HP UPD - System Administrator's Guide HP UPD 5.6.5

Manage the HP UPD with Active Directory Group Policy
Active Directory Group Policy and the HP UPD Active Directory Administrative template allow complete
management of the HP UPD printing experience within your Active Directory infrastructure.
You can use the HP UPD Active Directory Administrative Template to add policies to an existing Group Policy
Object or create new, custom HP UPD Group Policy Objects for each user, group, or Organizational Unit.
In addition to creating policies for the HP UPD, you can also enter the location of Managed Printer Lists
created by the HP MPA or by exporting printer groups from your HP Web Jetadmin database in XML format.
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Supported HP UPD versions
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Use HP Active Directory Group Policy versus HP MPA to manage HP UPD policies
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HP UPD Active Directory Group Policy
Supported HP UPD versions
The HP UPD Active Directory Group Policy version 4.3.6 and higher is supported with HP UPD version 5.2 and
is available for download at
www.hp.com/go/upd.
NOTE: The HP UPD Active Directory Group Policy cannot be used in a Point and Print configuration.
Use HP Active Directory Group Policy versus HP MPA to manage HP UPD policies
The decision to use HP Active Directory Group Policy or HP MPA to manage the HP UPD depends on the size of
your business and the current software infrastructure within your business.
In an enterprise business, use Active Directory Group Policy when your enterprise environment requires user
and Organizational Unit (OU) level HP UPD configuration settings that might be based on how the users are
currently configured in your Active Directory. The HP UPD Active Directory Administrative template integrates
into an existing Active Directory infrastructure and allows for creation of group Policy Objects to be linked to
user groups and OUs. An experienced Active Directory administrator will be able to easily integrate the
HP UPD Group Policy objects in large enterprise environments.
In a smaller business, use the HP Managed Printing Administrator software when a fewer number of policy
variations are necessary or when a smaller number of users actually need the behavior of their HP UPD
managed.
HP UPD Active Directory Group Policy
Introduction
There are two HP UPD Active Directory templates, ADM template and ADMX/ADML templates. On Windows
2003, you can only use ADM templates. On newer operating systems, such as windows 2008, you can use
ADM templates or ADMX/ADML templates.
Further details on ADMX templates can be found on:
technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/
cc709647%28v=ws.10%29.aspx
Background information:
Unlike ADM files, ADMX files are not stored in individual GPOs. For domain-based enterprises, administrators
can create a central store location of ADMX files that is accessible by anyone with permission to create or edit
GPOs.
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