Network printer auto-creation

In this mode, print server-based network printers are auto-created on the same print server or dedicated Print-IT print server. For each network printer, Print-IT auto-creates and shares a printer using the Print-IT driver and having the same device capabilities (aka. printer features) as the original network printer. Device capabilities include, to name a few, the supported bins, paper sizes, margins, print quality, color, duplex, fonts, max copies, and much more).

The advantage of this mode lies in the fact that all network printers are auto-created using the Print-IT print driver. Using the Provision Management Console (PMC), the Citrix Management Console (CMC), or scripted logic, the shared Print-IT printers may be assigned to the appropriate clients. Printer connections will be established successfully during logon because the same Print-IT driver is also installed on the Terminal Servers or Citrix Presentation Servers. Because the printer connections are to the Print-IT printers and not the original printers, the manufacturer-specific print drivers need not be present on the Terminal Servers or Citrix Presentation Servers; these can be remain completely driver-free!

Figure 3 depicts a scenario in which the Print-IT server software has been installed on a print server. The three printers, HP Color LaserJet 8550 PCL, Xerox DocuTech 120 C/P PS, and HP DeskJet 990C, were created and configured to use the model-specific print drivers. Using the Provision Management Console (PMC), three Print-IT printers are created and shared, one for each of the aforementioned printers (figure 4). Thus, the Print-IT network printers are: HP Color LaserJet 8550 PCL (U), Xerox DocuTech 120 C/P PS (U), and HP DeskJet 990C (U). Please note that the suffix “(U)” trailing the printer names is used to denote a Print-IT “universal” printer.

Once the Print-IT printers have been created and shared, they can then be assigned to the appropriate clients using the Provision Management Console (PMC), the Citrix Management Console (CMC), or scripted logic (figure 5).

The network printer auto-creation mode is a clientless mode; it does NOT require the Print-IT client software on the client. Therefore, client devices of all makes and models are supported.

Figure 3 – Print-IT supports print server-based printing by creating and sharing a distinct Print-IT printer on the same print server or a dedicated Print-IT print server.

Figure 4 – Using the Provision Management Console (PMC), Print-IT printers are created and shared on the same print server or a dedicated Print-IT print server. Additional properties may also be configured, including the Print-IT printer name and various compression and optimization settings.

Figure 5 – Using the Provision Management Console (PMC), Print-IT network printers can be assigned to the appropriate clients.

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