Creating Direct Print assignments

From the Print Management web portal, click Administration > Direct Print Assignments.

Depending on your requirement, select the Cost Center or Department or Personal tab, and then click Create Assignment.

Note:  If there are existing Direct Print assignments, then the Direct Print Assignments page shows them.

In the Create Direct Print Assignment window, do the following:

Note:  The Direct Print assignment applies to all members of the designated cost center or department. In either case, Direct Print assignments can also be applied to individual users.

• Cost Center or Department assignments—Cost center and department assignments are applied to all members of that cost center or department.


Note:  The Create Assignments forms are the same for cost centers and departments.

• Assignment name—Type a unique assignment name.
• Cost center name or Department name—Type the name of the cost center or department that will be associated with this assignment. A list of possible matches is shown as characters are entered.


Notes:

• The cost center or department chosen must match one in the Account Management portal. If the name entered does not match, the caution symbol is shown before the name.
• You can apply only one cost center or department to a Direct Print assignment.
• A cost center or department can only be associated with one Direct Print Assignment.
• Tags identifying printers this cost center may use for direct printing—Printer tags are used to create the connection between a Direct Print Assignment and one or more printers. Type the tag name to be associated with this assignment. Multiple tags can be associated with a Direct Print assignment. Select a tag name from the list, and then click Add.


Notes:

• You can use only tags that were previously defined in the Fleet Management portal.
• When a tag is added, tag names and the total number of printers with the added tag names appear.
• You can associate an assignment to up to ten printers only. While you can save an assignment with more than ten printers, you cannot download a Print Client package associated with that assignment.
• Personal—Apply assignments only to specific individuals.

• Assignment name—Type a unique assignment name.
• E-mail addresses of registered users to be included in this assignment—Type the email address of an individual associated with this assignment. Multiple individuals can be associated with the same Direct Print assignment.


Note:  Only users with the Direct Print Release User or Direct Print Release Administrator User role are shown.

• Tags identifying printers these users may use for direct printing—Printer tags are used to create the connection between a Direct Print Assignment and one or more printers. Type the tag name to be associated with this assignment. Multiple tags can be associated with a Direct Print assignment. Select a tag name from the list, and then click Add.

Notes:

• You can use only tags that were previously defined in the Fleet Management portal.
• When a tag is added, tag names and the total number of printers with the added tag names appear.
• You can associate an assignment to up to ten printers only. While you can save an assignment with more than ten printers, you cannot download a Print Client package associated with that assignment. 

Click Create Assignment.