Dell proximity printing solution, Introduction, Requirements for setting up dpps – Dell Proximity Printing Solution User Manual
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DPPS – Administrator’s Guide
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Dell Proximity Printing Solution
Introduction
The Dell™ Proximity Printing Solution (DPPS) allows you to configure your
network printers so that end users can easily select a printer closest to them
while printing their documents.
Requirements for setting up DPPS
• A physical or virtual server to install DPP server. For more information on
DPP server requirements, see "Server Hardware Requirements" on page 6.
• A WiFi
®
network with reasonably distributed access points for the
proximity printing feature.
• Network based printers.
NOTE:
DPP does not support USB printers.
• An IT professional with advanced knowledge of:
a
Linux
b
Microsoft
®
Active Directory
®
(AD)
c
Domain Name Services (DNS)
• A network infrastructure with
a
Microsoft Active Directory
b
Domain Controller (DC)
c
Domain Name Services
Server Operating System
The DPPS server uses Ubuntu Linux distribution for printer management
utilizing Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) 1.3.9. This allows for
portability across multiple OS clients and a simple unified interface for
server interactions.