HP UPD - System Administrator's Guide HP UPD 5.6.5

Term Definition as related to the HP UPD
Graphics Device Interface (GDI) The Microsoft® Windows® graphics device interface (GDI) enables applications to use
graphics and formatted text on both the video display and the printer. Windows-based
applications do not gain access to the graphics hardware directly. Instead, GDI interacts
with product drivers on behalf of applications.
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Generic Printer Discription (GPD) Microsoft's Generic Printer Description that uses Microsoft Unidrv architecture to
present printer features in the user interface allowing configuration of the printer. The
GPD also contains the commands that allow UNIDRV to generate printer data for output
from Windows based applications.
Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) Microsoft tool used for management of group policy objects in an Active Directory.
hpcuXYZb.inf Driver information file for HP UPD 32 Bit PCL 5
hpcuXYZc.inf Driver information file for HP UPD 32 Bit PCL 6
hpcuXYZd.inf Driver information file for HP UPD 32 Bit PS
hpcuXYZt.inf Driver information file for HP UPD 64 Bit PCL 5
hpcuXYZu.inf Driver information file for HP UPD 64 Bit PCL 6
hpcuXYZv.inf Driver information file for HP UPD 64 Bit PS
In Box Driver HP provided print drivers distributed with the Microsoft operating system.
[filename].inf Driver information file designed within required Microsoft operating system
specification used during installation of the Windows print driver.
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Job Capability Ticket (JCT) A file that defines specifications for the target product.
LEDM Low End Device Model
Multicast Domain Name Service (mDNS) Multicast DNS (aka Zeroconf, aka Apple Rendezvous, aka Apple Bonjour), effectively
allowing name resolution by common Unix®/Linux programs in the ad-hoc mDNS
domain.local. Used by the HP UPD to discover printers in dynamic mode and by the
Managed Print Administrator tool.
HP Managed Printing Administration
(HP MPA)
Separate stand alone utility used for managing HP UPD policies and created printer lists.
Managed Printer List (MPL) Printer list created within HP MPA for printer discovery in HP UPD dynamic mode.
Manage Print Policy (MPP) Created in HP MPA, user based policies that control HP UPD functionality.
Model Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Vista printer
folders display a "Model" field for installed printer names. The "Model" field is the same
as the "Driver" name assigned to the printer. Starting with Windows 7 and Windows
Server 2008R2, Microsoft removed the "Model" field from display within the Printer's
folder and Print Management Console.
Net Driver HPZ12 service HP UPD installed service that provides bi-directional I/O for the HP UPD, outside the
context of the user, application, or print job.
PCL Printer Control Language
PML Driver HPZ12 service HP UPD installed service that provides bi-directional I/O for the HP UPD, outside the
context of the user, application, or print job.
PNG Portable Network Graphics
PnP Point and Print. Context dependent, sometimes used to refer to as Plug and Play.
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