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Technical white paperHP Smart Universal PrintDriverRelease Notes v2.07.1.1569Since 2006, thousands of businesses and millions of users worldwide have switched to the HPUniversal Print Driver (UPD) to make printing easier across a changing landscape.Now it is time to move to the HP Smart UPD. Revolutionize printing to a heterogenous fleet with the HPSmart UPD (SUPD) resulting in a simple, intuitive, and compelling printing experiences.HP Smart UPD is a true “Single Print Driver” based on Microsoft XPS driver technology (V4 and V3)that will work with a heterogenous print fleet from a Low-End Inkjet to an HP LaserJet Pro, HP LaserJetand Copier Class devices. HP Smart UPD is a true UPD with a single driver package supporting theentire print fleet generating any PDL.Enterprises can do away with the legacy PDL specific UPD-based drivers and print queues savingtime, money, and effort for Enterprises to maintain and upgrade using just a single print driver – HPSmart UPD to print to their entire fleet.Copyright and License Copyright 2022 HP Development Company, L.P.Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without prior written permission is prohibited, except asallowed under the copyright laws.The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statementsaccompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting anadditional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions containedherein.Edition 2.01

Acknowledgements Intel, Itanium, Pentium, Intel Inside, and the Intel Inside logo are trademarks or registeredtrademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.Microsoft, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 10 ARM, Windows 11 ARM,Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019and Windows Server 2022 are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the UnitedStates and/or other countries.Adobe and Acrobat are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated.Java is a US trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.Citrix, XenApp, and XenDesktop are trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc.SupersedesEach HP SUPD release is a full release of the driver for both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms.HP SUPD ReleaseRelease Date2.07.1.1569 (Latest)July 2022DescriptionThe HP Smart Universal Print Driver (HP SUPD) is available as a free download fromhp.com/go/smartupd. This version release has the following attributes: Supported Page Description Languages (PDL)V4 Driver: PCL6, PS, PCL3, PCLmSV3 Driver: PCL6, PSThe HP Smart Printer Administrator Resource Kit (HP SPARK) that contains the HP SmartUniversal Printer Driver management tools is available from hp.com/go/smartupd.ooUpdate recommendationNot applicable.HP Printer Models SupportedHP SUPD supports the following HP Printer series:-HP Color LaserJet MFP E785 E78523-28HP Color LaserJet MFP E786 E78625-35HP Color LaserJet MFP E877 E87740-70HP LaserJet MFP E826 E82650-70HP LaserJet MFP E730 E73025-30HP LaserJet MFP E731 E73130-402

HP SUPD supports the following HP Printer series ONLY via TCP-IP:- HP Color LaserJet Managed MFP E87640-E87660- HP Color LaserJet Managed MFP E78223-E78228- HP Color LaserJet Enterprise MFP M480- HP LaserJet MFP M232-M237- HP PageWide Managed Color MFP E77650-E77660- HP LaserJet Enterprise MFP M725- HP OfficeJet Pro 9020 All-in-One PrinterOperating SystemsThe SUPD supports Architecture x86, x64, and ARM (V4 Driver with supported Win10 and Win11 Only)including the following client and server operating systems: V4o Client: Windows 10, Windows 10 ARM64, Windows 11, Windows 11 ARM64o Server: Windows 2016, Windows 2019, Windows 2022V3o Client: Windows7*, Windows 10, Windows 11o Server: Windows 2008 R2*, Windows 2012, Windows 2012 R2, Windows 2016, Windows2019, Windows 2022*Microsoft has ended mainstream support for these operating systems. HP will discontinue maintenance andno longer support printer drivers and software for these platforms as of November 1, 2022. Refer HP supportdocument HP printers - HP software and drivers no longer supported in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, andWindows Server 2008 R2 for more details.SAP V3 Driver – YesV4 Driver – YesNOTE: These drivers have been qualified for SAP using version 4.5A and newer.Active Directory V3 Driver – YesV4 Driver – YesNOTE: These drivers have been qualified for Active Directory using version 1.0.Novell / Micro FocusNot Supported.3

Citrix Support Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2203 LTSRNOTE: As of April 2022, Citrix 7 2203 LTSR is the latest version, and all previous versions should besupported per Citrix.LanguagesFor language information, refer to the HP Smart Universal Print Driver User Guide.Enhancements/New FeaturesHP SUPD 2.07.1.1569Most of the features are on-par with HP UPD. For more details refer to the Feature Differences tablelisted below.These are additional features in HP SUPD (vs HP UPD):- Availability of V4 driver- Better UI experienceo Includes a Summary of Changes in the V4 driver, Search for feature, etc.- ARM64 support through V4 driver- Connected printer's model name is visible in the Printing Preference UI (PPUI)- One driver for multiple PDL supporto For more details on PDL support, see the Description section.- Refresh button is present in the V4 driver PPUI- Application Analytics available in V4 driver.Fixes/Key Issues ResolvedHP SUPD 2.07.1.1569Not applicable for the initial release. To be updated in the next release.4

Known Issues and WorkaroundsThe following section contains the known issues and available workarounds for some of the issues.HP targets resolution for these issues in future releases.HP SUPD 2.07.1.1569SUPD v4 driver and SUPD v3 driver Some features/options are missing in Win 11 with USB and WSD connectivity.o Symptoms: Some options are missing in Color Mode and the Media Types drop-down list Print quality option is missing A few color options are missing on the Advanced tab.o Workaround: Use an alternative connection type, e.g.: TCP/IP.o Solution: Seems to be resolved in recent Win11 22H2 builds; to be updated. UI hangs if a custom paper is created and the user tries to save it as a selected paper size.Workaround: Reopen the UI.SUPD v4 driver Longer time for launching printer propertiesUI hang for long time when user delete the custom paper size when same custom paper sizeis selected.o Workaround: User can manually close the UI and launch UI again. The custom papersize should be deleted.Special page created and added is not selectedo Workaround: User can manually select the Special page created and addedSummary of changes after refresh will not workRefresh button is not available for SUPD V4 on:o ARM64 architectureo OS below Win10 version 1511 (32bit and 64bit)NOTE: Applies to SUPD version 2.07.1.1569 only.SUPD v3 driver In HP Printer Assistant, open “Set Preferences,” launch Printing Preferences Driver dialog isobserved to be cropped and unexpected at the bottom, and the dialog is not scrollable bymouse.o Workaround: Click on the scroll bar to scrollo No functional impact.5

Preview for some finisher features is not as expected.o No functional impact.Preview is not seen for the Watermark options.o No functional impact.In Watermark option, the “Italic” font style button name is displayed as blank in someinstances.o No functional impact.The preview only displays the text with the Style option that was selected last.o No functional impact.Alignment option is not localized in Portuguese and Norwegian languages.Installation instructions Install the driver using Add Printer Wizard using WSD, TCP-IP and USB Connectivity.Unzip the Self Extracting .exe using an extraction tool for using the SPARK tools.If pre-loading the driver, run the command from cmd (Run as administrator)pnputil.exe -a "path of the driver package/*.inf"To change PDL and to set the PDL to PS, use the following power shell command”SUPD V4: Set-PrinterProperty -PrinterName " Queue Name " -property"UserDefinedPDL" value "Product PS"To enable PS for SUPD V3, follow these steps to edit the registry:1.Access the registry to add an entry in: Computer\HKEY LOCAL s\HPSmart Universal Printing (V3)\PrinterDriverData2. Add a string entry in PrinterDriverData New String Value UserDefinedPDL.3. Right-click UserDefinedPDL keyname Modify.a. Add Value data as Product PS for Postscript Driver.4. To change the driver to PCL6:a. Right-click UserDefinedPDL keyname – Modify.b. Add Value data as Product PCL6 for PCL6 Driver.For more details and documentation, go to hp.com/go/smartupd.6

FeaturesUse the following table to view the features differences between HP SUPD vs HP UPD.Feature Differences (HP SUPD vs HP UPD)SUPDV4V4V3V3PCL6PSPCL6PSICM (Image Colour Management)TBUTBUTBUTBUManual Duplex TBU TBUPostscript OptionsPostscript Output OptionTrue Type Font DownloadOptionPostscript language levelSend Postscript Error HandlerNATBUNATBUAdvanced Printing featuresNATBUNATBUAlternate Letterhead modeTBUTBUTBUTBUTrue Type FontTBUTBUTBUTBUPrint Optimization NA NASend True Type as BitmapTBUNATBUNAImage Shift TBUTBUTab printing NATBUNATelemetry TBUTBUDriver HelpTBUTBUTBUTBULegend SupportedNANot Applicable/DeprecatedTBUTo be updated/Deferred7

Copyright 2022 HP Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The onlywarranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services.Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors oromissions contained herein.Edition 1.0, July 20228

o Client: Windows 10, Windows 10 ARM64, Windows 11, Windows 11 ARM64 o Server: Windows 2016, Windows 2019, Windows 2022 V3 o Client: Windows7*, Windows 10, Windows 11 o Server: Windows 2008 R2*, Windows 2012, Windows 2012 R2, Windows 2016, Windows 2019, Windows 2022