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If the driver persistently fails to initialize then the printer created
can still be used, but when clients connect to that printer they
will be prompted to install the driver files for that driver locally.
The end user will be required to provide driver files for a driver
whose name matches the name of the driver associated with the
printer on the PSA.
Note: Having Windows 2000/XP versions and NT versions of drivers with
the same names installed on a PSA can result in the loss of printer
settings and functionality (e.g., inability to print in landscape mode or
loss of watermarks). To eliminate this risk of lost printer functionality,
HP recommends two workarounds:
1. Install and distribute only NT printer drivers on the PSA for all of
the NT, 2K, and XP clients; or
2. If print shares for both driver versions are required, create a
separate share for each driver type on separate PSAs. This only
affects NT and 2K/XP printer drivers and not 9X drivers. 9X
drivers can still be installed along with NT or 2000/XP drivers.
For more information, please refer to the white papers on client
migration from NT to 2K/XP clients (http://www.hp.com/go/
psa_whitepapers).
To initialize or reset drivers that are already installed on the PSA,
highlight the driver and click Initialize.
Client side rendering
Client side rendering (CSR) is a process built into a new architecture of
printer drivers for 2K and XP clients called Unidriver. If the printer driver
you are installing is a Unidriver and you are having problems with any if
the following advanced printing features then use the CSR version of the
printer driver to see if it resolves your printing problems.
● N-up (printing multiple pages in a reduced format on one page)
● booklet style (format the print job into a printed booklet)
● watermark (print a watermark on each page of the document)
● ZoomSmart (scales a letter-sized/A4 document or poster to
tabloid/A3, or vice versa)
● back-to-front (prints the document in reverse order)
● rotate 180 degrees (rotates the document layout but not the
paper)
To see client side rendering drivers, select this option.
Note: Print queues using the CSR driver are not compatible with NT
clients.