Print Administrator's Resource Kit

Overview.................................................................................................................................... 3 Version History........................................................................................................................... 3 Supported Tools......................................................................................................................... 4 Managed Print Administrator.................................................................................................. 4 Driver Deployment Utility....................................................................................................... 4 Driver Configuration Utility..................................................................................................... 4 UPD Active Directory Template............................................................................................... 4 UPD Active Directory ADMX files............................................................................................. 4 Unsupported Tools..................................................................................................................... 5 PRNCON.EXE........................................................................................................................... 5 HPPRLOG.EXE......................................................................................................................... 5 Add Model to Comments Field................................................................................................ 5 No Point Print Install HP Operation.......................................................................................... 5 UpdateNow............................................................................................................................. 5

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Overview
The HP Printer Administrator Resource Kit (PARK) is a collection of tools, scripts and documentation to help print administrators install, deploy, configure and manage the HP Universal Print Driver. The PARK contains both supported and unsupported software tools, scripts and documentation.

Version History
UPD Print Administrator Resource Kit version number changes when one or more tools is updated or a new tool has been added. PARK Version 1.0 Release Date Dec 2009 Description Tools collection: Managed Print Administrator, Driver Deployment Utility, Driver Configuration Utility, UPD Active Directory Template, PRNCON, HPPRLOG and Add Model To Comments field. Updated: MPA DCU DDU PRNCon- Release Notes only New No Point Print Install HP Operation Updated PRNCon DDU- Documentation covering command line switches, and comprehensive FAQ DCU- same version, but localized Updated: new tool features require UPD v5.2 DCU DDU MPA- added support for grayscale policy AD Template- added support for grayscale policy No point print install hp operation- updated the release notes with additional detail, identified defect fix in UPD 5.2. New UpdateNow HPpprlog for x64 AD template in ADMX format Updated: new tool features require UPD v5.3 DCU DDU MPA AD Template

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May 2010

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November 2010

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July 2011

Supported Tools
The following tools provided within the Print Administrators Resource Kit are eligible for HP technical support. Supported tools within the PARK are also available as individual downloads from www.hp.com.

Managed Print Administrator

Create a customized print environment that groups users with similar requirements and define which printers they can access. Create user groups, managed printer lists, and managed print policies effortlessly. Control user access to settings like color, customize user notifications, and job storage. Automatically generate XML files to define client side print policies and printer lists. Create html clickable image maps to help users locate printers associated with managed printer list. http://www.hp.com/go/mpa

Driver Deployment Utility

It is a simple utility that packages the driver files, and the code needed to deploy them, into an *.EXE and *.CAB file. These files are run on the client PC to copy the driver files to the Windows driver store, and for network packages, to install the printer. http://www.hp.com/go/upd

Driver Configuration Utility

Windows application used to edit the configuration file associated with a particular driver. The configuration file controls the print driver settings and takes effect when the driver is installed for both dynamic mode and traditional mode installation methods. http://www.hp.com/go/upd

UPD Active Directory Template

This Active Directory template now allows an Administrator to manage the HP Universal Print Driver user Policies, and Printer Lists from within your Active Directory infrastructure. http://www.hp.com/go/upd

UPD Active Directory ADMX files

Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 introduce a new format for managing policy settings. Policy settings are defined using a standards-based, XML file format known as ADMX files. These new files replace ADM files. The Group Policy tools Group Policy Object Editor and Group Policy Management Consoleremain largely unchanged. http://www.hp.com/go/upd

Unsupported Tools
The following tools provided within the Print Administrators Resource Kit are not HP supported. These are provided as a resource to customers. If you have any questions, comments, or enhancement requests regarding these unsupported tools, email hp at UPD_PARK@hp.com. Responses will be at HPs discretion, and response times are not under a service level agreement and may vary. Documentation available from the download site for the Software contains additional information related to support.

PRNCON.EXE
Console application for adding and removing a network printers point-and-print connection between a Windows client workstation and the print server to which it is connected.

HPPRLOG.EXE
Captures print registry information to *.xml and creates an *.log of execution time to the current working directory. Run hpprlog.exe on the print server, the active node of the Cluster, Citrix server, or client workstation.

Add Model to Comments Field

Script will place the HP device model name into the UPD print driver Comments field.

No Point Print Install HP Operation

Documentation and sample script that enable or disable a server registry key added to UPD v5.1.1 and v5.2.0 to prevent installation of CIO components for UPD driver vended via point and print installations. The setting is supported; the sample script that changes all installed printers is not an HP supported tool.

UpdateNow
Update now is a command line utility that is designed to trigger the automatic configuration functionality in HP printer drivers. This will enable print administrators to script the automatic configuration of devices using a single command that will be consistent across multiple versions of HP printer drivers, providing programmatic errorlevel for scripting, and optional log file output.