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Creating device groups, devices and destinations

The Output Manager Devices application is used to manage and monitor devices. The navigation pane displays a configurable Devices tree that shows all devices and device groups. Device groups are used to organize devices in the Device tree.

Output Manager differentiates between destinations and devices. Destinations are queues where Output Manager sends documents. The queues can be on physical printers or a variety of other destination types, such as network folders and FTP servers. Devices are the physical printers. You can add multiple destinations for the same device. This is helpful for production devices where the controller supports multiple LPD queues, each defined with different print preference settings.

Device Groups are represented as folders in the tree. In the Devices tree, you can create, move, rename, and delete device groups. When a device group (folder) is selected in the tree, the Device grid displays all of the devices in the group.

When a device is selected in the tree, a device home page opens showing the properties and status of the device. Below the home page, a grid displays all destinations associated with the device.

In order to send and release Output Manager print jobs from Equitrac endpoints, complete the following:

Create a device group

Complete this procedure to create a device group.
  1. In the Device tree, right-click a device group (folder) and click New Group.
    A new group (folder) titled UnNamed is added to the device group.
  2. Enter a name for the new group and press Enter.

Add a device

Complete this procedure to add a device to the device group. This device must match the Equitrac device where the user is logged in to release their documents.
  1. In the Devices tree, right-click a device group (folder) where you want to add devices, and click New Device.
    This opens the New Device dialog box.
  2. Enter the Name of the device of the Equitrac device.
  3. Select the appropriate Server from the server list.
  4. Enter the IP Address of the Equitrac device.
  5. Enter the DNS name of the Equitrac device.
  6. Click OK.

Create a destination

Complete this procedure to create a destination (print queue) from a selected device. The destination must match the Equitrac device where the user is logged in and receive the print data.
  1. In the Devices tree or grid, right-click a device and click Create Destination.
    This opens the Add Destination dialog box.
  2. Select the Type of destination you want to create.
  3. Select the appropriate Server from the server list. This server is one that contains an Output Service.
  4. Under Assign to group, select the group where the destination will be created.
  5. Click OK.
The destination will be created using the device name. If a destination already exists using that name, a counter will be added to the end of the destination name.