The UPD is actually a nice tool, when it sees your printer. It used to be a bit hit-and-miss, but recent version of UPD has been much better at actually helping with stuck print jobs, dying print spoolers, etc.
--Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Troy Adkins [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:51:06 -0700 Subject: Re: HP Universal Print Driver > We have been using it here. Been working really well for us. > Actually, the UPD cleared up a couple of print problems we were having > with some old HP 4050's. > > Troy Adkins > Network Administrator > Virginia House of Delegates > General Assembly Bldg. Room 815 > 804.698.1567 (O) > 804.771.7917 (F) > [email protected] > http://legis.virginia.gov > > > > From: Ben Scott <[email protected]> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]>, > Date: 03/23/2012 10:33 AM > Subject: Re: HP Universal Print Driver > > > > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Damien Solodow > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Anyone here using this? > > We tried, several years back. It turned out it was a pile of sh*t. > (We installed it for testing and it corrupted two other HP print > drivers on our server. And that's just for starters.) HP's tech > support was worthless when they didn't just refuse to help. This > seems to be par for any HP printer driver or printer support since > circa 2007. > > Now, since then, HP's prolly rewritten the driver completely at > least twice, so the problem we had are likely not your problems. > (Other than the overall problem of having HP print drivers.) > > We eventually ended up hacking up the PCL 5 driver that came with > Win XP into a generic printer driver, and using that with almost all > of our LaserJets. And we stopped buying HP printers. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
