HP Color LaserJet printer prints only in grayscale or in black-and-white on your Windows 2000 SP4-based computer (830490)

CAUSE

This problem occurs when both of the following conditions are true:

You have Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) installed.
You recently installed a non-HP printer driver.

When you install a non-HP printer driver, Windows 2000 SP4 replaces the Unidriver files that were installed by the HP driver installation with an older version of these files. These older version Unidriver files do not provide color support for HP Color LaserJet printers. They also do not support other advanced printing features that the HP Unidriver files do support.

RESOLUTION

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites are required.

Restart requirement

You must restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

Date           Time     Version              Size  File name
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21-Jun-2004    14:56    5.0.2195.6951      46,352  Basesrv.dll 
21-Sep-2003    00:45    5.0.2195.6824     236,304  Cmd.exe 
21-Jun-2004    14:56    0.2.0.1           138,000  Faxui.dll 
21-Jun-2004    14:56    5.0.2195.6945     231,184  Gdi32.dll 
21-Jun-2004    14:56    5.0.2195.6946     712,464  Kernel32.dll 
21-Jun-2004    14:56    5.0.2195.6950     256,272  Localspl.dll 
21-Jun-2004    14:56    5.0.2195.6898      37,136  Mf3216.dll 
21-Jun-2004    14:56    5.0.2195.6824      54,544  Mpr.dll 
21-Jun-2004    14:56    5.0.2195.6928     335,120  Msgina.dll 
24-Mar-2004    02:17    5.0.2195.6892      90,264  Rdpwd.sys 
16-May-2004    19:43    5.0.2195.6928   5,873,664  Sp3res.dll 
21-Jun-2004    14:56    5.0.2195.6876      80,144  Spoolss.dll 
03-May-2004    22:07    5.0.2195.6924      45,840  Spoolsv.exe 
24-Mar-2004    02:17    5.0.2195.6897     403,216  User32.dll 
05-Aug-2003    22:14    5.0.2195.6794     385,808  Userenv.dll 
21-Jun-2004    14:56    5.0.2195.6924      88,336  Win32spl.dll 
12-May-2004    23:45    5.0.2195.6922     182,544  Winlogon.exe 
21-Jun-2004    14:56    5.0.2195.6946     244,496  Winsrv.dll 
09-Jun-2004    23:40    5.0.2195.6951   1,631,472  Win32k.sys  
25-Jun-2004    00:08                       13,600  Kb830490.cat

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how hotfix packages are named, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

816915 New file naming schema for Microsoft Windows software update packages

For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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