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 Uniersal Print !rier" #n the single
file do$nload, the PARK contains %oth supported and unsupported soft$are tools, scripts and
documentation"
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Acknowledgements
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Version
Print Administrator Resource Kit )"5":
Release Notes ersion ), ;anuary '()*
Supersedes
Print Administrator Resource Kit )"5"*
Version History
UP! Print Administrator Resource Kit ersion num%er changes $hen one or more tools are updated or a
ne$ tool has %een added" Reference the indiidual tool<s release notes for details"
PARK
4ersion
Release !ate !escription
)"5": ;anuary '()* Updated
!rier +onfiguration Utility
!rier !eployment Utility
1anaged Print Administrator
AutoUpgradeUP!
)"5"* 7eptem%er '()8 Updated
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Actie !irectory Administrator Template
!rier +onfiguration Utility
!rier !eployment Utility
1anaged Print Administrator

)"5"8 August '()8 Updated
AutoUpgradeUP!

)"5"' ;une '()8 Updated
Actie !irectory Administrator Template
!rier +onfiguration Utility
!rier !eployment Utility
1anaged Print Administrator
PRN+=N
)"5") April '()8 Updated
Actie !irectory Administrator Template
!rier +onfiguration Utility
!rier !eployment Utility
1anaged Print Administrator
AutoUpgradeUP!
1igrate,7erer,Tools
RemoePnP!riers
)"5 !ecem%er '()' Ne$
RemoePnP!riers
Updated
Actie !irectory Administrator Template
!rier +onfiguration Utility
!rier !eployment Utility
1anaged Print Administrator
AutoUpgradeUP!
)"> ;une '()' Updated
!rier +onfiguration Utility
!rier !eployment Utility
1anaged Print Administrator
1igrate,7erer,Tools
AutoUpgradeUP!
)": !ecem%er '()) Ne$
AutoUpgradeUP!
1igrate,7erer,Tools
Updated
Actie !irectory Administrator Template
!rier +onfiguration Utility
!rier !eployment Utility
1anaged Print Administrator
PRN+=N
2
)"*") Noem%er '()) Updated
1anaged Print Administrator
)"* ;uly '()) Ne$
UpdateNo$
HPPR.=? for />*
Actie !irectory Administrator Template in A!13
format
Updated@ ne$ tool features reAuire UP! :"8
!rier +onfiguration Utility
!rier !eployment Utility
1anaged Print Administrator
Actie !irectory Administrator Template
)"8 Noem%er '()( Updated@ ne$ tool features reAuire UP! :"'
!rier +onfiguration Utility
!rier !eployment Utility
1anaged Print Administrator , added support for
grayscale policy
Actie !irectory Administrator Template , added
support for grayscale policy
No point print install hp operation, updated the
release notes $ith additional detail, identified defect
fi/ in UP! :"'"
)"' August '()( Ne$
No Point Print #nstall HP =peration
Updated
PRN+=N
!!U, !ocumentation coering command line
s$itches, and comprehensie BAC
!+U, same ersion, %ut localiDed
)") 1ay '()( Updated@
1anaged Print Administrator
!rier +onfiguration Utility
!rier !eployment Utility
PRN+=N, Release Notes only
)"( !ecem%er '((E Tools collection@
1anaged Print Administrator
!rier !eployment Utility
!rier +onfiguration Utility
Actie !irectory Administrator Template
PRN+=N
HPPR.=?
Add 1odel To +omments field
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Supported Tools
The follo$ing tools proided $ithin the Print Administrators Resource Kit are eligi%le for HP technical
support"
Active Directory Administrator Template for UPD: This Actie !irectory Administrator
Template allo$s an administrator to manage the HP Uniersal Print !rier user policies, and
printer lists from $ithin the Actie !irectory infrastructure"
AutoUpgradeUPD: AutoUpgradeUP!"e/e simplifies the process of creating clean print Aueues
on a print serer" This is useful $hen upgrading the UP! drier ersion, upgrading an older non,
UP! print Aueue to use UP!, or resetting e/isting print Aueues to factory or preconfigured
installation defaults" This tool preents e/isting Aueues from carrying for$ard un-no$n,
incompati%le and unsta%le configurations during drier upgrade"
Driver Configuration Utility: 2indo$s application used to edit the configuration file associated
$ith a particular drier" The configuration file controls the print drier settings and ta-es effect
$hen the drier is installed for %oth dynamic mode and traditional mode installation methods"
Driver Deployment Utility: A simple utility that pac-ages the drier files, and the code needed
to deploy them, into an F"G3G, F"31. and F"+AH file" These files are run on the client P+ to copy
the drier files to the 2indo$s drier store, and to install the printer"
anaged Print Administrator: +reate a customiDed print enironment that groups users $ith
similar reAuirements and define $hich printers they can access" +reate user groups, managed
printer lists, and managed print policies effortlessly" +ontrol user access to settings li-e color,
customiDe user notifications, and 0o% storage" Automatically generate 31. files to define client
side print policies and printer lists" +reate HT1. clic-a%le image maps to help users locate
printers associated $ith a managed printer list"
P!"C#"$%&%: +onsole application for adding, remoing and recreating a net$or- printer<s
point,and,print connection %et$een a 2indo$s client $or-station and the print serer to $hich it
is connected"
Unsupported Tools
The follo$ing tools proided $ithin the Print Administrator Resource Kit are not HP supported" These are
proided as a resource to customers" #f you hae any Auestions, comments, or enhancement reAuests
regarding these unsupported tools, email HP at UP!IPARKJhp"com" Responses $ill %e at HP<s
discretion, and response times are not under a serice leel agreement and may ary" !ocumentation
aaila%le from the do$nload site for the 7oft$are contains additional information related to support"
Add odel to Comments 'ield: This script is used to add the deice model name to the
comments field for any print Aueue that is using the HP Uniersal Print !rier (UP!)"
HPP!(#): HPPR.=? captures print registry information to F"/ml and F"hi files" Run
hpprlogF"e/e on the print serer, the actie node of a print cluster, or a +itri/ 3enApp serer"
igrate*Server*Tools: 1igrate 7erer Tools are a set of scripts and other tools to assist in
automating the migration of print Aueues from an old serer to a ne$ serer or to upgrade the
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print Aueues on a serer"
Update"ow: UpdateNo$ is a command line utility that is designed to trigger the automatic
configuration functionality in HP printer driers" This ena%les print administrators to script the
automatic configuration of deices using a single command that $ill %e consistent across
multiple ersions of HP printer driers"
!emovePlugPlayDrivers: This utility searches for HP plug and play printer drier files in the
2indo$s drier store, and proides an option to remoe these staged printer drier files"
+urrently installed printers are unaffected %y this utility" The %enefit proided is ersion control
of the HP print drier utiliDed for soft$are first U7H Plug and Play installation of ne$ly created
UP! printers in the !eice 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 Uniersal Print !rier and Print Administrator Resource Kit is
aaila%le for do$nload at http@99$$$"hp"com9go9upd on the !ocumentation ta%"
Reference http@99$$$"hp"com9go9upd, the 7pecifications ta%, for the current list of HP UP!
supported print deices"
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