Dell Open Print Driver- User Manual

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 6 Dell Open Print Driver MMC Snap-in The Dell Open Print Driver Snap-in for the Microsoft Management Console allows administrators to find networked printers and create Open Print Driver queues. The Dell Open Print Driver Snap-in for MMC installs automatically on a...

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 7 IPv6 is supported only on Microsoft Server 2008 and above. Printers are discovered using the following three protocols: • SNMP for direct attached printers with valid IP addresses. • LDAP for queues published in an available Active Directory. Dell Open Print Driv...

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 8 Print Queue Management The print queue management view allows the administrator to convert existing print queues to Dell Open Print Driver queues. To change an existing print server environment to Dell Open Driver, the snap in will list all existing local queues ...

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 9 Custom Media Size Support Dell OPD V.1.3 now supports Custom Media or Custom Paper Sizes. Custom Media Sizes can be created by adding a ‘Form’ in Print Server Properties. Forms or Custom Media Sizes are then available in the DellOPD printer driver’s user interfac...

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 10 Chapter 2 MSI install command line options Using the DellOPD Installer from the Command Line Like all Windows Installer MSI packages, the Dell Open Print Driver installer (DellOPD.msi) can be run from the Windows command line. The command-line syntax is: msiexec...

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 13 Installing using INF File Download Dell Open Print Driver “driver only” package from http://www.Dell.com 1) Download the ‘Dell Open Print Driver Package’ zip file to your local hard drive. 2) Extract the compressed zip file to your local hard drive.

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 14 Static Instance An INF file in this driver package contains PCL5, PCLXL, and PS3 drivers. To create a static instance for a known printer on your network, you must install a supported PDL driver for the PDL available on that printer. The following instructions a...

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 24 Dynamic Instance An INF file in this driver package contains PCL5, PCLXL, and PS3 drivers. To get the full functionality of the Dell Open Print Driver, you must install all three drivers as done by the installer/MSI file. The following instructions and screen sh...

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 33 Installing an USB printer with Plug and Play Install ‘Dell Open Print Driver’ via MSI or Perform steps 1 -11 from ‘Installing from INF file’ – Dynamic Instance section. Use any driver (PCL XL or PCL 5 or PS) depending on your printer supported PDLs. Plug and Pla...

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 38 Installing a Web Services for Devices (WSD) printer This section applies to the following systems: - Windows Vista x86/x64 - Windows 7 x86/x64 - Windows 8 x86/x64 - Windows 8.1 x86/x64 - Windows Server 2008 x86/x64 - Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 - Windows Server 2...

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 41 Chapter 3 Lockdown Policies Managing Printer Features Using Group Policies The Dell Open Print Driver supports the use of Windows Group Policies to control access to printers and printer features on a per-user or per-group basis. System administrators define the...

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 42 The following Dell printer models are supported by the Dell Open Print Driver: Dell 1130n Mono Laser Printer Dell 2130cn Color Laser Printer Dell 2135cn Color Laser MFP Dell 2145cn Color Laser MFP Dell 2150cdn Color Laser Printer Dell 2150cn Color Laser Printer ...

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 50 Printer Feature Control Preferred PDL For printers that support multiple PDLs, this policy defines the PDL (PCL 5, PCL XL, or PostScript) that will be used when a user selects a new printer model. This overrides the PDL that the printer itself defaults to. Featu...

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 52 Paper Size Feature Control / Allowable Paper Sizes This policy allows the system administrator to limit users to printing on specific paper sizes. To use this policy, the system administrator must enter a numeric paper size ID for each paper size that is to be p...

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 53 How to Define Policies on the Server System administrators can use the Group Policy Management Console and Group Policy Object Editor MMC Snap-ins to configure group policies which will control access to printer features on a per-user or per-group basis. To do t...

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 63 Policies with Multiple Selection Providing policies that allow multiple values for a printer feature is possible, but cumbersome. The following example shows how the administrator could define a list of multiple allowable paper sizes, using the available LISTBOX...

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 67 How Users See Policies Group policies are defined on the server by the system administrator. Once defined, Windows propagates the policies to the operating system registry on each individual user’s computer. Each time a user logs on to Windows on his or her comp...