NOTE: You must install Java Runtime Environment before installing MPA.
Software availability
The HP MPA is available in the following languages.
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English
Install the HP MPA software
Follow these steps to install the HP MPA software.
1. Download the HP MPA as part of the HP Printer Administrator´s Resource Kit (PARK) available
at
h20338.www2.hp.com/Hpsub/cache/494717-0-0-225-121.html. Click the link to the PARK
beneath the Universal Print Driver Tools heading to download the PARK zip file.
2. Extract the contents of the PARK zip file to your hard drive.
3. Locate the folder where you extracted the PARK zip file. Browse to the managed print
administrator folder and double-click HPMPAInstall.exe to create an installation folder for
HP MPA.
4. Browse to the HP Managed Printing Administration installation folder and double-click
HPMPAInstall.msi.
5. The HP Managed Printing Admin Setup Wizard opens. Click Next.
6. The Confirm Installation window opens. Click Next.
7. The Installing HP Managed Printing Admin window opens. A progress bar indicates the
progression of the install. Wait until the next window opens.
8. The Installation Complete window opens. Click Close.
Back up the HP MPA software
HP MPA stores information about users, groups, policy, and printer lists in a Microsoft Access
database file. HP recommends periodic back ups of this database in case the database becomes
corrupted. Back up the database before performing an upgrade.
1. Browse to C:\Inetpub\HPManagedPrintAdmin\Database.
2. Copy the file hpmpa.mdb to your backup location.
Uninstall the HP MPA software
When uninstalling the HP MPA, the hpmpa.mdb database file created during installation is not
removed. An older version HP MPA must be uninstalled before a newer version can be installed and
this database file is left behind to accommodate the updating of HP MPA versions without losing any
data.
There are two ways to uninstall the HP MPA software from the computer.
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HP Managed Printing Admin Setup Wizard
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Add/Remove Programs
98 Chapter 8 Manage the HP UPD using HP Managed Printing Administration (HP MPA) and
Active Directory Group Policy
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