HP Universal Print Driver for Windows manual Acknowledgements, Version, Supersedes

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Print Administrator Resource Kit – Release Notes

The HP Print Administrator Resource Kit (PARK) is a collection of tools, scripts and documentation to help print administrators install, deploy, configure and manage the HP Universal Print Driver. In the single file download, the PARK contains both supported and unsupported software tools, scripts and documentation.

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Acknowledgements

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Version

Print Administrator Resource Kit v1.7.7

Release Notes version 1, August 2014

Supersedes

Print Administrator Resource Kit v1.7.6

Version History

UPD Print Administrator Resource Kit version number changes when one or more tools are updated or a new tool has been added. Reference the individual tool’s release notes for details.

 

 

 

 

PARK

Release Date

Description

Version

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.7.7

August 2014

Updated

 

 

Driver Configuration Utility

 

 

Driver Deployment Utility

 

 

Managed Print Administrator

• Active Directory Administrator Template

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Universal Print Driver for Windows specifications

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