How to setup

Onboarding

Before Universal Print can be used in Ultimo, it has to be onboarded in your organisation first. Use the official onboarding page to set up Universal Print and make printers available.

Implementation steps

To make sure that Ultimo is able to connect to the shared printers in Universal Print using the Microsoft Graph API, the Ultimo application must be registered with Azure Active Directory and granted specific permissions.

To set up the app registration and assign these permissions, use the following implementation steps.

1. Register application with Azure Active Directory

  1. Go to the Azure portal and sign in. This account must be in the same directory as the account that will be used to access Universal Print.

  2. Select Azure Active Directory and then select App Registrations in the left side menu.

  3. Click on New Registration and use the following values:

    1. Enter a Name for the application

    2. For Supported account types choose Accounts in this organizational directory only

    3. For Redirect URI choose Web and enter the following value based on your situation (note: the URI is case sensitive):

      {UltimoEnvironment}/OAuth2Callback where {UltimoEnvironment} is the domain where Ultimo is hosted. Example: https://customer.ultimo.net/OAuth2Callback

  4. Click Register. Then copy the value of the Application (client) ID and the Directory (tenant) ID and save it. This will be needed later.

  5. Select Certificates & secrets in the left side menu and click New client secret. Enter a description and click Add.

  6. Copy the Value of the added client secret and save it.

  7. Select API permissions in the left menu and select Add permission.

    1. select Microsoft Graph.

    2. Select Delegated permissions and then add the following permissions: PrinterShare.ReadBasic.All, PrintJob.Create, PrintJob.ReadWrite

    3. Select Add permissions.

2. Create credential in Ultimo

The application that was registered in the previous steps can be used to create a credential in Ultimo.

  1. Go to the UCTool and select Credentials under Authorisation.

  2. Click on the plus icon to create a new credential and use the following values:

    1. Enter an Id and Description for the credential

    2. For Grant type choose Authorization Code

    3. For Authorization URL enter https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant-id}/oauth2/v2.0/authorize?prompt=select_account where {tenant-id} should be replaced with the Directory (tenant) ID that was copied in the previous steps

    4. For Access token URL enter https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant-id}/oauth2/v2.0/token where {tenant-id} should be replaced with the Directory (tenant) ID that was copied in the previous steps

    5. For Client Id enter the value of the Application (client) ID that was copied in the previous steps

    6. For Client secret enter the Value of the added client secret that was copied in the previous steps

    7. For Scope enter the following value:

      https://graph.microsoft.com/.default offline_access

  3. Click on the save icon.

  4. Click on the key icon in the toolbar to get an access token.

  5. You will be redirected to the Microsoft login screen. Sign in with an account that has access to the shared printers.

  6. You will be redirected back to Ultimo.

3. Add printers in Ultimo

The printers that have been shared in Universal Print can now be added as printers in Ultimo.

  1. Go to the UCTool and select Printers under Settings.

  2. Click on the plus icon to add a new printer and use the following values:

    1. Enter an Id and Description for the printer

    2. For Type choose Universal Print

    3. For Share Id enter the printer share Id. The Share Id can be found on the Universal Print page in the Azure Portal. Go to Printer shares, click on the printer you are adding to Ultimo and copy the Share Id property.

    4. For Credentials select the credential that was created in the previous steps

  3. Click on the save icon.

  4. The printer has been added successfully if the 'last status' is changed to 'Online (ready to print)'. You may need to refresh the page before the last status is shown.

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