Installation guide

Chapter 3 – Managing Zebra Printers with MSP
A Zebra Printer MSP Proxy Plug-In Settings object must be created and provisioned with the
Zebra Printer MSP Proxy Plug-In components package in order to discover printers for a given
environment with Zebra Printers. The steps below describe how to do this so Zebra Printers can
be discovered and later managed.
1. Log into the MSP Console UI.
2. Go to Library>Settings and create a Zebra Printer MSP Proxy Plug-In settings profile.
Please refer to MSP Console UI Help for detailed information about using the MSP
Console UI to create packages, bundles, and policies.
3. In the IP Address Range field, enter the IP address range in the following format;
XXX.XXX.A-C.XXX, ZZZ.ZZZ.ZZZ.A-C where A-C is a range for a given octet for each
IP entry.
Examples:
10.1.2.1-3 would discover printers with IP addresses 10.1.2.1, 10.1.2.2, and 10.1.2.3
10.1-3.2.1-2 would discover printers with IP addresses 10.1.2.1, 10.1.2.2, 10.2.2.1,
10.2.2.2, 10.3.2.1, and 10.3.2.2
4. In the Discover printer polling period field, enter the number of minutes to wait
between attempts by the MSP Zebra Printer MSP Proxy Plug-In to discover Zebra
printers. The suggested polling period is 15 minutes.
5. In the Maximum IP addresses used in one polling period field, enter the maximum
number of IP addresses in an IP address range to search in an attempt to discover
printers in one polling period before relinquishing control back to the system. The
suggested Maximum IP addresses is 10.
6. In the Maximum time to discover one printer field, enter the time in milliseconds for
how long the Zebra Printer MSP Proxy Plug-In will attempt to discover one printer before
attempting to discover another printer at the next IP address. The suggested time is
10,000 milliseconds (10 seconds).
7. In the TCP port field, enter the TCP port through which the ZebraAPI DLL will
communicate with the printers via TCP.