HP UPD - System Administrator's Guide HP UPD 5.6.5

6 Upgrade the HP UPD
Introduction
This chapter contains the following sections:
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Best practices—upgrade
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Upgrade steps
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Delete and recreate queues with AUTOUPGRADEUPD.EXE (traditional mode only)
HP supports upgrading from one version of the HP UPD to a newer version of the HP UPD using the same PDL
(for example PS), starting with v4.5. Upgrading from a non-HP Universal Print Driver to the HP Universal Print
Driver, regardless of version or vendor, is not supported and requires deletion/recreation of queues.
Table 6-1 Upgrade versions and method
Current HP UPD version Upgrade version Methods Additional comments
v4.4 and earlier Any later version Delete and recreate queues
(manually or with
AUTOUPGRADEUPD.EXE)
See Appendix:
Settings issues
after upgrading HP UPD
on page 184
v4.5.x/v4.7.x/v5.0.x/v5.1 v5.1 or later Regular upgrade procedure
Delete and recreate queues
(manually or with
AUTOUPGRADEUPD.EXE)
Try to avoid upgrading to
HP UPD v5.2
Version v5.1 and higher, use
newer unidrv version. Please
test correctly.
v5.1 Any later version Regular upgrade procedure
Delete and recreate queues
(manually or with
AUTOUPGRADEUPD.EXE)
Try to avoid upgrading to
HP UPD v5.2
v5.2.x Any later version Delete and recreate queues
(manually or with
AUTOUPGRADEUPD.EXE)
See Appendix:
Issues after
upgrade from HP UPD v5.2.x
on page 180
v5.3/v5.4.x/5.5.x/5.6.x Any later version Regular upgrade procedure
Delete and recreate queues
(manually or with
AUTOUPGRADEUPD.EXE)
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