| All comments about hpzipm12.exe: |
 | Annoyingly you have a pop-up as I open up my computer with he message"unable to find driver.I don't want this!! |
 Bill Tolson | HP PSC software uses it. May support Printer Management or Physical Markup Language See also: Link |
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| spencer | part of the hp printer files |
| tex | Driver for PSC multifunction printers. Prevents XP from hibernating. |
| Garth Wayne Gairrett | Hewlett-Packard printer driver |
| teknuhdyne | Make sure you Do your HP Updates, it will be a pain on dialup though! Any Errors Can be fixed via updates |
| | Wird mit HP Druckertreiber installiert |
| grdtatman | annoying usage of the cpu 96-99%, doesn't hurt to end the process. |
| shane | i to have had a problem hibernating with hp printer connected |
| billinoi | printer driver it looks for the printer to see if it is active or not, most common for the psc printers like the ones that are use as scanner and like mine a photo printer which can also read mem cards |
 puzz | this file was in my windows system files. i got rid of it and i can still print fine with an HP 7450 printer |
 | hogs the CPU, very annoying. |
| | HP Printer driver |
| Anthony | It wont stay away. I end the process, then a couple minutes later it pops back up. Same with the spoolsv.exe. |
| | I have a HP printer. Probable safe. |
| | When I start the PC, "unable to open it" pops up. I just click on OK. So far no problems. |
| ME | This is more than likely spyware... considering every device these days comes with software that seems to record EVERYTHING you do... something to that effect. It seems to me that when you buy a PC product it should contain an area on the outside of the box (or in the advertisement) exactly what the software contains, so you know, as a buyer, if you want these files on your PC. It's getting really bad with the way companies want to know your every liking... it's bad enough that we pay outrageous amounts for these products; then for the company to want to trash our PC's with garbage files... |
| Mark | It has a memory leak consuming ~25k every 2-3 seconds. |
| andyl60640 | processlibrary.com says it is "essential" |
| Shadowfax | Dont Start Auto, as above, hogs RAM & CPU, WHY is it running when not using HP device |
| snapfish | Hp Printer driver monitoring tool. does not cause any problems |
| MoToR Dave | annoying service that can stop USB disconnects, just disable it in services...leave the file...it's harmless! |
| Oscar García | It's HP printer drive |
| Paul | near as I can tell it has to do with service management and it will determine whether or not your hp director will recognize your printer or scanner. correct me if I am wrong |
| | used for HP printer; remains after uninstalling HP printer software; |
| smeagol | i agree that it hogs the cpu, and that is so annoying. I removed it and everything seems to work fine, so... |
| Targon | HPZipm12 is associated with the PML Driver service that is needed by HP multi-function printers. This is the service that handles bi-directional communication between the printer and computer, and without it, the HP Director, Scanning, and other functions will not be able to operate. If you find this process takes a lot of CPU power, you may have a fake version installed, or you may have some spyware that has infected your computer since it does NOT draw much CPU usage. |
| Randall | This file doesn't use CPU cycles and if it does then you have something else wrong. It's part of the HP print driver Leave it alone. |
| Deede | HP in general should stop making printers, its all bull |
| Tim | Doesn't hog the CPU at all. Closer to 0% cpu usage then 1%. However, it does use over a meg of ram. Not a huge amound but I like my ram free. |
| Don | Have this on multiple PCs, some have problems with it using 99% CPU every 2 weeks or so, despite nightly reboot, while other PCs do not have any problem with it. Ending task is OK, looks like it restarts itself but at a reasonable CPU% |
| Jan | hp printer driver - also hogs cpu on my pc often - more of the hp driver files show annoying behaviour |
| | HP Universal Printer Driver (PCL5) |
| | HP driver file |
| cyberwarrior | This is a driver HP printers |
| spidergod | Hp Printer Device/Driver, Not Dangerous |
| Henk | This process contact to a server in Washington DC, everytime I start the printer, so it does more then just connecting to ypur printer. |
| SK Romanecko | It is using 1.7 MB RAM on my notebook but I don`t have any HP device so I think it can be (but not to be) spyware or trojan... |
 MINI ME | Just letting every1 know this is a TYPE of driver for the hewlatt package thing! (PRINTER)! IF u uninstall the printer driver and software it doesnt unistall HALF of it! Same as MacAffee (uninstall i get rid of half the rpogramme) |
| derek | It's definitely HP printer drive |
| Rich | I don't even have an HP printer and this file showed up. WTF |
| John | Interferes with administration modification of services. See also: Link |
| Mike | This is "The Printer Management Language (PML) service ( HPZ12 or PML driver HPZ12)" |
| HP sucks | it is a process associated with HP multitasking printers, it should be harmless, However, our personal information has become priceless to companies looking to advertise directly to you, SO HP started a program called costumer participation and unfortunately they started to embed trackers in ALL their software, In my opinion they have become obsessed with personal information gathering and so, they started include so much additional garbage attached to their drivers that many IT professionals have completely erased HP from their purchase lists. |
| Neil | Installed by the HP instalation package with a HP Multifunction Prin Scan & Copy. Will still work when set to Manual Start. |
| Tricky | It's occasionally been a very "busy" process -- and, I first noticed it when my HP printer was OFF. It was using anywhere from 5-50% CPU, and was running Page Faults like mad (PF delta 20,000 per tick). HP needs to fix this driver -- there's no reason to use that much CPU. |
| Glenn Brett | The file is shown as "Pml Driver HPZ12" in the services list on my Windows XP SP2 os. |
| BIG B | I just ended the process on my cp and both my printers work fine. (HP deskjet 5850 & HP Photosmart D5145) Thanx for the info. |
| taj | Like with all my annoying little programs, I find the file, rename it with an "x" prefix, then put the file in a special folder containing all the other annoying little executables. If I run into a problem, I'll put the file back in its proper place without the "x" prefix. Example: xHPZipm.exe. Works every time. I've got a slew of executables isolated like this. |
| | Any driver with this many problems reported means do not buy the device it is associated with. I returned my HP all in one printer because I don't want to deal with this crap. |
| Elliot | not of any danger but a unneeded process wastes cpu |
| Terry | HP uses the service to communicate with your printer over the internet. If your almost out of ink, for example, it will let you know ahead of time. If the printer needs to be serviced soon, it will tell you. You don't need it. After I changed printers and uninstalled HP drivers, the service remained. I had to use hihackthis to remove it. |
| AmarU_ | HP driver |
| xeria | tarttyp deaktiviert und klicken Übernehmen und OK. Starten Sie nun den Computer neu. Nun wiederholen Sie den Vorgang und wählen als Starttyp manuell. Klicken Sie nun Übernehmen und danach auf Starten unter Dienststatus. Nun sollte der Fehler nicht mehr auftreten. |
| Anthony Stanton | Part of the processes installed when you set up your HP printer. Not a threat or memory hog. |
| Jeff Hyder | It installs with the latest non networked version of the HP drivers for in my case the 8250 Photosmart printer. |
| *JS* | Needed for HP All-In-One Products... See Tims' comment above for RAM and CPU usage... follow link for more info and fix for those of you getting the error message on startup. See also: Link |
| Blue_Beaver | Used for an HP device (located in c:\Program Files\HP\) |
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