Introduction
Printer group policies can be created and applied to any group of printers. Multiple policies can be applied to multiple printer groups.
When you create a group policy, you can either start from a template that pre-selects a number of settings or skip the template and select your own collection of settings.
The WXP portal includes two templates:
Essential Security: Contains the necessary security settings required to maintain the minimal level of compliance necessary to protect your fleet.
Advanced Security: Contains settings based on HP recommendations and common security settings found in many environments that practice print security.
Warning
Advanced Security settings can only be managed if the device is entitled to HP Secure Fleet Manager Advanced. If you try to apply a setting to a device that is unentitled, you will receive a warning.
Target Audience
IT administrators who onboard and manage printers.
Printer Administrators who onboard and manage printers.
Creating a Printer Group Policy
Creating a printer group policy is a three-step process:
Step 1. Enter Basic Information
1. Log into WXP.
2. From the left menu of WXP, click Remediations > Policies, then click the Printer Policies tab.
3. On the Printer Policies tab, click Create. The Basic Information page of the Create Policy wizard appears.
4. Enter the basic information for the policy:
Policy Name: A unique descriptor for the policy.
Policy Setting Type: Select a predefined policy template as your starting point, which preselects and defines a group of settings, or select Skip Template to begin with no settings selected.
Note: An optional description or other useful information about the policy.
5. Click Next. The Select Policy Settings page appears.
Step 2: Select the Policy Settings you want to include
1. In the settings list, check the settings you want to define in your policy.
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) beside the setting.
Note
When you select a setting, if a setting has related settings, they’ll appear in the list to the right. You can select a related item to view a description of the setting. Click Select in the description dialog to include the setting in the policy.
2. When you have added all the settings you want, click Next. The Set Options page appears.
Step 3: Configure the setting options
1. In the settings list, click a setting to expand it and display the setting options.
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The properties are divided into two sections:
At left are the Assessment and Remediation options, which define how WXP should behave when it assesses the compliance of this setting.
On the right side are the setting properties, which are unique to each setting.
2. Configure the Assessment and Remediation options. A setting can include any of the following options:
Severity: Defines the relative security risk (Low, Medium, or High) should the setting be out of compliance.
Ignore Unsupported Item: When enabled, this setting is ignored if the feature is unsupported by the device, so WXP does not assess a setting that the printer doesn’t support.
Ignore Unentitled item: When enabled, this setting is ignored if the feature is unentitled based on the HP service subscription, so WXP does not assess a setting the user can’t use.
Remediation: When enabled, this setting is remediated if it is found to be out of compliance. Otherwise, WXP only flags the setting when non-compliant and does not attempt to remediate it.
3. Configure the setting properties as necessary. In many cases, settings are a simple toggle to enable or disable the feature on the printer. Others require more configuration.
4. When you have configured the properties for each setting, click Create. WXP attempts to validate the policy settings.
If validation succeeds, the Policy Created Successfully dialog appears. Click Done to confirm and complete the creation process.
If validation fails, you’ll receive a message identifying the issue with your policy. Address the issue, then click Create.
5. Assign the policy to one or more printer groups.
Contact Us
For any assistance, create a support case or email support@wxp.hp.com.