UniPrint VDI Edition licensing

UniPrint VDI Edition is to be installed on a desktop running Microsoft desktop Windows, i.e., XP or Vista.

The licensing model of UniPrint VDI Edition is different from the UniPrint SbC products. The VDI Edition uses a per-server and per-concurrent-users model.

You will need a machine to act as a UniPrint License Server, which is usually a UniPrint Spool Server.

Unlike the licensing of core UniPrint SbC products, you don’t need the following information:

• Environment: RDP only or ICA (ICA license includes RDP, so RDP can run on ICA license).
• Platform: 32-bit support or 64-bit support (64-bit license includes 32-bit support, so 32-bit platform can run on 64-bit license).

You will need the following information to generate a license file:

• The machine name on which UniPrint Spool Server is/will be installed.
• The IP address of the machine above.
• A serial number that you obtained from your supplier (a reseller, a distributor, or the vendor).
• The number of servers.
• The number of concurrent users.

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SbC products licensing

UniPrint’s core products seamlessly support printing in Server-based Computing (SbC) environments. All these products are to be installed on a server platform such as Microsoft’s Servers 2000, 2003 and 2008, or Citrix Metaframe Server and Presentation Server.

These core products include 32-bit products:

• UniPrint Server
• UniPrint Server Gateway Edition
• UniPrint Terminal Server Edition
• UniPrint Terminal Server Gateway Edition

All these core products have their 64-bit counterparts, and the product name is suffixed by “x64” to the corresponding product:

• UniPrint Server x64
• UniPrint Server Gateway Edition x64
• UniPrint Terminal Server Edition x64
• UniPrint Terminal Server Gateway Edition x64

Products with names that have “Terminal Server” works only in Microsoft’s Terminal Services environments, i.e., with the RDP protocol. Products without such in their names also work in Microsoft’s Terminal Services environments, i.e., with the RDP protocol, and in addition, they also work in Citrix environments with the ICA protocol.

The following information is required to generate a license file:

• The machine name on which UniPrint Server is/will be installed.
• The IP address of the machine above.
• Environment: RDP only or ICA (ICA license includes RDP, so RDP can run on ICA license).
• Platform: 32-bit support or 64-bit support (64-bit license includes 32-bit support, so 32-bit platform can run on 64-bit license).
• A serial number that you obtained from your supplier (a reseller, a distributor, or the vendor).

From the above information, you’ll know that when you request a license, you need to have the machine name and the IP address ready, because the license is tied to those two pieces of information.

The licensing model for UniPrint’s core products (i.e., the SbC products) is per server, not per user (or per concurrent users). In other words, each UniPrint server will require its own valid license. Once a UniPrint server has its own valid license, there is no limitation from the licensing perspective as to how many users can connect to the UniPrint server.

This model of licensing is applicable to UniPrint’s SbC products (both Gateway and non-Gateway versions) up the latest release version 6.1.5 (as of writing).

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UniPrint license

All UniPrint products are available for free download. When you download any of these products, they are fully functional except that there is a banner / watermark printed diagonally across the printout. (The only exception is UniPrint client software, which is a complementary product to the core products.)

You can request a temporary license that expires in a predetermined date, usually within 30 or 60 days. With the temporary license, you can evaluate the UniPrint product of your interest, and it behaves exactly the same as the fully licensed version. When you are ready to order, you need to call a reseller or a distributor to get a license key.

The steps in applying a temporary license for evaluation is the same as applying a regular license. You will receive in email, as attachment, a license key in the form of a text file with file extension .txt. You will have to rename the extension to a .reg registry file. Some email server or client programs are very vigilant about receiving .reg file as attachments that they may strip off the attachment altogether. That is why the license key file will be sent as plain text file, and you’ll have to rename it back to .reg file.

You need to save the renamed .reg file onto the machine where UniPrint Server is installed. Then you just need to double-click the file to put the license in place.

This applies to the Server-based Computing (SbC) core products up to and including version 6.1.5. Licensing for other products will be discussed in another article.

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UniPrint products overview

With the current buzzword of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), or in the more arcane IT vocabulary of Server-based Computing (SbC), you won't miss this keyword: UniPrint. Why? Simply because they are a key player.

Their products enhance VDI printing and SbC printing in Citrix as well as Microsoft terminal Server platforms. Their products are indispensable in helping system administrators manage and solve printing problems.

The following are their product offerings:

• UniPrint Server – A core product of UniPrint for fat-client printing. A special version, UniPrint Terminal Server Edition, works specifically in the Microsoft Terminal Server platform, but not in the Citrix platform.


• UniPrint Gateway Edition – The core product with extended capability for thin-client printing. There is also a special version, UniPrint Gateway Terminal Server Edition, that works specifically in the Microsoft Terminal Server platform, but not in the Citrix platform.


• UniPrint VDI Edition – This product tailors specifically for printing in a Virtual Desktop Infrasturcture (VDI) environment such as that offered by VMware.


• UniPrint Host Edition – This product enables flexible printing from non-Windows host systems (e.g., mainframes and legacy systems as well as Unix boxes) to Windows desktops.

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