What is Branch Office Direct Printing and what are its system requirements?
Branch Office Direct Printing is a Microsoft feature designed to reduce WAN usage by printing directly to a print device instead of routing through a server print queue, and it is supported by HP UPD version 5.6.0 and later. It requires a print server running Windows Server 2012 and clients running Windows 8. Clients running operating systems prior to Windows 8 will not use this feature and will still print to the server.
From the official HP Universal Print Driver Series For Windows manual, page 10
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What is Branch Office Direct Printing and how does it work?
Branch Office Direct Printing is a Microsoft feature designed to reduce WAN usage by printing directly to a print device instead of routing through a server print queue, and it is supported by HP UPD version 5.6.0 and later. It requires a print server running Windows Server 2012 and clients running Windows 8. Clients running operating systems prior to Windows 8 will not use this feature and will still print to the server.
What are the operating system requirements for Direct Printing to work?
Branch Office Direct Printing is a Microsoft feature designed to reduce WAN usage by printing directly to a print device instead of routing through a server print queue, and it is supported by HP UPD version 5.6.0 and later. It requires a print server running Windows Server 2012 and clients running Windows 8. Clients running operating systems prior to Windows 8 will not use this feature and will still print to the server.
Does Branch Office Direct Printing reduce network traffic to print servers?
Branch Office Direct Printing is a Microsoft feature designed to reduce WAN usage by printing directly to a print device instead of routing through a server print queue, and it is supported by HP UPD version 5.6.0 and later. It requires a print server running Windows Server 2012 and clients running Windows 8. Clients running operating systems prior to Windows 8 will not use this feature and will still print to the server.
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