HP Universal Print Driver Release Notes

HP Universal Print Driver v7.0.0.24832 Release Notes

The HP Universal Print Driver (HP UPD) is a single driver that gives users access to a range of HP print devices in the office or on the road without downloading separate drivers for every utilized printer. The HP UPD works well with a broad range of networked and direct-connected HP print products using PCL 6 or PostScript emulation. The HP UPD installs in Traditional Mode, or Dynamic Mode to enhance mobile printing. Dynamic Mode discovers network printers or enter a printer name or ip address and print anywhere on your network. It is great when you are on the road or want to print to a new device but do not have a model specific print driver installed. Traditional Mode is just like a traditional driver. Both modes can be used on the same PC. In addition to the print driver, use the tools in the HP UPD Printer Administrator’s Resource Kit (HP PARK) to streamline IT tasks, implement printing policies, and optimize your unique imaging and printing environment.

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Version

Universal Print Driver version 7.0.0.24832 Release Note Edition 3 – September 2020

Supersedes

HP UPD Release*

PDL

Release Date

Driver Version

Unidrv.dll

pscript5.dll

7.0.0.24832

PCL 6, PS

September 2020

61.250.01.24832

10.0.17763.1217

10.0.16299.402

6.9.0.24630

PCL 6, PS

December 2019

61.240.01.24630

10.0.16299.402

6.8.0.24296

PCL 6, PS

June 2019

61.230.01.24296

10.0.16299.402

6.7.0.23989

PCL 6, PS

March 2019

61.225.01.23989

10.0.16299.402

6.6.5.23510

PCL 6, PS

September 2018

61.220.01.23510

10.0.16299.402

6.6.0.23029

PCL 6, PS

March 2018

61.215.01.23029

6.3.9600.18048

6.5.0.22695

PCL 6, PS

September 2017

61.196.01.22169

6.3.9600.18048

6.4.1.22169

PCL 6, PS

April 2017

61.196.01.22169

6.3.9600.18048

6.4.0.22070**

PCL 6, PS

March 2017

61.195.01.22070

6.3.9600.18048

6.3.0.21178

PCL 6, PS

October 2016

61.190.01.22278

6.3.9600.18048

6.2.1.20636

PCL 6, PS

May 2016

61.186.01.20636

6.3.9600.18048

6.2.0.20412

PCL 6, PS

February 2016

61.185.01.20412

6.3.9600.18048

6.1.0.20062

PCL 5, PCL 6, PS

November 2015

61.180.01.20062

6.1.7601.21853

6.0.0.18849

PCL 5, PCL 6, PS

December 2014

61.175.01.18849

6.1.7601.21853

5.9.0.18326

PCL 5, PCL 6, PS

August 2014

61.170.01.18326

6.1.7601.21853

5.8.0.17508

PCL 5, PCL 6, PS

January 2014

61.160.01.17508

6.1.7601.21853

5.7.0.16448

PCL 5, PCL 6, PS

September 2013

61.155.01.16448

6.1.7601.21853

5.6.5.15717

PCL 5, PCL 6, PS

June 2013

61.150.02.15717

6.1.7601.21853

5.6.1.15198

PCL 5, PCL 6, PS

April 2013

61.141.01.15198

6.1.7601.21853

5.6.0.14430

PCL 5, PCL 6, PS

December 2012

61.140.04.14430

6.1.7601.21853

5.5.0.12834

PCL 5, PCL 6, PS

June 2012

61.130.4.12834

6.1.7600.16385

Each HP UPD release is a full release of the driver for both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms. Supported versions and history of HP UPD builds are posted to www.hp.com/go/upd .

*Versions prior to HP UPD 5.5.0 reached end of support on June 1, 2015

**Off cycle release available with HP new device purchase or through HP Support

Description

The HP Universal Print Driver (HP UPD) is available as a free download from www.hp.com/go/upd. This version release has the following attributes:

The following list of supported HP driver management tools are available for free in the HP Printer Administrator Resource Kit (HP PARK) v1.8.9 available from www.hp.com/go/upd

• Available for both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems

• Available for PCL6 and PS page description languages

• Supports Network and USB

• Active Directory Template v4.5.1

• Driver Configuration Utility v1.700.1.33226

• Driver Deployment Utility v2.0.0.33228

NOTE: AD templates, DCU and DDU are designed for the HP V3 UPD and do not support newer discrete (printer specific) drivers for Windows 7 and later operating systems.

Update recommendation

Optional - Includes optional enhancements, new features, software or hardware enablement, and/or

defect fixes.

Product Models

New model support announced in this release is listed below. Please reference www.hp.com/go/upd for the current supported HP device list.

• HP LaserJet Enterprise M610dn

• HP LaserJet Enterprise M611dn

• HP LaserJet Enterprise M611x

• HP LaserJet Enterprise M612dn

• HP LaserJet Enterprise M612x

• HP LaserJet Enterprise MFP M634dn

• HP LaserJet Enterprise MFP M634z

• HP LaserJet Enterprise Flow MFP M634h

• HP LaserJet Enterprise MFP M635h

• HP LaserJet Enterprise MFP M635fht

• HP LaserJet Enterprise Flow MFP M635z

• HP LaserJet Enterprise MFP M636fh

• HP LaserJet Enterprise Flow MFP M636z

• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise MFP M578dn

• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise MFP M578f

• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise Flow MFP M578c

• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise Flow MFP M578z

• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M554dn

• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M555dn

• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M555x

• HP Color LaserJet Managed MFP E78223a

• HP Color LaserJet Managed MFP E78223dv

• HP Color LaserJet Managed MFP E78223dn

• HP Color LaserJet Managed MFP E78223dn Plus

• HP Color LaserJet Managed MFP E78223dn CN

• HP Color LaserJet Managed MFP E78228dn

• HP Color LaserJet Managed MFP E78228dn Plus

• HP Color LaserJet Managed MFP E78228dn CN

• HP Color LaserJet Managed MFP E78323dn

• HP Color LaserJet Managed MFP E78323dn Plus

• HP Color LaserJet Managed MFP E78323dn CN

• HP Color LaserJet Managed Flow MFP E78323z

• HP Color LaserJet Managed Flow MFPE78323Z Plus

• HP Color LaserJet Managed Flow MFPE78323z CN

• HP Color LaserJet Managed MFP E78325dn

• HP Color LaserJet Managed Flow MFP E78325z Plus

• HP Color LaserJet Managed Flow MFP E78325dn CN

• HP Color LaserJet Managed MFP E78325z

• HP Color LaserJet Managed Flow MFP E78325z Plus

• HP Color LaserJet Managed Flow MFP E78325z CN

• HP Color LaserJet Managed MFP E78330dn

• HP Color LaserJet Managed MFP E78330dn Plus

• HP Color LaserJet Managed MFP E78330dn CN

• HP Color LaserJet Managed MFP E78330z

• HP Color LaserJet Managed Flow MFP E78330z Plus

• HP Color LaserJet Managed Flow MFP E78330z CN

• HP LaserJet Enterprise M406dn

• HP LaserJet Enterprise M407dn

• HP LaserJet Managed E40040dn

• HP LaserJet Enterprise MFP M430f

• HP LaserJet Enterprise MFP M431f

• HP LaserJet Managed MFP E42540f

• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M455dn

• HP Color LaserJet Managed E45028dn

• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise MFP M480f

• HP Color LaserJet Managed MFP E47528f

• HP Laser 408dn

• HP Laser MFP 432fdn

Devices Supported

Please reference www.hp.com/go/upd for the current supported HP device list.

Operating Systems

Client and server operating systems supported for this release of the HP UPD:

NOTE: HP UPD 6.2.0 and later requires minimum SP1 on Win 7 and Win 2008R2 OS.

Client operating systems supported:

• Microsoft Windows 10. Pro 32-bit and 64-bit. HP UPD Traditional Mode: Windows 10 desktop applications; Modern apps

HP UPD Dynamic Mode: Windows 10 desktop applications

• Microsoft Windows 8 / 8.1, Pro, Enterprise; 32-bit and 64-bit. HP UPD Traditional Mode: Windows 8 desktop applications; Modern apps

HP UPD Dynamic Mode: Windows 8 desktop applications

• Microsoft Windows 7 SP1* Starter, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate; 32- bit and 64-bit

*Microsoft has ended mainstream support for this operating system. HP will continue to provide best effort support for the current HP UPD and tools with this discontinued Windows operating system.

Server operating systems supported:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Essentials, Standard, Datacenter Services: Terminal Server, Cluster Server

• Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Foundation, Essentials, Standard, Datacenter. Services: Terminal Server, Cluster Server

• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 / 2012R2 Foundation, Essentials, Standard, Datacenter. Services: Terminal Server, Cluster Server

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008R2 SP1 Datacenter, Enterprise and Standard Edition Services: Terminal Server, Cluster Server

Novell / Micro Focus

NOTE: Novell iPrint has been rebranded to Micro Focus iPrint. For more information see:

https://www.novell.com/products/iprint/.

For Micro Focus iPrint (formerly Novell iPrint), HP UPD is supported in traditional mode only. Dynamic mode is not supported. Pre-configuration of the driver using the HP Driver Configuration Utility (HP DCU) is supported so that administrators can define defaults before driver installation. The iPrint clients are now available with iPrint server and not as a separate download. You should install the iPrint client from the Welcome page of the iPrint server or iPrint Appliance.

For information on how HP UPD works in Print environment, see Using Printer Driver Profiles in the OES

2015 SP1: iPrint Administration Guide or Using Printer Driver Profiles in the iPrint Appliance 2.1 Administration Guide.

Citrix Support

Arabic

Finnish

Latvian

Slovak

Bulgarian

French

Lithuanian

Slovenian

Catalan

German

Norwegian

Spanish

Croatian

Greek

Polish

Swedish

Czech

Hebrew

Portuguese (Brazilian)

Thai

Danish

Hungarian

Romanian

Traditional Chinese

Dutch

Italian

Russian

Turkish

English

Japanese

Serbian (Latin)

Ukrainian

Estonian

Korean

Simplified Chinese

HP recommends reading and following the instructions outlined in the HP whitepaper "HP Printers Supported in Citrix XenApp Server Environments" available at www.hp.com/go/upd

• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 18xx

• Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.x

• Citrix XenApp 6.0

• Citrix XenApp 6.5

• Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.5

Languages

The HP Universal Print Driver (HP UPD) is available in the following languages:

Enhancements/New Features

HP UPD 7.0.0

• Support Banner printing up to 47.2 inch (1198.88 mm)

o Starting with UPD 7.0.0, banner printing is supported with custom size.

▪ up to 17 X 47.2 inch ▪ up to 431.8 X 1198.99mm

o Supported model

▪ HP Color LaserJet M751, HP Color LaserJet E75245 ▪ HP Color LaserJet M776

▪ HP Color LaserJet M856, HP Color LaserJet E85055.

NOTE: Banner printing feature supports only above models.

• Add “color Themes” into DCU for the customer can use Photo(sRGB) as default.

HP UPD 6.9.0

• Modified Scaling Options -- Starting with UPD 6.9.0, constraints between Print Document On and Scaling have been decoupled/removed. You can now scale the page by selecting Custom Scale even with Print document on selected when printing 1-UP.

NOTE: Scaling Type and the ability to scale the page is not available when 2-UP (2 pages per sheet such as with booklet printing) is selected. Scaling Options are not available for 4-UP and more pages per sheet.

o Scaling Options: Scaling Type – Selects the scaling type to apply to your document.

▪ No Scale – print your document on the selected paper size without resizing. If No Scale is

selected, then the document page images will not be scaled, and are instead centered at full size on the target paper. If the document size is larger than the target paper size, then the document image is clipped. If it is smaller, then it is centered within the target paper.

▪ Scale to fit -- Specifies whether each formatted document page image is scaled to fit the

target paper size.

▪ Custom Scale – enlarge or reduce your document from normal size. Enlarging your

document may truncate some of each page.

o Scaling Options: Alignment – enables you to align the image on the sheet to the upper,

center or lower right, left of center of the page.

• Expanded the positioning of the [Username] pattern in Group Dynamic Watermarks from two positions, “Center" and "Top Right" to nine positions:

o Top Left, Top Middle, Top Right, Center Left, Center, Center Right, Bottom Left, Bottom

Middle, or Bottom Right.

• Removed the constraint between “Back to Front” and Duplex.

o Whenever “Back to Front” and Duplex is selected, a warning message “Back to Front with

Duplex supported only for faceup printers. Using this combination with facedown printers would result in undefined behavior”

• Removed Online Diagnostics from Internet Services on the Services tab of the print driver.

HP UPD 6.8.0

• Support for custom user forms

• Adds the capability to add a watermark or overlay of an image to each page

• Image shift option for printing custom pre-printed media

• Option for UpdateNow.exe PARK tool to run in silent mode

• EMF spooling option

• Option for HP data collection

• Support for Windows Server 2019

HP UPD 6.7.0

• Option to lock the “Job Storage Mode” to “Personal Job” and lock the “Make Job Private/Secure” option to “Pin to Print” by enabling “PIN to Print Only” in the Device Settings tab of Printer Properties

• UPD PCL 6 support for Tab printing

+ 15 hidden pages