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Driverless Printing: No Drivers on Endpoints, No Print Servers On-Site

ezeep renders every print job in the cloud using a library of over 6,000 printer drivers. Users never install a driver. Admins never manage one. The endpoint stays clean. The printer gets exactly the data it needs. IT gets out of the driver business for good.

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Why It Exists

Why Printer Drivers Are the Root Cause of Most Print Failures

Every printer model needs its own driver. Every OS needs a different version. Every conflict crashes the spooler.

Driver Conflicts Crash the Print Spooler

Two incompatible drivers on the same machine bring down printing for every user on that device. IT restarts the spooler, clears the queue, and waits for it to happen again. It's the most common print support ticket.

Driver Conflicts Crash the Print Spooler

Every Spooler Patch Breaks Existing Deployments

Microsoft has patched the Windows Print Spooler 29 times since PrintNightmare in 2021. Each patch changes how drivers load, how Point and Print works, or which permissions are required. Every update risks breaking deployments that were working yesterday.

Every Spooler Patch Breaks Existing Deployments

Driver Management Doesn't Scale Across Platforms

Windows, macOS, ChromeOS, iOS, Android, and VDI session hosts all handle drivers differently. Packaging, testing, and deploying drivers per OS per printer model per location is a recurring cost that grows with every new device.

How It Works

How Cloud Rendering Works

Three steps from any device to any printer, with no drivers installed anywhere along the way.
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The User Hits Print from Any Device

The user prints from any app on any device. ezeep captures the print stream and sends it securely to the cloud over a TLS-encrypted connection. No driver is needed on the device.

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ezeep Renders the Job in the Cloud

The cloud matches the print stream to the correct driver from a library of over 6,000 printer-specific drivers and renders the job into the exact format the target printer expects. Printer Profile defaults (color, duplex, tray) are applied during rendering.

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The Printer Receives a Ready-to-Print Job

The rendered job is delivered securely to the printer through the ezeep Hub or Software Connector using an encrypted outbound connection. The printer receives native-format data it can process immediately. No translation on the endpoint. No driver on the network. No print data left in the cloud.

Where It Matters Most

Where Driverless Printing Makes the Biggest Difference

Virtual Desktop Environments

Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365, Citrix, and Omnissa Horizon all require drivers inside session hosts for traditional printing, which creates image bloat, compatibility issues, and resource contention. With ezeep, session hosts stay clean and cloud rendering handles every printer model.
Virtual Desktop Environments

Branch Offices and Distributed Locations

Each location used to need its own print server or a VPN connection back to a central one. The ezeep Hub replaces that entirely. Plug it into the network, claim it in the admin portal, and the branch's printers are available to assigned users within minutes.
Branch Offices and Distributed Locations

Mixed Printer Fleets

Organizations running HP, Xerox, Lexmark, Konica Minolta, Kyocera, Epson, Zebra, and other brands side by side normally deal with a different driver for each model. Cloud rendering handles all of them centrally, so users see one consistent print experience.
Mixed Printer Fleets

Mobile and BYOD

Mobile devices and personal laptops can't install traditional printer drivers, which locks them out of most print environments. The ezeep Print App for iOS, Android, and ChromeOS provides full print access without any driver installation.
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How It Connects to Other ezeep Features

Driverless Printing Is the Foundation

Cloud rendering isn't a standalone feature. It's the architecture that makes everything else in ezeep work without local infrastructure.

Pull Printing

Relies on cloud rendering to hold and release jobs without on-premise queues.
Pull Printing

Printer Profiles

Apply default settings (color, duplex, tray) during cloud rendering, so defaults are enforced without configuring anything on the endpoint.
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Printer Mapping

Assigns printers to users in the cloud, and because there are no local drivers, the assigned printers appear instantly with no installation step.
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Print Monitoring

Tracks jobs as they pass through the cloud, providing per-user and per-printer reporting without agents on endpoints.
Print Monitoring

Frequently Asked Questions

Curious about how it all works? Here's everything you wanted to know about ezeep's cloud printing solution!

What is cloud rendering in printing?

Cloud rendering is the process of converting a print job into the format a specific printer understands. Traditionally, this happens on the user's device or a print server using a locally installed driver. With ezeep, it happens entirely in the cloud. The user's device sends a driver-free print stream, ezeep matches it to the correct driver from a library of over 6,000 printer-specific drivers, renders it, and delivers the finished job to the printer.

How is ezeep's driverless printing different from IPP, Mopria, or Windows Protected Print?

IPP and Mopria standardize how devices communicate with printers, but rendering still happens on the endpoint and only works with Mopria-certified models. Windows Protected Print Mode uses the Microsoft IPP Class Driver but requires Mopria-certified printers with IPP enabled and only works on Windows 11. ezeep renders the entire job in the cloud, works across Windows, macOS, ChromeOS, iOS, and Android, and supports any printer in its 6,000+ driver library, including legacy and non-Mopria models.

How does driverless printing protect against PrintNightmare and spooler vulnerabilities?

PrintNightmare (CVE-2021-34527) exploited the Windows Print Spooler through locally installed printer drivers. Since ezeep does not install printer-specific drivers on endpoints and uses only outbound encrypted connections, the attack vector does not apply. The same is true for the 29 subsequent spooler vulnerabilities Microsoft has patched since 2021.

Does driverless printing affect print quality or advanced printer features?

No. Cloud rendering uses the printer's native driver, so all manufacturer-specific features (finishing options, tray selection, duplex, color profiles) are preserved. The output is identical to what a locally installed driver would produce. Printer Profile defaults are applied during rendering so admins can enforce settings without configuring anything on the endpoint.

Do I still need a print server with ezeep?

No. The ezeep Hub replaces on-premises print servers. It connects printers to the ezeep cloud without any Windows Server infrastructure. For environments that still have a print server, the ezeep Connector for Print Server can bridge those existing printers to the cloud as a transition step. Cloud rendering is included on all ezeep plans, including the Free plan.

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Stop Managing Drivers. Start Managing Printing.

Move rendering to the cloud. Eliminate drivers from every endpoint. Replace print servers with a device that fits in your hand. Every user prints from every device to every printer. Zero driver management.

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