HP Distributed Print Service Administration Guide

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Planning Your HPDPS Configuration
Planning Overview
Support users who submit jobs from an HPDPS client or who submit
print requests from applications or with the LP spooler print
commands such as lp and lpstat.
You will want to make planning decisions for your user groups based
on their printing needs as well as the availability of hardware.
Manage remote and local printer devices.
The management capability provided by HPDPS allows you to
centrally manage all of your printer devices. For example, you can
locate printer devices in close proximity to your users, monitoring the
printers and job flow no matter where the printers reside.
Alert appropriate personnel of printer problems.
The notification services HPDPS provides allow you to send printer
and job event messages to the appropriate personnel as significant
events occur.
Understanding how users currently print jobs, the location of your
printer devices, and how you will support your print environment will
help you make the transition to HPDPS more smoothly.