Released on = December 4, 2006, 11:52 am

Press Release Author = Silke Kluckert

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = ThinPrint's new solution, .print Virtual Desktop Engine,
optimizes and simplifies printing in VMware Virtual Infrastructure environments

(Berlin, November 2006) ThinPrint, a global leader in producing management solutions
for server based computing architectures, now offers a print solution for VMware
Virtual Infrastructure 3. The .print Virtual Desktop Engine with its well proven
DRIVER FREE PRINTING technology virtualizes printer drivers and therefore also
creates total independence from hardware, operating system, application, and
physical location for printing. The solution developed by ThinPrint, a VMware
Technology Alliance Partner, eliminates the need for installation of native printer
drivers on the virtual machines, compresses print data to down to 1% of its original
size, and makes it possible to use mixed 64- and 32-bit environments.


Press Release Body = Many companies today focus on virtualized environments. The
independence from hardware, operating system, and application that virtualization
creates helps businesses achieve high savings and consolidation potential. Trouble
is, though, that printing puts an end to the freedom of a virtualized environment.
As always, the applications are directly connected to the printer hardware by the
relevant printer drivers, and the operating system is predefined, as well, because
32-bit printer drivers cannot be used in 64-bit environments or vice versa. The
remedy is ThinPrint's .print Virtual Desktop Engine. Its DRIVER FREE PRINTING
technology disengages the inflexible connection between application and printer
driver and even makes it possible to use mixed 32-und 64-bit environments. Thanks to
compression of up to 99%, the distance and/or connection between application and
printer hardware is almost limitless. That means complete virtualization of print
management regarding hardware, operating system, application, and physical location.


As for hardware, customers profit by ThinPrint's years-long experience in server
based computing: more than 30 OEM partners have integrated the .print Client in over
200 different devices, including terminals, print servers and printer network cards;
in other words, all of these devices can receive and decompress print data.

"We are excited about the possibilities the Virtual Desktop infrastructure opens and
proud that so many customers are already deploying our solutions in these
environments," says Carsten Mickeleit, Managing Director of ThinPrint GmbH. "The
technologies we have developed through product generations let VMware customers also
benefit from the advantages of virtualization in print management.\"

The .print Virtual Desktop Engine is available from more than 400 authorized
partners around the world.

ThinPrint GmbH
ThinPrint is specialist for mobile enterprise solutions and for printing in
distributed network environments. The solutions created by the software developer
with headquarters in Germany and branches in the USA and Australia are deployed
successfully worldwide by businesses of all sizes in a variety of industries. More
than 500 major distributors and resellers in over 80 countries sell products made by
ThinPrint GmbH. Thanks to numerous partnerships, client components using
patent-pending .print technology have been integrated into the terminals,
printboxes, PDAs and mobile phones of several leading hardware producers. A special
role is played here by strategic partnerships with BlackBerry (RIM), Bluetooth SIG,
Citrix Systems, Inc., Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Lexmark International, Inc.,
Microsoft, Nokia, Orange, Palm, Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Symbian Ltd., VMware,
Inc. and XPS Software GmbH.



Web Site = http://www.thinprint.com

Contact Details = Press contacts
In North America:
ThinPrint, Inc., Francesca Brunello, Business Relations and Communications Manager,
Francesca.brunello@thinprint.com, Tel.: 440.331.8446

Headquarters:
ThinPrint GmbH, Silke Kluckert, Public Relations Manager, Tel.: +49.30.39 49 31-66,
Fax: +49.30.394931-99, Email: press@thinprint.com, http://www.thinprint.com