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- RELEASE NOTES for HP's PrintSmart for Windows Printer Driver,
- Version 7.0a
- =============================================================
- This document contains the latest information about
- HP's PrintSmart for Windows Printer Driver that supplements
- the online help.
-
- CONTENTS:
-
- 1. Printer Software Installation
-
- 2. Printing with the Infrared Adapter (DeskJet 340 only)
-
- 3. Problems With Specific Software Programs
-
- 4. Other Known Problems
-
- 5. Print Regions and Margins
-
- 6. Acknowledgments
-
-
- ===============================================================
- 1. Printer Software Installation
- ===============================================================
-
- NOTE: The HP's PrintSmart for Windows Printer Driver works
- with Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Windows 95.
-
-
- Upgrading from a Previous Driver
- --------------------------------
- For Windows 3.1 users upgrading from HP's PrintSmart for Windows
- Printer Driver Version 7.0 in a non-US version, UNINSTALL this
- version if you encounter a system error while installing disk 2
- of Version 7.0a. Refer to the section on UnInstalling
- HP's PrintSmart for Windows.
-
- For Windows 95 users upgrading from the HP DeskJet 310, 320 drivers
- shipped with Windows 95 or HP's PrintSmart for Windows Driver
- Version 7.0 in a non-US version, delete the previously installed
- printer icons from the printers folder, then use "ADD PRINTERS" as
- described in the section Installing through the Control Panel.
- Do not use the "New Driver" option in the Printer Properties
- dialog to perform the upgrade.
-
-
- Installing through the Control Panel
- ------------------------------------
- The HP's PrintSmart for Windows Printer Driver cannot be installed
- through the Control Panel for Windows 3.1. Use the "setup.exe"
- program on the disk that came with your printer (from the Program
- Manager, select File, Run..., then type a:\setup).
-
- To install this printing system on Windows 95, go to the Control
- Panel, select "Add Printers". Follow the instructions on the
- computer screen to complete the installation.
-
-
- Installing the DJPMenu
- ----------------------
- To run DJPMenu, run INSTALL.BAT from the printer
- software Installation Disk (type a:, then type install.bat),
- then type c:\deskjet\djpmenu.
-
-
- UnInstalling HP's PrintSmart for Windows
- ----------------------------------------
- For Windows 3.1 users, run "setup /u" from the disk that came
- with your printer (from the program manager, select File, Run...
- then type a:\setup /u).
-
- For Windows 95 users, delete the printer from the Printers folder.
- You may also wish to remove the "HP DeskJet 300 Series" or
- "HP DeskJet 400 Series" program group from your Programs menu.
-
-
- ================================================================
- 2. Printing with the Infrared Adapter (DeskJet 340 only)
- ================================================================
- In order to print to the HP DeskJet 340 Printer using the Infrared
- Adapter, you must have IrDA-compliant software with printing
- feature installed on your system. If you do not have this software,
- contact your notebook PC manufacturer.
-
- Select the port that is configured for infrared printing on your
- system. If your system provides both an LPT port and a COM port
- for infrared printing, then select the COM port.
-
- For Windows 95 users, use the Windows 95 infrared driver from
- Microsoft. Select the COM port described as "Virtual Infrared
- COM Port".
-
-
- ===============================================================
- 3. Problems With Specific Software Programs
- ===============================================================
- At the time HP's PrintSmart for Windows Printer Driver was
- released, the following known software program limitations existed:
-
- Corel Draw 5.0 (Corel)
- ----------------------
- Scanned-in images are printed out as composite black pictures.
- To resolve this, double click on HPWCNFIG.EXE in the Windows
- system directory and turn off Jumbo Technology.
-
- Excel 4.0 (Microsoft)
- ---------------------
- After cancelling a print job, an error message may be displayed.
- Click OK to return to the software program. This is fixed in
- version 5.0.
-
- Some paths to the driver dialogs do not work correctly and settings
- are not retained. Use the following path to reach a printer setup
- that works:
-
- For version 4.0: File, Page Setup, Printer Setup, Setup
- For version 5.0: File, Page Setup, Options
- This is fixed in version 7.0.
-
- Documents formatted for printers other than HP DeskJet printers may
- shrink when printed. Changing print settings has no effect.
- This is fixed in version 5.0.
-
- Freelance 2.x (Lotus)
- ---------------------
- Doing a gradient fill pattern within a non-rectangular object (for
- example, a triangle) will print incorrectly. If you must do this,
- then disable "Rectangle Capability" from the HPWCNFIG.EXE program.
- HPWCNFIG.EXE is in the windows system directory.
-
- Pagemaker 5.0 (Adobe)
- ---------------------
- With the Print Manager turned off in Windows 95, or in Windows 3.1,
- if an error message appears during printing, then exit PageMaker
- after the print job is complete to correctly restore the display.
-
- Color pattern fills do not always print with the correct pattern.
-
- Some documents created in PageMaker 4.0 may not print correctly in
- PageMaker 5.0.
-
- PowerPoint 4.0 (Microsoft)
- --------------------------
- Doing a gradient fill pattern within a non-rectangular object (for
- example, a triangle) will print incorrectly. If you must do this,
- then disable "Rectangle Capability" from the HPWCNFIG.EXE program.
- HPWCNFIG.EXE is in the windows system directory.
-
- PowerPoint 7.0 (Microsoft)
- --------------------------
- Print jobs are not shown in the spooler. To cancel a job, go to
- the DeskJet Status Monitor.
-
- Printshop Deluxe 1.0 (Broderbund)
- ---------------------------------
- Objects that go outside the print region are clipped. The program
- does not provide a means of adjusting the bottom margin of the
- document to fit within the limits of the printer driver's margin
- settings. This problem is fixed in version 2.0.
-
- If a paper size other than Letter is selected in the printer driver
- when a document is sent to print, a message may display asking the
- user to select either Portrait or Landscape orientation. The
- selection has no effect on how the document is printed.
-
- Publisher 1.0 (Microsoft)
- -------------------------
- You cannot change the HP's PrintSmart for Windows Printer Driver
- settings from Microsoft Publisher 1.0. You must change them through
- the Control Panel.
-
- If you are printing cards and images do not print, check the
- "MS Publisher" checkbox in the HPWCNFIG.EXE program.
- This program is located in the windows system directory.
-
- Publisher 2.0 (Microsoft)
- -------------------------
- Information at the bottom of a page may be clipped. Increase the
- bottom margin of your page. See the user's guide for print region
- specifications.
-
- Word For Windows, Versions 6.0 and earlier (Microsoft)
- ------------------------------------------------------
- Edges of italic characters may be clipped in version 2.0.
- This problem is fixed in version 6.0.
-
- If the 'copies' setting is changed in the ColorSmart dialog box for
- a document, the change will not happen for that print job, however,
- the change will happen when the next document is sent to print. This
- problem is fixed in version 7.0.
-
- When printing to a file, the path and filename must be shorter than
- 30 characters. Otherwise, the file that is created will be empty.
-
- WordPerfect 6.0 (Novell Corporation)
- ------------------------------------
- WordPerfect reads the minimum print margins only when it is first
- started. These margins are determined by the paper size and
- orientation settings in the driver. If you are unable to set the
- margins to the minimum values for the printer, exit WordPerfect and
- make sure that the correct paper size and orientation settings are
- set in the driver through the Windows Control Panel. Then restart
- WordPerfect. This problem has been fixed in version 6.0a. Contact
- WordPerfect for upgrade information.
-
- Works 2.0A, 3.0, 3.1 (Microsoft)
- --------------------------------
- Charts print incorrectly when the Automatic ColorSmart option is
- selected.
-
- Write 3.1 (Microsoft)
- ---------------------
- When printing envelopes, the left and right margins are switched
- with each other. If clipping occurs when printing envelopes,
- switch the left and right margin settings.
-
- Microsoft Plus! (Microsoft)
- ---------------------------
- Selecting a pop-up menu during printing may cause the message
- "Printer Not Responding" to appear intermittently. This happens
- if the Menu Popup sound event is enabled using Microsoft Plus!.
- To resolve this, disable this sound event in the Control Panel.
-
-
- ===============================================================
- 4. Other Known Problems
- ===============================================================
-
- DOS Printing
- ------------
- If you encounter problems printing from a DOS box, check that
- "Virtual Memory" is enabled in the Control Panel. If the problem
- persists,then disable "DOS Spooling" from the HPWCNFIG.EXE program.
- HPWCNFIG.EXE is in the windows system directory.
-
- DOS Redirection in Windows 95
- -----------------------------
- Upon installation of the driver in Windows 95, redirection of DOS
- box printing is not activated. To enable DOS box printing
- redirection, an immediate reboot of the system is recommended.
-
- Point-n-Print Feature
- -----------------------
- The point-n-print feature will work the first time you use it
- after installing the driver but may get deactivated. It is
- recommended that you reboot the computer system at least once
- after installation for this feature to be fully implemented.
-
- Windows 95 Spooler
- ------------------
- The default Spool data format is 'EMF'. If you select 'RAW', this
- is equivalent to disabling spooling. The HP's PrintSmart for
- Windows Printer Driver cannot spool RAW data.
-
- The page progress for print jobs shown in the spooler always
- indicates the current printing page as 0. However, the correct
- page number is displayed in the DeskJet Status Monitor, and the
- jobs will still print as normal.
-
- Windows for Workgroups Network Printing
- ---------------------------------------
- Sharing printers from a Windows for Workgroups machine is not
- supported. (This is NOT a network printer.)If you must do this,
- then ensure that the server machine is not being used for printing
- while network jobs are being sent to the printer. This limitation
- does not exist with Windows 95.
-
- Windows 95 Friendly Printer Names
- ---------------------------------
- To install more than one friendly printer name for a single
- printer, select Add Printer, and when asked to select a printer,
- click on 'HP'. Then scroll to the bottom of the 'Printers' list
- to locate the printer.
-
-
- ================================================================
- 5. Print Regions and Margins
- ================================================================
- The minimum top margin using the HP's PrintSmart for Windows Printer
- Driver is 1/3 inch. The bottom margin for the HP DeskJet 340 Printer
- is 1/2 inch and that for the HP DeskJet 400 Printer is 2/3 inch.
-
- Note: The printable area on a page using the HP DeskJet printer
- software differs from the printable area allowed by DOS software
- programs.
-
-
- ===============================================================
- 6. Acknowledgments
- ===============================================================
- Aldus is a trademark of Aldus Corporation in the U.S. and other
- countries.
- Corel is a registered trademark of Corel Corporation Limited.
- Lotus(R) is a U.S. registered trademark of Lotus Development
- Corporation.
- Microsoft is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
- PageMaker is a U.S. registered trademark of Adobe Corporation.
- WordPerfect is a U.S. registered trademark of Novell Corporation.
- Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
- All othe trademarks are owned by their respective companies.
-