PrinterMap User Guide 39following a PrinterMap upgrade installation. During a PrinterMap upgradeinstallation the Mib.ini file is modified. All the newly supported printer systemobject id’s for each supported vendors is added. Generic printers discovered by theprevious PrinterMap version may have a corresponding mib.ini entry following theupgrade install. Running the update process with the Update Generic Printers boxchecked converts any PrinterMap supported printers to the appropriate vendortype.Refer to “Supported Vendors and Printer Models” in Chapter 3 for moreinformation about adding support for new printer models and modifying theMib.ini file.Selecting Continue With Update initiates those updates. Selecting Exit cancels theoperation and closes the window.Update Host NamesSelecting this box and continuing with the update causes PrinterMap to update thehost name value stored for each printer. In an environment where one or moreDomain Name Servers (DNS) are used for IP address to host name resolution, runthis type of update following any changes to the DNS configuration.Selecting Continue With Update inititates updates. Selecting Exit cancels theoperation and closes the window.GroupPrinterMap has several pre-defined groups based on the supported vendor list (i.e.,Xerox, HP, Lexmark, etc… )and the All Printers group. PrinterMap also supportscreating user-defined groups. User-defined groups can be created by selectingprinters from any existing group and selecting this menu item. The Create Groupwindow prompts for the new group name.Figure 22 Create Group windowWhen creating a user-defined group only alphanumeric characters may be used.The maximum length for user-defined group names is 64 characters. This menuoption is grayed out if printers are not selected from the Topology.Create Group
