Configure Printers and Job Processing

MyQ Desktop Client (MDC) has 3 possible configuration options of Job Processing, configurable in the MDC setup wizard:

1. Secure print job forwarding

2. Client spooling

3. No Job Processing (disabled)

Secure Print Job Forwarding

If you enable this feature, jobs sent to MDC will be automatically forwarded to the MyQ Print Server over a secure encrypted LPR protocol. This feature requires significantly more network resources than Client Spooling, as all jobs are forwarded to the MyQ Server.

Setup in MDC

In the setup wizard in the Job Processing window, you’ll want to make sure the Secure print job forwarding checkbox is checked. 

When the Secure print job forwarding feature is enabled, MDC will listen to all jobs sent to the localhost or 127.0.0.1 and automatically forward them to the MyQ Print Server address set in the Server Settings window in the setup wizard.

Printer and driver setup

The printer and driver must be installed on the workstation where MDC will be running. The recommended printer driver port configuration is that the Printer Name or IP Address should be localhost or 127.0.0.1, as this is the address MDC is listening to on port 515, and the Queue Name should be the MyQ queue.

Client Spooling

If you enable this feature, jobs sent to MDC are locally spooled and stored in the user’s computer. This feature is helpful when the network resources are limited since the jobs are spooled locally and stored in the user’s computer; only metadata is sent to the MyQ Print Server.

Setup in MDC

In the setup wizard in the Job Processing window, make sure that the Client spooling checkbox is checked. 

Uncheck the Secure print job forwarding checkbox and then check the Client spooling checkbox, as these options are mutually exclusive.

When the Client spooling feature is enabled, MDC will listen to all jobs sent to the localhost or 127.0.0.1, it will spool them locally and securely store them on the user’s computer.

Printer and driver setup

The printer and driver must be installed on the workstation where MDC will be running. The recommended printer driver port configuration is that the Printer Name or IP Address should be localhost or 127.0.0.1, as this is the address MDC is listening to on port 515, and the Queue Name should be the MyQ queue.

No Job Processing

MyQ Desktop Client is full of features that can be combined with other MyQ software to provide enhanced job processing, user authentication, accounting, monitoring, failover mechanisms, and much more.

However, sometimes you may want to use other features, but you don't want to use MDC for job processing.

Setup in MDC

In the setup wizard in the Job Processing window, make sure that the Secure print job forwarding and Client spooling checkboxes are unchecked.

In this configuration, jobs sent to the localhost or 127.0.0.1 will not be processed by MDC; jobs will be discarded.

Printer and driver setup

In this setup, since MDC is not ‘listening' for jobs, the printer driver and its port must send jobs directly to the MyQ Server via LPR. This driver and port configuration is the basic setup to print to MyQ Print Server, where the Printer Name or IP Address should be MyQ Server’s address or hostname, the Protocol should be LPR, and the Queue Name should be the MyQ queue.

This method of printing is described more in detail in Printing to MyQ. This printer, driver port, and the MDC configuration is typically used in environments where MDC is ONLY used for its other features and there is no requirement for job processing.