How-to for custom universal printer driver

Need to make a customized print driver, one time only. Not going to make a career out of this.
Is there a simple, step-by-step how-to for that anywhere?
(I've seen the 220+ page "guide", and that is not what I'm after. Way too many words for my ADD brain.)
Thanks very much.
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OK, Windows XP may not be quite as flexible in controlling what a determined user could do, but I would suggest the following:
Download and install two drivers, the Laserjet Enterprise 500 color M551 Printer series driver and the HP Universal Print Driver for Windows PCL5. After the printers are installed you can rename and customize them. I would suggest calling the universal driver one "Black Printing" or some such. Click Start, Control Panel, Printers and Faxes, right click on the HP Universal Printing PCL5, Properties, General, rename the printer to suit, Apply, click the Device Settings tab, scroll down near the bottom to Color Printing Mode and set this to Off, Apply, click the General tab, Printing Preferences, chooese the appropriate default print settings (it may be desireable for this printer to select Economode in the Paper/Quality tab), OK.
Similarily set the appropriate name and settings for the Laserjet 500 Color M551 version.
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