HP print driver update from microsoft 1

[moolie]

Microsoft released 3 printer driver updates for HP 1300, 2300. and 2100 laserjet printers.

This really messed up my terminal server users. The updates were installed on the terminal servers and since then I've had all kinds of problems. 4 blank pages followed by one page with half the page printed in landscape the other half blank... crazy.

I managed to get the 2300 driver off and back to the old PLC 6 driver, but the 1300 and 2100 just dont want to take. The update is also not listed in the add/remove programs console. Any suggestions on how to get these "UPDATES" off?

 

[moolie]

SOLVED!!!!

The updated drivers created some registry entries and changes to the print driver processor settings.

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors

the following entries were created and we had to remove them:

BJ Language Monitor2
HP Master Monitor
HP Language 5 Monitor

I also had to go into every users printer and change the Print processor from HPPRNC01:RAW to WinPrint:RAW.

According to Microsoft Support - NO 3RD PARTY PRINT MONITORS ARE SUPPORTED. Any additional print monitors for server delivery are used at your own risk.

 

[moolie]

New Rub to this problem...

Users are getting the print processor reset to HPPRMC01:RAW when they log out and log back in.

Is there a way to script the printer settings so the processor is winprint:raw every time they log in?

 

[moolie]

I removed the HPPRMC01 print processor from the registry. This caused all printers that go and look for it to default to the microsoft winprint processor. Did the trick.

 

[Yanze]

tnx Moolie, this solved my problem too!

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