Gretchen,
My only real experience is with Uniprint, but it too uses locally defined
queues (a custom port processor, but similar in concept to the Standard TCP/IP
port processor).
But it does have a service that creates a queue creation, configuration, and
driver installation package that will self update. You install the drivers,
define and customize the queue on the server, and then package those settings.
You deploy the package using your normal software management solution (eg.
SCCM, batch scripts, minions with USB keys) and the definitions will check in
periodically and self-update when you publish changes to the packages.
Might get you where you want to be.
Mark
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Mark Leighton
CLIC LAN Supervisor, Information Commons, University of Toronto
E-mail: mark{DOT}leighton{AT}utoronto.ca
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [LIBNT-L] print cost recovery & print servers
From: Gretchen Garcia - LIBRARY <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, January 14, 2012 12:42:13 PM
> Currently we install all of the printers locally with TCP/IP ports.
> Ideally we'd like to get away from this local install and use print
> server services to push printers to the machines. Challenge with that is
> print cost recovery. SAM (Comprise) does not support this feature. I was
> curious if there was a solution out there that allowed us to use a print
> server that allows us to change one server for drivers vs. 50+ computers
> at some locations. :)
>
> Thanks,
> Gretchen Garcia
> MCLD IT Services
> [log in to unmask]
> http://www.mcldaz.org
>
> Remember to smile, it's free! ;)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Library NT [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John
> Benedetto
> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 10:39 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: print cost recovery & print servers
>
> Gretchen,
>
> Not sure I understand your question... printing without print servers?
> And I thought - typically - that PC Management & Print-related stuff are
> two very different animals. What is your current solution?
>
> For PC management, we use LANDesk. For (public) printing, we use Pharos
> UnipriNT. Our Pharos installation is currently running on Windows 2003
> R2, both the database server and the server that handles the printers.
> We are not on the current version, though.
>
> John in Albuquerque
>
>>>> On 1/14/2012 at 10:32 AM, Gretchen Garcia - LIBRARY
>>>> <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>> Does anyone know of a pc management & print cost recovery that can use
>
>> print servers? Our current solution does not support this but I
>> haven't heard of any that do so I thought I'd do a little digging. ;)
>
