Supported Hp Upd Versions; Use Hp Active Directory Group Policy Versus Hp Mpa To Manage Hp Upd Policies; Install The Hp Upd Active Directory Administrative Template; Install Template On Windows Server 2003 And Server 2008 Using Microsoft Group Policy Management Console (Gpmc) - HP 2605dn Print Drivers System Administrator Manual

Manage the HP UPD with Active Directory Group Policy

Active Directory Group Policy and the HP UPD Active Directory Administrative template allow
complete management of the HP UPD printing experience within your Active Directory infrastructure.
You can use the HP UPD Active Directory Administrative Template to add policies to an existing
Group Policy Object or create new, custom HP UPD Group Policy Objects for each user, group, or
Organizational Unit.
In addition to creating policies for the HP UPD, you can also enter the location of HP Managed Printer
Lists created by the HP MPA or by exporting printer groups from your HP web Jetadmin database in
XML format.
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Supported HP UPD versions

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Use HP Active Directory Group Policy versus HP MPA to manage HP UPD policies

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Install the HP UPD Active Directory Administrative template

Supported HP UPD versions
The HP UPD Active Directory Administrator Template version 4.3.6 and higher is supported with
HP UPD version 5.2 and is available for download at www.hp.com/go/upd.
NOTE: The HP UPD Active Directory Administrative template cannot be used in a Point and Print
configuration.
Use HP Active Directory Group Policy versus HP MPA to manage HP UPD
policies
The decision to use HP Active Directory Group Policy or HP MPA to manage the HP UPD depends
on the size of your business and the current software infrastructure within your business.
In an enterprise business, use Active Directory Group Policy when your enterprise environment
requires user and Organizational Unit (OU) level HP UPD configuration settings that might be based
on how the users are currently configured in your Active Directory. The HP UPD Active Directory
Administrative template integrates into an existing Active Directory infrastructure and allows for
creation of group Policy Objects to be linked to user groups and OUs. An experienced Active
Directory administrator will be able to easily integrate the HP UPD Group Policy objects in large
enterprise environments.
In a smaller business, use the HP Managed Printing Administrator software when a fewer number of
policy variations are necessary or when a smaller number of users actually need the behavior of their
HP UPD managed.
Install the HP UPD Active Directory Administrative template
The HP UPD Active Directory Administrative template can be added to the current Active Directory
infrastructure. How the template is added depends on whether the system has the Microsoft Group
Policy Management Console (GPMC). See the following for more information.
Install template on Windows Server 2003 and Server 2008 using Microsoft Group
Policy Management Console (GPMC)
The following procedure provides details for creating and linking group policy objects using Microsoft
Group Policy Management Console (GPMC). The Microsoft GPMC is available for Microsoft Server
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