator – at least once a connection to a printer on the print server manually.

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Printing from a session (Driver Free Printing)

– Start a terminal session from the workstation (Illus. 36).

Illus. 36

Illus. 36 start terminal session

– Printers are created automatically in the session (Illus. 37).

Illus. 37

Illus. 37 printer created

– Open an application and select PRINT.

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– Select a ThinPrint printer and click OK (Illus. 38).

Illus. 38

Illus. 38 printing using a ThinPrint printer

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