Add Devices for a Remote Site

After a Spectrum administrator has configured a remote site in Spectrum (see Configure a Remote Site) and an administrator of the remote site has installed the Loftware Print Agent (see Install the Loftware Print Agent), a Device Admin A user who creates and configures devices in Spectrum. Some Device Admins may have permissions to manage Remote Sites. or a Spectrum administrator must create devices in Spectrum for use with a Remote Site.

• If creating devices in Spectrum for the Remote Site is the responsibility of a Spectrum administrator, then the administrator must obtain from the administrator of the remote computer A computer outside of your LAN/WAN and on which the Loftware Print Agent is installed. A remote computer has access to devices that are not directly accessible by a Spectrum Application Server. details about the printers or spoolers necessary to configure the devices in Spectrum.
• If creating devices in Spectrum is a responsibility of an administrator of the remote computer, then this user must have the permissions necessary to configure device groups in Spectrum and at least Read permission for Remote Sites.

Note: It may take up to 30 minutes for new remote print devices or modifications to existing devices to become available in Spectrum. You can accelerate this process by restarting the Loftware Print Agent.

If you are responsible for adding devices, continue to one of the following topics.

• To configure Spectrum to print to a Loftware device, see Create an LPA Device Connection.
• To configure Spectrum to print to a device that is accessible to the Remote Site via TCP/IP, see Create a TCP/IP Device Connection.
• To configure Spectrum to print to a device that is accessible to the Remote Site via USB, see Create a USB Device Connection.
• To configure Spectrum to spool to a device queue for a device connected to the Remote Site, see Create a Server Spooler Connection.
• To configure Spectrum to print to a device that is accessible to the Remote Site via LPR protocol, see Create a Remote Spooler (LPR) Connection.