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Printers

Description

Printers has its own object. A printer must always be attached to a host. A network attached printer is composed of a host (network print server) and a printer (printer queue). The printer object can be public (shared for every user on the network), or private.

Search Types

You can search for groups created in the system by applying different ways of searching: 

Quick

This option allows quick search by fields that have been defined in the application metadata.

Basic

This is the default option. It provides some default search criteria, but other criteria can be added from the add criteria option. 

Each search criterion will have different search forms depending on the type of data in the particular field. For example, a text field provide four different options to search, "Contains", "Start with", "End with" and "Equals", a date field provide the date "Since" and date "Until".

Each criterion will be added to the previous ones.

Advanced

This option allows an advanced search system using the SCIM standard

You can access to SCIM Chapter for more information

Screen overview

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Custom attributes 
  • Name
  • Description 
  • Model
  • Server: host that contains the printer
  • Restricted: if marked, only mount on listed users
  • Users: assignment of printer queues to users.
  • Groups: assignment of printer queues to groups

Actions

Printer query

Query Allows to query printers through different search systems, Quick, Basic and Advanced.
Add or remove columns Allows to show and hide columns in the table.
Add new Allows to add a new printer in the system.
Delete Allows to remove one or more printers.
Import Allows to upload a csv file with the printer list to add, update or delete printers
Download CSV file Allows to download a csv file with the basic information of all printers. 

Printer detail

Apply changes Allows to create a new printer or to update an exist printer.
Delete Allows to remove one printer.
UndoAllows to quit without applying any changes.