HP UPD - System Administrator's Guide HP UPD 5.6.5

Global per machine policy management
Prior to HP UPD v5.0, policy management was enabled for the user that installed the driver. Other users who
logged onto the machine were not managed. With the release of the HP UPD v5.0, new INSTALL.EXE switches
allow the administrator to enable HP MPA or AD policy for all users logging onto the PC. See
Available options
when installing by command prompt on page 34 for the specific install switches.
New features HP UPD v4.7
This section lists the new features for HP UPD v4.7. These new features are also available in HP UPD v5.x.
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Manually configure product settings
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Pinless private printing
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Job separator page
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HP Web Jetadmin language monitor support
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Eco-Print (Two-sided printing) shortcut
Manually configure product settings
HP UPD v4.7 supports disabling the Printer Automatic Configuration of product settings. When disabled,
product capabilities such as duplex must be configured manually.
NOTE: Use the HP DCU if you wish to disable Printer Automatic Configuration.
By default, the HP UPD driver queries the product to request the product capabilities, including the presence
of installed trays, output bins, duplexer, and so on. If turned on and connected to the network, the product
returns its capabilities to the driver. The product capabilities are displayed in the driver user interface.
NOTE: Disabling Printer Automatic Configuration is sometimes referred to as disabling Automatic
Configuration, or disabling bidirectional communication with the HP UPD driver. Be aware that the Windows
print spooler is using its own bidirectional communication for spooler status information. The HP UPD driver
and the spooler status have their own bidirectional communication channels, which means that disabling
Printer Automatic Configuration has no impact on the status reporting of the Windows spooler. The reverse is
also true. When the SNMP status in the standard TCP/IP port is disabled, the Printer Automatic Configuration
of the HP UPD driver is still functional.
The following scenarios might be reasons for disabling Printer Automatic Configuration; otherwise, HP
recommends the default behavior.
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Hardware capabilities can be managed for defined queues or user groups. Administrators can disable
Printer Automatic Configuration and control specific product capabilities made available through the
driver user interface.
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The queue is created before the product is available and the administrator wants it ready to go with no
further intervention.
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The product is connected over an NDPS queue on a Novell Server.
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Security concerns around having services running or SNMP V2 traffic on the network.
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Any of these produce the need to manually configure the queue to gain access to product capabilities.
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