Lexmark Universal Print Driver release notes history

Index

v3.0.0.0 release notes (October 2021)

• Added support for print encryption.
• Added support for dynamic driver configuration directly from the printer by using bidirectional communication.
• Added support for the following certifications:
• Citrix® Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2103
• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2012
• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2009
• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2006
• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2003
• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 1912 LTSR
• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 1909
• Added support for the following operating systems:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2022
• Windows 11

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v2.15.2.0 release notes (July 2021)

• Enhanced security to prevent attacker?controlled codes that are running with system privileges.

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v2.15.1.0 release notes (March 2021)

Note:  If you are not using status monitor applications, then you can upgrade to UPD version 2.15.1. If you are using status monitor applications, then use only UPD version 2.6.

• Added support for the following printer models:
• Color laser multifunction products
• MC3200 Series (MC3224i)
• MC3300 Series (MC3326i)
• MC3400 Series (MC3426i)
• XC2300 Series (XC2326)
• Color laser printers
• C2300 Series (C2326)
• Monochrome laser multifunction products
• MB3400 Series (MB3442i)
• MB2200 Series (MB2236i)
• XM1300 Series (XM1342)
• Monochrome laser printers
• M1300 Series (M1342)

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v2.15.0.0 release notes (September 2020)

Note:  If you are not using status monitor applications, then you can upgrade to UPD version 2.15. If you are using status monitor applications, then use only UPD version 2.6.

• Added support for the following printer models:
• Color laser multifunction products
• CX430 Series (CX431adw)
• MC3400 Series (MC3426adw)
• XC4100 Series (XC4143, XC4153)
• XC6100 Series (XC6153, XC6153de)
• XC8100 Series (XC8163)
• Color laser printers
• C3400 Series (C3426dw)
• CS430 Series (CS431dw)
• Monochrome laser multifunction products
• MB3400 Series (MB3442adw)
• MX330 Series (MX331adn)
• MX430 Series (MS431adn, MS431adw)
• Monochrome laser printers
• B3300 Series (B3340dw)
• B3400 Series (B3442dw)
• MS330 Series (MS331dn)
• MS430 Series (MS431dn, MS431dw)
• Added support for the following certifications:
• Citrix® Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 1906
• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 1903
• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 1811
• Added support for Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (64 bit) operating system as a cluster server.
• Added support for all paper types as the paper source in the device capabilities.
• Added support for all print processor functions to work properly when the "Always prompt for PIN at print time" setting is enabled.

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v2.15.0.0 release notes (April 2020)

Note:  If you are not using status monitor applications, then you can upgrade to UPD version 2.15. If you are using status monitor applications, then use only UPD version 2.6.

• Added support for the following printer models:
• Color laser multifunction products
• CX430 Series (CX431adw)
• MC3400 Series (MC3426adw)
• Color laser printers
• C3400 Series (C3426dw)
• CS430 Series (CS431dw)
• Monochrome laser multifunction products
• MB3400 Series (MB3442adw)
• MX330 Series (MX331adn)
• MX430 Series (MS431adn, MS431adw)
• Monochrome laser printers
• B3300 Series (B3340dw)
• B3400 Series (B3442dw)
• MS330 Series (MS331dn)
• MS430 Series (MS431dn, MS431dw)
• Added support for the following certifications:
• Citrix® Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 1906
• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 1903
• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 1811
• Added support for Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (64 bit) operating system as a cluster server.
• Added support for all paper types as the paper source in the device capabilities.
• Added support for all print processor functions to work properly when the "Always prompt for PIN at print time" setting is enabled.

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v2.14.1.0 release notes (July 2019)

Note:  If you are not using status monitor applications, then you can upgrade to UPD version 2.14.1.0. If you are using status monitor applications, then use only UPD version 2.6.

• Added support for the following printer models:
• Color laser multifunction products
• CX330 Series (CX331adwe)
• MC3300 Series (MC3326adwe)
• MC3200 Series (MC3224adwe, MC3224dwe)
• Color laser printers
• C3300 Series (C3326dw)
• C3200 Series (C3224dw)
• CS330 Series (CS331dw)
• Monochrome laser multifunction products
• MB2200 Series (MB2236adwe)
• Added support for the following certifications:
• – Citrix® Virtual Apps 1808
• – Citrix Virtual Desktops 1808
• Added support for Microsoft Windows Server 2019 operating system.

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v2.14.0 release notes (January 2019)

Note:  If you are not using status monitor applications, then you can upgrade to UPD version 2.14.0. If you are using status monitor applications, then use only UPD version 2.6.

• Added support for the following printer models:
• Monochrome laser multifunction products
• MB2200 Series (MB2236adw)
• Monochrome laser printers
• B2200 Series (B2236dw)
• Added support for the following certifications:
• Citrix XenApp® 7.18
• Citrix XenApp 7.17
• Citrix XenDesktop® 7.18
• Citrix XenDesktop 7.17
• Added support for printing the fax cover page using a 32‑bit application on a computer that is running on a 64‑bit operating system.
• Added support for the print time setting of the "Confidential print" feature to accept a PIN, and then release the job from the spooler.
• Updated support for locking the watermark by name.

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v2.13.1.0 release notes (June 2018)

Note:  If you are not using status monitor applications, then you can upgrade to UPD version 2.13.1.0. If you are using status monitor applications, then use only UPD version 2.6.

• Added support for the following printer models:
• Color laser multifunction products
• CX421adn
• CX522ade
• CX620 Series (CX622ade, CX622adhe)
• CX625 Series (CX625ade, CX625adhe, CX625adthe)
• MC2325adw
• MC2425adw
• MC2500 Series (MC2535ade, MC2535adwe)
• MC2640adwe
• XC2200 Series (XC2235, XC2240)
• XC4240
• Color laser products
• C2240
• C2325dw
• C2425dw
• C2500 Series (C2535dn, C2535dw)
• CS421dn
• CS521dn
• CS622de
• Monochrome laser multifunction products
• MB2770adwhe
• MX720 Series (MX721ade, MX721adhe, MX722ade, MX722adhe)
• MX725adve
• MX820 Series (MX822ade, MX822adxe, MX822adtfe, MX824ade, MX824adxe, MX824adtfe, MX826ade, MX826adxe, MX826adtfe)
• XM5300 Series (XM5365, XM5370)
• XM7300 Series (XM7355, XM7365, XM7370)
• Monochrome laser products
• B2865dw
• M5200 Series (M5255, M5265, M5270)
• MS725dvn
• MS820 Series (MS821n, MS821dn, MS821dtn, MS822de, MS823n, MS823dn, MS824de, MS824dtn, MS825dn, MS826de, MS826dtn)

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v2.13.0.0 release notes (April 2018)

Note:  If you are not using status monitor applications, then you can upgrade to UPD version 2.13. If you are using status monitor applications, then use only UPD version 2.6.

• Added support for the following printer models:
• Monochrome laser multifunction products
• MB2300 Series (MB2338dw, MB2338adn, MB2338adw)
• MB2400 Series (MB2442ade, MB2442adwe)
• MB2546ade
• MB2650ade
• MX320 Series (MX321adn, MX321adw)
• MX421ade
• MX520 Series (MX521de, MX521ade, MX521adte, MX522adhe)
• MX620 Series (MX622ade, MX622adhe, MX622adthe)
• XM1200 Series (XM1242, XM1246)
• XM3250
• Monochrome laser printers
• B2300 Series (B2338dn, B2338dw)
• B2400 Series (B2442dn, B2442dw)
• B2546dn
• B2650dn
• M3250
• MS321dn
• MS420 Series (MS421dn, MS421dw)
• MS521dn
• MS620 Series (MS621dn, MS621dtn MS622de, MS622dte)
• Added support for separator sheets.
• Added support for Hagaki paper size.
• Added support for image watermarks when using PostScript® print drivers.
• Added support for the following certifications:
• Citrix XenApp® 7.16
• Citrix XenApp 7.15
• Citrix XenApp 7.14
• Citrix XenApp 7.13
• Citrix XenApp 7.12
• Citrix XenDesktop® 7.16
• Citrix XenDesktop 7.15
• Citrix XenDesktop 7.14
• Citrix XenDesktop 7.13
• Citrix XenDesktop 7.12

Note:  For a list of supported Citrix® implementations, see “Supported operating systems” on page 16 of the UPD Technical White Paper. Updated the dmColor value of Devmode to sync properly with color and monochrome print jobs when using PCL5 and PCL XL emulation drivers. The "Print in Black and White" setting of UPD syncs with the color and monochrome settings of an application.

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v2.12.0.0 release notes (August 2017)

Note:  If you are not using status monitor applications, then you can upgrade to UPD 2.12. If you are using status monitor applications, then use only UPD 2.6.0.0.

New functionality

• Added support for the following printer models:
• Color laser multifunction products:
• CX920de
• CX921de
• CX922de
• CX923dte
• CX923dxe
• CX924dte
• CX924dxe
• CX927de
• XC4140
• XC9235
• XC9245
• XC9265
• Color laser printers
• C9235
• CS921de
• CS923de
• CS927de
• Added support for the Novell Open Enterprise Server 15 on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 x86 and x64 operating systems.

Note:  For a list of supported operating systems, see “Supported operating systems” on page 15 of the UPD Technical White Paper.

• Added support for Branch Office Direct Printing.
• Added support for previewing bitmaps of paper sizes with different orientation and finishing settings.
• Added support for user‑controlled bidirectional communication.
• Added support for the following certifications:
• Citrix XenApp® 7.11
• Citrix XenApp 7.9
• Citrix XenDesktop® 7.11
• Citrix XenDesktop 7.9

Note:  For a list of supported Citrix® implementations, see “Supported operating systems” on page 15 of the UPD Technical White Paper.

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v2.11.0.0 release notes (June 2017)

Note:  Do not upgrade to UPD 2.11 if you are using status monitor applications such as Status Messenger, Local Printer Management Agent (LPMA), or other LPMA-dependent applications. If you are using status monitor applications, then use only UPD 2.6.0.0.

New functionality

• Added support for the following languages:
• Croatian
• Serbian
• Slovak
• Slovenian

Improvements

• Improved print time by reducing the time to first print

Operating System support

• Added support for Novell® 15 operating system.
• Added support for Microsoft® Windows Server 2016.
• Added certification support for:
• Citrix XenApp 7.8 and XenDesktop 7.8
• Citrix XenApp 7.7 and XenDesktop 7.7
• Continued certification support for the following:
• Citrix XenApp 7.6 and XenDesktop 7.6
• Citrix XenApp 7.5 and XenDesktop 7.5
• Citrix XenApp 6.5
• Citrix XenApp 6.0

Device compatibility

• Added support for the following new devices:
• Color laser multifunction products
• CX317dn
• CX417de
• CX517de
• CX727de
• CX827de
• Color laser printers
• CS317dn
• CS417dn
• CS517de
• CS727de
• CS728de
• CS827de
• Mono laser multifunction products
• MX317dn
• MX417de
• MX517de
• MX617de
• MX717de
• MX718de
• Mono laser printers
• MS317dn
• MS417dn
• MS517dn
• MS617dn
• MS817dn
• MS817n
• MS818dn
• XM5200 Series (XM5270, XM5263)
• XM7200 Series (XM7270, XM7263)

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v2.10.0.0 release notes (January 2016)

Fixes, improvements, and new functionality

• Addition of smart two‑sided printing support. Added the “Other paper size with different orientation” setting in the Paper/Finishing tab. This setting allows you to select a different paper size that is loaded in a different orientation when doing two‑sided printing or using finishing options.
• Improved image compression. Added the image compression feature in PostScript print drivers. For PostScript print drivers, the following image compression options are available:
• NONE – Disable image compression.
• Lossless – Use Lempel‑Ziv‑Welch (LZW) compression to reduce the file size without reducing the image quality. Sometimes, the image may not be compressed to retain the image quality.
• High – Use JPEG compression to reduce the file size by reducing the image quality. To adjust the image quality and compression level, use the Quality slider. Increasing the image quality decreases the image compression.
• Added feature to show the actual print speed. You can see the print speed in the General tab of the Printer Properties dialog box.
• If the print driver is installed and is connected to the printer, then the actual print speed is shown. If the printer is disconnected, then the print model is set to Universal Mono Laser or Universal Color Laser, and the print speed is 20 ppm.
• If the print driver is installed and the printer is selected using Set Print Model, then the actual print speed is shown. If the printer is disconnected, then the minimum print speed is shown.

Operating System support announcements

• Removed support for Windows Server 2003 operating systems.
• Added certification support for Citrix XenApp 7.6.
• Continued certification support for Citrix XenApp 7.5, Citrix XenApp 6.5, and Citrix XenApp 6.0. F

Device compatibility

• Added support for the following new devices.
• Lexmark CS820 Series (CS820de, CS820dte, CS820dtfe)
• Lexmark C6100 Series (C6160de)
• Lexmark CX820 Series (CX820de, CX820dtfe)
• Lexmark XC6100 Series (XC6152de, XC6152dtfe)
• Lexmark CX825 Series (CX825de, CX825dte, CX825dtpe, CX825dtfe)
• Lexmark CX860 Series (CX860de, CX860dte, CX860dtpe, CX860dtfe)
• Lexmark XC8100 Series (XC8155de, XC8155dte, XC8160de, XC8160dte)
• Lexmark CS720 Series (CS720de)
• Lexmark CS725 Series (CS725de)
• Lexmark C4100 Series (C4150)
• Lexmark CX725 Series (CX725de, CX725dhe, CX725dthe)
• Lexmark XC4100 Series (XC4150)

Note:  If you are not using status monitor applications, then you can upgrade to UPD 2.10.0.0. If you are using status monitor applications, then use only UPD 2.6.0.0.

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v2.9.1.0 release notes (August 2015)

Operating System support announcements

With this release, the primary focus is to claim support for Windows 10.

• Added support for Microsoft Windows 10.
• Continued certification support for Citrix XenApp 7.5, Citrix XenApp 6.5, and Citrix XenApp 6.0.

Note:  If you are not using status monitor applications, then you can upgrade to UPD 2.9.1.0. If you are using status monitor applications, then use only UPD 2.6.0.0.

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v2.9.0.0 release notes (May 2015)

Fixes, improvements and new functionality

• Added support for the Printer Driver Configuration Utility to apply a configuration file to printers on a cluster or remote environment. The configuration file can be applied using the Printer Driver Configuration Utility or from the command line using ConfigUtil. For more information, see the Printer Driver Configuration Utility Help.
• Improved JPEG image compression by using the LIBJPEG library in rendering JPEG images, and removing GPL2 and GPL3 licensed files.
• Enabled JPEG pass through. Added the option to allow the host application to send JPEG data as it is, without converting it to a bitmap image file. This option is available in the Configuration tab of the Printer Properties window.

Note:  This feature is available only in PCL XL emulation drivers

• Removal of available presets in the Print Quality tab. Removed the following print quality presets for color and monochrome printers:
• For color printers
• Text
• Text/Photo
• Photo
• Custom
• For monochrome printers
• Draft
• Normal
• Best
• Custom
• Addition of Print Quality Defaults. Added a predefined setting for print quality. This option is available in the Print Settings menu.
• Renamed the "Enhance fine lines" feature with "Halftone". Available options are still the same
• Use Printer Settings – Applies the settings specified in the printer.
• Normal – Use standard halftone screens.
• Detail – Use alternate halftone screens designed for thin color lines and text rather than uniformity and smoothness.
• User interface (UI) performance improvement – Improved the performance when opening the Printing Preferences and Printer Properties windows in a Point and Print with network latency scenario.
• Added job accounting support for tracking fax jobs.
• Added support for printing documents from Google Cloud Print using Lexmark Universal Print Driver. The following print driver features do not work when printing from Google Cloud Print:
• Features in all print driver emulations:
• Multiple pages per side (N Up)
• Use full printable area
• Features in PostScript drivers:
• Poster
• Booklet
• Multiple input options (MIO)
• PostScript Language level (PS)
• Features in PCL XL emulation drivers:
• Send color to printer
• Print driver user interface (UI) compatibility with the European Accessibility Mandate 376 (EN 301 549).
• Restriction of color printing when setting the printer model to Universal Mono Laser. If Universal Mono Laser is selected as the printer model from the Configuration tab in the Printer Properties window, then the print output is always in grayscale.

Operating System support announcements

• Continued certification support for Citrix XenApp 7.5, Citrix XenApp 6.5, and Citrix XenApp 6.0.

Note:  If you are not using status monitor applications, then you can upgrade to UPD 2.9.0.0. If you are using status monitor applications, then use only UPD 2.6.0.0.

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v2.8.0.0 release notes (November 2014)

Fixes, improvements and new functionality

• Improved the performance of the Printing Preferences and Printer Properties windows.
• Removed support for enabling two-sided printing by default in the print driver during installation; for printers that support two-sided printing, the feature can be enabled manually.
• Added print support for non-Lexmark devices that support compliant PostScript® and PCL® emulation page description languages (PDLs). Two new models are available in the model list in the print properties:
• Basic Color Laser — Allows compatible non-Lexmark devices to use the Lexmark UPD for basic color printing.
• Basic Mono Laser — Allows compatible non-Lexmark devices to use the Lexmark UPD for basic black and white printing.

Note:  Not all Lexmark and non-Lexmark devices features, functions, and capabilities are available with the use of Basic Color Laser and Basic Mono Laser models. Depending on the capabilities of the specific non-Lexmark device, only basic features are supported.

• These features include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Some paper sizes and types
• Some source selections
• Two-sided printing
• Paper layout options
• Improved the image compression feature to reduce the spool file size.
• Fixed printing issues, including the following:
• Delayed print driver response, "Connecting to Printer", when printing or updating the printer configuration using the Update Now-Ask Printer option
• Incorrect staple and hole punch location when printing using a PostScript 3 driver
• Problems printing watermarks when using a Microsoft Word plug-in
• Problems printing Microsoft Word and Outlook documents containing embedded PCL5 macros using PCL XL emulation and PostScript drivers
• Problems in Microsoft PowerPoint print preview when using a PostScript 3 driver
• Problems when printing from a Microsoft Windows 8.1 computer using PCL XL emulation and PostScript 3 drivers

Operating System support announcements

• Added support for Novell 2 and Novell 11 operating systems.
• Added certification support for Citrix XenApp 7.5.
• Continued certification support for Citrix XenApp 6.5 and Citrix XenApp 6.0.

Note:  If you are not using status monitor applications, then you can upgrade to UPD 2.8.0.0. If you are using status monitor applications, then use only UPD 2.6.0.0.

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v2.7.2.0 release notes (August 2014)

Fixes

• UPD PCL XL emulation driver:
• Fixed certainemulationissues when printing Microsoft Word documents that contain JPEG images.

Note:  Regardless of these fixes, print spool file size can be further improved by using image compression.

• Fixed and improved the print output of thumbnails containing varying file formats within Microsoft Excel.

Operating System support announcements

• Citrix XenApp 6.5 and XenApp 6.0
• There is continued certification support for Citrix XenApp 6.5 and Citrix XenApp 6.0.
• Windows XP
• This version removes official Microsoft Windows XP Operating System support. Hence, it will no longer be listed under supported operating systems.

Note:  As of April 8, 2014, Lexmark no longer provides patches or updates for Lexmark software available for Microsoft Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit versions) operating systems. UPD 2.7.1.0 is the last release that supports Windows XP operating systems. Lexmark follows Microsoft Products Support Lifecycle Policy in providing software support for Windows operating systems. For more information on Microsoft Products Support Lifecycle Policy, go to http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselect.

Upgrade considerations

v2.7.1.0 release notes (April 2014)

Note:  This driver has removed a language monitor component that made these functions possible:

• Coordination of status requests which ensured requests did not interfere with the printer.
• True End?of?Job support.

Upgrade considerations

v2.6.1.0 release notes (February 2014)

Fixes and improvements

• Addressed various issues by removing the language monitor component. No other code changes have been included in this release. It is the same as 2.6.0.0 but the language monitor has been removed."
• A language monitor is an optional print driver component that provides extra functionality. In Lexmark Universal Print Driver, the language monitor provides the following functions:
• It coordinates status requests to the printer to ensure that these requests do not interfere with the printer.
• It provides True End?of?Job support.
• These functions are required for status monitor applications, such as the Lexmark Status Messenger and the Lexmark Printer Management Agent.

Note:  If you are not using status monitor applications, then you can upgrade to UPD 2.6.1.0. If you are using status monitor applications, then use only UPD 2.6.0.0.

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v2.6.0.0 release notes (August 2013)

Fixes and improvements

• Bi-directional communication optimizations to improve connection performance in Point and Print, Terminal Services and Citrix environments
• For languages that read from right-to-left, the readability of driver Message Boxes and Tool Tips has been improved.
• Improved Multipage Printing (N-up) capabilities for documents which contain mixed paper sizes or mixed media types
• For example, if N-up is selected and a mixed media size or mixed media type is specified in the driver, then the document will get printed using the media size and media type of the first page of the document.
• Fix for end-users that elect to not use the Lexmark Print Processor; the driver features that depend on it will be disabled.
• Various issues addressed with custom staple setting with Office 2010
• Various issues addressed with printable area when using A4 paper

New product support:

• MS310 Series
• MS410 Series
• XC2132 Series
• MX6500e scanner-equipped printers

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v2.x.5 release notes (October 2012)

New functionality

• Added Arabic language support, which includes right-to-left reading order support for booklet and N-Up.

Fixes and improvements

• New user interface for Printer Driver Configuration Utility
• Watermarks are automatically repositioned during rotation to ensure they appear on the page. Previously, rotation often caused watermarks to be clipped off.

Note:  A watermark that is too long to fit within the printable area will still be clipped.

• Addressed several problems with mixed paper sizes or mixed orientation for N-Up and booklet printing
• Release 2.x.4 addressed an issue where a significant amount of data could be cached in the registry by moving that data from the registry to the %allusersprofile% directory. Release 2.x.5 contains two improvements to this functionality:
• UPD 2.x.5 caches that data in the %allusersprofile%\Application Data directory. This supports restricted domain users on Windows XP, who may not have permission to write to the %allusersprofile% directory by default.
• If the user lacks write permission to the %allusersprofile%\ApplicationData directory, the driver will attempt to cache that information in the %AppData% directory. This is a user-specific directory.
• Improved install performance on Point and Print clients; previously, the client’s driver would query the printer for installed options even though the print server supplies a list of the options currently installed. That query has been removed and the client now relies on the information supplied by the print server.
• Addressed a PostScript UPD issue where scaling set by the application could be ignored by the driver
• Added support for additional finishing options and job accounting settings to the generic Universal Color Laser and Lexmark Mono Laser models.

Device compatibility

• Added driver support for the following new devices:
• Lexmark CS310 Series
• Lexmark CS410 Series
• Lexmark CS510 Series
• Lexmark CX310 Series
• Lexmark CX410 Series
• Lexmark CX510 Series
• Lexmark MS310 Series
• Lexmark MS410 Series
• Lexmark MS510 Series
• Lexmark MS610 Series
• Lexmark MS710 Series
• Lexmark MS810 Series
• Lexmark MX310 Series
• Lexmark MX410 Series
• Lexmark MX510 Series
• Lexmark MX610 Series
• Lexmark MX710 Series
• Lexmark MX810 Series

Known issues and workarounds

In environments where users do not have permission to write to either the %allusersprofile%\Application Data directory or the %AppData% directory, the UPD 2.x.5 drivers can show a slight delay when opening the Printing Preferences or when the queue is selected in the Print dialog of an application.

To work around this delay, you should copy the %allusersprofile%\Application Data\<driver name> directory from a print server to the corresponding location on the restricted client workstation. Windows logon scripts can be used to automate this process for ease of maintenance.

• Point and Print Environment
• Client PC issues:
• Possible delay opening Printer Properties.
• Possible delay opening Printer Preferences.
• Explanation:
• The client PC, unable to properly communicate with the printer to identify its printer model information, incorrectly identifies the printer as a Universal Color model.
• Because the server is reporting the original model, whenever Printer Properties or Printer Preferences is opened, the driver attempts to build the GDL data to define a Universal Color driver, and it is this rebuilding of GDL data that causes a delayed response.
• Please contact the Technical Support Center for a fix to this issue and please reference this article so that technical support representatives can report on the frequency of this issue.

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v2.x.4 release notes (April 2012)

New functionality

• Added automatic duplexer support for the Lexmark C540dw.
• Support for Citrix XenApp 6.5.

Fixes and improvements

• Addressed an issue where a significant amount of data could be stored in the Windows Registry; see this article for more details.
• Addressed issue with Printing Preferences being slow to open on clients in a Point-and-Print environment.
• Addressed issue where Microsoft Office mail merge feature was disabling Print and Hold functionality
• Addressed additional instances during driver installation and queue creation when a Windows Session 0 activity might trigger the Interactive Services Detection
• Running multiple self-extracting install packages is now supported properly.
• The asterisk (*) character is now supported in a fax dialing prefix.
• Addressed behavior with USB-attached printers which caused the following issues - when trying to undock a laptop the request was denied; when the printer is disconnected CPU usage goes up; problems communicating after the PC resumes from Sleep mode.
• PCL XL only: Improved print quality when drawing certain types of complex curves, which were drawn too light in UPD v2 previously.
• Addressed issue where custom Lexmark tabs on Printing Properties were sometimes unavailable after installation on a Windows Server 2008 R2 cluster until a failover occurred.
• Addressed an issue in which the printer’s IP address changed and the driver did not always update properly, resulting in a loss of communication.

Device compatibility

• Added support for Lexmark C740 Series
• Added support for Lexmark X740 Series

Known issues and workaround

v2.x.3 release notes (December 2011)

New functionality

• Added support for new color inkjet printers
• Added support for paper sizes and borderless paper sizes allowed by the added printer models

Fixes and improvements

• Improved handling for Job Cancellation. Previous to this, the following issues could occur - cancelled print jobs may not clear the queue; print jobs may reports a status of ‘deleting’ indefinitely; print jobs may print again when the printer server or spooler service is restarted.
• Addressed issues with garbage characters printed over USB
• Improved reliability when creating a print queue using a profile from the Configuration Utility

Device compatibility

Added support for the following color inkjet printers:

• Pro710 Series
• Pro910 Series
• Pro4000 Series
• Pro5500 Series
• ProS310 Series
• ProS410 Series
• ProS510 Series

Known issues and workarounds

UPD 2.x.3 and earlier can store a large volume of data in the Windows Registry under certain circumstances. See this article for more details.

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v2.x.2 release notes

Version 2.x.2 of the UPD was an interim release and is not generally available. Customers using 2.x.2 are encouraged to upgrade to a newer release.

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v2.x.1 release notes (September 2011)

New functionality

• Look and feel of driver and driver components.
• Printing Preferences and Printer Properties dynamically adapts to display driver settings (characteristics) that correspond to the options and peripherals detected (or selected) by the print driver.
• New administrative controls:
• New configuration utility—
• Gives administrators the ability to control Printing Preferences settings.
• Configures settings before or after driver installation.
• New Installer feature creates a self-extracting install package.
• New design allows driver to work side by side with previously installed UPD versions. Why? This gives the administrators or end users the ability of having UPD version 2 coexist with previous versions.

Note:  To upgrade to UPD version 2, all previous versions should be uninstalled before installing the new version.

• New level of Microsoft printing architecture redistributable files, version 7600.20630
• Job accounting feature with X792, X925 and all other new devices
• Plug and Play support for current and future devices
• Client-side rendering is used by default where possible for Point and Print.
• “Generate PostScript in driver” replaces “Disable PostScript passthrough”.
• “Reverse page order” replaces “Print last page first”.
• New “Use full printable area” enables printing as close to the edge as the printer allows. This is located under the Paper/Finishing tab.
• Metafile spooling control is added to the PostScript driver.
• Automatic mode chooses RAW format whenever possible for improved performance.
• Universal size has been standardized to be 8.5"x14.17" across all datastreams.

Fixes and improvements

• Language emulation specific symptoms fixed by UPD v2.x.1
• PCL XL
• Windows XP 32-bit – Manual Duplex not working when duplex job initiated from the application.
• Watermark is printing under the document when intensity level is < 100.
• Setting change for TrueType fonts to print as outlines (previously bitmaps)
• PCL 5(e)
• GL/2 – Incorrect output for printer at both 1200 dpi and 600 dpi resolutions
• No difference in opacity (transparency) level of watermarks when printing N-up (sides per page)
• PCL (non-emulation specific)
• Booklet with "Maintain Letter/A4" is asking for "Letter/A4" for Corel presentation docs.
• Landscape page printing upside down when booklet with cover option is selected.
• Landscape page is printing upside down for Booklet of *.wpd files.
• The application watermark of document "Smart Art Test Document Original" is not printing.
• Discrepancy for Envelope paper size strings in General tab
• PostScript
• Wrong operator panel prompt for any Envelope job from Envelope feeder in multiple input options
• Incorrect Watermark positions regardless of portrait and landscape orientation
• Incorrect Watermark position for Booklet printing regardless of portrait or landscape orientation
• Point and Print: Default settings of fonts are wrong in Windows Vista client machines and Windows Server (2003)
• Discrepancy for Envelope paper size strings in General tab
• Additional items
• When printing booklets with Corel Word Perfect, the printer asks for A4/letter regardless of application setting.
• Clipping issue observed for booklet printing
• Black patches overlap in the booklet for "Letter" with "Maintain original page size on booklet"
• Printer prompts to "Load Letter" instead of custom paper size.
• Job Accounting commands missing for when maximum character limit is input.
• Document (*.doc) is not printing if job given as 4-up, 6-up, 9-up, 16-up for N-up values.
• Print job flushed with this combination of settings: Custom paper; Fit to paper size; Restricted user
• Pattern missing from *.pmd document
• Page order is not correct for duplex job with print last page first.
• Background is not printing properly in *.cdr.
• Profile created with a name like c:\fgh does not work and cannot be deleted.
• Changing Custom Names via EWS (webpage) does not reflect on Paper Type drop-down via Ask printer.
• Paper size: Envelope C5/A6 changes to Letter while 'Fit to paper: Letter' and Duplex is selected.
• Newly created Watermarks are not propagating to clients in a Point and Print server-client environment.
• Change "Lettre" to "Letter" in French PPD to make Letter appear as default on French/Canada OS.
• Paper available under General tab only shows one supported paper.
• Server created "Saved settings" are not transferred to the client machines.
• Under Printing Preferences > Paper tab not retaining Paper size: Envelope (NLS: Romania)
• Special character not retaining in non-print time cover page > name field (Print time OK).
• Officio paper size is not retained on the driver (NLS:Romania).
• Watermark is not working properly for a document mixture of portrait+landscape.

Known issues and workaround

v2.x.0 release notes

Version 2.x.0 of the UPD was a Beta release and is not generally available. Customers using 2.x.0 are encouraged to upgrade to a newer release.

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v1.6.2 release notes (December 2010)

Fixes and improvements

• Change to detect terminal services ports and eliminate session-zero pop-ups in terminal services / Citrix environments
• Crash observed in LMUD05C64Z!CreateFontList while creating print queues
• LMUD054A.DLL memory leak and double prints with app verifier
• SetPSOptionsforFormtoTray() memory leak
• HKEY leak reported in hrOEMDevicePropertySheets() function
• PCL XL driver crashing Explorer on clicking Factory Defaults a number of times
• Watermark printed on all pages of document though first page only selected from driver
• Outlook crash when printing after updating the UPD PS driver to 1.5.2.7 and 1.5.2.10
• Explorer crash when updating from UPD 1.6 to UPD 1.6.1 PS driver
• MS Word frame object prints bold instead of regular weight

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