Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution Description and Planning Guide

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2.5.4 Suppressing printing

By suppressing printing at a client, you can prevent leakage of confidential information.

When an attempt to print data is made on a client PC for which printing is suppressed, a message indicating print suppression is displayed and no data can be printed. Therefore, we recommend that you notify a client before suppressing printing at that client. When a policy is applied to suppress printing, an icon is displayed in the client PC's task tray, indicating that printing is suppressed.

The following figure provides an overview of print suppression.

Figure 2-23 Print suppression overview

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Organization of this subsection
(1) Prerequisites for the client OS
(2) Printer types for which printing can be suppressed
(3) Notes on suppressing printing

(1) Prerequisites for the client OS

Printing can be suppressed when the client OS is one of the following:

Printing cannot be suppressed if the client OS is Windows 98 or Windows Me.

(2) Printer types for which printing can be suppressed

The following table shows the printer types for which printing can be suppressed.

Table 2-17 Printer types for which printing can be suppressed

Printer type Port used Print suppression
Local printer LPT port Y
Local port Y
USB port Y
File port N
TCP/IP port Y
LAN Manager port N
Shared network printer or printer connected to another PC N/A Y
Internet printer N/A N
Virtual printer N/A Y#

Legend:
Y: Can be used
N: Cannot be used
N/A: Not applicable

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With some virtual printers, it might not be possible to suppress printing.

Prerequisites for shared network printers

(3) Notes on suppressing printing

Notes on virtual environments

Note the following when suppressing printing in a virtual environment: