Printer discovery actions

The actions mentioned below are basic actions that are commonly performed during printer discoveries.

Go to the Actions tab and click +Add action. The Actions properties panel opens.

Filter

Here you can specify the printing device models or the types of devices on which this action is performed during the discovery.

• Enter the model on which you want to perform the action. If you want to add more models, you have to separate them by commas (,).

• You can also select types of devices: color or B&W devices, and distinguish between copiers.

Every run actions

• Add to queue: Here you can select one or more queues where the device will be automatically added to.

• Set configuration profile: Here you can select a configuration profile from the dropdown or create a new one by selecting +Add new. It gives you the option to install a terminal package and set the login method for the printers in the discovery.

• Add printer to group: Here you can select a group where the device will be automatically added.

• Remove current groups: If you select this option, the device is removed from all of its current groups.

• Location: Here you can set the location of the printing device. There are three options:

  • You can manually define the location by entering any text. Each printing device discovered or updated within this printer discovery will contain this location.

  • You can automatically obtain the location via SNMP protocol by entering the %location% parameter. In such cases, the location is taken from the location parameter defined on the Web User Interface of each particular device discovered or updated within this printer discovery.

  • You can leave this setting empty. In this case, the location of the printing device is not set/updated
    during the discovery. Updated printers maintain their current location and new printing devices have the location parameter undefined.

The location of a printing device is displayed and can be changed on its properties panel.

You can add multiple filters for performing discovery actions: every filter specifies the type of printers the actions will be performed on and which actions will be included.

First run actions

• Activate: Automatically activates the device if the current license allows it.

• Create direct queue: If you select this option, MyQ will automatically create a direct queue for the device. The name of the queue is the same as the system name of the device. For more information about print queues, see Queues.

• Copy settings from the queue: Here you can enter or select a direct queue from which the settings of the newly created queue are copied.

• Print test page: The MyQ server will automatically send a test page to the newly created direct queue.

• Print as: If you select the Print test page option, you have to select a user account under which the test page will be printed.

• Windows printer: In this section you can automatically install a print port and printer driver on the MyQ server.