LPD software print server for Windows platforms

RPM Remote Print Manager® is our software print server product for Windows platforms.

What can you do with a software print server?

We can start to bring RPM's capabilities into focus by comparing with hardware print servers. No one is trying to say that a hardware print server isn't a great product; all the printers we have in our own office include a built-in print server.

The important thing is always "what do you need it to do?" Every feature and "benefit" should be weighed against this.

RPM software print server versus hardware print servers
Capability RPM Hardware
Convert incoming print jobs to PDF Yes, most formats ?
Windows printing -- support nearly any printer Yes, most formats Probably not
Archive print jobs to a shared folder Yes ?
Email jobs as an attachment Yes ?
Pass raw data to printer Yes Yes
Convert data to printer format Yes, most formats Probably not
Extensive features to edit and extract data Yes ?
Unlimited print queues, each configurable the way you want Yes Usually pre-defined
Print to multiple printers, different formats, from a single queue Yes Probably not
Complex print control paths, work flows Yes ?
Job retention and reprint Yes Probably not
Run your own software on the print job Yes Probably not

 

We don't compete with hardware print server products directly; our software print server provides things they can't.

Low risk to try it out

Give our pre-sales technical support a call. We will consult with you to determine if any of our technology can help with your printing situation. It's in everyone's best interests for your problems to be addressed, and we think you'll be surprised how far we are willing to go to do that.

The risk to you is a bit of your time and involvement. Talk to you soon!

RPM 5.1, our current version (5.1.1.99)

RPM is a product with a fifteen year heritage of steady development. We released 5.0 May 2008 to very wide response. The 5.0 version is a complete rewrite of the software we'd been successful with well over a decade.

In order to make RPM do what our customers demanded, we needed a new architecture; and this is it.

RPM Portals:  Transforms (pre-processing) • Actions (printing methods) • PDFPrint toWindows printingText markupQueuesHow toWorkflowArchiveEmail
   

Windows version support

RPM 5.1 supports these versions of Windows:

Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Windows 7 and 2008

We will support Windows 2000 and 2003 as long as Microsoft makes it feasible to do so. There are signs that Microsoft is upgrading their print systems in ways that are not compatible with Windows 2000 and 2003. If that is the case, then we will not be able to support the earlier platforms indefinitely.

RPM 4.5

The releases in the RPM 4.5 series were cumulatively the biggest sellers in company history of any product line. As those customers migrate over to 5.1, we are not about to leave anyone "out in the cold" so to speak.

RPM 4.5 works on Windows 2000, 2003 and XP. It does not work on Vista or Windows 2008.

Here are some pages specific to RPM 4.5. Please note that we do not offer this product for sale any more but we do our best to support customers who keep their SUM up to date.