Installation
These guides walk you through installing and deploying ScrewDrivers in a variety of environments — standard Windows deployments, silent enterprise rollouts, and non-Windows endpoints.
Before you begin, review the system requirements and make sure .NET 4.8 is installed on every system that will run v7 components. If you downloaded installers from Tricerat, unblock the files before running them.
Installing on Windows
- Pro/Enterprise Installation Procedures — the high-level walkthrough for the full server-side install
- Installing the ScrewDrivers Print Server Service — Windows role, queues, and the service
- Installing the ScrewDrivers Gateway — Enterprise mobile/TCP-IP/cloud printing
- Setting Up ScrewDrivers Secure Release — Enterprise badge release of held print jobs (beta, 7.10+), with breakouts for certificates and the Ricoh printer app
- Installing the Windows Endpoint Client — workstations and laptops, one machine or a fleet
- Intune Deployment of ScrewDrivers — Microsoft Endpoint Manager rollouts
- Silent Install Switches (v7.3.1 or newer) — command-line parameters for automated installs
- Silent Install Switches (v7.0 – v7.3.0) — for older v7 releases
- ARM64 Support for Tricerat ScrewDrivers — Windows on ARM status
Installing on other platforms
Each platform needs its remote desktop client (Citrix Workspace, FreeRDP, or Omnissa Horizon) installed first — the ScrewDrivers client integrates with it to redirect local printers and scanners into remote sessions.
- ScrewDrivers on Linux — Linux installation hub
- ScrewDrivers on macOS — macOS Endpoint Client
- ScrewDrivers on IGEL — IGEL OS thin clients
- Linux Endpoint Client and Linux Scanning Client — package-level installs
SQL Server database
- Setting Up SQL Server for ScrewDrivers — editions, SQL Express, permissions, ports, and aliases
- Changing SQL Access Data After Your Install — update credentials post-installation
- Create db_executor Role in SQL — grant execution permissions
- SQL Always On Compatibility — high-availability configurations
Certificates and licensing
- Administrator-Specified Certificate for Print Server Usage — use your own certificates
- Creating Secure Release Certificates — CA and server certificate for the Secure Release service (beta)
- Optimizing Your Tricerat License Server Configuration — tune lmx-serv.cfg
- Installing the Tricerat License Server — first-time install and activation for concurrent licensing
- Upgrading Your License Server — license server upgrades and compatibility
When installations go wrong
- Service Fails to Start Due to Certificate Error
- Troubleshooting License Issues
- Antivirus File Exceptions — exclusions that prevent install and runtime interference
- Printing Issue Articles — post-install printing problems
Legacy (v6) references
These archived pages cover v6-era procedures that don't yet have v7 equivalents. They may not match current product behavior — use them as background, and check the release notes for what's changed. Current v7 articles for these topics are planned.