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HP universal print driver

The HP Universal Print Driver (UPD) is available for:

  • PCL5

    Print driver name: HP Universal Printing PCL5

  • PCL6

    Print driver name: HP Universal Printing PCL6

  • PostScript

    Print driver name: HP Universal Printing PS

  • If possible, ALWAYS select the print driver name that includes a version number. This is to mitigate that Windows cannot differentiate between versions of the print driver unless the version is reflected in the print driver name.

  • Install the HP Universal Print Driver in Traditional mode.

Configuration

In Printix Administrator, you can add a new print driver configuration. The temporary printer's Printer properties dialog box will open automatically. Proceed to make the configuration:

  1. In the Printer properties dialog box, select the Device Settings tab.
  2. Select Automatic Configuration and select Update Now. If you cannot contact the printer, you can manually configure:

    • Installable Options

    • Form to Tray Assignment

    After you select Update Now, the Printer properties dialog box closes automatically, preventing you from making additional changes. To make additional changes, you can modify the print driver configuration.

  3. Select Device Type and select Color if it is a color printer. Otherwise, select Monochrome.

    If you leave it at Auto Detect, then whenever you open Printing preferences, it will also open a Validating the selected printer dialog box, which will take time and eventually fail.

  4. Select Apply.
  5. Optionally, open the Advanced tab and select Printing Defaults to configure per-printer defaults.
  6. Select OK.