![]() When sending a print job, students must currently select the printer nearest to them before retrieving the document. Example 1: Single virtual queue (high school) ScenarioĮast Beach High School has seven high volume laser printers of the same model at various locations throughout the campus. The following sections cover some common scenarios for implementing Find-Me Printing. Implementing Find-Me Printing is best described by way of example. NOTE If you’re using virtual queues on a Windows server that are redirecting to other target queues, you can use LPT or ‘nul’ ports for the virtual queues, since no jobs should be printing from that queue. ![]() For example, a job designed to print on an inkjet photo printer is not usually suitable for printing on a laser printer. Find-Me Printing works by re-directing a job targeted at one queue to another so printer compatibility is important. The job automatically prints to the printer closest to the Release Station.Īdministrators need to consider and plan hardware and driver compatibility. The user then walks up to a Release Station, logs in, locates their job, then releases it. The user prints to a single site-wide global queue. Find-Me Printing solves the problem by asking the print job to find the user, rather than having the user find the printer. Any user that logs in to the computer has the most appropriate printer selected by default.Īll these methods have their drawbacks and require careful planning on the part of administrators, and the need for end users to understand conventions/processes. using rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /ga /n\\server\printer on Windows). Global profile - administrators map the “best” printer based on location of the workstation (e.g. Users need to consult the full list of printers only on the rare occasion that they want to print to a printer outside their physical level/room. ![]() For example, any workstation containing “lvl2” in the name has the two printers on Level-2 by default. Location adaptive login scripts - a location adaptive login script automatically adds printers to a computer based on the computer’s physical location (denoted by the computer name). This is usually complemented by a sign on the printer itself. A common convention is to use the room name or floor number. Naming conventions - uses a printer naming convention that helps users locate the best printer. Organizations tend to mitigate this concern using a number of methods: The task of selecting the “best” printer from the list at the time of print can be daunting. Consider a large organization with hundreds of printers. Find-Me Printing is best described not by what it does but by the problem it solves. ![]()
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