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Add printers with Printix Configurator

Select Printers in the Printix Configurator to configure printers. To add a label printer with a USB, see Add a label printer with a USB.

  • In Edit, you can manually add and manage printers.

  • In Import, you can import existing printers from the Printix Cloud or a CSV file, or you can update only the network address of already listed printers using a CSV file.

  • In Export, you can export the list of printers to a CSV file.

  • In Upload, you can upload the printers to the Printix Cloud.

  • Select Exit to close the Printers dialog box and return to the Printix Configurator main window.

Printer data

  • Printer name

    Example: Reception

  • Vendor

    Example: HP

  • Model

    Example: HP Officejet Color X555

  • Address

    Example: 192.168.1.94

  • Network

    Example: Amsterdam

  • MAC

    Example: F0921C637CA2 or F0:92:1C:63:7C:A2

  • Serial number

    Example: CN3993Y073

  • Page description language (PDL)

    Example: [PCL5,POSTSCRIPT,PDF]

  • Color

    Example: True

  • Duplex

    Example: False

  • Data source

    Example: Server

  • Uploaded

    Example: Yes

It is assumed printers are using the default SNMP configuration.

The Data source column displays Manual if the data was manually added (Edit > Add printer), CSV if Import from CSV file was used, and Server if Import from Printix Server was used.

Any invalid component of a printer is highlighted in red. You can select Show only invalid items to only display printers with validation errors.

Example of validation errors:

  • Missing information.

  • Multiple printers have the same MAC address.

You can edit a single printer by:

  • Clicking a printer, then selecting Edit > Edit printer

    If only one printer has a check mark, that printer is edited regardless of which printer was clicked.

  • Double-clicking anywhere in the printer's row

Set up CSV mappings for printers

The CSV file MUST be semi-colon (;) separated. Column headers are optional.

  • If the file contains headers, select CSV file contains headers, and for each Field name, select the corresponding CSV header name.

  • If the file has no headers, clear CSV file contains headers, and for each Field name, select a corresponding Column number.

Select Auto-fill to automatically populate the table. After an auto-fill, make sure the correct information is filled in.

Upload printers

After the file content is validated, you can upload the printers to the Printix Cloud.

Add a label printer with a USB

The below process can be used to add a label printer that is connected with USB to, for example, a D-Link print server. In case the D-Link print server is using the LPR protocol, the print queue name used to reach the specific USB port on the D-Link print server.

You can also use the process below to add printers that do not support SNMP. However, the printer will always appear with an unmonitored status because the status of the printer is not available.

  1. Sign in to Printix Configurator.

    You must have the System manager role.

    Steps 2–4 are necessary, so you can select the printer's Network in step 8.

  2. Select Networks to configure networks.
  3. Select Import > Import from Printix Server.
  4. Select Yes.
  5. Select Exit.
  6. Select Printers to configure printers.
  7. Select Edit > Add printer. You can also create a CSV file.

    The CSV file MUST be semi-colon (;) separated. Do not put spaces before or after a semi-colon.

    See an example of a printer CSV file.

  8. In the Add new Printer dialog box:

    • Enter Printer name.

      Example: Label printer

    • Enter Vendor.

      Example: DYMO

    • Enter Model.

      Example: LabelWriter 450

    • Enter network Address.

    • Select Network.

      Example: Network1

    • Enter MAC address.

      Example: 0011E5040E34

    • Optionally, enter Serial number.

      Example: CN3993Y073

    • If relevant, select a Page description language:

      • PCL5: Printer Command Language level 5.

      • POSTSCRIPT: PostScript Level 1, PostScript Level 2 and PostScript 3.

      • PCLXL: Printer Command Language level 6.

      • PDF: Portable Document Format.

      • XPS: Open XML Paper Specification.

      • UFRII: Ultra Fast Rendering 2, a proprietary language of Canon.

    • If relevant, select Color supported.

    • If relevant, select Duplex supported.

  9. Select Add.
  10. Select Upload > Upload to Printix Server.
  11. Open Printix Administrator to verify that the printer has been registered.

    We recommend you to check that a print queue is also created and that the selected print drivers are the ones you want to use.