Ricoh PCL6 V4 Driver for Universal Print what are your thoughts?

[aviso66]

Hi what are your thoughts on this printer driver PCL6 V4 Driver for Universal Print for Ricoh?
i tried it before one one printer and it prints out funny texts.

[rthonpm]

Unless you have a real use case for v4 drivers, stick with the traditional type 3 driver.

Type 4 drivers only support Windows, if you use them on a server they do not download to the client like a Type 3 driver would. If the client has the driver installed, it will use it; otherwise it uses a generic point and print driver, which can give you some odd output depending on the file type. Any shared print queue using a Type 4 driver cannot be used by another OS so any Macs, Linux, or mobile devices using the queue won't be able to access the printer.

In theory, Type 4 drivers are a great idea: processor independent, able to be directly embedded into an application, and able to work outside of the the general print spooler. In reality, they're more trouble than worth.

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[green4go]

V4 drivers of any brand is slow and glitchy.

[Dreama]

"...If the user connects to a V4 shared printer queue, the corresponding V4 driver from the local driver store on the client is installed or downloaded from Windows update. If no driver is available, the so called “Microsoft enhanced “Point and Print driver” is used..." from here - The New Microsoft V4 Printer Driver Model: What Admins Need to Know

Brand irrelevant - if you can install the correct specific driver then that is the best thing to do.