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- README FILE FOR HEWLETT-PACKARD HPPCL5E PRINTER DRIVER FOR USE WITH
- MICROSOFT WINDOWS 3.1 / 3.11 WITH SUPPORT FOR HP LaserJet 4/4M,
- 4L, 4ML, 4Si/4Si MX, 4P/4MP, 4 Plus/4M Plus and 4V/4MV Printers.
-
- HPPCL5E Printer Driver: 31.V1.50
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- This README file contains the following information:
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- * Introduction
- * Trademark Notices
- * Installation Instructions
- * System Update Information
- * User Hints
- * Features of the HP LaserJet 4 Family Printer Driver
- * How to Obtain Additional Information about HP Services
- * Software License and Copyright Notices
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- TRADEMARK NOTICES
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-
- Intellifont is a registered trademark of AGFA Compugraphic,
- a division of Miles Corporation.
- MS-DOS is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
- TrueType is a registered trademark of Apple Computers Inc.
- PageMaker is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
- CorelDRAW is a registered trademark of Corel Corporation.
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- INTRODUCTION
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- This release includes printer driver support for the HP LaserJet 4
- Printer family.
-
- Additional system components are available through the HP LaserJet
- Printing System for Windows 3.1 / 3.11 including:
- HPPCL5E Printer Driver
- TrueType Screen Fonts
- HP Status Window (bi-directional printer support)
- Networked Windows installation
- HP Travel Guide
- See the "HOW TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT HP SERVICES"
- section below for assistance in obtaining the HP LaserJet Printing
- System.
-
- Customers who have Windows for Workgroups 3.11 installation issues
- should see the "SYSTEM UPDATE INFORMATION" section below.
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- INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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- To install Hewlett-Packard HPPCL5E printer driver version 31.V1.50 for
- Windows 3.1 / 3.11:
-
- 1. Choose the "Control Panel" from the Main Group in Program Manager.
- 2. Choose the "Printers" icon from the Control Panel window.
- 3. The Printers dialog box appears. Choose the "Add>>" button.
- 4. The "List of Printers" dialog box appears. Select "Install Unlisted
- or Updated Printer" (first line in list).
- 5. Choose the "Install" button.
- 6. Insert the driver disk with the HPPCL5E printer driver (Disk 1 of
- the HP LaserJet Printer System) into your flexible disk drive and
- specify the corresponding drive, OR enter the drive and directory
- where the driver files are stored.
- 7. At the "Add Unlisted or Updated Printer" dialog box, highlight one
- of the available printers: "HP LaserJet 4/4M", "HP LaserJet 4L",
- "HP LaserJet 4ML", "HP LaserJet 4P/4MP", "HP LaserJet 4Si/4Si MX",
- "HP LaserJet 4 Plus/4M Plus", "HP LaserJet 4V/4MV" and press
- [Enter]. If you are asked whether or not to install the new
- HPPCL5E3.DLL file, press the "Yes" button to continue the
- installation.
- 8. Choose the "Connect" button.
- 9. Highlight the correct printer port from the "Ports:" list box and
- press [Enter].
- 10. Choose the "Setup" button.
- 11. Make any necessary changes in the Printer Setup screen to reflect
- your printer's configuration.
- 12. Choose OK.
- 13. Choose the "Set as Default Printer" button.
- 14. Choose the "Close" button.
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- SYSTEM UPDATE INFORMATION (Changes to Version 31.V1.50 since 31.V1.30)
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- Adobe PageMaker
- The PageMaker set width feature allows changes to be made to the
- size and spacing of specified characters. This feature is not supported
- by the LaserJet 4 family printers when rendering the TrueType fonts
- which are internal to the printer. The PCL driver now directs Windows
- to render the font and download it to the printer whenever any
- application applies changes, such as set width, to fonts internal to a
- LaserJet 4 family printer.
-
- Adobe PageMaker
- If you experience problems when printing rotated, skewed, or
- mirrored images with Adobe PageMaker 5.0, contact Adobe Systems Incorporated
- to order their software patch "ALDIM3.DLL". This patch, in combination
- with the 31.V1.50 HP PCL driver correct this problem. The patch can be
- downloaded from the Adobe bulletin board or from the Adobe forums on
- America On-line or CompuServe.
-
- Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Support
- The HP LaserJet Printing System installation program has been
- enhanced to allow installation for Windows for Workgroups 3.11. Versions
- of the HP Printing Systems included with HP LaserJets built previous to
- the release of Windows for Workgroups 3.11 do not support installation
- into the WFW 3.11 environment. See the "HOW TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL
- INFORMATION ABOUT HP SERVICES" section below for assistance in obtaining
- the HP LaserJet Printing System, 31.V1.50.
- Many customers have experienced printing problems in WFW 3.11.
- Among these are:
- 1. The job in the queue goes to 0 bytes and will not delete.
- 2. The printing process locks up without completing the job.
- This problem results from the Print Manager files for WFW 3.11 being
- overwritten by Print Manager files from some other version of Windows,
- especially Windows for Workgroups 3.1. Several vendors have included
- earlier versions of Print Manager in their products, including: PC
- vendors, printer vendors, etc.
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- IMPORTANT: PLEASE NOTE
- The following workaround is provided to assist customers who are
- experiencing the problems described above and suspect that their
- original Print Manager files that have been written over by an
- installation utility.
- Hewlett-Packard provides this workaround in good faith and is not
- responsible for problems associated with it's use. Hewlett-Packard
- will only assist customers who have incurred this problem as a result
- of installing products purchased from Hewlett-Packard.
-
- The original Print Manager file set included with Windows for
- Workgroups 3.11 is as follows:
- Compressed Files:
- PRINTMAN.EX_ 11-01-93
- PRINTMAN.HL_ 11-01-93
- These files will likely be found on Disk 3 and Disk 4 of the Windows
- for Workgroups 3.11 package. Verify that different Print Manager files
- are found in the "Windows" directory of a WFW 3.11 installation before
- replacing them with the originals. Use the "EXPAND.EXE" utility to
- decompress the print manager files into the "Windows" directory.
-
- Example:
- c:\wfw\expand a:printman.ex_ c:\wfw\printman.exe
- c:\wfw\expand a:printman.hl_ c:\wfw\printman.hlp
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- USER HINTS
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- On-Line Help
- On-line help files are included for the HPPCL5E PRINTER DRIVER and
- the HP font installer screens. Choose Help from these screens to access
- the HELP information.
-
- Adobe PageMaker 5.0
- See the SYSTEM UPDATE INFORMATION section above for important
- information regarding PageMaker support with this driver.
-
- Graphics, Error 20s, and Print Performance
- If you encounter print difficulties, Error 20s, or slow performance
- with any application when using in HP-GL/2 Graphics Mode, it is
- recommended that you change the Graphics Mode to RASTER in the HP PCL
- printer driver and try your print job again. Access the Printers Icon
- through the Control Panel. Select the LaserJet 4 family printer driver,
- the Setup button, the Options dialogue box, and Graphics Mode.
-
- Corel Draw Printing Performance
- The options below are made available to assist you in improving
- print speed. Print performance, however, is largely dependent on
- information in the graphics document being printed.
-
- 1. Print Performance
- For best printing performance in CorelDRAW, it is recommended
- that you change the Graphics Mode to RASTER in the HP PCL printer
- driver and try your print job again. See the Graphics, Error 20s,...
- paragraph above for assistance.
-
- 2. Corel Draw 3.0: Improve graphics performance.
- a) Open CORELDRW.INI with a text editor. The CORELDRW.INI is in the
- DRAW subdirectory for Corel Draw 3.0b or later.
- e.g. c:\corel30\coreldrw\draw\coreldrw.ini
- b) Go the section labeled: [CDrawConfig].
- c) At the end of this section, enter the following line (exactly as
- shown): UseClippingForFills=0
- d) Save and close the CORELDRW.INI file.
- e) Restart Corel Draw.
-
- 3. Corel Draw 4.0 and 5.0 - Improve graphics and scanned image printing
- performance.
- a) Open CORELDRW.INI with a text editor. The CORELDRW.INI file is
- found in the COREL40\CONFIG subdirectory for Corel 40 and 5.0.
- e.g. c:\corel40\config\coreldrw.ini
- b) Go the section labeled: [Config]
- c) At the end of this section, enter the following line (exactly as
- shown): UseClippingForFills=0
- d) Save and close the CORELDRW.INI file.
-
- The setting below impacts raster graphics only.
-
- a) Open the CORELPRN.INI file with a text editor. The CORELPRN.INI
- file is also located in the CONFIG sub-directory.
- b) Go to the section labeled: [Config]
- c) Find the following line: DumpEntireBitmap=0.
- Changed to read: DumpEntireBitmap=1.
- d) Save and close the CORELPRN.INI file
- e) RESTART Corel Draw.
-
- Changing this entry from 0 to 1 allows Corel Draw to send raster data
- in blocks rather than line by line. This should improve processing
- time of graphic intense files and should improve memory performance.
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- FEATURES of the HP LASERJET 4 FAMILY PRINTER DRIVER
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- HP-GL/2 Mode
- Support for HP-GL/2 is in the HPPCL5E PRINTER DRIVER. Under the
- Options Dialog in the Printer Setup, an option of "Graphics Mode" is
- available. Two options are present: HP-GL/2 or Raster. The first choice
- enables both HP-GL/2 and raster printing which optimizes print
- performance. The second choice uses raster only. Default settings for
- "Graphics Mode" optimize print speed for the given printer. The default
- graphics mode is set to raster for the HP LaserJet 4L. The default mode
- is set to HP-GL/2 for all other HP LaserJet 4 family printers. Default
- settings for "Graphics Mode" optimize print speed for the given printer.
-
- 300 DPI Compatibility (Supported on 31.V1.26 and later)
- Additional compatibility has been added to this driver to insure
- compatibility between documents printed with this driver and documents
- printed with the HP LaserJet III Family drivers. This compatibility is
- automatically enabled when a document is printed with the resolution
- field set to 300 DPI.
-
- Graphics Quality
- Depending upon which dpi (dots per inch) selection you choose,
- there are different graphic resolution settings available. The actual
- settings are denoted by the descriptive terms of High, Medium and Low
- rather than the actual dpi number. When the driver is set to 600 dpi
- mode, the settings available are 600, 300, and 150 dpi. When the driver
- is set to 300 dpi mode, the settings available are 300, 150, and 75 dpi.
-
- Internal Intellifont typefaces.
- All the internal Intellifont typefaces in the HP LaserJet 4 family
- printers are supported in the 19U (Windows) symbol set.
-
- EconoMode
- (Supported by the LaserJet 4L, 4ML, 4P/4MP, 4 Plus/4M Plus & 4V/4MV Printers)
- Support for EconoMode is in printer driver versions 31.V1.20 or
- later within the Options Dialog. There are three options available for
- the supported LaserJets (except the 4L and 4ML), Printer Default, ON,
- OFF. Printer Default uses the current setting on the printer (not the
- default). There are only two options available for the 4L and 4ML, ON or
- OFF. With EconoMode enabled the output will resemble draft mode, using
- fewer dots in order to conserve toner.
-
- Print Density
- (Supported by the LaserJet 4L, 4ML, 4P/4MP, & 4 Plus/4M Plus)
- Print density support is provided in the Options Dialog.
- Adjust the density of the printer according to the desired
- density. The density range is one (lightest) to five
- (darkest).
-
- REt (Resolution Enhancement technology)
- REt refines the print quality of characters and graphics by
- smoothing the fine gradations along the angles and curves of the printed
- image. The driver default is "Printer Default". The printer default is
- "Medium". Other options override the printer setting.
-
- Resource Saving
- (Dialog support is only provided for the LaserJet 4Si/4Si MX)
- This feature, added to the main setup dialog box, allows the user to
- tell the printer driver how much memory is set aside for each printer
- personality (PCL and PostScript). This memory is used for saving printer
- resources between printer language switching. The range is 0KB to
- 99900KB. For all other printers which support Resource Saving, it can be
- set from the front control panel of the printer.
-
- Version Information Resources
- This feature, in printer driver versions 31.V1.20 and later, is
- added to the printer driver and its dynamic link libraries. This helps
- to eliminate a possible mismatch of driver and driver resource files
- when installing previous drivers. If a potential mismatch is detected
- during driver installation, a dialog box that contains a warning is
- displayed with the option to replace the files.
-
- Custom Media Size
- Custom Media is also supported by this driver for the HP LaserJet
- 4ML, 4P/4MP, and 4 Plus/4M Plus. The size of the custom media in most
- cases must be set in both the application's page setup and the driver
- setup. For more information about minimum and maximum page size, see
- your user's manual.
-
- Cartridge Support (Removed 31.V1.26 and later)
- This driver does not have built-in support for HP font cartridges.
- Font cartridge support is still available by:
-
- 1) Installing the fonts for the font cartridge from the
- autofont support disk shipped with the font cartridge
- 2) North American customer can contact Hewlett-Packard's
- Driver Distribution Center.
- Call: 303-339-7009
- Monday through Saturday, 24 hours a day
- Fax: 303-330-7655
- 3) For other customers, please contact your local HP dealer.
- 4) Downloading the PCM (printer cartridge metric) files
- from the HP Periperals Forum library on CompuServe. The
- filename for the PCM files is L4PCM.EXE.
-
- After extracting the files, the PCM files can be installed from the HP
- Font Installer which is accessed from the "Control Panel", "Printers",
- "Setup", "Fonts...", "Add Fonts..." option in Windows 3.1. Detailed
- installation instructions are included with the PCM files.
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- HOW TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO HP SERVICES
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- HP ELECTRONIC SERVICES
-
- INTERNET
- Anonymous ftp library service for around-the-clock access to
- drivers and technical support information for Hewlett-Packard
- peripheral and computer products.
-
- IP address 192.6.71.2
- Alias ftp-boi.external.hp.com
- Login - anonymous
- Password - send user identification (your Internet name)
- URL to access HP - http://www.hp.com/home.html
-
- COMPUSERVE
- HP Peripherals Forum provides low-cost, around-the-clock
- access to drivers and technical support information. In the US, you can
- call CompuServe at 800-848-8199 (Users type: GO HPPER). This service
- is provided by CompuServe, not Hewlett-Packard. In countries other than
- the US, contact CompuServe for information.
-
- SOFTWARE APPLICATION SUPPORT
- Call the phone number listed in your software vendor's manual.
-
- PERIPHERAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE
- To resolve problems you may encounter, we suggest using the
- following resources:
-
- 1) Your company may have an internal support professional, department,
- or help desk.
- 2) Your local authorized reseller is also qualified to provide you with
- support.
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- US and CANADA SUPPORT SERVICES
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-
- "HP Guide to Electronic Support Services"
- HP FIRST DOCUMENT #9020. See HP FIRST section below for assistance.
-
- HP BBS DOWNLOAD SERVICES
- Hewlett-Packard download service for around-the-clock access to
- drivers and technical support information for Hewlett-Packard
- peripheral and computer products.
-
- (208) 344-1691
- Modem Settings - N,8,1
- 14,400 baud maximum
-
- DRIVER DISTRIBUTION - US and Canada
- Hewlett-Packard's Driver Distribution Center provides US and
- Canadian customers with HP drivers for several popular software
- packages. To order drivers:
- Call: 303-339-7009
- Monday through Saturday, 24 hours a day
- Fax: 303-330-7655
-
- Driver Distribution is available in many other North American
- countries, ask your local HP dealer for the numbers.
-
- HP FIRST - US and Canada
- HP's automated fax system provides technical information
- around-the-clock for Hewlett-Packard peripherals and computer
- products. Indexes are available listing thousands of documents.
-
- U.S. and CANADA, call 800-333-1917
-
- Elsewhere call 208-344-4809 (must call from your fax machine)
-
- AUDIO-TIPS
- Audio-Tips offers pre-recorded technical information for
- Hewlett-Packard peripherals and computer products around-the-
- clock. Many trouble-shooting tips have faxable documents
- providing for more detailed information.
-
- US and CANADA, call 800-333-1917
-
- HP CUSTOMER SUPPORT CENTER - US and Canada
- The HP Customer Support Center provides live technical assistance
- for peripherals.
-
- Call: 208-323-2551
- Hours of operation:
- Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Wednesdays, 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time
-
- Free technical support is offered during the warranty period at
- 208-323-2551 (have your HP LaserJet printer serial number
- available).
-
- After the warranty period, call 800-999-1148 (US and Canada) at
- $25 per call (US Funds - VISA or MasterCard); or call 900-555-1500
- (US) at $2.50 per minute. Charges begin only when you
- connect with a support technician. Prices subject to change.
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- EUROPEAN SUPPORT SERVICES
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-
- DRIVER DISTRIBUTION - Europe
- Driver Lists and Driver Order Forms are available from HP FIRST
- (see HP FIRST in this section). Use the product numbers listed on the
- Driver List to fill in the Driver Order Form. The Driver Order Form
- includes fax numbers and telephone numbers for ordering drivers.
-
- HP FIRST - Europe
- (HP's Fax Information Retrieval Support Technology)
- Provides technical information by fax, around the clock. To use
- HP FIRST, you must call from a touch-tone telephone or fax. Telephone
- numbers for HP FIRST are listed below.
-
- Country Language Toll Free Numbers
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- Austria German 0660-8128 (local toll charged)
- Belgium Dutch 0800 1 1906
- Belgium French 0800 1 7043
- Denmark Danish 800-10453
- Finland Finnish 9800-13134 (local toll charged)
- France French 05-905900
- Germany German 0130-810061
- Great Britain English 0800-960271
- Italy Italian 1678-59020
- Netherlands Dutch 06-0222420
- Norway Norwegian 800-11319 (local toll charged)
- Spain Spanish 900-993123
- Sweden Swedish 020-795743 (local toll charged)
- Switzerland German 155-1527
- Switzerland French 155-1526
-
- Access to HP FIRST in English is available from the countries
- listed above and other countries by calling the Netherlands at
- (+31) 20 6815792. NOTE: International call charges apply outside
- of the Netherlands.
-
- EUROPEAN CUSTOMER SUPPORT CENTER
- Hours of operation:
- Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri from 8:30 to 18:00, Central European Time
- Wednesday from 8:30 to 16:00, Central European Time
-
- Free technical support is offered during the product's warranty
- period. Please have the product's serial number available when
- you call. Telephone numbers and other information about the
- European Customer Support Center is included with supported
- products.
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- SUPPORT SERVICES - OTHER COUNTRIES
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-
- Driver Distribution and HP FIRST is available in many other
- countries, ask your local HP dealer for the numbers.
-
- Customer Support is also available in several other countries.
- Check your printer user's manual or contact your authorized HP Dealer
- for more information.
-
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- SOFTWARE LICENSE and COPYRIGHT NOTICES
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- Information provided in this document and software called the Hewlett-
- Packard HPPCL5E Printer Driver version 31.V1.50 IS PROVIDED "AS IS." No
- implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular
- purpose are given.
-
- The HPPCL5E PRINTER DRIVER Version 31.V1.50 may be copied and
- distributed only to users of an HP LaserJet 4 Family Printer. All files
- on the disk must be copied without modification. All components of the
- HPPCL5E PRINTER DRIVER Version 31.V1.50 must be distributed together.
- The HPPCL5E PRINTER DRIVER Version 31.V1.50 may not be distributed for
- profit.
-
- Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 Hewlett-Packard Company.
- Copyright (c) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 Microsoft Corp.
- Copyright (c) 1988, 1989, 1995 Adobe Systems Incorporated.
- All Rights Reserved.
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