Microsoft Print Server
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Microsoft Print Server

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The Microsoft Print Server connector allows you to import printers from a print server as packages. To setup a connection to the Microsoft Print Server a few things are required:

  • The hostname of the Microsoft Print Server.
  • An username to connect to the Microsoft Print Server.
  • The password that corresponds with the username.

Overview

On the overview page, you can view / configure global settings for the connector.

Name Description Required
Name A friendly name for the connector (e.g. Microsoft Print Server), the name will help you identify the connector. Yes
Server Satellite Server that hosts this connector No
Method Determines how the connector should be synchronized, the following options are available:
  • On-demand Allows you to choose which attached packages should be updated.
  • Synchronize This option will automatically synchronize your packages with new available information.
No
Direction Determins which direction the connector functions
  • Push Connector will create packages in the connected system.
  • Pull Packages can be created from resources.
No
Enabled Determines whether or not a connector is available No
Default package type This option determines the way a package will be created, the following options are available:
  • Managed managed packages have an action set that is locked. You are still able to add new action sets to the package.
  • Unmanaged No locked action sets are added, but the package won’t be eligible for automatic updates.
Yes
Package name prefix The default prefix for package names, this can be helpful to easily identify all packages originating from a certain connector No
Description A description for the connector No

Settings

Name Description Required
Hostname The hostname on which the Microsoft Print Server is available. Yes
Username The username which will be used to import the applications, the identity needs to be prefixed by the identity source name as specified in the targeted Liquit Workspace environment Yes
Password The password that should be used for the identity. Yes

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