Create a Network Printer

You cannot create a network printer using the Network Printers (SP) application. An integration tool, such as Integration Composer, creates network printer records. You cannot create them in the Network Printers (SP) application.

The Network Printers (SP) application displays data about the network printers deployed in your enterprise. You can view this information, but you cannot use this application to add records to network printer records.

The deployed asset data displayed in the Network Printers (SP) application is collected directly from network printers actually installed in your enterprise. To gather this data, discovery tools (such as IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager or Microsoft SMS) scan computers, network devices, and network printers deployed in your enterprise and record information about the hardware and software installed on those assets. An integration tool processes the collected data and imports it into the database.