Creating and configuring a virtual queue

Process

To create a virtual queue:

1. from the server, access the Windows Print Manager. You can launch printmanagement.msc to access the interface;

2. in the Print managment tool, click on Print servers > Ports > Add Port:

 

 

3. in the Printer Ports interface, select the Local Port type:
   
   
   
   

4. click on New Port button;

5. in the Port Name box, enter the value NUL;

6. validate by clicking on OK ;
   
   
   

7. click on Close to come back the Print Management tool;

8. from the Print Servers menu, select the print server, then click-right on Printer> Add Printer;

9. in the Printer Installation box, select Add a new printer using an existing port, then select the NUL port;

   click on Next:
   

    

10. in the Printer Driver list, select a driver compatible with the devices to which the virtual queue is likely to send its print-jobs;

11. click on Next;

12. in the Printer Name and Sharing Settings box, give an explicit name to the virtual queue;

13. tick the Share this printer box, then click on Next;
    
    

     

14. The print queue is added on the server. You can therefore configure it in Watchdoc^®.

 

Configuring the virtual queue

To configure the virtual queue :

1. from the Watchdoc^® Main menu, Configuration section, click on Printers and devices;
   
   

    

2. in the Printers & devices list, select the virtual queue created at the former step;

3. in the Printer queue properties interface, General information section, complete the following parameters:

• Mode: select the Validation mode;

• Virtual: tick the Virtual queue for securised printing and/or on demand printing box:
  

 

4. in the Redirections section, in the Targets list, select the print queue or the print queues to which the print-jobs are likely to be sent;
   
   

    

5. in the Expert Mode section, tick the Encrypt the title of the document... box if you want not to display the print-job title in the share print queue: