Overview

What is the Universal Print Driver?

The Lexmark Universal Print Driver provides users and administrators with a standardised, one-driver solution for their printing needs. Instead of installing and managing individual drivers for each printer model, administrators can install the Lexmark Universal Print Driver for use with a variety of both mono and colour laser printers and multi-function devices.

Benefits

Allows versatility

The UPD is available in 27 languages, supporting more than 200 printer models that are connected locally or over a network. 

All packages are Microsoft certified and digitally signed, and have been tested in the following: 

  • Cluster server environment 
  • Microsoft Terminal Server 
  • Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop 

The following emulation drivers are available on computers running on Microsoft Windows Vista® operating system or later: 

  • PCL 5 
  • PCL XL 
  • PostScript 3
Enables bidirectional communication

The Job Accounting option allows an organisation to track print jobs for accounting purposes by associating the print job with specific account information, including a user name or ID, an account code, and a department code. This enables the tracking of the number of print jobs from different users or departments, and the billing of those print jobs to a specific account. By associating print jobs with specific account information, quotas can be enforced on the print jobs that users can submit. 

Reduces cost for IT support

With only one package to manage, testing and internal certification of print drivers is simplified by the use of the Lexmark Universal Print Driver packages. Time spent on installation, both on servers and workstations, is greatly reduced, and hard drive space formerly occupied by many product-specific drivers is now diminished significantly.

Enables increased user efficiency

The Lexmark Universal Print Driver packages use the same graphic user interface as the product-specific drivers the users are accustomed to, and now all queues will share that same interface, decreasing calls to the help desk. Users can create and save profiles for their most frequently used settings, or use profiles that were created for them by IT.

Facilitates corporate sustainability initiatives

Administrators can use the Lexmark Universal Print Driver packages to encourage their organisation’s environmental policies. The default queue settings can be modified to include duplex, multi-page printing (N-up), toner darkness, and other resource-saving measures.

Complete drivers and software for Windows

This package includes Microsoft WHQL certified 32 and 64-bit PCL 5 emulation, PCL XL emulation, and PS3 emulation universal printer drivers and the following additional driver software:

  • Lexmark Phone Book: Manages fax contacts.
  • Travel Print: Allows for print-time discovery of printers for users on the move (mobile printing).
  • Printer Driver Configuration Utility: Allows for creation of custom driver configuration.
  • Package Creation Utility: Allows for creation of custom driver packages.

This package will upgrade your existing installation of the universal printer driver.

Complete drivers and software for Windows (HBP)

Individual Driver Packages for Windows

Each package includes a Microsoft WHQL certified 32 and 64-bit PCL 5 emulation, PCL XL emulation, PS3 emulation and HBP universal printer driver. These driver packages will upgrade your existing installation of the universal printer driver. 

Individual Driver Packages for Mac

The Mac UPD driver comes in 2 variants. The Colour driver package is meant to work on colour printers, whereas the Mono driver package will work on the mono printers. Each of the driver package comes in a DMG file format. These drivers will work for both ARM and Intel Architecture.

The documents introduce the LexmarkTM Universal Print Driver (UPD), describe its capabilities, and provide an overview of the devices it supports.

Please visit here for Windows UPD Release Notes information.

Please visit here to download the Windows Standalone/Co-Existing Universal Print Driver package.