Remove Hp Universal Print Driver Xp
This set of drivers enables you to print documents from your Windows applications to any printer that includes Adobe PostScript Level 2 or Adobe PostScript 3.
Functions Functions Functions: Print, copy, scan, fax, digital send, easy access USB; Multitasking supported: Yes; Printing specifications Printing specifications.
HP UPD - Install and uninstall the HP UPD
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I recently upgraded the HP Universal Print Driver PCL 5 on my Windows 2008 R2 file and print server. All 5 network HP printers now show the new UPD PCL 5 driver, and.
Common printer problems get resolved by deleting and uninstalling the HP Printer Deskjet Driver and then reinstalling it later. It may also be necessary to reinstall.
Use this section to install or upgrade HP UPD v5.1 or later.
To determine if the HP UPD is already installed, open the Printers folders using one of the following methods:
Command Line From a command prompt Start Run, type cmd
, and then press enter type the following command to open the Printers folder: control printers
.
User Interface Dependent upon operating system version:
Windows XP Click the Start button, and then select Printers and Faxes.
Windows Vista Click the Start button, select Control Panel, locate the heading Hardware and Sound, and select the sub-topic Printer.
Windows 7 Click the Start button, and then select Devices and Printers.
Windows Server 2003 Click the Start button, and then select Printers and Faxes.
Windows Server 2008 Click the Start button, select Control Panel, and then select Printer.
Windows Server 2008R2 Click the Start button, and then select Devices and Printers.
Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Move the cursor to the lower left corner of the desktop and when the menu appears, right click on it. Click Control Panel, and then select Devices and Printers.
Select the printer, right mouse click, and then select either Properties or Printer Properties.
For an HP UPD dynamic mode installation, the HP UPD version displays on the lower left.
For an HP UPD traditional mode installation, select the About tab. The HP UPD version displays at the top.
The HP Universal Print Drivers HP Universal Printing PCL 5 and PCL 6 are dependent on the Microsoft Windows Unidriver unidrv.dll
architecture. The HP UPD PS driver is dependent on the Microsoft pscript5.dll
. The HP UPD release notes provide the unidrv.dll
version used by HP for internal testing and subsequently qualified by Microsoft s WHQL test process. The Microsoft WHQL certification gives the HP UPD the Certified for Windows logotype. The HP UPD is supported by HP for all versions releases of unidrv.dll
that remain under Microsoft s standard support. It is the expectation that Microsoft s updates to unidrv.dll
and/or changes to pscript5.dll
will be backward compatible in support of the Microsoft Windows universal print driver architecture. Any unexpected behavior resulting from the dependency on the Microsoft unidrv.dll
or pscript5.dll
requiring code change to the HP UPD would become a candidate for fix in the next release of the HP UPD, and/or investigated with Microsoft, as required. The HP UPD installer is one of several possible distribution mechanisms for the shared unidrv.dll
and pscript5.dll
files.
The HP UPD includes the unidrv.dll
. This means that the HP UPD installation package might update the unidrv.dll
as necessary during install.
Before installation, it is advised to review this guide and the following Microsoft articles:
KB832219 Users cannot print after you install a service pack update, rollup, or printer hotfix on a server in Windows 2000 or in Windows Server 2003.
KB944733 The Add Printer Wizard stops responding in Windows Server 2003 SP1 when you install a printer to a print server.
KB829766 Mailbox and other printer specific settings are saved with an Excel file.
Enterprise environments that have a unidrv.dll
version earlier than the version packaged in the HP UPD might experience the symptoms defined in the Microsoft articles. Administrators should identify the unidrv.dll
version installed on the target host s windows system32 spool drivers 3 directory
, compare to the HP UPD Version History table in the HP UPDrelease notes, and create appropriate testing and deployment plans specific to the installation environment.
To see what version of UNIDRV and PSCRIPT files are on the system and compare against the version you are about to install, see.
HP UPD supports the following for new printer installation and driver upgrade. All methods support pre-configuration of the driver s settings using the HP UPD functionality. Considerations for each method provided:
HP UPD s INSTALL.EXE This method can be used for traditional mode and dynamic mode installation. It is launched from the command line or a script and supports optional configuration switches executed during the installation process. Use install.exe /.
for available options.
Microsoft Operating System These methods can be used for installation in traditional mode. HP supports the following Microsoft methods for print driver install or upgrade of the HP UPD:
Add Print Wizard Accessible from Printers folder wizard based installation for new printer install and driver upgrade.
Add Driver Wizard/Replace Driver From the Printers folder select either File-Server Properties-Drivers tab XP, Vista, Server 2003, Server 2008 or select a printer name, select the Print Server Properties button Windows 7, Server 2008R2, Windows 8, Server 2012 and then select the Drivers tab. Methods available include:
Add Driver New driver installation, creating a new printer and adds driver version to the Microsoft driver store.
Replace driver XP and Vista For the selected printer, replaces the currently used driver with a driver of the same name taken from the Microsoft driver store.
Print Management Console For Windows 7, Server 2008R2, Windows 8, and Server 2012, from the Control Panel select Administrative Tools and then select Print Management. The Print Management Console enables you to install, view, and manage all of the printers in your organization. See Microsoft documentation.
PrintUI Allows common print administration tasks from a command prompt or script, including adding a new printer, delete existing printing, add or remove host connections.
pnputil Add or remove HP UPD use with Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2012. Allows addition of the driver to the driverstore, but does not create a printer.
HP UPD This method can be used for installation in traditional mode. This utility packages pre-configured HP UPD installation files, and the code needed to deploy them, into an . EXE and a . CAB file. These files are run on the client PC to copy the driver files to the Windows driver store, and optionally, install the printer.
HP UPD This method can be used for installation in traditional mode. Administrators can create, edit, and delete printers and install or update print drivers by using the Print Management features in HP UPD.
Point and Print This method can be used for installation in traditional mode. The HP UPD can be vended from a server to clients connected to a shared printer, performing either a new printer install or driver upgrade.
HP UPD also supports USB Plug and Play, which is not an installation method for the driver, but instead a method for an already installed print driver to create a new printer instance in the printer s folder.
During a new driver install, or when changing the driver version of an installed HP UPD printer, you can select either the version-specific option for example HP Universal Printing PCL 5 v5.2, or the non-version-specific option for example, HP Universal Printing PCL 5. These two choices are defined by HP and read directly from the driver hpcuxxxx.inf file. Selecting either option installs the same set of capabilities. The version-specific option is available so that you can install different driver versions on the same server a v5.0 driver can coexist with a v5.2 driver. With HP UPD v5.4.5 and higher, you can also install different minor release versions. With earlier versions, this is not possible. For example, you cannot install a v5.2.5 driver and v5.2.6 driver on the same server, because these are the same major.minor release version v5.2.
Starting with HP UPD v5.5.0, the driver supports a major.minor.subminor release version. For HP UPD 5.4 and previous releases, a customer will not benefit from this change. With this change, you can install a HP UPD 5.6.0 driver and HP UPD 5.6.5 driver on the same server.
The installation option to select the version specific HP UPD driver name applies only to traditional mode installations. Implementation options include the following:
install.exe /tm
Installs the non-version-specific driver.
install.exe /m /sm
Installs the specific version. For example: install.exe /m HP Universal Printing PCL 5 v5.2 /sm LPT1
HP UPD v5.2.6 and ealier require that the full name and version are provided with the /m switch, as in the above example HP Universal Printing PCL 5 v5.2
. HP UPD v5.3 and later does not require the full name or version when using the /m switch.
Add Printer Wizard After selecting the HP UPD inf file, the GUI offers the choice between version-specific HP UPD and non-version-specific HP UPD.
printUI For example:
C: rundll32 printui.dll, PrintUIEntry /if /b printer1 /f hpcu111c.inf /r lpt1: /m HP Universal Printing PCL 6
C: rundll32 printui.dll, PrintUIEntry /if /b printer2 /f hpcu111c.inf /r lpt1: /m HP Universal Printing PCL 6 v5.2
The first command installs a printer with the name printer 1 using the non-version-specific PCL 6 driver. The second command installs a printer called printer 2 using the version-specific PCL 6 driver.
HP UPD name selection
The first option, HP Universal Printing, referred to as the non-version-specific HP UPD, will install or upgrade all printers using the HP UPD to the driver version being installed. For example, if HP UPD v5.0 is installed on the system as HP Universal Printing PCL6 and the administrator installs the PCL 6 HP UPD v5.1 selecting the non-version HP UPD during install, every printer using the driver name HP Universal Printing PCL will be upgraded.
The second option, HP Universal Printing PCL6 vX.Y, referred to as the version-specific HP UPD, creates a version-specific driver name instance of the HP UPD. Selecting the version-specific driver name of the HP UPD does not upgrade the HP UPD s printers that have a different driver version assigned to the printer. This allows a print server to have multiple driver versions of the HP UPD on a single system. For example, the following driver names could all be on the same host:
HP Universal Printing PCL 6 v5.1
HP Universal Printing PCL 6 v5.0
HP Universal Printing PS v4.7
HP Universal Printing PS
HP Universal Printing PCL 5 v4.7
Maintenance releases HP UPD v5.4 and earlier only display Major.Minor version numbers display in the MODEL field, which becomes the printer model name. For example, HP Universal Printing PCL 6 v5.1 displays in the MODEL field for v5.1.x of the HP UPD. If v5.1.0 is installed followed by an installation of v5.1.1, all printers on the print server using driver v5.1.0 would upgrade to v5.1.1. HP UPD v5.4.5 and later display Major.Minor.Subminor version numbers in the MODEL field, which becomes the print model name. For example, HP Universal Printing PCL 5 v5.4.5. With this change, you can install a UPD 5.6.0 driver and UPD 5.6.5 driver on the same server.
After the installation of different driver versions, all installed drivers will use the same version of unidrv.dll and pscript5.dll the latest version.
Printer name matches driver name By default, the printer name will match the driver name defined in the hpcuxxxx.inf file. For example, both the driver name and the printer name of the HP UPD are HP Universal Printing PCL6 v5.1. HP recommends that administrator s change the printer s name to be different than the installed driver name.
Identify the driver name for the HP UPD printer Follow these steps to view the driver name for an installed printer:
From a command prompt Start Run, type cmd
, and press enter type the following command: control printers
, and then press Enter.
Within the Printers folder, select the installed driver, right mouse click, and then select either Properties or Printer Properties.
For an HP UPD dynamic mode installation, Print Preferences, select OK, and then go to the Advanced tab.
For an HP UPD traditional mode installation, select the Advanced tab, see the Driver for installed driver s name.
