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┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ DJPMENU.EXE │ ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ (c) Copyright Hewlett-Packard Company, 1995 │ │ All Rights Reserved │ │ (Version 2.5) │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────────┐ │1.0 About DJPMenu │ └──────────────────┘ DJPMenu is a program that remotely changes settings on HP DeskJet Portable printers and HP DeskJet 300/400 Series printers for the DOS environment. It requires MS-DOS version 3.1 or later with 80 columns by 25 lines of text display (color or monochrome). In addition, DJPMenu requires a direct connection to the printer via the parallel port of your computer. It will not work through the serial port, or through any network, or if any print spooler (such as DOS PRINT) is installed. ┌────────────┐ │1.1 Services│ └────────────┘ DJPMenu provides the following services: o Power Mode Indication o Print Cartridge Identification o Battery Charging Status o Battery Level Indication o Printer Settings Indication/Modification for: ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │o Print Quality (only supports virtual setting)│ │o Orientation (only supports virtual setting)│ │o Font Size (only supports virtual setting)│ │o Paper Type (only supports virtual setting)│ │o Paper Size │ │o Paper Source │ │o Text Scale Mode │ │o Perforation Skip Mode │ │o Carriage Return Definition │ │o Character Set Selection │ │o Input Buffer Size │ │o Graphics Resolution │ │o Sleep Time │ │o Power Off Time │ │o Country Defaults │ │o SIR Packet Size │ │o SIR standards │ │o Quick Charge Battery Activation │ │o Discharge Battery Activation │ │o Character Set Printing │ │o Clean Print Cartridge │ │o Show Current Printer Settings │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ NOTE: Some of the settings are not available for certain printer models. Refer to the table at the end of this file. ┌──────────────────┐ │1.2 List of files │ └──────────────────┘ DJPMENU.EXE - DJPMenu program DJPMENU.TXT - this file RESOURCE - resource file FONTLIST.DAT - data file containing the internal font listing ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │1.3 Installation and Execution │ └───────────────────────────────┘ To install, insert the disk into drive A and type install. To run DJPMenu, change directory to C:\DESKJET and type DJPMENU at the DOS prompt. You can also specify an option for the printer port in the following format. DJPMENU /pX where X can be: 1 - LPT1, 2 - LPT2 or 3 - LPT3 DJPMenu will query the printer for the current settings and display them on the screen. To speed up the query process, use the command DJPMENU /tX where 'X' is a number from 1 to 33. X multiplied by 5ms represents the waiting time. For example: DJPMENU /p2 /t1 specifies the printer is connected to port 2 and 5ms waiting time for each query. ┌────────────┐ │2.0 Services│ └┬───────────┴───┐ │2.1 Power Mode │ └───────────────┘ o Battery A battery is present and in use. If a power adapter is connected, it is probably not turned on, not plugged into the AC outlet or the power connector to the printer is not inserted fully. o Power Adapter The power adapter is in use. If a battery is installed, it is not used to supply any power to the printer. ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │2.2 Print Cartridge Identification│ └──────────────────────────────────┘ o None No print cartridge is currently installed in the printer. o Black The black print cartridge is currently installed in the printer. o Color The color print cartridge is currently installed in the printer. o Unknown The print cartridge currently installed in the printer is not recognizable. It may be because the black print cartridge is not properly installed or you tried to use a print cartridge that is not supported by the printer. ┌───────────────────────────┐ │2.3 Battery Charging Status│ └───────────────────────────┘ o Not charging No battery is installed; or the power adapter is not connected; or power adapter is not turned on; or battery is fully charged. o Quick charging The printer is quick charging the battery. For an empty battery, this process will take about 6 hours or less. (see Quick Charge Battery Activation). o Discharging The battery is being discharged. The discharging process can be activated by DJPMenu. o Normal Charging The printer is charging the battery. For an empty battery, this process will take about 10 hours. ┌────────────────────────────┐ │2.4 Battery Level Indication│ └────────────────────────────┘ The battery gauge will only be displayed if the battery is installed and its state is known. ┌────────────────────┐ │2.5 Printer Settings│ └────────────────────┘ Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to move to the printer setting you want to change. Press the <ENTER> key to make your selection or the <ESC> key if you want to undo what you have changed. ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │2.6 Quick Charge Battery Activation│ └───────────────────────────────────┘ If a battery is installed and the power adapter is connected (and turned on), you can activate the quick charging process by pressing the F2 key. Caution: You must ensure that the battery is empty or near empty before starting quick charge to prevent any possible damage to the battery. ┌─────────────────┐ │3.0 Function Keys│ └┬────────────────┴─────────────────────────┐ │3.1 Dis/charge Battery Activation (F2-Key)│ └──────────────────────────────────────────┘ Discharge or quick charge the battery. If a battery is installed and the power adapter is not connected or is turned off, you can activate the discharge process by pressing the F2 key. The battery cannot be discharged if the power adapter is turned on. Note: Nickel-cadmium batteries lose their charge capacity if they have been recharged multiple times without being fully discharged. It is a good practice to fully discharge the battery and then charge it fully once a month to maintain its performance. If a battery is installed and the power adapter is connected, you can activate the quick battery charge by pressing this key. Refer to the section on 'Quick Charge Battery Activation' for more details. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │3.2 Character Chart Printing (F3-Key)│ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Print any of the following character sets. o PC-8 USA o HP Roman8 o PC-8 Denmark/Norway o UK o Germany o France o Italy o Norway o Sweden Names o Spain o ANSI ASCII o Portugal o PC-850 o ECMA-84 Latin 1 o HP Legal ┌───────────────────┐ │3.3 Reset (F4-Key) │ └───────────────────┘ Reset the printer settings to the factory default values. If a country default was previously selected, the country defaults override the corresponding factory default values. NOTE: For HP DeskJet Portable, HP DeskJet 310 and HP DeskJet 320, this option is not available. ┌──────────────────────┐ │3.4 Clean Pen (F5-Key)│ └──────────────────────┘ Clean the print cartridge only when you encounter problems with print quality. A test page will be printed (Letter or A4 size) while the pen is being cleaned. ┌──────────────────────────┐ │3.5 Show Settings (F6-Key)│ └──────────────────────────┘ Show the current settings of the printer. ┌──────────────────────┐ │3.6 Power Off (F7-Key)│ └──────────────────────┘ Switch off the printer. ┌─────────────────┐ │3.7 Exit (F8-Key)│ └─────────────────┘ Exit this program, press the F8 key. You will be asked whether you want to save the printer settings. ┌─────────────────────┐ │4.0 Printer Settings │ └┬─────────────────┬──┘ │4.1 Print Quality│ └─────────────────┘ Print quality controls the sharpness and clarity of the printed type. Draft quality prints faster and saves ink by using fewer dots to print the character. Use Letter quality for the best printouts. ┌───────────────┐ │4.2 Orientation│ └───────────────┘ Select portrait or landscape orientation. ┌─────────────┐ │4.3 Font Size│ └─────────────┘ Select the default font. 'Normal' prints text in 12-point Courier at 10cpi while 'Compressed' prints text in 12-point Courier at 16.67cpi. ┌──────────────┐ │4.4 Paper Size│ └──────────────┘ Select the paper size: US Letter, Legal, A4 and US Executive. ┌──────────────┐ │4.5 Paper Type│ └──────────────┘ Select the paper type: plain paper, transparency, glossy paper and premium inkjet paper. ┌────────────────┐ │4.6 Paper Source│ └────────────────┘ Select automatic loading with the sheet feeder or manual loading. ┌──────────────┐ │4.7 Text Scale│ └──────────────┘ When text scale is off, the default line spacing for printing on Letter-size page is 6 lines per inch, giving 63 lines on a page (if perforation skip is off). By turning text scale on, the printer adjusts the line spacing so that 66 lines can fit on the page. ┌────────────────────┐ │4.8 Perforation Skip│ └────────────────────┘ A default top margin of 1/2 inch will be set if this is on. If this is set to off, a default top margin of 0 inch will be set. ┌──────────────┐ │4.9 Sleep Time│ └──────────────┘ Determine the period of inactivity before the printer switches to sleep mode to conserve power. The printer returns to the normal operating mode when data is received or when any of the printer buttons are pressed. ┌───────────────────┐ │4.10 Power Off Time│ └───────────────────┘ Determine the period of inactivity before the printer powers off automatically. This determines the amount of time that the printer will wait starting from non-activity before it powers off automatically. You can choose from 5, 10, 20 minutes or never. ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │4.11 Carriage Return Definition│ └───────────────────────────────┘ Define how the printer interprets the <CR> character, either as it is (i.e. <CR>) or 2 characters (i.e. <CR><LF>). ┌──────────────────┐ │4.12 Character Set│ └──────────────────┘ Select the character set to use. ┌──────────────────────┐ │4.13 Input Buffer Size│ └──────────────────────┘ Select the input buffer size. You may want to increase the buffer size to 48K when using DOS applications so that the computer takes a shorter time to send the document to the printer. If you are using a Windows application the recommended buffer size is 16K, for optimal printing speed. ┌────────────────────────┐ │4.14 Graphics Resolution│ └────────────────────────┘ Select the default graphics resolution. ┌─────────────────────┐ │4.15 Country Defaults│ └─────────────────────┘ Select the character set and paper size by country. After selecting the country default, reset the printer. Press the F4 key if you are using an HP DeskJet 400 or HP DeskJet 340 printer. For the HP DeskJet 320, HP DeskJet 310, and HP DeskJet Portable, reset the printer by holding down the Online and Setup buttons while turning on the printer. ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │Country Character Set Media Size│ ├────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │US PC-8 USA Letter │ │UK UK A4 │ │Germany Germany A4 │ │France France A4 │ │Italy Italy A4 │ │Norway Norway 1 A4 │ │Sweden Sweden A4 │ │Spain Spain A4 │ │Portugal Portugal A4 │ └────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌─────────────────┐ │4.16 SIR Protocol│ └─────────────────┘ Set the Serial Infrared protocol. If it is enabled, the printer can communicate with an IrDA compliant device. If it is disabled, no communication protocol is used. ┌────────────────┐ │4.17 Packet Size│ └────────────────┘ Set the packet size for transmission. A larger packet size works best for most situations. However, if you experience any communication problem, select a smaller packet size. ┌───────────────────┐ │5.0 Troubleshooting│ └───────────────────┘ When DJPMenu encounters any problem, it will display an error message and give the possible solutions. If your PC is properly connected to a supported HP DeskJet printer, the problems you may encounter while using DJPMenu are likely to be communication problems. The possible causes of failure in communication between the PC and printer are as follows: (a) Printer - printer not turned on; printer not online; printer is busy; printer is out of paper or other error conditions. (b) Cable - cable not securely connected; cable connected to the wrong printer port; a printer switchbox is used; a nonstandard centronics cable is used; cable is faulty. (c) Computer - a spooler such as PRINT is installed; wrong port is specified in DJPMenu printer port is faulty. ┌───────────────────────┐ │6.0 Functionality Table│ └───────────────────────┘ ┌────────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┐ │DeskJet │DeskJet│DeskJet│DeskJet│DeskJet│ │Portable│ 310 │ 320 │ 400 │ 340 │ ┌──────────────────────┼────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │Power Mode Status │ * │ * │ * │ * │ * │ │Print Cartridge Status│ * │ * │ * │ * │ * │ │Charging Status │ * │ * │ * │ │ * │ │Battery Level │ * │ * │ * │ │ * │ ├──────────────────────┼────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │Print Quality │ │ │ │ * │ * │ │Orientation │ │ │ │ * │ * │ │Font Size │ │ │ │ * │ * │ │Paper Type │ │ │ │ * │ * │ │Paper Size │ * │ * │ * │ * │ * │ │Paper Source │ │ * │ * │ * │ * │ │Text Scale Mode │ * │ * │ * │ * │ * │ │Perforation Skip Mode │ * │ * │ * │ * │ * │ │Carriage Return Def. │ * │ * │ * │ * │ * │ │Char Set Selection │ * │ * │ * │ * │ * │ │Input Buffer Size │ │ │ * │ * │ * │ │Graphics Resolution │ │ * │ * │ * │ * │ │Sleep Time │ │ * │ * │ │ * │ │Power Off Time │ │ * │ * │ │ * │ │Country Defaults │ │ * │ * │ * │ * │ │SIR Packet Size │ │ │ │ │ * │ │SIR standards │ │ │ │ │ * │ ├──────────────────────┼────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │Online Help │ * │ * │ * │ * │ * │ │Quick Charge │ * │ * │ * │ │ * │ │Discharge Battery │ * │ * │ * │ │ * │ │Character Set Printing│ * │ * │ * │ * │ * │ │Reset printer │ │ │ │ * │ * │ │Clean Print Cartridge │ │ │ │ * │ * │ │Show Current Settings │ * │ * │ * │ * │ * │ │Power Off │ * │ * │ * │ * │ * │ └──────────────────────┴────────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┘ * Denotes that the feature is supported by the printer.