Adding LDD printers on a client workstation or print server

After installing the client software, do the following:

• Create a separate Lexmark Document Server Printer Port for each profile that you want to use on an LDD server.

• Create a print queue that is assigned to that port.

1. Install the print driver for the Lexmark Document Server Printer Port.

   Note: If you do not have a specific print driver, then use the PCL® or PostScript Lexmark Universal Print Driver that is appropriate for your operating system. You can download it at support.lexmark.com.

2. From LMC, click the System tab.

3. From the System section, select System Status.

4. Set at least one server online. For more information, see Viewing and changing server status.

5. From the Windows “Devices and Printers” control panel, add a printer. For more information on adding a printer, see Configuring a Lexmark Document Server port.

6. When prompted, select a local printer, and do not allow Windows to search for plug-and-play printers.

7. When prompted to select a printer port, create a port of Lexmark Document Server Port - Enterprise type.

8. Type a unique name for the port, and then click Next. The port name must be 75 characters or fewer.

9. Select a document server.

   If the client software is newly installed, then the list is empty.

   To add a server, do the following:

   1. Click Manage List.

   2. From the Server Setup window, click Add.

   3. Type the IP address or FQDN of the load balancer, and then click OK.

   4. Exit the Server Setup window, and then select the new server from the list.

10. Click Next.

11. Select a profile on the server to use with the new port, and then click Next.

    Notes:

    • LDD printer port prompting is not supported on print servers. If it is configured on a print server, then the spooler stops responding and may crash when print jobs start going into the print server. Prompting profiles must be used only on client computers.
    • Only profiles associated with solutions that are created for software clients are available.
    • Profiles used with the Lexmark Document Server port must have a name with 14 characters or fewer. For more information on setting the name of a profile, see the Lexmark Document Distributor SDK Guide.
    • If the server is running multiple jobs, then profiles on the server may not appear in the list. Wait until the server is not busy, and then try adding the port again.

12. Click Finish.

13. Select an existing print driver, and then click Next. For more information, see the documentation that came with the printer or print driver.

14. When prompted to keep the existing driver, select Keep existing driver (recommended), and then click Next.

15. Type a unique printer name that describes the profile used with the new printer.

    If necessary, select whether to use the new print queue as the default, and then click Next.

16. Select whether to share the new print queue. If you are installing the print queue on a server, then select Share name.

17. Type a unique name for the print queue on the network, and then click Next.

18. To skip printing a test page, select No.

19. Confirm the settings, and then click Finish.

20. From the Windows “Devices and Printers” control panel, right-click the new printer, and then click Properties.

21. Click the Advanced tab.

22. Select Spool print documents so program finishes printing faster and Start printing after last page is spooled.

    Note: These settings are required to report an accurate page count to the LDD system. If a large job needs significant time to spool, then smaller jobs can still be completed.

23. Click OK.