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Settings issues after upgrading HP UPD
When switching from earlier HP printer drivers, many customers have noticed that the paper type has changed from
Unspecified to Plain or Heavy Media (others types are also reported). For example, this could be seen in an
upgrade from HP UPD v4.1 to v5.0. The paper type change is caused by a mismatch in the way settings are stored in
the old driver and the new driver. For this reason, upgrading is not supported. To work around this issue, first delete
the existing printer and driver, install a later driver, and then create a new printer.
Environments that experience these symptoms will need to reset the settings. Assuming HP UPD v4.5 or higher
installation on a server or client, the solution is to delete the old HP printer name and the existing HP printer and driver
on both the server and all connecting clients (see Uninstall the HP UPD in chapter 5). Next, recreate the printer on the
server. Point and print clients will need to delete the printer and reestablish the connection to the print server. When
the printer is recreated, Windows will create new settings that match the architecture for the new printer. There is no
need to delete and replace the ports associated with the deleted printer.
For enterprise deployments requiring tools support of this process, please reference the HP Printer Administrators
Resource Kit (HP PARK) to test with the PRNCON tool (see the Release Notes for this HP unsupported tool). For
more information on the HP PARK in this document, see HP Print Administrator's Resource Kit (PARK) in chapter 4.
To download the HP PARK, go to www.hp.com/go/upd and click Download now. Verify your language, and then click
your operating system. Expand Software – Universal Print Driver. To the right of HP Printer Administrator
Resource Kit, click Download. Save the file and then click the folder and click Extract all files.
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