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    If HP is only offering the Universal driver, it indicates that the printer is considered "end of life" and only basic functionality common with current supported printers will be supported. If the Universal driver doesn't work for you, your only choice, functionally, is to replace the printer with a newer, supported model.
    – Jeff Zeitlin
    Commented Jul 18, 2023 at 15:54
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    Connect the printer directly (not thru network) to a Windows 10 computer and let Windows install the correct driver for you.
    – harrymc
    Commented Jul 18, 2023 at 16:24
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    The Universal USB driver "doesn't contain a compatible software driver for your device".
    – Parker
    Commented Jul 18, 2023 at 17:17
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    @Mokubai The Universal Driver for Windows 10 no longer contains a PCL5 driver.
    – Parker
    Commented Jul 18, 2023 at 17:18
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    In that case it's sometimes possible to transfer the driver by sharing it. Either share the printer from the source to the target machine then manually add the printer again to the target machine, or manually add the printer to the target machine with a generic driver, share it to the source machine, and then use the source machine to change it to the correct driver.
    – Neil
    Commented Jul 20, 2023 at 6:47