HP UPD - Driver Configuration Support Guide

1 Introduction
The HP Driver Pre-Configuration and Deployment Guide describes the HP printer management
software used to configure and deploy HP drivers. Three separate tools for configuring and deploying
HP drivers are described in detail.
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HP Driver Configuration Utility (DCU)
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HP Driver Deployment Utility (DDU)
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HP Web Jetadmin (WJA)
NOTE: The System Administrator Guide (SAG) provides detailed instructions for other installation
methods and can be downloaded from
http://www.hp.com/go/upd.
Driver configuration, or pre-configuration, is an approach to managing the installation of print drivers
in a managed network environment. Information Technology (IT) administrators in managed network
environments can use HP printer management software to configure the printing defaults for HP
printer drivers before installing the driver(s) in the network environment. In other words, IT
administrators can pre-configure the driver before deploying it.
For example, a company has purchased several HP Color LaserJet printers to be shared among
several workgroups. To reduce printing costs, management wants all of the print queues to print on
both sides of the paper (duplex) by default. In addition, to minimize toner consumption, color printing
is restricted to specific groups. Several different print servers are in use, each of which has one or
more queues to the new devices. Some users can print directly to the new printers over the network.
However, IT wants to apply the same driver configuration to those print queues.
Previously, printers in such a scenario would be installed on each print server and then manually
configured with the required settings. The printers would then be manually configured with the
required specifications on each direct-print workstation. By using driver pre-configuration technology,
this process is greatly simplified.
If Windows print servers or workstations are used, use any of the three tools to pre-configure the
installed drivers, and then install the driver:
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The DCU creates a cfm file that reflects the specified settings when it is installed. For more
information on available installation methods, see the SAG.
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The DDU creates a package for driver installation that can also be used to pre-configure the
driver.
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The WJA can configure and install drivers. Its queue management capability can pre-configure
and create the queue on each Windows print server in one step. The configuration can be saved
and used for later deployments of the same product, regardless of which driver is used for each
product. Each print server can then supply configured drivers to all Windows clients.
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