The WCPP client utility
Overview
Each client machine that wants to print locally from ASP.NET by using the WebClientPrint solution will require to install a very small utility called WebClientPrint Processor (WCPP).
WCPP is a lightweight native app (without any dependencies) that processes all the Client Print Jobs generated by the WebClientPrint server-side component.
WCPP is great because it is a native app that does not require the client to install any other dependencies or frameworks (like Java, .NET, ActiveX, Silverlight, Flash, etc.) and runs on Windows, Linux & Mac! You can keep your current enterprise hardware, save money and start porting your systems to ASP.NET web apps.
The client machine requirements are:
- Windows Clients
- OS: Windows 98, 2000, ME, XP, Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8.x (Desktop-mode)
- BROWSER: Internet Explorer 6 or greater (IE10/11 in Desktop Mode), Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or greater, Google Chrome 11 or greater, Opera 9.0 or greater, Safari 3.0 or greater
- Linux Clients
- OS: Debian 6 or greater (GNOME), Ubuntu 10.04 or greater (Unity/GNOME), Linux Mint 7 or greater (GNOME), Fedora 11 or greater (GNOME), CentOS 5.3 or greater (GNOME)
- BROWSER: Mozilla Firefox shipped with the OS or latest version, Google Chrome latest version
- Mac Clients
- OS: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or greater / Intel
- BROWSER: Safari shipped with the OS or latest version, Mozilla Firefox latest version, Google Chrome latest version
WCPP Installer Packages
The WCPP Installer Packages are available at http://www.neodynamic.com/downloads/wcpp
You can host it on your own website but please consider linking it to Neodynamic's website.
It will help you and your users to always get the latest builds of WCPP and ensure the utility comes from us.
WCPP Security Protection
Both the WCPP Installer for Windows as well as the WCPP program file (wcpp.exe) are digitally-signed with a Windows Authenticode certificate issued by DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1 to protect you, your end-users and us from malware and tampering.
You must instruct and educate your end-users to install the WCPP utility only if it comes from our company i.e. the Publisher is Neodynamic SRL as shown in the following figures.
