Sharing Virtual printer drivers has been completely rewritten in the newest release of the Black Ice printer driver version 16.00.2396. Printer Sharing to network and IPP sharing has been greatly simplified. The user experience and user interface is also more user friendly by providing several self-corrections, configuration warnings, and advanced help during system configuration. If one is using shared printers this is a critical update.

For Print Server applications the new printer sharing provides several critical advantages by simplifying printer sharing, allowing use of the output directory on network drive (UNC path) and includes the unique feature of redirect printing to network shared printers!

This uniquely designed feature of the Black Ice Software Virtual printer driver gives network administrators flexibility, while simplifying print management and printing for all users.

From the print server (Host) Administrators can share out the Black Ice virtual Printer driver to desktop PCs. Also on the Host the Black Ice virtual Printer driver can be configured to redirect client print jobs to Shared network physical printers. On the print server, with a dozen or more printers, each physical printer can be assigned to a unique Black Ice Agent (Task) printer that can be shared out to individual or multiple user(s) (Clients).

To share out Black Ice Virtual Printer takes a few simple steps.
Install the Black Ice Virtual printer driver on the Host.
Configure the Black Ice printer driver on the Host as an Administrator. The Most important configuration is the Output directory for the Client.
Once the printer driver configured and is tested, the printer driver can be shared out to Client systems manually or though group policy.

The Black Ice Printer Drivers can be shared through the IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) using HTTP protocol over Web as easily as sharing printers over the Network. Sharing the Black Ice Printer Drivers through the IPP over the internet provides the same security as sharing printer over the local network.

The current release 16.00.2396 has significantly improvement to share the Black Ice printer driver over IPP. Download the free evaluation version to try it.

The complete list of improvements in the latest Printer Driver includes the following:

• For shared printers, output directory is now set on the Host computer by default, added option to set the directory on the Client (#11726)
• Stability improvement for IPP printer sharing (#12101)
• Stability improvement for setting printer redirection for Agent Printers using the MSI installer (#12100)
• Updated BiOCR.dll to version 12.77.752, stability improvement for the OCR feature on systems without AVX support (#12102)
• Added the "Embed Windows fonts" value to the "PDF Settings" section in the printer driver configuration INI files (#12122)
• Stability improvement for application starter utility not starting in some cases (#12100)
• Added missing entries to the PDF Settings section of the default Printer Driver INI files (#12124)
• The AppStarterEXEName INI file key is now automatically filled by the installers (#12133)
• Stability improvement for updating ColorPlus Server 32 bit driver package on 64 bit systems (for printer sharing to 32 bit systems) (#12148)
• Removed the Visual Studio 2005 redistribution files from the Printer Driver installers (#12144)
• Updated Manuals

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