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LaserJet 4300
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (64-bit)

Migrating print servers to a new Server 2016 machine and I'm updating all the drivers.  Right off the bat, when I look up Universal PCL 6 driver, on the site, it gives me a 6.4.1 version, but the driver version on the Print Management says 61.186.1.20636 (it's the same with most builds and even other brands.)  Is that something else the OS is looking at to determine the version?

 

When I download the latest driver for the 4300 series, I get a pcl6-x64-6.4.1.2269 that I go through and update.  Have disk, advanced, pick the new driver etc.  And then it shows in Print Management has having no driver version and the Driver Type is Windows 95,98 and Me.  The driver name is now HP Universal Printing PCL 6 (v6.4.1) 

 

So, either I'm doing this wrong, the driver isn't correct, or 2016 doesn't know how to handle this.  I haevn't tried printing to anything with this new driver yet so I don't know if it's just a visual thing or not but it's hard to verify my work if it all reads like this.

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Just an update if anyone is reading this.

 

Contacted HP about this.  Turns out, they don't have a universal driver for 2016 yet and have been giving out links to download 2012.  I've tested a little with the 2012 Universal Driver PCL6 on a few printers and so far adding them and printing to them hasn't been a problem, despite the Type reading 95, 98 and ME.

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