Watchdoc Print Client for Windows® - Configure a default print queue

Principle

To facilitate the use of print queues managed by WPC for Windows, the administrator can define a default universal print queue for a given group of users and a given location.

So when a user moves, they can be offered the default queue associated with the location from which they are launching their print request.

Depending on the configuration and the printing policy defined, the user has more or less freedom to refuse this default queue and choose another one or not.

Steps

Configuring the default queue for WPC for Windows requires the following steps:

  1. configuring the location to associate it with a default print queue and an associated role;

  2. configuring WPC for Windows to activate the default queue and the conditions for using this function.

Procedure

Configure the default queue and role associated with the location

  1. From the Main Menu of the Watchdoc administration interface, click Print Queues, Locations, Queue Groups and Pools;

  2. click the Locations tab;

  3. In the list of locations, click the Edit button for the location to which you want to assign a default queue;

  4. In the Location Properties interface, go to the Default queue(s) section;

    • in the Queue list, select the queue you wish to associate with the location ;

    • in the Role column, click on the Browse button to access the list of roles and select the role associated with the default queue;

  1. If the role you wish to associate does not appear in the list, click on Create a new role to add it (see Creating a role).

  2. Repeat the operation if you wish to associate several default queues with other roles;

  3. Confirm the configuration by clicking on Save:

     

Configuring the default queue in WPC for Windows

  1. From the Main Menu of the Watchdoc administration interface, click Advanced Configuration;

  2. in the Advanced Configuration interface, click on Windows Client Configuration;

  3. In the Windows Client Configuration interface, go to the Default File section;

  4. Tick the Enable default print queue management check box;

  5. for the Users parameter, select Change default queue when user changes location;

  6. Confirm the WPC for Windows configuration:


Usage case

Your company has four branches: North, East, South and West.

You want employees from the other branches to use the default queue associated with the North branch location when they travel to the North branch.

  1. You therefore create a ‘North Agency Externals’ role that excludes all employees who are not members of the North Agency group:

  1. You associate this role with the default queue configured for the NorthAgency location:

  2. You configure WPC for Windows by activating the Default Print Queue function and specifying that the default queue changes when the user changes location (see WPC - Configure WPC for Windows).