I have a medical device running windows xp, will it have the pcl 6 driver pre-installed?

[Lauren7181]

I have a HP Laserjet Managed e40040. Will I be able to add that to my windows xp medical device? I am remote and need to have someone check the driver list but maybe someone here has the answer. It has the generic pre-installed drivers

[Samrit26]

Hello,

Before I give you a firm yes/no, I need a couple of details so I don’t make assumptions — because Windows XP print support depends entirely on driver architecture and PCL/PS compatibility, not just model name.

I need you to confirm:

1. Which edition of Windows XP is on the medical device?

   • XP Home

   • XP Pro

   • XP Embedded (very common on medical equipment)

2. Does the device support PCL5 or PCL6 at all?
   XP-era devices often only support PCL5e, and many modern Managed LaserJets no longer include PCL5 support.

3. How is the printer connected?

   • USB

   • Network (RAW 9100, LPR/LPD, etc.)

4. Does the driver list on the medical device show anything like:

   • “HP LaserJet 4000 Series PCL”

   • “HP LaserJet 4100 PCL5e”

   • “HP Universal Printing PCL5”?
     These older PCL5 drivers are your best chance.

Preliminary guidance (I’ll confirm after your answers):

The HP LaserJet Managed E40040 is based on newer HP firmware that does not support PCL5. It only supports:

• PCL6 Class Driver

• HP UPD PCL6

• HP UPD PostScript

None of these are compatible with Windows XP.

This means XP generally cannot natively drive this model, especially XP Embedded medical devices — they were never updated for newer HP driver architectures.

But I need your answers above to determine if there is any possible workaround using a generic PCL5 driver, a Generic/Text-Only queue, or a print server translation approach.