YSoft SafeQ Client autodiscovery based on DHCP configuration

Overview

  • This feature allows user to print jobs with SafeQ Client from any company branch while jobs are redirected to nearest SafeQ server.

  • Redirection of jobs must be configured in DHCP configuration by local administrator and local DHCP server must be accessible on LAN.

  • SafeQ Client delivers the job to IP address specified in DHCP configuration for current user subnet. For every subnet, there could be more IP addresses configured in DHCP server configuration.

  • If one of servers is not available, then job is delivered to another server specified for current subnet.

  • If DHCP does not return any valid response (e.g. no IP address is defined for DHCP option 9), then Primary IP address (specified in YSoft SafeQ Client - Options) is used.

Limitations

  • Only IPv4 protocol is supported.

  • Hostnames are not supported and cannot be configured.

Installation

1. Setup DHCP option on local DHCP server

  • Set the DHCP option 9 (LPR Server) to one or more IPv4 addresses.

    • Linux - use following command:
      option lpr-servers   ip-address  [ ,   ip-address ... ]
      The LPR server option specifies a list of RFC 1179 line printer servers available to the client. Servers should be listed in order of preference.

    • Windows - see Configuring DHCP server for YSoft SafeQ Client autodiscovery

2. Configure all known properties in SafeQ.ini as usual

  • Configure the property ServerDeliveryMode to value 4.

  • Don't forget to configure default ServerIP property for case the DHCP server is not reachable or no DHCP option is configured.

4. Run install.exe

5. The printer port(s) will be created


SafeQ Client configuration dialog with selected "DHCP option: LPR server" mode

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