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HP Print Administrator Resource Kit (HP PARK)
The HP Printer Administrator Resource Kit (HP PARK) is a collection of tools, scripts and documentation to help print
administrators install, deploy, configure and manage the HP Universal Print Driver (UPD). In the single file download,
the HP PARK contains both supported and unsupported software tools, scripts and documentation.
Supported tools
The following tools provided within the HP Print Administrators Resource Kit are eligible for HP technical support.
Active Directory Administrator Template for UPD: Allows administrators to manage the HP Universal Print
Driver user policies and printer lists from within the Active Directory infrastructure. Add this AD Administrator
Template into an existing Group Policy Object and assign the GPO to a user, group, or organizational unit to
manage the HP UPD Managed Print Policies and Managed Printer Lists.
o For more information on using AD templates, see Managing the HP UPD with Active Directory Group
Policy (chapter 8).
o Also see the You-Tube video “Using HP Active Directory Administrator Templates” at:
http://youtu.be/UUN2sEggnuc.
AutoUpgradeUPD: Simplifies the process of creating clean print queues on a print server. This is useful when
upgrading the HP UPD driver version, upgrading an older non-UPD print queue to use the HP UPD, or resetting
existing print queues to factory or preconfigured installation defaults. This tool prevents existing queues from
carrying forward unknown, incompatible and unstable configurations during driver upgrade.
NOTE: There are separate versions of AutoUpgradeUPD for 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems.
AutoUpgradeUPD.exe is for 32-bit operating systems and AutoUpgradeUPD64.exe is for 64-bit operating
systems.
o For more information on using HP AutoUpgradeUPD, see Delete and recreate queues with
AutoUpgradeUPD.exe in chapter 6.
o Also see the You-Tube video “HP AutoUpgradeUPD” at: http://youtu.be/mYCVx1RBp9w.
Driver Configuration Utility (DCU): Is a small Windows application used to edit the configuration file associated
with a particular driver. The configuration file defines the default printer settings for the driver applied at the time of
installation. The settings defined within the DCU take effect when the printer is installed.
NOTE: The HP DCU works with HP printer drivers that are configured using a .cfg file such as the HP v3 UPD.
o For more information on using DCU, see Pre-configure HP UPD default settings using HP Driver
Configuration Utility (HP DCU) in this chapter.
o Also see the You-Tube video “Pre-configuring HP UPD using the HP DCU at:
http://youtu.be/4jx1jBXrVUU.
Driver Deployment Utility: Is a Windows application that packages the driver files and code needed to deploy
them into an *.EXE and *.CAB file. These files are run on a client PC to copy the driver files to the Windows driver
store, and for network packages, to install the printer.
NOTE: The HP DDU works with HP printer drivers that can be installed by an .INF file that supports only a single
platform (32-bit or 64-bit) such as the HP v3 UPD.
o For more information on using DDU, see Pre-configure HP UPD default settings using HP Driver
Deployment Utility in this chapter.
PRNCON.EXE: Is a console application for removing and adding an HP network printer’s point-and-print
connection between a Windows client workstation and a print server.
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