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Windows XP and Vista are nearly identical
With the release of the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system, the HP print driver structure is
uniform and nearly identical to the Windows XP driver structure. The following comparison of
Device Settings and driver tabs illustrates similarities and differences between operating systems.
Keys to the Vista print drivers
The HP Universal Print Driver (UPD) is the primary building block of the HP drivers built into
Windows Vista. When using Add a printer in Vista, most HP printing devices are installed with a
print driver that is built around the UPD.
• What does this mean?
The UPD uses a query method to install a permanent instance of a driver. When a
printing device is added, the reality is that the UPD has added a permanent instance
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Microsoft Windows
Print Comparison –
XP vs. Vista
Security Level: Public
Date Written/Updated: 01-Feb-2007/02-May-2007
Document Summary
D Compare the print driver features between Windows XP and Vista operating systems.
D Explain that the Vista drivers are based on the HP Universal Print Driver.
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