History

Print-IT (formerly, EOL Universal Printer) was first released in February 2001. Though not the first of its kind, it was the very first universal print driver product to leverage the virtual channel specification and to support both the ICA and RDP protocols. Print-IT was also the first PDF-based universal print driver to forego the dependency on the Adobe Acrobat Reader on the client and to introduce performance and bandwidth efficiency features such as page-level streaming and intelligent/partial font embedding.

How it works

Using a single auto-configurable print driver, Print-IT supports both the EMF and PDF modes of printing. When operating in PDF mode, Print-IT supports partial font embedding and does not require the Adobe Acrobat Reader on the client PC.

Previous versions of Print-IT relied solely on PDF as a means to deliver driver-independent printing capability. This decision was primarily influenced by EMF’s lack of support for font embedding (i.e., ThinPrint) and other technical challenges. In its current version, Print-IT supports SmartEMF, Provision’s own custom-enhanced EMF that extends the capabilities of standard EMF to deliver the perfect print job every time.

Please note that in many cases, EMF delivers better performance and print integrity than PDF, especially with graphic-intensive applications and documents incorporating transparent bitmaps and complex images. On the other hand, there are many situations in which PDF may outperform EMF, and thus we encourage our customers to try both options. Our goal is to offer our customers the best of both worlds.

Print-IT supports three operational modes: client printer auto-creation, network printer auto-creation, and remote site relay.

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