Use the Print Scout Configuration tool

The Print Scout Configuration tool runs on a Windows computer with Print Scout installed. On the computer with your first Print Scout, use it to test the connection to the server, set up a proxy server, and choose the default settings for the Print Scouts you deploy. Then create the deployment settings file, so every Print Scout you deploy gets the same settings.

To open the tool, run Configuration.exe from the Print Scout install folder, usually C:\Program Files (x86)\HP\PrintScout. Select Configuration on the left. The settings are on two tabs: Communication and Default Settings. Select Save when you've finished.

Communication tab

Test the connection to the server

Select Test next to Server. If it works, a green check mark and Server connection test was successful appear below the field.

Use a proxy server

If computers reach the internet through a proxy server, select Use a proxy server and enter its details. To copy them from Windows, select Read System Proxy.

Setting	What to enter
Address	The proxy server's address.
Port	The proxy server's port. The default is 8080.
Authentication	Select it if the proxy needs a sign-in, then enter the Username and Password.
Bypass proxy when proxy is not available	Print Scout stops using the proxy when it detects that the proxy isn't working. Useful for people who move between the office, which has a proxy, and home, which doesn't.

Default Settings tab

Setting	What it does
Print Scout Data Privacy Region	The region where jobs from the Print Scouts you deploy are stored. Use Default uses your organization's default region, which the option shows, for example Use Default - currently US West (Oregon). Choose another region for Print Scouts in a different country, such as a European office. The list shows the regions turned on for your organization. Select Refresh to update it. See Data privacy: retention and anonymization.
Initial Location	For Secure Print Direct: the location users see first when they add a printer, before their workstation's location is known. Select Select to choose from the locations set up in the web console. The default is None. See Initial location.
Driver Type	The driver for the Secure Print secure queue: IPP Class Driver: the driver used depends on the computer. Windows 11 and Windows on Arm use the Microsoft IPP Class Driver, and Windows 10 uses the HP IPP Driver. Manufacturer Driver (default for new installations): the queue uses HP Universal Printing PCL 6. See Secure Print IPP queues. Unavailable without a Secure Print license.
Paper Size, Color, Duplex	The default print settings for the secure queue: Letter or A4, color or grayscale, and double-sided or not. Users can change them when they print.

Use these settings for the Print Scouts you deploy

Select File > Create Deployment Settings file. The settings go into InstallConfig.ini, which you deploy with the Print Scout installer. See Deploy Print Scout to workstations.