5.1.2. 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 can not 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 will open automatically. Proceed to make the configuration:

1. In the Printer properties dialog, select the Device Settings tab.
2. Select Automatic Configuration and select Update Now. If you can not contact the printer, you can manually configure:
   • Installable Options.
   • Form to Tray Assignment.

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, 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.

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