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shithead on Aug 29, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: H-P's One-Year Plan

Thanks for the tip. But, hey, it's HP ... can't change the spots on that cat. Drill down two not-so-obvious links to the download page, and there are SEVEN choices of "universal" driver:

    Select your product
    » HP Universal Print Driver for Windows
    » HP Universal Print Driver for Windows - PCL 5
    » HP Universal Print Driver for Windows - PCL 6
    » HP Universal Print Driver for Windows - Postscript
    » HP Universal Print Driver for Windows 64-bit PCL 5
    » HP Universal Print Driver for Windows 64-bit PCL 6
    » HP Universal Print Driver for Windows 64-bit PS

[ http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/ProductList... ]

Thankfully they forgave us the usual split in NA, EMEA, AP1, AP2, etc, geographic versions, with the only clue being in the cryptic codename in the link.

nodata on Aug 29, 2011 [–]

It's still better than seven separate installers per printer each of which is 10 times bigger :)

seabee on Aug 29, 2011 | [–]

A polished turd is still a turd. The point is other printer mfrs get it right, so why can't HP?

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