Server roles and custom setup

Selecting a server role leads to the installation options listed below:

Server role	Installation options
Remote Desktop (on terminal servers) or Desktop Engine (on virtual desktops)	Print Controller (= ThinPrint Engine) incl. Tracking Service, Output Gateway, Output Gateway PS, AutoConnect incl. Self Service, Virtual Channel Gateway, Session in Session, Administration Tools (= MMC components) and Client for License Server
Print Server	Print Controller incl. Tracking Service und V-Layer Service, Output Gateway, AutoConnect, High Availabilitiy Service, Administration Tools and Client for License Server
Administration Tools	MMC components only
Custom Setup	Free choice of component

Here you can specifically select and install individual ThinPrint components. The following components can be selected:

Print Controller (= ThinPrint Engine)
- Tracking Service, see Global ThinPrint settings
- V-Layer Service, see ThinPrint Engine on print servers
ThinPrint Output Gateway
ThinPrint Output Gateway PS (native driver for printing to non-Windows clients)
AutoConnect
High Availabilitiy Service (ThinPrint HA)
Virtual Channel Gateway, see ThinPrint Engine on print servers
Session-in-Session
Administration Tools (ThinPrint MMC component to remotely configure – from this computer – another one with ThinPrint components installed on it, can be installed both on workstations and servers)
License Manager (License Server component for managing the license keys)
Self Service (component for choosing printers by the users)

ThinPrint – Getting Started