Xerox Global Print Driver Support & Software 用户指南
Xerox Print Driver Platform
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Appendix B: FAQ: Xerox Global Print Driver (X-GPD)
Q. I am planning to upgrade my older Xerox products to newer Xerox products. Can X-
GPD make this device replacement easier for me and my employees?
GPD make this device replacement easier for me and my employees?
A. Yes. A benefit of deploying print queues using X-GPD is the ability to change print
queue attributes, have the appropriate print driver changes take effect, and eliminate
the need to redeploy new print queues to users when changes of this nature take place.
queue attributes, have the appropriate print driver changes take effect, and eliminate
the need to redeploy new print queues to users when changes of this nature take place.
When the administrator alters the IP address or changes the print queue to use a
different port, X-GPD detects the modification. It will attempt to identify the new device
associated with that IP address or port and will update the print driver user interface to
reflect that new device.
different port, X-GPD detects the modification. It will attempt to identify the new device
associated with that IP address or port and will update the print driver user interface to
reflect that new device.
For Xerox products that are included in the Windows driver platform, the print driver will
take on the feature set of the new device. If the administrator has configured the queue
name to use a location-specifying naming scheme
take on the feature set of the new device. If the administrator has configured the queue
name to use a location-specifying naming scheme
it won’t be necessary to push new
print queue mappings to the users or require the users
’ intervention to take advantage
of the device update.
Q. How do I update a particular
product’s print driver? If X-GPD needs to be upgraded,
does that affect all printer objects and require a complete rebuild?
A. If X-GPD has been used to deploy print queues for multiple products; all of those
queues will be simultaneously upgraded with the underlying X-GPD. All of the queues
are associated with the same driver, and when that driver changes, all of the queues
are affected. Further, if the environment contains a mix of traditional and X-GPD drivers
from the Xerox Windows Driver Platform, an upgrade of one of these drivers would
result in the upgrade of all other related traditional and X-GPD drivers on that system,
assuming that those drivers share the same version number.
queues will be simultaneously upgraded with the underlying X-GPD. All of the queues
are associated with the same driver, and when that driver changes, all of the queues
are affected. Further, if the environment contains a mix of traditional and X-GPD drivers
from the Xerox Windows Driver Platform, an upgrade of one of these drivers would
result in the upgrade of all other related traditional and X-GPD drivers on that system,
assuming that those drivers share the same version number.
If a team would like to load the latest X-
GPD without upgrading, use the “versioned”
model of the X-GPD presented during the install process.
Q. Can a network administrator create standard TCP/IP ports and apply X-GPD to local
queues as they wish?
queues as they wish?
A. Yes. X-GPD can be used to create multiple print queues using standard TCP/IP
ports. All of these queues would be enabled by a single install of X-GPD.
ports. All of these queues would be enabled by a single install of X-GPD.
Q. What if you have a driver issue and need to uninstall and re-install the driver? Will
ALL driver objects need to
ALL driver objects need to
be deleted? Or just the one affected product’s driver?
A. In this situation, because all of the print queues are shared by one common print
driver, presumably X-GPD, all of the print queues would be affected by the deletion of
the driver.
driver, presumably X-GPD, all of the print queues would be affected by the deletion of
the driver.
5. Are there shared DLLs among the individual queues with the Xerox Global Print
Driver? What happens if a DLL becomes corrupted? Can all printer queues be
corrupted because the driver is a single, shared file?
Driver? What happens if a DLL becomes corrupted? Can all printer queues be
corrupted because the driver is a single, shared file?
A. Because all print queues associated with X-GPD use the same set of driver files, all
queues will be affected if those files are corrupted.
queues will be affected if those files are corrupted.