Configure The Hp Upd Default Settings After Driver Installation In Driver Preferences; Manage Printer Default Settings; Manage Default Settings And Print Policy With Hp Mpa For Hp Upd; Manage Default Settings With Active Directory Templates For Hp Upd In Dynamic Or Traditional Mode (With Direct Ip Or Usb) - HP 2605dn Print Drivers System Administrator Manual

Configure the HP UPD default settings after driver
installation in driver preferences
The table Table 4-1 Configurable functions and pre-configuration utilities on page 21
utility or utilities to use to configure commonly used driver features.

Manage printer default settings

When a printer gets installed, certain default settings are automatically set based on what capabilities
are available from the device. These default settings include items such as default paper size and
type, simplex, or single side printing, and portrait or landscape printing. In many printing environments
it is common for printing administrators to change the default settings. Some of the more common
changes are to enable printing on both sides of the paper (duplex) and to print in grayscale. There
are many ways to change or pre-configure these default settings and some are discussed in other
chapters of this System Administrator's Guide. This section primarily discusses how these new
default settings are deployed and how to manage or provide firmer controls on changes allowed to
these default settings. Default settings and changes are not managed. Other sections in this chapter
describe the use and procedures for changing the default settings in both Point and Print and Direct
IP Printing environments. Please refer to the sections on DCU, DDU, and install.exe for specific
instructions on how to use these tools. It is important to understand that changes to the printing
default settings are at most temporary and basically not managed. Users have the ability in both
Direct IP Printing and Point and Print environments to change the default settings on their printers
through the Printing preferences. In some cases, depending on company policies, a centralized
management approach is necessary to ensure that the default settings are not changed.

Manage default settings and print policy with HP MPA for HP UPD

HP MPA can ensure that the default settings and print policies are maintained and managed. Most
policy settings apply to HP UPD in dynamic mode and traditional mode (such as restricting color
access, or enabling/disabling services tab). Some policy settings only apply to HP UPD in dynamic
mode (like restricting search options for dynamic mode). When using HP MPA, default print settings
and print policy settings are vended down to the clients and stored in a cache that the HP UPD printer
driver refers to. The refresh rate inside the HP MPA policy determines how often the HP UPD refers
to the policy settings. This solution ensures that the default settings are maintained throughout the
printing environment.
Manage default settings with Active Directory templates for HP UPD in
dynamic or traditional mode (with direct IP or USB)
The HP Active Directory template offers another way to ensure that the default settings are
maintained and managed. HP's solution for printer policy settings using an existing Active Directory
environment is to use the Active Directory administrative templates inside each of the group policy
objects. This template also allows an administrator to set some defaults for duplex, and grayscale
printing. These policies are pushed locally into the users registry and referred to during printing. This
has the effect of constantly refreshing the users default setting so each time a user prints the correct
default settings are present. Policies are pushed to the client PCs. This has the effect of refreshing
the default printer settings automatically. Please refer to the sections on using HP MPA and the
Active Directory templates for further information.
NOTE: Active directory template does not handle point and print installations.
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