PrintPAL Printer Mapping Utility

UniPrint™ PrintPAL is an integrated GUI-based utility that allows network administrators to create rules to automatically assign printers to specific user profiles based on:

Active Directory user/group name or any LDAP-based services
Host names
Login client IP address or IP range

The PrintPAL printer mapping utility ensures that users are always assigned with the correct printers whenever and wherever they are working.

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Key Features

Assign printers to users based on their location or Microsoft Active Directory membership
Fully integrated GUI design
LDAP integration
Session printer assignment re-evaluated on session reconnect
Manual override for users to choose their own printers

Key Benefits

Reduce help desk calls for routine printer mapping
Increase employee productivity by ensuring correct printers are assigned for users’ locations
Increase security by reducing the risk of users printing documents to wrong printers

“With a simple install of the UniPrint agent and a one-time mapping using the PrintPAL feature, we were able to save technical services time on each device, plus travel time, for hundreds of devices”

Adam Flowers

Lead Solutions Architect

American Red Cross, USA

“If we didn’t use UniPrint Infinity, the alternative would have been to support all printers (and corresponding drivers) inside of the virtual sessions, adding complexity, increasing overhead and negatively impacting performance.”

Henry Felix

Technical Services Manager

El Centro Regional Medical Center, USA

How It Works

Figure 1 shows the GUI interface of PrintPAL. Network administrators can assign printers based on the different internal conditions. As users log into their systems, the rules will be processed and the appropriate printers are mapped according to the user profiles. If and when users move to other PCs or IP ranges, different sets of rules will apply and printer mapping will be updated accordingly.

Furthermore, unlike other proximity or location-based printing software for Citrix or Microsoft terminal server environments, UniPrint Infinity keeps track of the client IP address. This allows users to print to the printer closest to their physical locations.