Black Ice Virtual Printer Technology
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Black Ice Software offers a number of virtual printer driver printing technologies to provide the best solution for our customers for their varying printing needs.


Muti-threaded Single Printer with parallel printing


Designed for Windows Server with many users, print servers for sharing printers for a number of users, and combined with Agent (task) printers. This configuration ensures performance similar to Parallel Multi-Printers but with a single printer. Perfect for high-volume printing, and scenarios like faxing or archiving, it provides a balance between performance and resource utilization.
Available for the Licensed printer drivers only.



Single Printer Drivers


Single Printer Driver is recommended for low-volume printing, as it offers sequential (single-threaded) printing. Sequential printing means that when one prints two documents, the printer driver prints the first document, and after the printing is done, starts to print the second document. This is the most commonly used solution.

This solution offers slower performance when printing more documents at the same time, although this solution has low system requirements and CPU usage.
Available for the Licensed printer drivers and OEM printer drivers.



Single Printer Driver with multiple Agent Printers


Agent Printers are recommended for users using different configurations when printing documents. Each Agent Printer can be configured separately, allowing users to easily preconfigure each printer for specific tasks.

Agent Printers are printing documents sequentially (single-threaded) as the Single Printer Drivers, resulting in slower document conversion when printing multiple documents at the same time, although this solution also has low system requirements and CPU usage.
Available for the Licensed printer drivers.



Parallel Multi-Printer Drivers - single configuration INI file


Parallel Multi-printer configuration offers multiple printers, allowing parallel document conversion when printing documents to different printers at the same time. This driver configuration is the most efficient for volume-automated document conversion. With high-volume document conversion, the printing of documents could take a significant amount of time, having multiple printers, allows automated parallel printing by multiple printers at the same time. If needed, the Printers can be configured separately, Parallel multi-printers offer parallel printing and parallel conversion, resulting in very fast document conversion, but higher system requirements and CPU usage. One System core is needed per printer. For 6 printers one should have at least 7-8 core systems.
Available for the Licensed printer drivers.



Complete Parallel Printer drivers with separated configuration INI files


The Complete Parallel Printer offers the same performance in document conversion as the Parallel Multi-printer or Single Printer Parallel Driver.

The Complete Parallel Printer comes with separate printers, Print Processors, Driver files, Port-monitor, and also, each printer uses a separate configuration INI file.

The separated configuration INI file allows Administrators to configure different Printer settings for each printer when adding the printers to the computer, resulting in easier configuration. This printer driver configuration is recommended when the printer driver is integrated with a specific application. This configuration allows installing the printer drivers with completely different configurations.
Available for the Licensed printer drivers and OEM printer drivers.