HP CM8060/CM8050 Color MFP with Edgeline Technology - Software Technical Reference (external)

HP Driver Preconfiguration
HP Driver Preconfiguration is a software architecture and set of tools for customizing and distributing
HP printing-system software in managed corporate printing environments. Using HP Driver
Preconfiguration information, system administrators in corporate and enterprise environments can
preconfigure the printing and device defaults for HP print drivers before installing the drivers in the
network environment.
HP Driver Preconfiguration is most beneficial when configuring print drivers for multiple workstations
or print servers for print queues that share the same configuration. Two types of features can be
configured:
●
Device settings
●
Printing-preferences settings
HP Driver Preconfiguration configures the driver to match the accessories that are installed on the
device, or to match the settings that system administrators make in the configuration .CFG file (for
example, optional trays, total amount of memory, or job-storage settings).
The preconfiguration process consists of three steps:
1.
Driver acquisition
2.
Driver preconfiguration
3.
Driver installation and deployment
These steps can be accomplished in different ways, depending on the tool that is being used to define
the configuration.
The configuration process for driver preconfiguration is supported through three tools. All three are
designed with the same basic user-interface (UI) controls for interacting with the .CFG file, but are
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