Microsoft’s Nelly Porter confirmed the rumor that has been going around for some time now: Longhorn (Terminal) Server will have its own “universal printer” functionality. This functionality will be included for the first time in the upcoming Beta 3 of Windows Server 2008.

Microsoft calls it Easy Print. It’s based on the Microsoft XPS document standard (which is similar to PDF). The “Easy Print” feature of is quite comprehensive though and is more than just a universal print driver in that it:

• Supports (nearly) every printer
• Compresses the data stream send to the terminal server client
• Enables you to use the properties (UI) of the native printer driver
• Allow you to specify which printer gets redirected into your terminal server session

Source: Bink.nu - read more about Easy Print here.