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Computers

Lists the computers that have the Printix Client installed.

  • To open the Computer properties, do any of the following:

    • Select the computer's hostname.

    • In the computer's row, select More  > Modify.

    • Select the check box of a single computer, then select Modify at the bottom of the screen.

  • Select the computer's number of Tasks to see the list of tasks for the computer.

  • Select Refresh to refresh the list.

  • Select More  > Info to see information about the computer:

    • Hostname.

    • Status. The status of the computer (Online or Offline).

    • Network. The network the computer is on.

    • Address. List of addresses (IPv4 and IPv6).

    • Type.

    • System.

    • Protected print.

    • Version. The version number of the Printix Client running on the computer.

Filters

  1. Select Filters.

    • Select Network to filter by this.

    • Select Type to filter by this.

      • Desktop

      • Laptop

      • Server

    • Select System to filter by Windows and macOS editions. The term Windows Server covers all supported versions of Windows Server. For historic reasons, legacy editions can also be filtered. For the currently supported editions, see Tungsten Printix Technical Specifications.

    • Select OS to filter by Windows and macOS.

    • Select Act as capture gateway to filter by this.

    • Select Act as print gateway to filter by this.

    • Select Allow computer to look up users to filter by this.

    • Select Online to filter by this Status.

Sort by

  1. Select item to sort by this.
  2. Select item again to toggle sort order: and

    • Select Hostname to sort by hostname.

Update Printix Client on a computer

  1. In the computer's row, select More  > Update Printix Client.

    A dialog box appears. It displays the currently installed version of the Printix Client on the computer.

  2. Select a version to upgrade to, then select Force upgrade.

    If the newest available version is already installed, the Force upgrade button is not available.

Delete computer

  • To delete a single computer, select More  > Delete.

  • To delete multiple computers, select the check boxes of the computers, then select Delete .

    Select the check box at the top of the list to select all computers.

If you delete a computer that is running Printix Client, it will reappear on the list after some time. Deleting a computer is relevant if you want to remove computers you suspect are not being used anymore. Computers that have not responded in 2 months are automatically deleted.