Creating a Printer-Specific Policy

Introduction

Printer-specific policies let you define policy settings at the printer level. These policy settings supersede the same policy settings that the printer might inherit through a printer group policy.

Target Audience

• IT administrators who onboard and manage printers.

• Printer Administrators who onboard and manage printers.

Creating a printer-specific policy

Creating a printer-specific policy is a two-step process.

Step 1: Select the Policy Settings you want to include

1. Log in to WXP.

2. From the left menu of WXP, click Devices > Printers. The Printers tab appears, displaying a list of all the printers you’ve onboarded to WXP.

3. In the Printers list, locate and click the printer you want to define policy settings for.

Tip: To quickly locate a printer, search for the printer’s serial number.

The Printer Details page appears.

4. On the Device Details page, below the device status panel, click Policies. The Policies tab appears.

This tab lists the compliance status for all assigned policies, then details each policy assigned to the printer in descending priority order.

5. In the Device-specify policy pane, click Edit. The Select Policy Settings page of the Edit Device-Specific Policy dialog appears, displaying a list of settings you can define in the policy.

Tip: For information about a setting, click the Help icon () beside the setting.

6. In the settings list, check the settings you want to define in your policy.

Note

When you select a setting, any related settings will appear in the Related Items list to the right. You can select a related item to view its description. Clicking Select in the description dialog includes the setting in the policy.

7. When you have added all the settings you want, click Next. The Set Options page appears.

Step 2: Configure the setting options

1. In the settings list, click a setting to expand it and display the setting options.

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 may 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 Save. 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 Save.

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