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Table of contents 1 Purpose and scope Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 1 Conventions used in this guide ............................................................................................................ 3 HP UPD Supported products ............................................................................................................... 4 2 Software description Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 9 System requirements ......................................................................................................................... 11 Software availability ............................................................................................................................ 12 Select the best PDL ............................................................................................................................ 12 PCL 6 UPD ........................................................................................................................ 13 PCL 5 UPD ........................................................................................................................ 13 HP PS UPD ....................................................................................................................... 13 3 Plan an HP UPD deployment The five steps to a successful deployment ......................................................................................... 16 Initiation and planning ........................................................................................................................ 17 Understand your printing requirements and environment .................................................. 17 Determine deployment objectives ..................................................................... 17 Print servers or Direct IP ................................................................................... 17 Identify stakeholders ......................................................................................... 17 Make an inventory ............................................................................................. 17 Consider PDL needs ......................................................................................... 17 Driver considerations ........................................................................................ 18 Pre-configuration, policy and access requirements .......................................... 18 Environment and network compatibility ............................................................. 18 Baseline the system .......................................................................................... 18 Risk management ............................................................................................. 18 Key deployment decisions ................................................................................................. 19 Create a list of required drivers ......................................................................... 19 Choose an installation method .......................................................................... 19 Driver Pre-Configuration ................................................................................... 19 Traditional and dynamic Mode .......................................................................... 20 Manage the HP UPD with MPA or Active Directory Group Policy .................... 20 ENWW iii Estimate time requirements .............................................................................. 20 Communication and training ............................................................................................................... 22 Training .............................................................................................................................. 22 Conducting a pilot ............................................................................................................................... 22 Testing and Evaluation ....................................................................................................................... 22 Deploy to production .......................................................................................................................... 22 4 Preconfigure the HP UPD Pre-configure the HP UPD using Install.exe ...................................................................................... 24 Pre-configure the HP UPD using the HP Managed Printing Administrator (MPA) ............................. 24 Pre-configure the HP UPD using the Group Policy Objects in Active Directory ................................. 25 Pre-configure the HP UPD using HP Driver Configuration Utility ....................................................... 27 Pre-configure the HP UPD using HP Driver Deployment Utility (DDU) .............................................. 28 Pre-configuration utilities and configurable functions ......................................................................... 28 5 Install and Uninstall of the HP UPD Install .................................................................................................................................................. 32 Download and unzip the HP UPD ...................................................................................... 32 Windows client/server: Use the Add Printer Wizard .......................................................... 32 Windows client/server: Use Install.exe .............................................................................. 33 Windows client/server: Use the command prompt ............................................................ 34 Configure default print settings while installing by command prompt install ................................................................................................................. 34 Duplex .............................................................................................. 35 Economode ...................................................................................... 35 Private printing .................................................................................. 35 Private printing with Pin .................................................................... 36 Edgeline QAC ................................................................................... 36 Available command options .............................................................................. 37 Windows client/server: Use Point and Print ....................................................................... 40 Windows client/server: Use the HP Web Jetadmin Print Queue Creation ......................... 40 Windows Cluster server environment ................................................................................ 40 Alternative install with printer automatic configuration disabled ........................ 41 Windows Terminal Server/Citrix environment .................................................................... 42 Versions of Terminal Server and Citrix supported by HP .................................. 42 Known limitations of the HP UPD when used for auto– created printers or redirected printers with client printers that are directly attached ....................... 42 Novell ................................................................................................................................. 43 Install the HP UPD in a Novell environment ...................................................... 43 NDPS ................................................................................................................ 44 Plug and play installation ................................................................................................... 44 Hardware first installation .................................................................................. 45 Software first (unattended) installation .............................................................. 45 iv ENWW Uninstall the HP UPD ........................................................................................................................