Mike Schiffel – Head of Consulting, ThinPrint / ezeep
Mike Schiffel is the Head of the Consulting Team at ThinPrint GmbH, based in Berlin. With over 25 years of experience in office and high-performance printing environments - having started his career at Kodak and Ricoh - he brings deep technical expertise in print systems.
Since joining ThinPrint in 2012, Mike has led projects focused on backend printing from ERP, CRM, and EMR systems, highly available LPD services, printer mappingin VDI environments, and secure pull-printing workflows.
He regularly shares his knowledge through the ThinPrint blog and webinars, helping IT teams tackle complex print infrastructure challenges with practical and high-performing solutions.
Written Articles
From Print Spooler Issues to High Availability
The print spooler is essential for the correct execution of printing processes. In this article, we show what tasks a print spooler performs, what problems can arise during print spooling, and how ThinPrint ensures high availability with its early warning system.
Published on
January 20, 2025
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January 20, 2025
Printing Defaults vs. Printing Preferences vs. Printing Properties – What to watch out for when changing settings
Properties for printer queues such as paper formats or orientation can be set in different ways. We discuss three setting options and their effects and show how ThinPrint's virtual printer driver ensures user-friendly and cost-saving printing.
Published on
March 21, 2024
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March 22, 2024
The V4 Print Driver Model: What Admins Need to Know (Update 2023)
Starting with Windows Server 2012 / Windows 8 (and newer), Microsoft introduced a new driver model for the printing subsystem called version 4 drivers (V4 printer driver model). The main idea behind it was to eliminate the disadvantages of the former V3 driver model. This article tells you what Admins need to know.
Published on
April 27, 2023
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June 6, 2023
CVE-2021-34527 Windows Print Spooler Vulnerability – How to Ensure Uninterrupted Printing Despite PrintNightmare
If you are a ThinPrint customer, we recommend you follow these steps to ensure printing is unaffected by the CVE-2021-34527 Windows print spooler vulnerability, also known as PrintNightmare.
Published on
July 6, 2021
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July 15, 2021
How to Solve Your Citrix Printing Problems
In times of rapidly changing workplaces and increasing digitalization, virtual desktops in particular represent undreamt-of opportunities to optimize and increase business processes. With Citrix, corporate structures can be easily and intuitively relocated to any device, regardless of location. Find out how you can ensure smooth printing.
Published on
September 24, 2019
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November 29, 2019
