In the following you can find a selection of possibly relevant entries in the Windows registry.
ThinPrint Engine:
ThinPrint Ports and ThinPrint Connection Service Ports
hkey_local_machine\system\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors\ThinPrint Port\<port name>
| Name | ThinPrint Engine MMC | Description | Type | Default value |
| Bandwidth | Bandwidth (kbit/s (kbps)) | Bandwidth used to send print data (in bit/s, bits per second) | reg_dword | 256000 |
| BandwidthAccess | Client control: Bandwidth | Enables the ThinPrint Client to reduce the bandwidth 0 = disabled 1 = enabled |
reg_dword | 0 |
| BandwidthCtrlEnabled | Bandwidth control: Enable | Enables bandwidth control 0 = disabled 1 = enabled |
reg_dword | 0 |
| CConnTries | Connection retries | Number of attempts to establish a connection to the ThinPrint Client, Connection Service or Virtual Channel Gateway | reg_dword | 3 |
| CLevel | Bandwidth control: Enable + Minimum print data volume | Compression level 0 = no compression 5 = default compression 8 = high compression (Bandwidth control enabled) 9 = best compression (Minimum print data volume enabled) |
reg_dword | 5 |
| DeleteErrJobs | — | Print job handling when ThinPrint Client doesn’t take them 1 = failed jobs will be deleted 0 = failed jobs will be left in the printer queue (Queue Manager) |
reg_dword | 1 |
| Host |
— ; Connection Service address |
With ThinPrint Ports: ThinPrint Client address; with ThinPrint Connection Service Ports: Connection Service address | reg_sz | — |
| IsCSvcPort | New ThinPrint Port/New ThinPrint Connection Service Port | 0 = ThinPrint Engine doesn’t print to the Connection Service 1 = ThinPrint Engine prints to the Connection Service |
reg_dword | — |
| IsVCGPort | Use Virtual Channel Gateway | 0 = ThinPrint Engine doesn’t print to Virtual Channel Gateways 1 = ThinPrint Engine prints to Virtual Channel Gateways |
reg_dword | 0 |
| NetSend | Net send service | Inform the users about errors? 0 = no 1 = yes |
reg_dword | 1 |
| Port | TCP Port | TCP port for communication to ThinPrint Clients, Virtual Channel Gateway or Connection Service | reg_dword | 4000 |
| SignCert | — | Name of certificate that signed the client certificate. Overrides global SignCert setting in hkey_local_machine\system\currentcontrolset\control\print\monitors\ThinPrint Port\ | reg_sz | — |
| UseEncryption | Use encryption | 0 = encryption disabled 1 = encryption enabled |
reg_dword | 0 |
| WTSMsgBox | — | If set to 1 and an error occurred: A message box will be sent to the remote desktop session which started the print job. |
reg_dword | 1 |
AutoConnect
hkey_local_machine\software\ThinPrint\TPAutoConnect
| Name | AutoConnect MMC | Description | Type | Default value |
| ConnectToClient | Printer name contains preferably (printing via TCP/IP) | Connection to client with client name or client address (use: Auto, ClientName, ClientAddress) | reg_sz | Auto |
| DisableSettingOfDefPrinter | AutoConnect has no influence | AutoConnect will not set any default printer | reg_dword | 0 |
| InstallOrder | 1, 2: Default printer taken from
4: Disable Dynamic Printer Matrix |
0 = create/connect no printer 1 = Dynamic Printer Matrix first 2 = Map Additional Printers first 3 = Dynamic Printer Matrix only 4 = Map Additional Printers only |
reg_dword | 1 |
| ListenToWTS | — | AutoConnect is started automatically on session logon (Auto mode) | reg_dword | 1 |
| ListenToWTSCreatCmd | — | Command that will be launched on session logon if ListenToWTS is not 0 | reg_sz | tpautoconnect.exe |
| ListenToWTSDeleteCmd | — | Command that will be launched on session logoff | reg_sz | tpautoconnect.exe -dl |
| ListenToWTSOnDisconnect | At session reconnect/disconnect | Indicates whether printers will be deleted when a session goes to the disconnect state | reg_dword | 1 |
| NameTranslationEx | Dynamic Printer Matrix | Content of Dynamic Printer Matrix | reg_multi_sz | — |
| PrinterCreateListEx2 | Map Additional Printers | Content of Map Additional Printers | reg_multi_sz | — |
| Protocol | Transfer protocol | Protocol for connections to ThinPrint Clients (use: TCPIP, VC, AUTO) | reg_sz | Auto |
| RightsWin2000 | — | Define printer permissions on legacy Windows 204 = Print (1) 205 = Manage documents (2) 206 = Print, Manage documents (3) 207 = Print, Manage documents, Manage printers (0) 208 = Print, Manage printers (4) |
reg_dword | 206 (formerly 3) |
| StoreUserSessionSettings | — | Enable storing printer properties in User Settings database (bit mask) bit 0 = default printer information bit 1 = printer properties (devmode) bit 2 = if bit 0 and/or 1 is enabled, printer properties and/or default printer information is stored to the database bit 3 = AutoConnect will be started in user’s session/s when database was changed (will be polled every 30 seconds) |
reg_dword | 7 (bits 0, 1 and 2 set) |
| UserDrivenDefaultPrinter | Default printer – give priority to the user’s choice | Set to 1 if the selection of the default printer will be user driven, so AutoConnect will not interfere it | reg_dword | 0 |
| AddPrinterConnectionTimeout | Cancel connection attempt (s) | Timeout for the AddPrinterConnection in case the spooler is overwhelmed | reg_dword | 120 s |
| AutoRemappingEnabled | — | Controls the automatic remapping of printers if a print server fails. By default for all sessions that use a failed print server TPAC should be called again to remap the printers. If this value is 0 then the remapping will not be called. |
reg_dword | 1 |
| DeleteNetworkPrinterCmd | — | Command to delete network printers in the respective user sessions, before AutoConnect remaps the network printers | reg_sz | TPAutoConnect -dn 1 |
| FailToSuspiciousTime | — | Timeout, after which a Printer Server with Status “Fail”, will be set to Status “Suspicious” and its counter 1 step away from failed. | reg_dword | 600 |
| MaxAllowedFailedMappings | Threshold for assigning failed status | specifies how often a mapping of a network printer for any print server may fail without changing the status of the print server to “failed”. The next failing mapping will set the status then to “failed”, e.g. for default value 4 the 5th failed mapping from a print server will trigger the status change to “failed”. | reg_dword | 4 |
| PrintSvcRenewIntervalInSeconds | — | time interval for renewing working RPC connections | reg_dword | 30 |
| PrintSvcMinReconnectIntervalInSeconds | — | min interval value in sec to retry RPC-connection | reg_dword | 5 |
Server roles and custom setup
Selecting a server role leads to the installation options listed below:
| Server role | Installation options |
| Remote Desktop | Print Controller (= ThinPrint Engine) incl. Tracking Service, Output Gateway, Output Gateway PS, AutoConnect, Virtual Channel Gateway, Session in Session, Administration Tools (= MMC components) and Client for License Server |
| Print server | Print Controller incl. Tracking Service, Output Gateway, AutoConnect, Administration Tools and Client for License Server |
| Administration Tools | MMC components only |
| Custom Setup | Free choice of component |
Custom installation
Here you can specifically select and install individual ThinPrint components. The following components can be selected:
- Print Controller (= ThinPrint Engine)
- ThinPrint Output Gateway
- ThinPrint Output Gateway PS (native driver for printing to non-Windows clients)
- AutoConnect
- Virtual Channel Gateway
- Session-in-Session (see ThinPrint Engine on remote desktops)
- Administration Tools (ThinPrint MMC component to remotely configure – from this computer – another one with ThinPrint components installed on it, can be installed on both workstations and servers)
- License Manager (License Server component for managing the license keys)
- Self Service (component for choosing printers by the users)
