Print Administrator Resource Kit Release Notes

The HP Print Administrator Resource Kit (PARK) is a collection of tools, scripts and documentation to help print administrators install, deploy, configure and manage the HP Uni ersal Print !ri er" #n the single file do$nload, the PARK contains %oth supported and unsupported soft$are tools, scripts and documentation"

Disclaimer
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Acknowledgements
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Version
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Version History
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Supported Tools
The follo$ing tools pro ided $ithin the Print Administrators Resource Kit are eligi%le for HP technical support" Active Directory Administrator Template for UPD: This Acti e !irectory Administrator Template allo$s an administrator to manage the HP Uni ersal Print !ri er user policies, and printer lists from $ithin the Acti e !irectory infrastructure" AutoUpgradeUPD: AutoUpgradeUP!"e/e simplifies the process of creating clean print Aueues 3

on a print ser er" This is useful $hen upgrading the UP! dri er ersion, upgrading an older non, UP! print Aueue to use UP!, or resetting e/isting print Aueues to factory or preconfigured installation defaults" This tool pre ents e/isting Aueues from carrying for$ard un-no$n, incompati%le and unsta%le configurations during dri er upgrade" Driver Configuration Utility: 2indo$s application used to edit the configuration file associated $ith a particular dri er" The configuration file controls the print dri er settings and ta-es effect $hen the dri er is installed for %oth dynamic mode and traditional mode installation methods" Driver Deployment Utility: A simple utility that pac-ages the dri er files, and the code needed to deploy them, into an F"G3G, F"31. and F"+AH file" These files are run on the client P+ to copy the dri er files to the 2indo$s dri er store, and to install the printer" 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 jo storage. !utomatically generate "#$ files to define client side print policies and printer lists. Create %&#$ clicka le image maps to help users locate printers associated with a managed printer list. P !C"!#$%$: +onsole application for adding, remo ing and recreating a net$or- printer:s point,and,print connection %et$een a 2indo$s client $or-station and the print ser er to $hich it is connected"

Unsupported Tools
The follo$ing tools pro ided $ithin the Print Administrator Resource Kit are not HP supported" These are pro ided as a resource to customers" #f you ha e any Auestions, comments, or enhancement reAuests regarding these unsupported tools, email HP at UP!IPARKJhp"com" Responses $ill %e at HP:s discretion, and response times are not under a ser ice le el agreement and may ary" !ocumentation a aila%le from the do$nload site for the 7oft$are contains additional information related to support" Add &odel to Comments 'ield: This script is used to add the de ice model name to the comments field for any print Aueue that is using the HP Uni ersal Print !ri er (UP!)" HPP ("): HPPR.<? captures print registry information to F"/ml and F"hi files" Run hpprlogF"e/e on the print ser er, the acti e node of a print cluster, or a +itri/ 3enApp ser er" &igrate*Server*Tools: 1igrate 7er er Tools are a set of scripts and other tools to assist in automating the migration of print Aueues from an old ser er to a ne$ ser er or to upgrade the print Aueues on a ser er" Update!ow: UpdateNo$ is a command line utility that is designed to trigger the automatic configuration functionality in HP printer dri ers" This ena%les print administrators to script the automatic configuration of de ices using a single command that $ill %e consistent across multiple ersions of HP printer dri ers" emovePlugPlayDrivers: This utility searches for HP plug and play printer dri er files in the 2indo$s dri er store, and pro ides an option to remo e these staged printer dri er files" '

+urrently installed printers are unaffected %y this utility" The %enefit pro ided is ersion control of the HP print dri er utiliDed for soft$are first U7H Plug and Play installation of ne$ly created UP! printers in the !e ice and Printers folder"

+nstallation instructions
UnDip the PARKF"Dip file to access the tool(s) and related documentation"

elated information
The latest documentation for the HP Uni ersal Print !ri er and Print Administrator Resource Kit is a aila%le for do$nload at http@88$$$"hp"com8go8upd on the !ocumentation ta%" Reference http@88$$$"hp"com8go8upd, the 7pecifications ta%, for the current list of HP UP! supported print de ices"