Bits and Dots : Drivers

UPD: HP Universal Print Driver 5.01 Released

Brian R. Kneebone — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:52:00 GMT

The HP Universal Print Driver 5 released earlier this summer. A maintenance release of this version corrects some items listed in the "Breaking News" tab of the HP Universal Print Driver site. Please review the following sources of information ...

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Win: Getting ready for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2

Brian R. Kneebone — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:13:00 GMT

As many IT administrators know, the launch of Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Server 2008 R2 are quickly coming around the corner. The MS Windows 7 wide release comes on the 22nd of October, 2009. I know most of my customers are looking forward to this release from Microsoft. Administrators managing devices such as printers, scanners, multifunction and all-in-one products will likely want to plan for compatibility and readiness ...

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MAC: Apple's "Snow Leopard" (Mac OS X v10.6) Release and HP Print, Fax, Scan Drivers

Brian R. Kneebone — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:23:00 GMT

Apple's "Snow Leopard", which released on Friday, updates the Mac OS X platform to version 10.6. Here are the Apple and HP resources available to help determine compatibility for your select models plus some of the refinements related to print which Apple mentions...

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Colour: Devices Designed for Business Continue to Challenge Perceptions

Brian R. Kneebone — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:40:00 GMT

Most enterprise customers I work with equate enterprise printing with laser printing. While Hewlett-Packard has a fantastic array of products in its LaserJet and Color LaseJet portfolio, for many needs ink-based solutions may be perceived as inappropriate. Many customers think of the low-cost devices as having higher operational costs, challenges with archivability including water fastness, and issues with tracking and monitoring over the network (especially for USB-connected devices) using tools like HP Web Jetadmin. Hewlett-Packard continues to challenge these perceptions with new advancements in it's HP OfficeJet Pro line-up refreshed in February......(read more)

Solutions: HP Global Solutions Catalogues and HP LaserJet Fonts Portals Updated ...

Brian R. Kneebone — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:30:00 GMT

I work with large enterprise customers where they look to Hewlett-Packard to solve universal problems you may be interested in, including: reducing wasted prints, facilitating document capture, improving electronic and paper security, reducing costs of specialty printing, etc. Hewlett-Packard has made strong investments in the solutions space to help customers optimize their infrastructure, manage their environment and improve workflows. For some people, this may be as simple as doing more with the printers, MFPs, scanners, etc. they purchase from HP already. For others, they may look for solutions which alter business process to improve efficiencies. If you're thinking along these lines, I strongly you to take a look at the HP Global Solution Catalog and the HP LaserJet Fonts websites which have been recently updated showing more solution partners, better descriptions, more products, etc......(read more)

DDU: Use the HP Driver Deployment Utility to preconfigure drivers, create network print queues and preserve WHQL

Brian R. Kneebone — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:00:00 GMT

A short time ago, Hewlett-Packard had released a utility called the "HP Driver Deployment Utility" (DDU) to the web. Previously the DDU was circulated privately amongst HP's enterprise customers. DDU was designed to be as agnostic as possible with most commercial LaserJet, Color LaserJet and Edgeline drivers including the HP Universal Print Driver. Here are its major features......(read more)

Linux Update: HPLIP Updated to Version 3.9.2

Brian R. Kneebone — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:40:00 GMT

A new version (3.9.2) of the HPLIP software (Linux printer driver software) was released on Thursday, February 19th......(read more)

UPD: HP Universal Print Drivers Updated to Version 4.7

Brian R. Kneebone — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:30:00 GMT

In the category of "updates I would like to have posted earlier", I want to let everyone know that the HP Universal Print Drivers have been updated. Although if you are getting proactive alerts, you would have already known. This UPD update includes all versions (PCL5, PCL6 and PostScript) as well as all operating system bit depths (32-bit/x86 and 64-bit/x64)......(read more)

Mobile: The Free HP iPrint Photo App for your iPhone and iPod Touch

Brian R. Kneebone — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:25:00 GMT

So I just happened to be looking for some Macintosh drivers for a client and stumbled across this nifty iPod Touch and iPhone application called HP iPrint Photo. I haven't used it myself as I'm an HP iPaq 910c user, but looks really neat for those users who would like to print photos on the go or from their house....(read more)

Linux Update: HPLIP Updated to Version 2.8.12

Brian R. Kneebone — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:52:00 GMT

The HPLIP software (Linux printer driver software) was updated on December 17th, 2008 to version 2.8.12. The release notes highlight the changes for this release. As always, go to the HP Linux Imaging and Printing site for any of your Print, Scan and Fax Driver needs....(read more)

Newsflash: Updated Firmware for HP LaserJet P4015 and P4515 Printer Series with Quiet Mode

Brian R. Kneebone — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:56:00 GMT

Workgroup devices have become as fast as departmental devices, reaching speeds of 63 ppm. This has never historically been a consideration with large departmental devices found traditionally in copier rooms or at the end of isles. While it is fantastic that workgroup devices bring output performance reaching these speeds, the mechanics involved with moving paper this fast in workgroup devices obviously raises auditory concerns for environments where the device is at a user's desk or for certain locations where the ambient noise is quite low. HP, like other manufacturers, are introducing intelligent features in their products to help give administrators the flexibility to choose settings which suit their user environments best....(read more)

Newsflash: New Linux Drivers (HPLIP 2.8.10 Release)

Brian R. Kneebone — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:16:00 GMT

New Linux print driver software (HPLIP) was released on Friday, Oct 31, 2008. The version is 2.8.10 and brings the total number of supported devices to 1,531. A significant addition to this release was the inclusion of scanning support for several all-in-one products, which until now, had no scanning support ......(read more)

Keeping a Microsoft printing environment up-to-date

Brent Follett — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:17:00 GMT

Before I get to the main content of this post, I wanted to first introduce myself as this is my first post here on the Bits and Dots web log. My name is Brent Follett, and I work here at HP as a consultant in the printing and imaging space. Brian invited...(read more)

Newsflash: New Linux Drivers (HPLIP 2.8.9 Release)

Brian R. Kneebone — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:57:00 GMT

A new HP Linux Imaging & Printing (HPLIP) release occurred today. HPLIP release 2.8.9 added support for the following products ......(read more)

Newsflash: New Linux Drivers (HPLIP 2.8.6 Release)

Brian R. Kneebone — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:06:00 GMT

A new Linux print driver (HPLIP 2.8.6) was released on Friday, June 20th adding support for the following products......(read more)