.print Products Installation on VMware ESX Servers
VMware Inc. released ESX server for VMware vSphere [0] (ESX 4.0) in June 2009. The VMware Tools provided together with ESX 4.0 also contain ThinPrint modules for "virtual printing" which may interfere with a virtual machine hosting ThinPrint's .print Engine or AutoConnect. This Article describes how can prevent any interference in combination with .print products.
Preparing a new machine / cleaning the ThinPrint Modules
ESX 4 Update 2 Tools – Custom Installation
Please set the following registry key to prevent VMware Tools Installer to install .print components.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ ThinPrint\ Setup\ InstalledComponents\ .print (RegDWord) 1
NOTE: Works only since ESX Tools Update 1!
If you use the interactive setup you can disable the installation .print Components from the customized setup as shown above. If the registry key above is set you will not even have the option to disable this feature.
ESX 4 without any updates
Please update to at least update 1, if that is not possible contact ThinPrint support at support@thinprint.com.
Reconfiguring an existing machine
Updating the VMware Tools to ESX 4 without updates on an existing .print installation will apply the following.
- new ThinPrint Output Gateway driver
- new ThinPrint Postscript driver
- new print port monitor (TPVMMon)
- TPAutoConnect configuration is changed
Please see the VMware Support KB "Removing
ThinPrint software installed by VMware Tools".
[0] - http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere