Print rules
On the Print rules tab, you can limit how users can print. You can also specify if all users or only users belonging to specific groups should be affected.
This feature only affects printers that are configured to use IPP protocol instead of RAW.
To enable this feature, select Enable Print Rules.
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If you want the specified users to print on both sides of the paper, select Print 2-sided.
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If you want the specified users to print black and white documents, select Print in black.
Configure a print rule
Repeat these steps for each print rule.
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Specify if all users should be affected or only users from specific groups.
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If you select the option to only affect groups, the Add groups dialog box appears.
In this dialog box, select the groups you want to be affected. You can select Filters to shorten the list of groups:
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Filter by Domains: Display only the groups that belong to the selected domains.
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Filter by Groups: Display only the groups that are used by Printix or only the groups that are not used by Printix.
To remove all filters, select .
After you selected the groups that should be affected, select Save.
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- Optionally, you can configure print rules to only affect documents that exceed a specific number of pages.
Print rule troubleshooting
Cannot configure page limit on Mac for Konica Minolta printers
If you are configuring print rules on a Mac computer, the Document has the specified number of pages or more setting is treated as 0 (zero) for Konica Minolta printers, even if the setting is changed to a different number. The setting works properly on other printers.
Resolution: Configure the setting on a Windows computer.
Cannot configure Konica Minolta / Lexmark printers to print in black
Print rules you set for Print in black are not applied on Konica Minolta / Lexmark printers that use specific Konica Minolta / Lexmark universal print drivers.
Resolution: Configure a different print driver for Konica Minolta / Lexmark printers. See How to work with print driver configurations.
Epson printers ignore print rules
Print rules are not yet configured to work with Epson printers, even though Epson printers are capable of printing both 2-sided and black-and-white documents.