Manage Existing Printers

Last Updated: April 07, 2026

The Admin Console has a setting that enables Vasion Print to manage printers that are already installed on end users' devices. Using this setting means that you do not have to uninstall and reinstall printers on devices for Vasion Print to recognize and manage those printers. The following steps describe the process for configuring Vasion Print to manage previously installed printers.

TCP/IP Printer Settings

Navigate to Tools Settings Client, and scroll down to the TCP/IP Printer Settings section. Below are the settings you can use to manage existing printers:

Automatically manage all end-user TCP/IP printers

Select this option to use Vasion Print to manage previously installed printers that match printer objects in the Admin Console.

Enable auto-management item-level targeting

You use item-level targeting to designate which users, groups, IP ranges, etc. are affected by the setting above. Select Show Filter to define targets. If you are introducing Vasion Print to a new environment, item-level targeting lets you do so in phases rather than all at once.

Additional Settings

Use the following settings to control end user interactions with TCP / IP printers and printer ports.

Item-Level Targeting

You can restrict the automanagement feature for specific devices, sites, or users. You might want to restrict automanagement if you are doing a staged introduction of the solution. For example, you introduce the Client to one site, run tests, introduce the Client to a second site, run more tests, and then introduce the Client to the rest of the organization. The following steps describe how to restrict which existing printers the Client manages.