HP UPD - System Administrator's Guide HP UPD 5.6.5

Automatic configuration enabled
1. Accuracy in Device capabilities: capabilities of the target device can change without end user awareness.
Automatic configuration allows the UPD to accurately reflect the capabilities of the target device.
2. Staged deployment: If the printers are not yet available printer automatic configuration is a good
option. The INSTALL.EXE utility will still create the port. The only consequence of not having the printer
connected is that they would get the defaults for the printers, but a simple update now (user interface
or command line) after the device is added to the host or network synchronizes the UPD driver to device
capabilities.
3. Manual configuration of every setting for every device connection introduces additional management
overhead defining settings or correcting misconfigurations.
4. Manual configuration requires managing multiple Driver Configuration Utility settings files (*.cf_ or
*.cfm).
If bidirectional communication is successful followed by bidirectional communication failing on successive
attempts, the driver user interface options will utilize cached settings of the last successful Printer Automatic
Configuration.
Automatic configuration disabled
1. Administrator’s can disable printer automatic configuration to control which device capabilities are
presented through the print user interface. For example, if a device supports a particular feature that
does not comply with standard fleet deployment, the features enablement can be centrally controlled.
2. Pre-Installed queues: administrators can manually configure device capabilities regardless of the
device’s status on the network. For example, an administrator could define duplex printing in the driver
without the device having to be on the network at the time of pre-configuration (the driver does not
have to confirm the targeted device capabilities).
3. The device is hooked up over an NDPS queue on a Novell Server.
Default capabilities without automatic configuration
Printer Automatic Configuration can be disabled through pre-configuration of the UPD driver. If the
Automatic Update feature is disabled using the Driver Configuration Utility tool prior to the UPD’s installation
standard printing defaults or cached settings will be utilized by the UPD and Status Notification Pop-ups
(SNP) will not work.
If a capability is enabled though pre-configuration of the driver that the target device does not support,
printing failures or unexpected results will occur. For example, setting duplex for a device that only prints
simplex will output simplex.
Table 7-4 Defaults applied when the Printer Automatic Configuration fails attempted communication.
PLC5, PLC6 Post Script
Trays 1,2 1,2
Manual Feed Tray 1 Tray 1
Envelope Feeder Not installed Not installed
Duplex Installed Installed
Accessory output bin Not installed Not installed
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