Introduction to the ReflexBlue Printer Service
The ReflexBlue Printer Service is a Windows application that runs on your PC or within your network. It forwards print jobs from the ReflexBlue Application Server to your local or network printers. In this way, it forms the connection between the ReflexBlue online environment and the printers at your location.
Installation and configuration
The service is installed on your own PC or on a PC within your network. It’s recommended to use a dedicated PC for this purpose, such as a compact NUC (Next Unit of Computing) that is always on. This way, printing remains continuously available without being dependent on your own PC or presence. This dedicated PC must remain on-site.
After installation, the user interface of the ReflexBlue Printer Service can be accessed on the local PC using a web browser (usually at the address http://localhost:9000/). A shortcut is also created on your desktop for this purpose. The Printer Service must then be configured and connected to the ReflexBlue Application Server. You can then add one or more administrations and link the logical printers in those administrations to the physical printers that are connected to the PC or the network.
Auto-update
The ReflexBlue Printer Service regularly checks if there is a new version of the software available. If an update is available, it will be downloaded automatically and the ReflexBlue Printer Service will then restart.
Flexibility and scalability
You can use multiple ReflexBlue Printer Services within one or more administrations. This allows you to process print jobs from different locations or user environments simultaneously.
Important points to note:
- One ReflexBlue Printer Service can handle print jobs for multiple administrations.
- Within a single administration, multiple ReflexBlue Printer Services can be active at the same time, for example at different locations.
- Each ReflexBlue Printer Service may only manage the printers that are locally available and for which the service is configured.
Example situation: Remote worker
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A company has a main location with printers ➜ here, a ReflexBlue Printer Service is running that is linked to the office printers.
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A remote worker also has a ReflexBlue Printer Service installed on their laptop ➜ this is only linked to the home printer.
The office printers must not be linked to the remote worker’s ReflexBlue Printer Service.
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Result: The remote worker can print at home and at the office.
As soon as the laptop is at the office, printing to the home printer will no longer work ➜ since it is not physically connected there.
You can find more information in the Introduction to printing in ReflexBlue.