hp driver preconfiguration
hp preconfiguration support guide
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Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 HP driver preconfiguration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Driver acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Driver preconfiguration.
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List of Figures Figure 1. Information dialog box .................................................................................................................. 17 Figure 2. Digital Signature Not Found dialog box ........................................................................................ 17 Figure 3. Device Settings tab ...................................................................................................................... 18 Figure 4. Printing Preferences tab .................
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List of Tables Table 1. HP driver preconfiguration support ........................................................................................................... 12 Table 2. Point and Print configuration scenarios ....................................................................................................
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Introduction This HP Driver Preconfiguration Support Guide describes HP driver preconfiguration, the tools to use it, and the printing environments in which it can be used.
HP driver preconfiguration overview Network administrators can use the HP driver preconfiguration solution to preconfigure a printer driver before deploying and installing it in an operating environment. It is most beneficial when configuring printer drivers for multiple workstations or print servers for print queues that share the same configuration. Two classes of features can be configured: printer accessories and driver feature settings.
The configuration file has an extension of .CFG. It is typically compressed in the driver package that is supplied with the driver, so it is not generally editable except with a tool specifically suited to the task (see the following “Tools”section for a description of the editing options that HP provides). When one of the HP tools is used to preconfigure driver settings, the contents of the .
This includes the following printers: ● HP LaserJet 4200 ● HP LaserJet 4300 ● HP LaserJet 5500 ● HP Business InkJet 2280 ● HP Business InkJet 3000 In addition, drivers for several HP LaserJet products that are currently being shipped have been updated to include support for preconfiguration.
Environmental support Hewlett-Packard has gone to great lengths to ensure that driver configuration supports the most common corporate and enterprise printing environments. This document provides detailed information about specific workflow requirements for these environments, as well as limitations that they might impose on the preconfiguration solution. The descriptions that follow assume that the drivers to be used have been preconfigured before they are installed.
Windows Point and Print configuration scenarios The following table shows various server-client configuration scenarios for true-connect and false-connect Windows Point and Print environments. Table 2 Point and Print configuration scenarios Server Client Windows NT 4.0 Windows 95, 98, and Me Yes Yes Windows NT 4.0 Yes No Windows 2000 Yes No Windows 95, 98, and Me Yes Yes Windows NT 4.0 Yes Yes Windows 2000 Yes Yes Windows XP Yes Yes Windows 95, 98, and Me Yes Yes Windows NT 4.
In the case of NDS and ZenWorks, at most one preconfiguration definition is available per product (that is, one preconfiguration definition for each HP printer model). This is because Novell stores all printer drivers to be vended in the same physical directory on the server. Driver preconfiguration uses the same file name for all drivers for a given product to store the configuration information, thus making the file both portable and consistent across all drivers for a particular product.
Tools The configuration process for driver preconfiguration is supported through three distinct tools. All three are designed with the same basic UI controls for interacting with the .CFG file, but are packaged differently, either to support established printer installation workflows or to leave the deployment and installation of the driver entirely up to the user.
2 The Information dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 Information dialog box This dialog box warns users that, depending on how the driver is installed, a Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) Digital Signature Warning will appear. Because the .CFG file that is shipped with the drivers is part of the .INF-file package (and referenced in the .
This dialog appears only in Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003 Server, and only when drivers are being installed directly on the machine (not when they are being installed as a Point and Print client). 3 Modify the configuration to meet your requirements. The UI consists of two tabs: Device Settings and Printing Preferences. Device Settings tab The settings in the Device Settings tab, illustrated in Figure 3, are related to the installed hardware on the device.
Printing Preferences tab Settings in the Printing Preferences tab, illustrated in Figure 4, are related to the actual formatting of documents as they are printed. By modifying the feature settings, the default behavior of the driver is altered. For example, if Media Type is changed to Letterhead, then every job printed will default to being printed on Letterhead paper. The user can modify this setting both on a per-document and a per-printer basis.
Constraints The .CFG file is encoded with all of the same constraints that the drivers enforce. As a result, if the user of the HP Driver Configuration Editor attempts to set features to an invalid combination, a warning dialog box appears, and the feature change that triggered the warning is returned to its original state. For example, if the Media Type option is set to Transparency when Print on Both Sides (Duplex) is set to True, an Invalid Selection dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 5.
The HP Driver Configuration Plugin uses ActiveX to deliver some of its functionality (in a fully signed and certified ActiveX control). This requires that the client browser security be set to accept third-party ActiveX content. The plugin is also limited to Internet Explorer browsers. Netscape Navigator (TM) is not supported. Access/installation The HP Driver Configuration plugin is available as part of the WJA Product Update -> Install wizard dialog.
Figure 7 2 Configurable drivers Make the configuration selection. This page lists the selected drivers that support preconfiguration. Depending on the drivers that are selected for installation, some might not support preconfiguration (specifically, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me PostScript [PS] drivers). The user is offered either two or three configuration options.
When the existing configuration has been selected, the configuration page appears, and the remainder of the flow is the same as when a new configuration is being created.
4 If the user selects Yes - Create a New Configuration, the Driver Configuration dialog box appears. The onscreen user interface consists of two separate tabs: Device Settings (see Figure 9) and Printing Preferences (see Figure 10).
Settings on the Device Settings tab are related to the installed hardware on the device. Certain features on the Printing Preferences tab rely on various hardware accessories that must be installed in order to be used. Figure 10 Driver Configuration - Printing Preferences Settings on the Printing Preferences tab are related to the actual formatting of documents as they are printed. By modifying the feature settings the default behavior of the driver will be altered.
Constraints The .CFG file is encoded with all of the same constraints that the drivers enforce. As a result, if the user of the HP Driver Configuration Editor attempts to set features to an invalid combination, a warning dialog box appears, and the feature change that triggered the warning is returned to its original state. For example, if the Media Type option is set to Transparency when Print on Both Sides (Duplex) is set to True, an Invalid Selection dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 11.
Figure 12 shows the dialog box that appears when a configuration has been saved previously. If there are no existing saved configurations, then the Replace an Existing Configuration option does not appear, and the dialog box shown in Figure 13 appears.
Figure 13 6 Driver configuration - Save as a New Configuration Complete queue creation. After the configuration has been modified, clicking the Next button sends Web JetAdmin to the summary screen for the queue(s) to be created. From this point, the standard Web JetAdmin queue creation workflow continues in the same manner as when driver preconfiguration is not present. For detailed information about the queue creation process, see Web JetAdmin documentation at the following Web site: hp.
Installation Silent installation can be performed in one of two ways: ● customized silent installer ● command-line silent installer Customized silent installer Use the customized silent installer to select the printing-system components to include in the silent installation. You can select the operating system, language, printer models, drivers, utilities, and documentation to install. Command-line silent install Command-line silent installation cannot be customized.
• 4 = HP LaserJet 5500hdn printer • 5 = HP LaserJet 5500n printer ● /pd=n is used to specify whether the selected printer is the default printer when you have multiple printers connected to your network. The value specified by n is an integer (that is, 0 or 1). For this argument, using 1 (one) sets the selected printer as the default printer. Using zero (0) or not specifying a value at all sets the printer as a non-default printer. You can preset these options in the SETUP.
2 In the Choose Setup Language dialog box, select the language of your choice, and then click OK. Figure 15 3 Choose Setup Language dialog box In the Option dialog box, click the Create Customized Installer option button, and then click Next.
4 In the Installer Type dialog box, click Silent Installer. Figure 17 5 In the Language and Operating System(s) dialog box, select the language and operating systems of your choice, and then click Next.
6 In the Printer Model(s) dialog box, select the printer model(s) to include, and then click Next. Figure 19 7 Printer Model(s) dialog box In the Components dialog box, select the components that you want to install, and then click Next.
8 In the Port dialog box, select the printer port, and then click Next. Figure 21 9 In the Driver Configuration dialog box, select the Yes, allow me to configure the drivers option button, and then click Next to proceed with the installation.
10 In the Configuration dialog box, click the Printing Preferences tab. Scroll through the list and select the settings that you want. Figure 23 Configuration dialog box - Printing Preferences tab 11 Click the Device Settings tab. Scroll through the list and select the features that you want. When you are finished, click Next.
Feature locking HP driver preconfiguration supports the ability to lock five settings: • Print on Both Sides (Duplex) • Print in Grayscale • Media Type • Paper Source • Output Bin When a feature is locked, the selected default option is the only option that is available to users. Generally, the feature is simply disabled in the driver UI after it has been installed. In Driver Configuration - Printing Preferences, for example, the Print on Both Sides (Duplex) setting has been locked to True.
12 In the Printer Name dialog box, type a printer name (or use the default name), and then click Next. Figure 26 Printer Name dialog box 13 In the Destination Path dialog box, select a destination path (or use the default path), and then click Next.
14 Review the information in the Support Summary dialog box. If the information is incorrect, click the Back buttons until you reach the screen where you can select the options you want, and then continue with the installation sequence. If the information is correct, click Next. Note The information varies, depending on the language, your operating system, and the features that you selected. Figure 28 Support Summary dialog box The software creates a custom installation file.
Index Symbols .CFG files 10, 16 .
HP Web JetAdmin Device Settings 24 driver configuration 21 Driver Configuration Plugin features 20 installation 21 invalid configuration constraints 26 locking features 25 preconfiguration features 9 Printing Preferences 25, 27 queue-creation 21, 28 saving configurations 26 Web site 28 HP Web site 16 I INF files 10 installation Customization Utility 29 driver 11, 13 HP Driver Configuration Editor 16, 20 HP Web JetAdmin Driver Configuration Plugin 21 Internet Explorer support 21 invalid configurations Custo
Silent Installer command-line installation 29 constraints, invalid configuration 36 Device Settings 35 features 28 locking features 36 Printing Preferences 35 setting up 30 software acquisition 10 T Terminal Server environment 15 tools, driver preconfiguration 16 true-connect environments 13 W warning messages 17 Web JetAdmin Device Settings 24 driver configuration 21 Driver Configuration Plugin features 20 installation 21 invalid configuration constraints 26 locking features 25 preconfiguration features
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