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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Version

Print Administrator Resource Kit v1.8.3

Release Notes version 1, September 2017

Supersedes

Print Administrator Resource Kit v1.8.2

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 Version

Release Date

Description

1.8.2

September 2017

Updated:

·         Driver Configuration Utility

·         Driver Deployment Utility

·         Active Directory Administrator Template

1.8.2

April 2017

Updated:

·         Driver Configuration Utility

·         Driver Deployment Utility

·         Active Directory Administrator Template

Removed:

·         Managed Print Administrator

1.8.1

October 2016

Updated

·         Driver Configuration Utility

·         Driver Deployment Utility

·         Managed Print Administrator

1.8.0

February 2016

Updated

·         Driver Configuration Utility

·         Driver Deployment Utility

·         Managed Print Administrator

·         Active Directory Administrator Template

·         Server Migrate Tools

1.7.9

November 2015

Updated

·         Driver Configuration Utility

·         Driver Deployment Utility

·         Managed Print Administrator

·         Active Directory Administrator Template

·         Server Migrate Tools

1.7.8

December 2014

Updated

·         Driver Configuration Utility

·         Driver Deployment Utility

·         Managed Print Administrator

·         Active Directory Administrator Template

·         Sever Migrate Tools

1.7.7

August 2014

Updated

·         Driver Configuration Utility

·         Driver Deployment Utility

·         Managed Print Administrator

·         Active Directory Administrator Template

·         Sever Migrate Tools

1.7.4

September 2013

Updated

·         Active Directory Administrator Template

·         Driver Configuration Utility

·         Driver Deployment Utility

·         Managed Print Administrator

1.7.3

August 2013

Updated

·         AutoUpgradeUPD

1.7.2

June 2013

Updated

·         Active Directory Administrator Template

·         Driver Configuration Utility

·         Driver Deployment Utility

·         Managed Print Administrator

·         PRNCON

1.7.1

April 2013

Updated

·         Active Directory Administrator Template

·         Driver Configuration Utility

·         Driver Deployment Utility

·         Managed Print Administrator

·         AutoUpgradeUPD

·         Migrate-Server-Tools

·         RemovePnPDrivers

1.7

December 2012

New

·         RemovePnPDrivers

Updated

·         Active Directory Administrator Template

·         Driver Configuration Utility

·         Driver Deployment Utility

·         Managed Print Administrator

·         AutoUpgradeUPD

1.6

June 2012

Updated

·         Driver Configuration Utility

·         Driver Deployment Utility

·         Managed Print Administrator

·         Migrate-Server-Tools

·         AutoUpgradeUPD

1.5

December 2011

New

·         AutoUpgradeUPD

·         Migrate-Server-Tools

Updated

·         Active Directory Administrator Template

·         Driver Configuration Utility

·         Driver Deployment Utility

·         Managed Print Administrator

·         PRNCON

1.4.1

November 2011

Updated

·         Managed Print Administrator

1.4

July 2011

New

·         UpdateNow

·         HPPRLOG for x64

·         Active Directory Administrator Template in ADMX format

Updated:  new tool features require UPD v5.3

·         Driver Configuration Utility

·         Driver Deployment Utility

·         Managed Print Administrator

·         Active Directory Administrator Template

1.3

November 2010

Updated:  new tool features require UPD v5.2

·         Driver Configuration Utility

·         Driver Deployment Utility

·         Managed Print Administrator - added support for grayscale policy

·         Active Directory Administrator Template - added support for grayscale policy

·         No point print install hp operation- updated the release notes with additional detail, identified defect fix in UPD 5.2.

1.2

August 2010

New

·         No Point Print Install HP Operation

Updated

·         PRNCON

·         DDU- Documentation covering command line switches, and comprehensive FAQ

·         DCU- same version, but localized

1.1

May 2010

Updated:

·         Managed Print Administrator

·         Driver Configuration Utility

·         Driver Deployment Utility

·         PRNCON- Release Notes only

1.0

December 2009

Tools collection:

·         Managed Print Administrator

·         Driver Deployment Utility

·         Driver Configuration Utility

·         Active Directory Administrator Template

·         PRNCON

·         HPPRLOG

·         Add Model To Comments field

Supported Tools

The following tools provided within the Print Administrators Resource Kit are eligible for HP technical support. 

Unsupported Tools

The following tools provided within the Print Administrator Resource Kit are not HP supported.  These are provided as a resource to customers.  If you have any questions, comments, or enhancement requests regarding these unsupported tools, email HP at UPD_PARK@hp.com.  Responses will be at HP’s discretion, and response times are not under a service level agreement and may vary. Documentation available from the download site for the Software contains additional information related to support.

Installation instructions

Unzip the PARK*.zip file to access the tool(s) and related documentation.

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