The best solution lies somewhere in the middle, where one easy to use interface supports a majority of the OEM devices and third part devices. In practice, universal print driver can range from proprietary software that can unify a majority of one brand of print devices, to complex software programs that require so much custom configuring that they require more work than they claim to save. However, in the real world, this one-size-fits-all claim falls short of the mark.
1 WHITE PAPER Introduction What is a Universal Print Driver? Ideally, a universal print driver is a software program that allows any computer-user to print to any device, without the usual specialized custom one-driver per device restrictions.