Best Practices — Upgrade - HP 2605dn Print Drivers System Administrator Manual

Best practices — upgrade
Reasons to Upgrade: Upgrading to the current HP UPD is advised for customers that:
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Need new print driver features introduced in the release.
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Are experiencing symptoms from resolved defects documented in the release notes.
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Require support for recent Microsoft operating system releases. For example, Windows 7
support was added to the HP UPD v5.0; Windows Server 2008R2 support was added in
HP UPD v5.1.
Predictable Upgrades: The most consistent and reliable method to obtain predictable results is
creation of new printers using the new driver version, forcing all settings to installation defaults. HP
has provided several tools in the HP Printer Administrator´s Resource Kit (PARK) to enable
deployment and administration. The PARK is available for download at
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heading to download the PARK zip file.
Changing PDLs: Avoid switching PDLs during the upgrade process. This may result in uncertain
results of dependent applications. If you need to switch PDLs, the best practice is to delete and
recreate the printer. For those that choose to switch PDLs during upgrade, PS to PCL5 or PCL6 HP
strongly recommends delete and recreate the printer.
Testing: HP performs upgrade testing using typical operating systems. Your environment is likely
different from our test environments, so you are strongly encouraged to perform your own upgrade
testing in a test environment.
Printer name should be different than driver name: The printer name is an arbitrary name
assigned to identify a print queue. By default, the HP UPD install sets the HP UPD printer name to be
the same as the driver name (i.e. "HP Universal Printing PCL5"). The printer name can be changed
without affecting the driver name. HP recommends administrator's change the default printer name to
not match the driver name. The printer can be viewed, defined, or changed from several access
points:
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During installation, such as Add Printer Wizard, the name can be specified, or the HP UPD
installation default of "HP Universal Printing [PDL]" or "HP Universal Printing [PDL] (vX.Y)" will
be applied. If a printer with the default name exists on the system, "(Copy 1)" will be appended
to the HP UPD default name.
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After installation, the printer name can be viewed or changed in the Printer's folder by selecting
the printer and right mouse clicking Printer Properties. The Name field is located at the top of
the General tab.
Benefit of HP UPD version name installation: For share printers (i.e. print servers)
HP recommends implementation of the version specific driver name. The version specific model
selection during HP UPD installation allows control over the upgrade and migration strategies.
Multiple versions of the HP UPD could exist on the same system. For example v4.7, v5.0 and v5.1
could all co-exist on the same system assuming each was installed choosing the version specific
driver name. This benefit allows customers to upgrade drivers for newly released HP devices without
having to re-test or re-certify legacy devices for every new release of the driver. For instance, assume
a print server has 100 existing printers installed all bound to the 5.0 version of HP Universal Printing
PCL 6. Further, assume that new HP printers have been purchased and only support v5.1 of the
HP UPD. The administrator can create new printers using the HP UPD v5.1 version specific install
without affecting existing printers that use a previous version of the HP Universal Print Driver.
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Click the link to the PARK beneath the Universal Print Driver Tools
h20338.www2.hp.com/Hpsub/
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