Printer drivers are a category of software that is installed on the computer that the printer is connected to.
It is necessary to install a driver for the specific printer on the machine that is going to be used to give the print commands.
However, this means that the printing job that needs to be done has to be through the machine the driver is installed on.
So, there is a problem here.
Whenever there is a printout required the particular computer needs to be on.
This is where network printers come in.
Now when a number of computers in an office, building or on a wide area network (WAN) are connected to a network printer some problems are bound to crop up.
This could be bandwidth problems that slow down a printing job a great deal, incompatibility of the local operating system and inability to communicate and print using the network printing device.
These problems could lead to an entire business coming to a stand still in critical moments.
The solution was 'universal printer drivers'.
Universal print drivers offer single driver printing using any operating system such as Windows Terminal Services.
Driver suppliers have created a new approach to network printing that is radically changing the way businesses are using network printing devices.
Regardless of the platform and the operating system print jobs can be completed very efficiently on any network printer that is shared.
There are no limitations regarding the model, make or print driver of the printing device.
Universal drivers enable client side printing solutions to print Adobe Acrobat documents using a compatible print driver that supports both RDP and ICA 5.
x Win32 clients without the Acrobat reader installed.
A simple print command will send the PDF to the network reader and the printout will be produced.
Imagine the trouble not having a reader installed on a local machine to open the PDF before printing it! Another situation that calls for universal drivers for printing is when a business or organization has very old computers and printing machines.
Universal printer drivers are also very useful when there are a number of different printing devices connected to the various computers not to mention the computers having different operating systems.
Most drivers are designed to operate on specific operating systems and having an SO that is four years old could render the driver useless.
Universal drivers are immune to these problems.
However, there are some disadvantages to universal drivers as well.
When using universal drivers a lot of features on the printing machine may not be available.
These features could be the faxing ability of the device or the scanning ability.
Universal drivers are not built to use these additional features - they are designed to make the printing device print irrespective of the make or model.
They are not scanning software or faxing software.
In some cases the universal print driver manufacturer may include faxing software or scanning software to make the universal drivers more compatible, but this is rarely the case.
In most cases using universal drivers means that the end user will be unable to do anything more than simply print.
It is necessary to install a driver for the specific printer on the machine that is going to be used to give the print commands.
However, this means that the printing job that needs to be done has to be through the machine the driver is installed on.
So, there is a problem here.
Whenever there is a printout required the particular computer needs to be on.
This is where network printers come in.
Now when a number of computers in an office, building or on a wide area network (WAN) are connected to a network printer some problems are bound to crop up.
This could be bandwidth problems that slow down a printing job a great deal, incompatibility of the local operating system and inability to communicate and print using the network printing device.
These problems could lead to an entire business coming to a stand still in critical moments.
The solution was 'universal printer drivers'.
Universal print drivers offer single driver printing using any operating system such as Windows Terminal Services.
Driver suppliers have created a new approach to network printing that is radically changing the way businesses are using network printing devices.
Regardless of the platform and the operating system print jobs can be completed very efficiently on any network printer that is shared.
There are no limitations regarding the model, make or print driver of the printing device.
Universal drivers enable client side printing solutions to print Adobe Acrobat documents using a compatible print driver that supports both RDP and ICA 5.
x Win32 clients without the Acrobat reader installed.
A simple print command will send the PDF to the network reader and the printout will be produced.
Imagine the trouble not having a reader installed on a local machine to open the PDF before printing it! Another situation that calls for universal drivers for printing is when a business or organization has very old computers and printing machines.
Universal printer drivers are also very useful when there are a number of different printing devices connected to the various computers not to mention the computers having different operating systems.
Most drivers are designed to operate on specific operating systems and having an SO that is four years old could render the driver useless.
Universal drivers are immune to these problems.
However, there are some disadvantages to universal drivers as well.
When using universal drivers a lot of features on the printing machine may not be available.
These features could be the faxing ability of the device or the scanning ability.
Universal drivers are not built to use these additional features - they are designed to make the printing device print irrespective of the make or model.
They are not scanning software or faxing software.
In some cases the universal print driver manufacturer may include faxing software or scanning software to make the universal drivers more compatible, but this is rarely the case.
In most cases using universal drivers means that the end user will be unable to do anything more than simply print.