HP UPD - System Administrator's Guide HP UPD 5.6.5

Term Definition as related to the HP UPD
Port Monitor The port monitor uses Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to read the
configuration of the target print product and to determine the product's detailed status.
PPD Postcript Printer Description
Printer automatic configuration Executed at installation or using the feature Update Now within the HP UPD driver user
interface from the Device Settings tab, the HP UPD will communicate with the device to
retrieve device capabilities directly from the device. Information passed between the
device and HP UPD can be in the form of a Job Capability Ticket over HTTP, SNMP
response over the HP UPD, Dot4 or LEDM.
Printers Folder The Windows folder that contains a listing of all installed printers, providing access to
administrator functions to define a printer's settings, install new printers, or delete
installed printers. Printer objects (printer names) exist in the Printers folder; also
accessible from the Microsoft Print Management Console (PMC).
Printer (Print Name, Printer Object) An arbitrary name assigned to identify a print queue; also known as the printer object.
During application FILE-Print operation, end users select the printer name to define the
output device for their print job. By default, the HP UPD install sets the HP UPD printer
name to be the same as the driver name. For example, the printer name would be “HP
Universal Printing PCL6.” If the UPD version specific install method was selected, the
printer name would be “HP Universal Printing PCL6 (v5.2).” For any installed printer, the
Microsoft default printer will have a check mark next to the printer's "Name."
Print Queue The print queue refers to an instance of an installed printer name with a driver name and
printer port assigned. The terms Print Queue and Printer are often used
interchangeably.
PSCRIPT5.DLL Microsoft postscript specific print driver file used for Microsoft Universal Print driver
functionality.
SAG System Administrator Guide
Scrubber HP internal test tool that removes all print drivers from the Windows system.
Share Name An installed printer name that is shared on the network for connecting clients for Point
and Print connectivity.
Simplex Single sided printing, opposite of the term duplex.
SNP Status Notification Pop-up.
Traditional Mode/Static Mode Selected at the time of HP UPD installation and opposite of dynamice mode method,
traditional mode (sometimes referred to as Static mode) behaves like a product-specific
driver. During installation, the driver is associated to a specific printer, creating a
permanent instance of the driver.
HP Special Offers Program Displayed via the driver user interface Status Notification Pop–ups, the HP Special
Offers Program allows HP to present HP customers with targeted offers to buy HP and
HP partner products, use HP and HP partner services, and learn more about HP and HP
partner offerings. For example, a printer with low toner 'triggers' a toner offer to the
customer.
Unidrv The Universal Print Driver (Unidrv) is the Microsoft Corporation's standard print driver
for non-PostScript printers
UPD Version A product version number assigned to each release of the HP Universal Print Driver.
Examples include version number 4.7, 5.1, 5.3.
UPD Version Specific HP installed universal print driver that contains the HP UPD's release version as part of
the "Driver" name string. For example, "HP Universal Printing PCL 6 (v5.1)". Using the
version specific driver name allows more than one version of the HP UPD to be installed
onto the same system. The features of the driver are the same as the HP UPD Non-
Version Specific.
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