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Table 2: Information to Gather from the Network, Administrator Prior to a Printer DCA Installation

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PrintFleet Printer DCA Using the Printer Data Collection Agent For Printer DCA installation requirements, see "Printer Data Collection Agent Checklist and Installation Requirements" on page 42. Prior to installing the Printer DCA, you should obtain the information in the following table from the network administrator at the location. This will allow you to properly configure the Printer DCA. Table 2: Information to Gather from the Network Administrator Prior to a Printer DCA Installation Find out... if there are local devices you want to monitor. how many total printing devices reside on the network and how large the network is. if the network uses multiple subnets. if the network uses a Virtual Private Network (VPN) or has Wide Area Network (WAN) links. if the company has multiple offices they want monitored. Solution Once the Printer DCA is installed, you will have to enable local data collection and install Local Print Agent on applicable computers. See "Managing local devices with Local Print Agent" on page 29. An additional Printer DCA should be installed on a separate computer for each 10,000 imaging devices on the network or 100,000 IP addresses. If so, take note of the subnets and IP ranges to ensure they are all included in the network scan range. If so, the network timeout for the Printer DCA should be increased to 2000-4000 milliseconds. If so, a single Printer DCA may be used if the networks are connected via a VPN, however, it is recommended that a Printer DCA is installed at each location. The Printer DCA has an easy to use installation wizard that in many cases will configure the settings you need to collect data from networked printing devices. To collect data from local devices, and 5

Section	Page
PrintFleet Printer DCA	1
Table of Contents	3
Chapter 1 Introduction	5
1.1 Device support	5
1.2 Obtaining software updates	6
1.3 Contacting Technical Support	6
Chapter 2 Using the Printer Data Collection Agent	7
2.1 Obtaining/Distributing the Printer DCA software	8
2.2 Installing and activating the Printer DCA	8
2.3 Managing the Printer DCA service	12
Installing and starting the Printer DCA service	12
Setting up the Printer DCA as a scheduled task	12
2.4 Configuring communication settings	13
Changing and testing the communication method and port	13
Using proxy settings	14
Changing the web service settings	15
Enabling Intelligent Update	16
Enabling Remote Configuration	16
Troubleshooting Printer DCA communication problems	16
2.5 Configuring network scan settings	17
Managing scan profiles	18
Specifying which devices to scan	18
Enabling scanning of network and/or local devices	21
Enabling broadcast scanning	21
Enabling Rapid Scan	22
Enabling Printer Job Language (PJL)	22
Setting the scan interval	22
Setting the network timeout	23
Setting the Local Print Agent timeout	24
Setting the number of SNMP retries	24
Using Focus Scans	25
Storing SNMP community strings	25
Masking private data	26
Enabling SNMP traps	27
Disabling real time Printer DCA status	27
Setting the WebPage timeout	28
2.6 Viewing queue, archive, and log files	28
Deleting old archive and log files	29
2.7 Configuring language and read/write settings	30
2.8 Updating the Printer DCA software	31
2.9 Reviewing the End User License Agreement (EULA)	31
2.10 Understanding the network load associated with the Printer DCA	31
2.11 Printer DCA Command Line Options	32
Chapter 3 Managing local devices with Local Print Agent	33
3.1 Installing Local Print Agent	33
3.2 Managing Local Print Agent	34
Starting the Local Agent Management tool	35
Scanning for Local Agent installations	35
Changing the active user for Local Agent Management	35
Interpreting the Local Agent Management scan results	36
Performing a Push Install of Local Print Agent	37
Uninstalling Local Print Agent	37
Checking the data returned by Local Print Agent	37
Rescanning specific IP addresses	38
Configuring a Local Print Agent installation	38
Viewing Local Print Agent log files	39
Changing the Local Print Agent version to install	39
Chapter 4 Printer DCA Settings in PrintFleet Optimizer	41
4.1 Managing Printer DCA installations	41
Generating PIN Codes for Printer DCA	41
Managing Printer DCAs	42
Remotely managing Printer DCA installations using Semaphore	43
4.2 Troubleshooting stale data issues	44
4.3 Providing technical support	44
4.4 Distributing software updates	45
Appendix A Printer Data Collection Agent Checklist and Installation Requirements	46
Index	48
A	48
C	48
D	48
E	48
F	48
H	48
I	48
L	48
M	48
N	48
O	48
P	48
Q	49
R	49
S	49
T	49
U	49
V	49