Dell Open Print Driver - Manual (Page 7)

Dell Open Print Driver Version 1.9 7
IPv6 is supported only on Microsoft Server 2008 and above.
Printers are discovered using the following three protocols:
• SNMP for direct attached printers with valid IP addresses.
• LDAP for queues published in an available Active Directory. Dell Open Print Driver will try and
connect to the rootDSE context
• MS-RPRN in case no Active Directory can be found.
The different protocols can be turned off or on using the settings button. Settings available include the
discovery protocols, the SNMP community name and the timeout for network searches.
The recommended setting in a usual network would be:
• SNMP enabled and LDAP as well MS-RPRN disabled
• A timeout of at least 3000 milliseconds. In order to find printers in network segments with high
latency try to increase the timeout
• A "public" as the SNMP community. If the SNMP community name was changed for the printers
change it here in order to find those printers.
The Dell Open Print Driver Snap-in will list all discovered printers in the list below the "Find Printers"
field. If a queue exists that already is connected to one of the printers that list entry will be displayed in
bold characters. The administrator can hide all entries with attached queues.
By selecting an entry, several actions are available either in the action column to the right or by right
clicking the entry:
• Create queue: this action creates a new Open Print Driver queue attached to the printers
address. The administrator has the choice to enter the queue name, the share name and to
publish the new queue in the Active Directory
If the selected entry has attached queues the following additional actions are available:
• Delete Queue: this action deletes the selected queue
• Printing Preferences: this action opens the printing preferences of the selected queue
• Printer Properties: this action opens the printer properties of the selected queue