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Printers

User State > Printers

The Printers page creates and maintains printer connection policies and applies them uniformly to selected machine IDs. Each managed machine can be assigned the appropriate set of printer connections automatically, depending on the policy applied. The same policy is applied to each user on a machine, whether they are logged in or not. Applying printer connections across an organization frees up user time for more productive tasks. It also reduces IT support calls to implement these printer connections manually. A machine must have the KUSM client installed using User State > Install/Remove to display on this page.

Note: Ensure credentialed users on target machines have access rights to the printers specified. In general, use domain user credentials when managing machines using User State. See Agent > Set Credential.

Determining the Printer Network Location

When editing a Printers policy, you must specifying a UNC location for the network printer in the format \\Server\Share. To determine this printer network location:

  1. Display Properties for a printer listed in your Printers and Faxes window.
  2. Select the Ports tab.
  3. The printer network location displays in the Port column with a checked checkbox next to it.

Actions

This page provides you with the following actions:

  • Schedule - Display a popup window of the following schedule options:
    • Schedule Date/Time - Select the date and time to schedule this task.
    • Recurrence - Select whether to run this task once, hourly, daily monthly. If more than once, enter the number of times to run this task for the period selected.
    • Skip if offline - Check to perform this task only at the scheduled time. If the machine is offline, skip and run the next scheduled period and time. Uncheck to perform this task as soon as the machine connects after the scheduled time.
    • Stagger by N minutes. - You can distribute the load on your network by staggering this task. If you set this parameter to 5 minutes, then the scan on each machine ID is staggered by 5 minutes. For example, machine 1 runs at 10:00, machine 2 runs at 10:05, machine 3 runs at 10:10, ...
    • Apply / Cancel - Apply or cancel these schedule options.
  • Apply Now - Apply a selected policy to selected machine IDs.
  • Cancel - Cancel schedule options for selected machined IDs.
  • Edit - Add, edit or delete an existing Printers Policy. When adding or editing a policy you can rename the policy. You must assign the policy to a specific group. To create a new policy select <Create New Printer Policy> from the policy drop-down list and click Edit.

Select All/Unselect All

Click the Select All link to check all rows on the page. Click the Unselect All link to uncheck all rows on the page.

Machine.Group ID

The list of Machine ID.Group IDs.Organization IDs displayed is based on the Machine ID / Group ID / Organization ID filter and the machine groups the user is authorized to see using System > User Security > Scopes.

Printer Policy

The policy assigned to this machine ID.

Last Apply Time

The last time this policy was applied to this machine ID.

Skip if Machine Offline

If a checkmark displays and the machine is offline, skip and run the next scheduled period and time. If no checkmark displays, perform this task as soon as the machine connects after the scheduled time.

Next Apply Time

The next time this policy is scheduled to be applied. Displays as red text with yellow highlight if the time is past due.

Period

If recurring, displays the interval for the scheduled task to recur.