HP DesignJet Z5400 System Administrator s Guide - Page 2

HP DJ UPD SAG

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HP DJ UPD SAG 1 Purpose and scope ...3 Introduction ...3 Conventions used in this guide ...3 HP Designjet UPD Supported products ...3 2 Software description ...5 Introduction ...5 System requirements ...5 Software availability ...5 3 Plan an HP Designjet UPD deployment...7 The five steps to a successful deployment ...7 Initiation and planning ...7 Understand your printing requirements and environment 8 Key deployment decisions ...9 Communicationandtraining...10 Training ...10 Conducting a pilot...10 Deploy to production ...10 4 Installing and Uninstalling the HP Designjet UPD ...11 Supported Modifications of the Hewlett-Packard Designjet Universal Print Driver 11 Determine the HP DJ UPD version installed...11 Microsoft Windows Driver Architecture ...11 HP DJ UPD Supported Upgrades ...12 HP DJ UPD installation methods ...12 Explanation of driver name...13 Best practices - upgrade...15 Driver upgrade steps...16 Uninstall the HP UPD ...17 5 HP Designjet UPD Features and Use Cases...18 Use Case ...18 Use Case 2 ...18 Update Current Printer Model functionality ...19 Current model: setting it manually ...21 Current model: setting it automatically...23 User profile considerations for Current model ...25 Current model in client-server...25 Generic Printer ...25 UI Features ...26 Print Quality ...26 Margins...26 Document size...26 Media Type ...26 Differences with discrete driver...26 Features re-layout ...27 Services tab ...29 Alerts ...29 Appendix: Visual Basic Script...31 2

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HP DJ UPD SAG
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1 Purpose and scope
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3
Introduction
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3
Conventions used in this guide
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3
HP Designjet UPD Supported products
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3
2 Software description
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5
Introduction
.................................................................................................................................................................
5
System requirements
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5
Software availability
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5
3 Plan an HP Designjet UPD deployment
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7
The five steps to a successful deployment
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7
Initiation and planning
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7
Understand your printing requirements and environment
..........................................................................................
8
Key deployment decisions
............................................................................................................................................
9
Communication and training
.......................................................................................................................................
10
Training
......................................................................................................................................................................
10
Conducting a pilot
.......................................................................................................................................................
10
Deploy to production
.................................................................................................................................................
10
4 Installing and Uninstalling the HP Designjet UPD
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11
Supported Modifications of the Hewlett-Packard Designjet Universal Print Driver
.................................................
11
Determine the HP DJ UPD version installed
...............................................................................................................
11
Microsoft Windows Driver Architecture
.....................................................................................................................
11
HP DJ UPD Supported Upgrades
................................................................................................................................
12
HP DJ UPD installation methods
................................................................................................................................
12
Explanation of driver name
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13
Best practices
upgrade
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15
Driver upgrade steps
..................................................................................................................................................
16
Uninstall the HP UPD
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17
5 HP Designjet UPD Features and Use Cases
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18
Use Case
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18
Use Case 2
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18
Update Current Printer Model functionality
..............................................................................................................
19
Current model: setting it manually
............................................................................................................................
21
Current model: setting it automatically
.....................................................................................................................
23
User profile considerations for Current model
..........................................................................................................
25
Current model in client-server
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25
Generic Printer
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25
UI Features
.................................................................................................................................................................
26
Print Quality
...............................................................................................................................................................
26
Margins
.......................................................................................................................................................................
26
Document size
............................................................................................................................................................
26
Media Type
.................................................................................................................................................................
26
Differences with discrete driver
.................................................................................................................................
26
Features re-layout
.....................................................................................................................................................
27
Services tab
................................................................................................................................................................
29
Alerts
..........................................................................................................................................................................
29
Appendix: Visual Basic Script
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