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AutoUpgradeUPD.exe - Release Notes

AutoUpgradeUPD.exe simplifies the process of creating clean print queues on a print server. This isuseful when upgrading the UPD driver version upgrading an older non-UPD print queue to use UPD orresetting existing print queues to factor! or preconfigured installation defaults. This tool prevents existing

queues from carr!ing forward un"nown incompati#le and unsta#le configurations during driver upgrade.

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Supersedes0ersion histor! of *P AutoUpgradeUPD.exe releases

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-v n cluster server clean up old printer settings

after printer is deleted

Displa! printer name instead of old driver when

9p option is specified

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'%.&4.%1.&' :un %&'% Delete AutoUpgrade-temp printer if it exists

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@@icrosoft has ended extended support for this operating s!stem.

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AutoUpgrade &i)ard(

'. >pen the folder where the files were previousl! copied%. Dou#le clic" AutoUpgradei7ard.hta to start the i7ard4. )luster onl!B ar" F;ailover )luster virtual NodeG when upgrading drivers on a virtual cluster node

and t!pe in the Node Name of the )luster

(. 3elect the >ld Driver Name New Driver inf file pen a command prompt with Administrator privileges%. )hange to the directories where the files were previousl! copied.3. nter AutoUpgradeUPD -o HIold-driverJH -n HInew-driverJH -f HIinf fileJH K-s HIserver-nameJHL

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4. nter AutoupgradeUPD6( -o HIold-driverJH -n HInew-driverJH -f HIinf fileJH K-s HIserver-nameJHL

-o Fold driverG Utilit! will attempt to upgrade all print queues that are using this driver

NoteB Driver names are case sensitive.

-n Fnew driverG Name of the new driver. ?t is recommended that this driver #e pre-installed and

tested.

NoteB ?f the name of the new driver is the same as the name of the old driver

e.g. HP Universal Printing PCL 6 the new driver must #e installed prior to

running this utilit!.

-f Finf fileG ;ull path to the new driver .inf file

-s Fserver nameG 3pecifies the name of the failover cluster virtual node to #e upgraded. ?f a server

is not specified the local computer is upgraded.

NoteB This option is notdesigned for upgrading remote servers. The utilit! is

designed to #e run directl! from the print server or in the case of a failover

cluster from one of the ph!sical nodes.

-l Flog file nameG na#les logging and saves the information in Ilog file nameJ

-v 0er#ose mode. Displa!s the printui commands and other information useful for

diagnostic purposes

-q Muiet mode. hen this option is ena#led error and status dialog #oxes are not

displa!ed.

N>TB ?n some cases the use of this option will cause the icrosoft printui.dll

commands that are used #! this utilit! to fail unexpectedl!. ?f these failures

occur tr! re-running the utilit! without this option.

-test numerates printers outputs messages #ut does not perform the upgrade.

-pIprinter nameJ

3ee also issues

and wor"arounds

This option allows the administrator to upgrade onl! one printer when using a

version specific driver li"e F*P Universal Printing P)+ 6


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driver name if specified is ignored. The intent of this option is to allow the

creation of scripts to upgrade specific printers.

N>TB 3erver name is not required in printer name

ARN?NB ?t is not possi#le to upgrade onl! one printer which is using a non-version specific driver


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the upgraded printer. riting the settings will serve to notif! the client that it needs to

download the new settings.

,oteB This utilit! is designed to use the existing driver if possi#le. ?f the new driver has the same

name as the old driver the old driver will #e used and no upgrade will ta"e place

Pre-con+iguring Print .ueuesUse the following steps to configure the upgraded print queues for administrator-defined settings.

Use the Driver )onfiguration Utilit! with the new driver to select the desired settings and create a

test print queue on print server.

N>TB Refer to the UPD 3!stem Administrators guide for more information availa#le at

www.hp.com5go5updfor more information on using the D)U.

0erif! that the settings on the test print queue are correct.

Upgrade the rest of the print queues using the AutoUpgradeUPD utilit!. This utilit! is designed to

use the settings in this test print queue for all the print queues that it re-creates.

rror and %n+ormation Messages

Printer( ignored0 t!ere are 1o2s waiting to printPrinters that are #us! cannot #e upgraded and are #!passed

Printer( ignored0 t!e driver does not matc! driver This message indicates that this printer is using a driver other than the driver name specified in the oldname parameter. ?f !ou intended to upgrade this printer #ut it was #!passed a li"el! cause is that theprinter driver name was t!ped incorrectl!. Printer driver names are case sensitive.

&AR,%,3( Auto-con+iguration +ailed +or printer 440 veri+y t!at t!e device is turned on andconnectedThis warning is displa!ed when the *P Universal Print driver cannot communicate with the device todetermine its features and options. T!pical reasons for communications failures are as followsB

The device is turned off or disconnected.

3NP v% T is turned off at the device or disa#led on the networ".

The 3NP communit! name is not the default name of Fpu#licG.

Auto-configuration has #een disa#led on the s!stem.

;or information on how to diagnose and correct this error please refer to the *P UPD 3!stemAdministrators uide.

RROR( in+ +ile is incorrect or missing

The utilit! verifies that the .inf file exists and the path specified on the command line is correct.

RROR( 2ad or missing parameterThe utilit! chec"s to ma"e sure that all the required parameters have #een specified. ?t is also a goodpractice to enclose the driver names and inf path in dou#le quotes especiall! if there are spaces in thenames.

RROR( 'reate temporary printer AutoUpgradeUPD-temp +ailedrong path to the .inf fileNew driver name incorrect


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New driver is not installed. Eest practice to pre-install UPD create a test print queue and verif! #asicoperation.There might #e a pro#lem with the icrosoft printui.dll commands that this utilit! is executing. Tr! re-running the utilit! without the 9q option.

RROR( *emporary printer could not 2e renamed

The most li"el! cause is that a print ,o# was su#mitted #etween the time that the temporar! printer wascreated and the time the rename operation too" place. Upgrades must #e performed onl! on quietservers where no printing is ta"ing place.

RROR( Old printer could not 2e deletedThis message indicates that for some reason the old printer could not #e deleted. hen this occurs theutilit! halts.

RROR 0 3etPrinter +ailed +or Printer( The settings from the current printer could not #e read.

RROR 0 SetPrinter +ailed +or Printer( The settings from the current printer could not #e written.

#ecution stopped due to errorThe utilit! encountered an unrecovera#le error and halted.

"re5uently Asked .uestionsWhat happens if a printer is in use at the time of the upgrade?

Printers that are in use cannot #e upgraded and will #e #!passed.

Can this utility be used with non UPD drivers, like model specific drivers?

There is no chec" made to determine if the old or new driver names are UPD. *owever use with non

UDP drivers has not #een tested.

Can I use this utility to convert print ueues that are using non!UPD drivers to UPD?

es. There is no chec" made to determine if the device that is using the non-UPD driver is supported #!

UPD. ?t is up to the administrator to determine if UPD is suita#le for a particular device.

Can this utility be used with non hp drivers?

No. The tool does a chec" to verif! that the new driver is an *P driver.

Why can"t this utility be used with non hp drivers?

There is no wa! for *P to predict how a non-*P driver will or will not #ehave so the tool excludes non-*P

drivers rather than ris" ma"ing the print server unsta#le.

Why are the printer ueue #Comments$ truncated for the newly created printer?This t!picall! happens when there the comments consist of multiple lines. The utilit! will onl! handle the

first line. The other lines are removed.

Why do I need to specify the path to the driver %inf file?

The path to the .inf file is required #ecause the tool does a fresh installation of UPD driver.

I ran the utility and it completed without any errors, but no driver upgrade took place% What

happened?

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This utilit! is designed to use the existing driver if possi#le. ?f the new driver has the same name as the

old driver the old driver will #e used and no upgrade will ta"e place. To avoid this !ou must either install

the new driver prior to running the utilit! or specif! a different name N./ is

availa#le in the *P Printer Administrator Resource Qit

B. Printer Automatic 'on+iguration( UPD queries the device for its configuration at the time the

print queue is created. ?n some situations this automatic configuration can fail --for example if the

device was turned off at the time AutoUpgradeUPD.exe was run. ?n these cases it is necessar!

to perform an FUpdate NowG to ena#le the driver to correctl! displa! full capa#ilities of the targetdevice utput Ein *P as! )olor etc=. >ptions exist

using the command line or the UPD user interface. )onsult the UPD 3!stem Administrators

uide for additional details.

'ommand Line( Two methods exist for command line operation

'. >pen a command promptB 3TART-RUN-)D./ KenterL

)BJ rundll4% s!stemroots!stem4%spooldriversw4%x26

4hpmux''8.dllUpdate3taticodePrinter H*P Universal Printing P)+ 6 ptions-Automatic

)onfiguration-Update Now.

Wny are there event (( errors listed in the event log on the client?

>ccasionall! a point and print on the client will notice that the driver has changed and download the new

driver #ut the download will fail. The tool is designed to do a read5write of the printer settings as a

second hint to the client to download the driver settings. There is no cause for concern if !ou see event

%% followed #! event %&.

What port is used when the temporary printer is created?

hen the temporar! printer is created it is assigned to the same port as the printer that will eventuall! #e

deleted. No additional ports are created #! the utilit!.

When the old printer is deleted, is the port associated with it also deleted?

The operating s!stem will not delete the port #ecause the temporar! printer is also using that port at the

time the old printer is deleted.

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