Which universal or driverless printing solution do you use/recommend?

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Published on 2010-04-08T23:30:52Z Indexed on 2010/04/08 23:33 UTC
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I'm in need of a driverless printing solution for Microsoft Terminal Services 2003/2008. This is mainly to support clients who are connected through broadband into our hosted servers.

We were hoping that MSTS 2008 thinprint would be the answer but unfortunately it performs poorly in the print area. The files are too large.

I found the following slightly outdated URL: http://www.msterminalservices.org/software/Printing/

This lists a number of products but I have no experience with any of them.

I'd like a product that works/easy to install (as our clients are remote and not particularly tech savvy) and ideally I just pay for the server license and not every clients.

What is your experience/recommendation and tips you can offer me in regards to TS printing?

thanks in advance.

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