Dell Open Print Driver User Manual

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 1 Dell Open Print Driver About Dell Open Print Driver MSI install command line options

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 10 Chapter 2 MSI install command line options Using the DellOPD Installer from the Command

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 11 PRINTERADDRESSES = ”Printer Name,Driver Name,Port Name;…” PRINTERADDRESSES = “@path”

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 12 (e.g. if it is turned off or has been disconnected from the network) at the time the in

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 13 Installing using INF File Download Dell Open Print Driver “driver only” package from ht

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 14 Static Instance An INF file in this driver package contains PCL5, PCLXL, and PS3 driver

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 15 3) For ‘Chose a printer port’, select ‘Use an existing port:’ if the TCP/IP port alrea

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 16 4) Enter your printer’s IP address in the text box for ‘Hostname or IP address:’ and p

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 17 6) Select the supported PDL available on the printer that you want to install. For t

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 18 7) ‘Type a printer name’ screen displays printer name ‘Dell Open Print Driver (PCL XL)

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 19 9) Dialog displays ‘You’ve successfully added Dell Open Print Driver (PCL XL)’ and pre

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 2 Table of Contents Chapter 1 About Dell Open Print Driver ...

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 20 11) Right click on ‘Dell Open Print Driver (PCL XL)’ and select ‘Printer Properties’

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 21 Note: If a printer is powered off or printer’s TCP/IP is invalid or printer’s SNMP is d

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 22 3) Perform steps 5 - 11 from ‘Installing from INF file’ – Static Instance section. ‘Co

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 23 5) After a successful ‘Refresh, ‘Configure’ tab displays the ‘Active model’ as ‘Dell 7

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 24 Dynamic Instance An INF file in this driver package contains PCL5, PCLXL, and PS3 drive

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 25 3) For ‘Chose a printer port’, select ‘Create a new port:’ and ‘Local Port’ from the d

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 26 5) Select ‘Have Disk…’ option, browse the DellOPD.inf file from the Dell Open Print Dr

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 27 6) Select ‘Dell Open Print Driver (PCL 5)’ from the Printer’s list and press ‘Next’.

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 28 9) Dialog displays ‘You’ve successfully added Dell Open Print Driver (PCL 5)’ and pres

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 29 11) Dynamic Instances for all three drivers are now installed on your system. 12) Rem

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 3 Chapter 1 About Dell Open Print Driver Dell Open Print Driver (Dell OPD) is a universal

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 30 13) After PCL5 and PS driver objects have been removed, all driver packages still exist

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 31 15) Change print name from ‘Dell Open Print Driver (PCL XL)’ to ‘Dell Open Print Driver

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 32 17) The Discovery dialog will open to allow the user to connect a specific network prin

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 33 Installing an USB printer with Plug and Play Install ‘Dell Open Print Driver’ via MSI

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 34 4) ‘Devices and Printers’ folder displays ‘Dell V520 Series’ as unspecified device. Wi

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 35 6) Right click on ‘Dell Open Print Driver (PCLXL)’ and select ‘Printer Properties’ 7

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 36 8) Select ‘Configure’ tab and make sure Active Model is set to ‘Dell V525w Inkjet MFP’

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 37 9) To make sure USB printer has been successfully installed, select ‘General’ tab and

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 38 Installing a Web Services for Devices (WSD) printer This section applies to the follow

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 39 a. To open Print Management, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then clic

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 4 Additionally, printers can be manually discovered by providing an IP address, an IP add

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 40 Note: For WSD, DellOPD uses printer server hostname as ‘Printer Name’. Please check wi

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 41 Chapter 3 Lockdown Policies Managing Printer Features Using Group Policies The Dell Ope

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 42 The following Dell printer models are supported by the Dell Open Print Driver: Dell 113

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 43 Group policy for the Dell Open Print Driver can specify up to eight search networks. T

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 44 5) Type community name at "Community"="community_name_goes_here" [

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Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 46 3) If prompt for ‘User Account Control’, select ‘Yes’ to continue 4) Registry Edito

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 47 5) Open: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Dell\Printing\Dell Open Print Driver\Disc

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 48 7) Select ‘Community’ from right column, listed under ‘Name’ list. 8) Right click o

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 49 9) Type community string name in a text box under ‘Value data:’, press ‘OK’ 10) Comm

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 5 Selecting the Correct Mode Small networks without print servers: For Workstations: • I

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 50 Printer Feature Control Preferred PDL For printers that support multiple PDLs, this pol

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 51 Disable Stapler When selected, this policy prevents the user from using a device’s inst

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 52 Paper Size Feature Control / Allowable Paper Sizes This policy allows the system admini

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 53 How to Define Policies on the Server System administrators can use the Group Policy Man

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 54 1. Open the Group Policy Management Snap-in. Expand the tree view on the left to the

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 55 3. From the list of GPOs in the right-hand pane, select the new GPO, right-click it, a

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 56 4. Import the Dell Open Print Driver administrative template into the GPO. In the GPO

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 57 5. From the Add/Remove Templates dialog, click Add and browse to the location of the D

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 58 6. On the Add/Remove Templates dialog, click Close. Then in the tree view of the GPO

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 59 7. Double-click a policy (in this example, “Force Print Quality”) to configure it. Th

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 6 Dell Open Print Driver MMC Snap-in The Dell Open Print Driver Snap-in for the Microsoft

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 60 8. Select Enabled. This will enable the drop list to set the property value. Select

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 61 10. To link the new GPO to a group, return to the Group Policy Management Snap-in. Rig

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 62 12. The defined policies will be pushed out to the machines in the domain. When affect

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 63 Policies with Multiple Selection Providing policies that allow multiple values for a pr

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 64 3. Open the Properties dialog for Allowable Paper Sizes , select Enabled, and click “S

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 65 5. For each Paper Size to be permitted, click the Add button and enter the numeric Pap

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 66 When this policy is pushed out the users’ machines, the resulting registry entries will

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 67 How Users See Policies Group policies are defined on the server by the system administr

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 68 Note also the “padlock” icon in the lower right quadrant of the dialog. This icon app

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 69 How to load and unload ‘Dell Open Print Driver’ drivers for standard user account? The

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 7 IPv6 is supported only on Microsoft Server 2008 and above. Printers are discovered using

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 70 Note: If a user you like to grant permission to load and unload the device drivers is a

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 71 5) Select ‘Users’ 6) Right click on the standard user you like to grant permission

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 72 7) Select ‘Member of’ tab and click on ‘Add…’ 8) At ‘Enter the object names to selec

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 73 9) The following user is now part of the ‘Power Users’ group. Press ‘OK’ to close the

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 74 11) Select ‘Local Policies’ and expand. Select ‘User Rights Assignment’ 12) Right cli

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 75 13) Select ‘Local Security Setting’ tab and press on ‘Add User or Group…’ 14) In ‘Sele

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 76 15) At ‘Enter the object names to select’ text box, Type ‘Power Users’ and press ‘Check

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 8 Print Queue Management The print queue management view allows the administrator to conv

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 9 Custom Media Size Support Dell OPD V.1.3 now supports Custom Media or Custom Paper Sizes