Discovering Printers - Lexmark 634dte - X B/W Laser Administrator's Manual

Managing device groups and devices
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Discovering printers

Before a solution can be deployed to a printer, the printer must be discovered as part of a device group. Printers may
be manually discovered or automatically discovered on a schedule. This section covers manual discovery, which is used
during initial setup of the system. For more information about scheduled discovery, see "Scheduling a discovery task"
on page 99.
1
Click the Device Groups tab.
2
If necessary, create a new discovery profile.
3
Select a device group from the Device Groups list, or select All Device Groups to discover printers in multiple device
groups.
4
Select Discovery from the Tasks list.
5
If you are discovering printers in a device group or groups where you have previously discovered printers, and you
want to skip any IP address where a printer has been discovered (including currently missing devices), then select
Discover new devices only. This results in a faster discovery when adding subsequent discovery profiles.
If you are discovering printers from multiple device groups, then select the device groups for the discovery task in
the main section. The list does not appear if a specific device group is selected in the Device Groups list.
6
If necessary, click Edit to edit the discovery configuration.
Note: For more information about adjusting timeout periods for device discovery, see "Configuring NPA device
communication" on page 67.
7
Click Discover.
After device discovery, the system reports the number of printers discovered. To see the discovered printers, select
the Discovered Devices task.
Notes:
•
If you stop the discovery process, then it may take a few minutes for the discovery task to completely stop.
•
After a printer has been discovered, removing the related device group or discovery profile does not remove
the printer from the system. For information about removing printers from the system, see "Removing
devices from the system" on page 108.
•
After the discovery process, the number of missing devices appears, if applicable. Click Missing Devices
Count to launch the Missing Devices task. For more information, see "Discovering missing printers" on
page 99.
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