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Dell Open Print Driver Providing quality printing solutions while controlling costs is an ongoing challenge for IT organizations. That challenge is becoming more daunting with the many types of laser printers — mono, colour, single function and multifunction — as well as the many operating systems in use across large enterprises. The Dell Open Print Driver (OPD) is a single universal print driver designed to help IT departments of large organisations gain work productivity by reducing the complexity of printer driver management for print devices on the network from Dell or other brands. The Dell Open Print Driver comes with multi-printer language support in a single and convenient installation package that’s easy to deploy, manage, and use. One of the smallest and best equipped universal printer driver solutions 1 available, the Dell OPD is designed specifically to help reduce both IT manager workload and network load without sacrificing features. Simplify print driver management within your IT environment
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Dell Open Print Driver
Providing quality printing solutions while controlling costs is an ongoing challenge for IT organizations. That challenge is becoming more daunting with the many types of laser printers — mono, colour, single function and multifunction — as well as the many operating systems in use across large enterprises.
The Dell Open Print Driver (OPD) is a single universal print driver designed to help IT departments of large organisations gain work productivity by reducing the complexity of printer driver management for print devices on the network from Dell or other brands. The Dell Open Print Driver comes with multi-printer language support in a single and convenient installation package that’s easy to deploy, manage, and use.
One of the smallest and best equipped universal printer driver solutions1 available, the Dell OPD is designed specifically to help reduce both IT manager workload and network load without sacrificing features.
Simplify print driver management within your IT environment
Simplified printer driver management: • Simplifies printer driver deployment in a complex IT
environment by providing a single printer driver that works for multiple types of laser printer models.
• Supports multiple supported printer description languages (PDLs) in one small installation file.
Easy to deploy– IT managers can:• Easily pre-configure prior to deployment in a
managed environment.
• Update printer personalities on the fly — put your new Dell printer to work immediately without the need to re-install the driver. Add languages on the fly as well.
• Quickly select printer features and installed accessories using the friendly user interface.
• Control print features such as colour printing through easy-to-use Windows account management.
Easy to use — Users can:• Enjoy easy set up and access to different printers and
features on the network with a single user interface
Reduce storage and network capacity requirements • The small file size of less than 5 MB helps reduce the
storage and network capacity needed to support the printer driver
Printer discovery• During installation, the Printer Discovery feature
discovers printers connected to the network
• For each printer on the network, a summary of that printer’s function is displayed
• With the “Advanced Search“ you can search for printers or filter “Available Printers” by a variety of key printer features
Outstanding value • Download the Dell Open Print Driver at no cost from
the Dell website
• Enjoy support service for the Dell OPD at no cost if you are Dell customer with a valid printer Limited Hardware warranty2
Dell Open Print Driver — printer driver management made easy
User interface —
General page settings
Dell Open Print Driver
1Basedonacomparisonofcompetitiveprinterdriversoftwarefilesize,supportedprinterlanguagesandothersupportfeaturesperformedbyDellinSeptember2010.DellOpenPrintDriverislessthan5MBinfilesize.
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Feature Function Benefits
All-in-one single software package with multiple supported printer description languages (PDLs) in a small installation file
Easeofconfigurationanddeployment
• HelpsreduceeffortrequiredtodownloadandinstallseparateindividualPDLfiles.
• HelpsincreaseITdepartmentproductivityindeployingandmaintainingmultipleprinterdrivers
• Helpsreducestorageandnetworkresourcesrequiredforofficeprinting
Common user interface for all printer types – single function, multifunction, colour and mono laser printers
Improveduserexperience • Enhancesuserproductivityandexperiencewithsingleinterfaceforallprinters
• HelpsreduceIThelpdesksupportrequiredbygivinguserseasyandquickaccesstoprinterselectionandfunctions.
Auto printer discovery during installation
Identifyavailableprinterresourcesandprintserverqueuesonnetwork
• Allowsquickandeasyaccesstoprintersonthenetworkwithuserfriendlyprinterdiscoveryfeature.
Auto detect and display available printer functions and accessories
Identifyavailableprinterresourcesandprintserverqueuesonnetwork
• Helpsreduceerroneousprintingtasksbydisplayingavailableprinterfunctions,featuresandaccessories.
• SavestimeandeffortofITdepartmenttoconfigureindividualprinterfeatures
Ability to configure available printer functions and accessories for non-Dell branded printers
Accuratedisplayofallavailableprinterfunctionsandaccessories
• Helpsreduceerroneousprintingtasksbydisplayingallavailableprinterfunctions,featuresandaccessories.
• Achieveseamlessprintingexperienceforusersacrossmulti-brandofprinters
Support active directory group rights and settings
Supportofficeprintingpolicydeployment
• HelpsITdepartmentenforceofficeprintingpolicieseffectively
Specifications Dell Open Print Driver
Operating Environment Server OS Support:• WindowsServer®2003(32/64-bit)/WindowsServer®2008(32/64-bit),WindowsServer®2008R2
Client OS Support:• Microsoft®Windows®—XP/XPPro(32/64-bit)withSP1/Vista(32/64-bit)/Windows7(32/64-bit)
Application Publishing:• CitrixPresentationServerXenApp4.5/5.0
Supported Printers Dell models supported but not limited to:• Dell7130cdn,7330dn,5530dn,5535dn,5350dn,5330dn,5310n,5230n/dn,5210n,5130cdn,
5110cn,3330dn,3333dn,3335dn,3130cn,3130cnDuplex,2335dn,2350d/dn,2355dn,2330dn,2330d,2230d,2145cn,2155cn/cdn,2150cn/cdn,1130nandincludingolderDellPCLandPS3compatiblemodels
Other branded printers:• Compatiblewithnon-DellnetworkedprinterswhichhavePCLorPostscript™engines.
Supported Printer Driver Languages
Postscript3,PCL5/5e/5c,PCL6
Supported Languages English,French,German,Italian,Spanish,Dutch,Danish,Norwegian,Swedish,SimplifiedChinese
Service and Support Options
SupportservicefortheDellOPDwithavalidprinterLimitedHardwarewarranty
For more information on our products, visit dell.com/opd
Dell OPD key features and benefits
Dell OPD technical specifications
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