HP Printers - Connecting Clients to Servers Using V4 Drivers-Stapling and Other Features Are Not Displayed (white paper)
10. Browse to the location of the print driver with the same version and name as the one
installed on and shared by the server
11. Select the appropriate inf file
12. Click Open and then click OK
13. Select the print driver with the same version and name as the one installed on and shared
by the server
14. Click Next
15. Click Finish
16. Click Close
17. Connect the client to the shared print queue on the server
BACKGROUND
This is not so much of an issue, as it is a design or configuration change by Microsoft. With the v4
architecture across all vendors, in a point and print environment (client/server), you must pre-load
the print driver on the client prior to connecting to the server if you do not want to possibly use
Microsoft’s enhanced driver on the client.
With v3 GDI-based drivers, the driver is automatically vended from the server. These print drivers
support Windows 7 and later operating systems.
V4 XPS-based print drivers such as the v4 HP print drivers supports Windows 8.1 and later.
On v4 XPS-based print drivers, the client will first attempt to find a driver in the local driver store or
through Windows Update. If a print driver cannot be found that matches the print driver name on
the server, the Microsoft enhanced Point and Print compatibility driver is installed on the client.
The advantage of the MS enhanced driver is that it will support Windows 7 and later clients.
Windows 7 does not support v4 XPS-based print drivers.
The disadvantage is that the MS enhanced driver does not have all of the HP features such as
stapling.
To use the HP v4 XPS print driver, you must pre-install (pre-stage) the same version print driver
using the same name on the client as the one installed on and shared by the server prior to the
client making a connection to the server.
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August 2019