HP UPD - System Administrator's Guide HP UPD 5.6.5

C:\folder\install /dm
For more information about the command options, see the following sections:
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Manage printer default settings after installation
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Available options when installing by command prompt
Manage printer default settings after installation
When a printer gets installed, certain default settings are automatically set based on what capabilities are
available from the product. 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 Systems 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 document describe the use and procedures for changing the default settings in both a
Point and Print and Direct IP Printing environments. Please refer to the sections on HP DCU, HP 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 tab. 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 with HP MPA
HP Managed Printing Administration and Active Directory templates offer ways to ensure that the default
settings are maintained and managed. When using HP MPA, policy settings are vended down to the clients
and stored in a cache that the HP UPD print 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
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 Group Policy for further information.
Available options when installing by command prompt
To view these options, enter the following at the command prompt:
C:\Folder\Install /?
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