Benefits Comparison; Automatic Configuration Enabled; Automatic Configuration Disabled; Default Capabilities Without Automatic Configuration - HP 2605dn Print Drivers System Administrator Manual

Benefits Comparison

NOTE: HP strongly recommends using Printer Automatic Configuration.

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 6-3 Defaults applied when the Printer Automatic Configuration fails attempted communication.
Trays
ENWW
PLC5, PLC6
1,2
Post Script
1,2
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