HP JetAdvantage Connect Print Server Install Guide
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Table of Contents 1. Introduction ...................................................................................................1 1.1 Server Requirements ................................................................................1 1.2 Firewall Requirements ..............................................................................1 1.3 Certificate Needs of the Print Server ........................................................1 1.4 HP AC Prerequisites Steps Needed: ....................
1. Introduction The HP JetAdvantage Connect Print Server (or simply the Print Server) provides a front end to HP AC, which then exposes Pull-Printing functionality to mobile devices. When printing from a mobile device using the HP JetAdvantage Connect system, the Print Server appears in the user’s list of available printers. After printing to this location, users can then release their print job at any HP AC enabled printer connected to HP AC. 1.
Server setup. 2. Utilize a “Shared” print queue for HP AC. a. Make note of the shared print queue name. You will need that during Print Server setup. b. Also make note of the port name. The screen shot below shows an HP AC print queue (on the HP AC server), as well as its “Share name”.
The screen shot below shows the port name for the HP AC print queue (hpac15_ent).
3. Select the “PJL parsing” option in the Settings section of HP Access Control. The screen shots below show where to find this selection.
2. HP JetAdvantage Connect Print Server Setup 1. Run the Installer to perform the initial setup steps. • Installer name: HP_JAC_PrintServerInstall.exe 2. If needed, the installer will install the Bonjour discovery service from Apple. You must agree to the Bonjour End User License Agreement in order to proceed. 3.
e. You can verify that the mDNS Service is running: Note that the “HP JetAdvantage Connect mDNS Service” is shown in the Services console as “Running”.
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3. Validate the HP JetAdvantage Connect Print Server Setup The following steps will validate the operation of the Print Server, and are only provided for reference and for troubleshooting purposes. 1) Verify installation using iPhone a. Join iPhone to same network as HP JetAdvantage Connect Print Server is running b. Choose to print a .pdf file c. Choose “Select Printer” d.
2) Verify installation using Mac OSX a. Add “Airprint Printer” b. Print to server 3) Verify installation using ipptool: a. Copy ipptool folder from the Tools drop location (under \\cscr.hp.com\boi\CSLSoftware\mPrint\Servers\SprintReleases\Sprint_009\PrintServer\Tools\ipptool ). b. If ipptool is not installed, run the msi provided: ipptool-20140328-windows.msi. c. Verify you can ping: < certificate name > Note: < certificate name > is the same as . ping .
e. Verify the name of the HP JetAdvantage Connect Print Server is returned correctly.
4) Verify files can be sent to the Print Server using ipptool: • Run this command from the directory where ipptool is installed. • Use the following ipptool command line to send a PDF file to the Print Server: ipptool.exe -4 -v –T 5 -f https://:@.:631/ipp/print/ .\ipptool\print-job.test Specifically, here is a command line example: Test file: Username: Password: Server name: Domain name: C:\Temp\TestFile.pdf emsadmin CSLt3st!1234 emsddppd ems2.
4. Pull-Printing to HP AC from an iOS Device 1) You must be a domain user on the domain where HP AC is installed (or have access to a user’s username and password). 2) Connect the iOS device to the network via a wireless access point, or using a supported VPN. 3) Select a file to print. 4) Select the “hp-ac-…” in the list of printers. 5) Select Print. 6) You will be prompted to enter a user name and password. 7) Enter the username and password.
5. Enabling Print Policy using HP AC rules. Print Policies can be setup using rules in Intelligent Print Management within HP AC. The policies that can be set are as follows: • • • All print jobs will be printed using both sides of the paper (Duplex printing). All print jobs will be printed in Black-and-White. All print jobs will be printed using both sides of the paper and in Black-and-White. 1) Create Rules with the Intelligent Print Management section of HP AC.
6. Enabling Print Policy using XML File entries. Print Policies can be setup using rules in Intelligent Print Management within HP AC. The policies that can be set are as follows: • • • All print jobs will be printed using both sides of the paper (Duplex printing). All print jobs will be printed in Black-and-White. All print jobs will be printed using both sides of the paper and in Black-and-White. 1) Edit the file: C:\ProgramData\Hewlett-Packard\HP JetAdvantage Connect\conf\jac.printserver.settings.
