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Automatic configuration enabled
Accuracy in Device capabilities: Capabilities of the target device can change without end user awareness.
Automatic configuration allows the UPD to accurately reflect the capabilities of the target device.
Staged deployment: If the printers are not yet available, printer automatic configuration is a good option. The
INSTALL.EXE utility will still create the port. The only consequence of not having the printer connected is that
they would get the defaults for the printers, but a simple update now (user interface or command line) after the
device is added to the host or network synchronizes the UPD driver to device capabilities.
Manual configuration of every setting for every device connection introduces additional management overhead
defining settings or correcting misconfigurations.
Manual configuration requires managing multiple Driver Configuration Utility settings files (*.cf_ or *.cfm).
If bidirectional communication is successful followed by bidirectional communication failing on successive attempts,
the driver user interface options will utilize cached settings of the last successful printer Automatic Configuration.
Automatic configuration disabled
Administrators can disable printer automatic configuration to control which device capabilities are presented
through the print user interface. For example, if a device supports a particular feature that does not comply with
standard fleet deployment, the features enablement can be centrally controlled.
Pre-Installed queues: Administrators can manually configure device capabilities regardless of the device’s status
on the network. For example, an administrator could define duplex printing in the driver without the device having
to be on the network at the time of pre-configuration (the driver does not have to confirm the targeted device
capabilities).
The device is hooked up over an NDPS queue on a Novell Server.
Default capabilities without automatic configuration
Printer Automatic Configuration can be disabled through pre-configuration of the HP UPD driver. If the Automatic
Update feature is disabled using the Driver Configuration Utility tool prior to the HP UPD’s installation, standard
printing defaults or cached settings will be utilized by the HP UPD and Status Notification Pop-ups (SNP) will not
work.
If a capability is enabled though pre-configuration of the driver that the target device does not support, printing failures
or unexpected results will occur. For example, setting duplex for a device that only prints simplex will output simplex.
Table 7-17 Defaults applied when the printer Automatic Configuration fails attempted communication
Accessory Output Bin
(Optional Output Bin)
NOTE: Device type can be changed to Color by reconfiguring the Device Type on the Printer properties, Device
Settings tab. Some monochrome PCL 6 devices cannot handle color data. If color data is sent, the device will either
generate an error or unexpected print output may occur.
NOTE: The Postscript driver always sends color regardless of device type. Monochrome devices are able to handle
the color data properly. However, the driver Color tab might not display.
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