HP 2605dn Print Drivers - Table of Contents

Table of contents
1 Purpose and scope ......................................................................................................................................... 1
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 1
Conventions used in this guide ............................................................................................................ 3
2 Software description ...................................................................................................................................... 5
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 5
System requirements ........................................................................................................................... 6
Software availability .............................................................................................................................. 8
3 Plan an HP UPD deployment ......................................................................................................................... 9
The five steps to a successful deployment ........................................................................................... 9
Initiation and planning ........................................................................................................................ 10
Understand your printing requirements and environment .................................................. 10
Determine deployment objectives ..................................................................... 10
Print servers or Direct IP ................................................................................... 10
Identify stakeholders ......................................................................................... 10
Make an inventory ............................................................................................. 10
Consider PDL needs ......................................................................................... 10
Driver considerations ........................................................................................ 11
Pre-configuration, policy and access requirements .......................................... 11
Environment and network compatibility ............................................................. 11
Baseline the system .......................................................................................... 11
Risk management ............................................................................................. 11
Key deployment decisions ................................................................................................. 12
Create a list of required drivers ......................................................................... 12
Choose an installation method .......................................................................... 12
Driver Pre-Configuration ................................................................................... 12
Traditional and dynamic mode .......................................................................... 13
Manage the HP UPD with HP MPA or Active Directory Group Policy .............. 13
Estimate time requirements .............................................................................. 13
Communication and training ............................................................................................................... 14
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