HP M551DN manual Supported operating systems and printer drivers for Windows

Supported operating systems and printer drivers for Windows

The product supports the following Windows operating systems:

Operating systems	Supported by product	Supported by installer CD in box
Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or greater
(32-bit)
Windows® XP (64-bit)1
Windows Vista® (32-bit and 64-bit)
Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Windows Server 2003 (32-bit)
Windows Server 2003 (64-bit)
Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-
bit) R2 64-bit

1For the 64-bit versions of Windows XP, you can download the printer driver from the Internet and install it by using the Windows Add Printer Wizard.

The product supports the following Windows printer drivers:

●HP PCL 6 (this is the default printer driver, installed from the in-box software CD)

●HP PCL 6 Universal Print Driver (HP UPD PCL 6)

●HP postscript emulation Universal Print Driver (HP UPD PS)

●HP PCL 5 Universal Print Driver (HP UPD PCL 5)

The printer drivers include online Help that has instructions for common printing tasks and also describes the buttons, checkboxes, and drop-down lists that are in the printer driver.

NOTE: For more information about the UPD, see www.hp.com/go/upd.

Select the correct printer driver for Windows

Printer drivers provide access to the product features and allow the computer to communicate with the product (using a printer language). The following printer drivers are available at www.hp.com/go/ lj500colorM551_software.

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