Driver feature comparison in various operating systems
The following tables detail the software features available for each driver type and for each supported operating system that the HP Color LaserJet 9500 series printers support. The printing system driver for Windows 2000,
Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 is the new HP unidriver, with a user interface look and feel that is consistent across the PCL 5c, PCL 6, and PS drivers. The printing-system drivers for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, and Windows NT 4.0 are the HP traditional PCL 6 and PCL 5c drivers and the HP traditional PS driver.
Job stream output
Table 27: Driver support for job stream output feature
Operating system
Driver type
Driver
PCL 6 support
PCL 5c support
PCL 6 passthrough support
PS 3
PS 2
UTF-8 encoding for PJL
Windows XP
1
(32-bit),
Windows 2000
X
HP unidriver
PCL 6 PCL 5c PS
X
X
X X
X
X
X
X
HP traditional driver
PCL 6 PCL 5c PS
X
X
X
Windows NT 4.0
X
X
1- This information also applies to Windows Server 2003.
Windows 95, 98, Me
X
HP traditional driver
PCL 6 PCL 5c PS
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Mac
Mac
PS
Stream output modes
Table 28: Driver support for stream output modes feature
Operating system
Driver
RAW output
MS EMF output X
EPS
X
Windows XP
1
(32-bit),
Windows 2000
PCL 6 PCL 5c PS
X
X
X
X
X
Windows NT 4.0
X
PCL 6 PCL 5c
X
X
PS
1- This information also applies to Windows Server 2003.
X
Windows 95, 98, Me
PCL 6 PCL 5c
X
PS
X X
Mac
PS
Connectivity
Table 29: Driver support for connectivity features
Operating system
Driver
Parallel
Network
USB
Windows XP
1
(32-bit), Windows
Windows NT 4.0
Windows 95 Windows 98, Me Mac
X
X
2000
PCL 6 PCL 5c PS PCL 6 PCL 5c PS PCL 6 PCL 5c PS PCL 6 PCL 5c PS PS
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
1- This information also applies to Windows Server 2003.
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