Conversion Settings

Last Updated: April 07, 2026

Printer Conversion

After importing printers from a Microsoft print server into the Admin Console with the Microsoft Printer Importer, use the Client to convert your end users' Microsoft shared printers to Vasion Print-managed TCP / IP printers.

Conversion Settings

Do the following to enable conversion settings:

1. Navigate to Tools Settings Client.
2. Scroll down to the Microsoft Printer Conversions section.

3. Select the checkboxes next to the options you want to enable.

   

'Enable PrinterLogic Client to convert end user's Microsoft printers to TCP/IP printers that have been imported into PrinterLogic as TCP/IP printers'

Use this option to convert existing printers into TCP / IP printers managed by Vasion Print. When this setting is selected, the Client converts the printers to match the imported printer objects in the Admin Console. The Client only updates printers with matching printer objects in the Admin Console.

Enable Microsoft conversion item-level targeting

Use this option to define which devices, users, and IP address ranges convert. Item-level targeting lets you test the conversion by site or user before pushing the changes to the rest of the environment. You can use item-level targeting to deploy the Client first, and then convert the printers at a later date.

Change default printer after converting exisiting default printer

If a default printer exists, use this option to mark the new Vasion Print-managed TCP / IP printer as the default printer in the Admin Console.

Delete the user's original Microsoft printer after successful conversion

Use this option to delete the original printer after the Client creates the new TCP / IP printer.

After you enable settings, the Client converts the end users' printers during the next check-in.

Printers Not Converting

If the server from which the printers were imported uses an alias, this alias can affect printer conversion. Below are the steps to verify the server name and add a new server-name association.

Create Server-Name Association

1. On the end user device, verify the server name that is attached to the printers. In this example, the server name is "prntsrver."

   

2. In the Admin Console, navigate to Tools Import / Export Data Manager.
3. In the Data Manager modal, select the following:
   1. In the Action section, select Export.
   2. In the Format section, select CSV.
   3. In the Select Data Type section, select Print Server Import/Migration Links.
   4. Select Go.

4. Check the Print Server-DNS Name and Print Server-NetBios Name columns.

   

5. Adjust the columns to match the server name appearing on the end user device.
6. Navigate back to Tools Import / Export Data Manager.
7. In the Data Manager modal, select the following:
   1. In the Action section, select Insert.
   2. In the Format section, select CSV.
   3. In the Select Data Type section, select Print Server Import/Migration Links.
   4. Select Go.
8. Upload the CSV file with the updated data.

With the correct server-name association, the printers convert during the next Client check-in. You can manually update a device by selecting Refresh Configurations from the system tray Client menu.

For more details refer to Data Manager.