Supported Operating Systems For Windows; System Requirements; Table 2-1 Windows Software Component Support - HP LaserJet Enterprise 500 Reference

Supported operating systems for Windows

Windows operating systems provide full-featured support for the HP LaserJet Enterprise 500 color
M551 product. Operating systems that are not described here provide varying levels of functionality.
Windows XP is used to denote Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, and Windows
XP Media Edition unless noted otherwise. Windows Vista is used to denote Windows Vista Home
Basic, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista, and Windows Vista
Ultimate unless noted otherwise.Windows 7 is used to denote Windows 7 Basic, Windows 7 Home
Premium, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Enterprise, and Windows 7 Ultimate
Table 2-1
HP UPD PCL5
driver
HP UPD PCL6
driver
HP UPD PS driver
Discrete PCL6
driver
Installer CD
(Windows/Mac)
HP MPA
HP DDU
HP DCU
In any of the supported operating systems, you must have administrator privileges to install the product
printing-system software.
For more information about the HP LaserJet Enterprise 500 color M551 product, go to the following
Web site:
www.hp.com/support/lj500colorM551

System requirements

The system requirements for installing and using the HP LaserJet Enterprise 500 color M551 printing-
system software for Windows and Macintosh are as follows:
28 Chapter 2 Install Windows software and utilities
Windows software component support
Windows XP, Windows Server 2003
SP 2 and (32-bit and 64-bit)
greater (32-bit
and 64-bit)
x x
x x
x x
x x
x (32–bit only) x (32–bit only)
x (32–bit only) x (32–bit only)
x x
x x
Windows Server 2008 Windows Vista
(32-bit, 64-bit, and R2 (32-bit and
edition) 64-bit)
x x
x x
x x
x x
x x
x (32–bit only) x (32–bit only)
x x
x x
Windows 7
(32-bit and
64-bit)
x
x
x
x
x
x (32–bit only)
x
x
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