HP UPD - System Administrator's Guide HP UPD 5.6.5

2 Software description
Introduction
This chapter contains the following sections:
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System requirements
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Software availability
The HP Universal Print Driver helps eliminate driver chaos in your print environment by dramatically reducing
the number of drivers needed. Broad compatibility ensures it works with many HP print products, often
reducing driver use to a single driver. For each output format, there is a separate downloadable driver.
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The PCL 5, PCL 6 and PS HP Universal Print Driver works well with a broad range of networked and
direct-connected HP (Color) LaserJet, HP Business Inkjet/Officejet, and Edgeline print products. HP
products share state-of-the-art technology, allowing the HP Universal Print Driver to support complex
capabilities across many HP products, making them easier to use, support, certify and deploy.
NOTE: HP UPD v5.6.0 and HP UPD v5.6.5 do not contain a HP UPD PCL 5 release. Beginning with
HP UPD v5.5.0, PCL 5 began a yearly update release cycle, therefore the most current version of HP UPD
PCL 5 may not match the version number release for HP UPD PCL 6 and PS. The most current HP UPD
PCL 5 version is available on
www.hp.com/go/upd. UPD PCL 5 is not supported on Windows 8 or Server
2012.
The HP UPD PCL 5 driver is only updated once a year and might not include support for the latest
features and devices.
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Install the HP Universal Print Driver in traditional or dynamic mode.
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Traditional mode — Behaves like a product specific driver, creating a permanent instance of the
driver. Use in point and print environments or with direct IP printing.
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Dynamic mode — Allows the most flexibility. A user can find and print to any supported HP
product within any network or print environment without installing a product-specific driver. The
HP UPD discovers the product capabilities so that users can print using most of them, including
advanced printing options such as watermarks and booklet printing.
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Local language drivers available in 35 spoken languages.
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You can rely on the HP Universal Print Driver to perform because it's built on the same technology we've
been using in our product-specific drivers for years.
Easy management tools help meet your unique needs.
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