HP UPD - System Administrator's Guide HP UPD 5.6.5

3 Plan an HP UPD deployment
Introduction
This chapter is designed to help you make strategic deployment decisions as you integrate the HP UPD into
your printing environment. The deployment of the HP UPD in your printing environment will be unique based
upon your specific objectives and current IT infrastructure. This chapter assumes that you have a basic
understanding of the functionality of print drivers and the Windows printing architecture.
This chapter provides you with the options and recommendations to customize your deployment experience
based on your current printing environment and your printing goals and objectives. Although your
environment will vary slightly from the installation models below, you should be able to use the
recommendations in this document so your HP UPD deployment will be smooth and have the least impact to
your printing environment. In some cases you will use more than one solution provided in the information
below.
This chapter contains the following sections:
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The five steps to a successful deployment
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Initiation and planning
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Communication and training
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Conduct a pilot test environment
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Testing and Evaluation
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Deploy to production
The five steps to a successful deployment
1. Initiation and planning
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Fully understand your printing requirements and environment
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Make decisions
2. Communication and training
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Executive sponsorship
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Training
3. Conducting a pilot
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