Print to 2 printer by default

Question

Is it possible to print directly to two printers simultaneously? What I want to do is every time user prints a receipt it should print to PDF and to default printer. Is there any printer driver that does that?

OS info : MS Windows XP Pro SP3.

Answer 1

According to the moderator at social.technet.microsoft.com : "As far as I know, we cannot use a build-in tool or settings to send print job to multiple printers simultaneously. It is possible however to use a third party application or customized program".

This Google Answers thread mentions solutions :

• Solution 1: LEADTOOLS ePrint: http://www.eprintdriver.com/ePrintFilePrinter.html Here is the specific feature in this application that you need: http://www.eprintdriver.com/eprint-broadcastprinting.html Download a 30 day trial here: http://www.eprintdriver.com/free-evaluation.htm

• Solution 2: INTELLIscribe: http://lpr.brooksnet.com/index.html The specific feature is discussed here: http://lpr.brooksnet.com/broadcast-printing.html (This one might need ip addresses printers) but you can try out the trial here: http://www.brooksnet.com/cgi-bin/cs/download.html?dl_product=IS32

• Solution 3: Print Distributor http://www.printdistributor.com/ "Flexible actions allow you to send copies of prints to as many locations as you require." Free Trial: http://www.frogmorecs.com/Download/SetupPD.exe

• Solution 4: PrintRush: http://www.zfirm.com/products/printrush.shtml "Can print to multiple printers across the LAN or WAN."