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README FILE FOR HPPCL5A PRINTER DRIVER VERSION 3.7
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This README file contains the following information:
* Installation Instructions
* New Features
* HPPCL5A Printer Driver Enhancements
* User Hints
* HP Personal Peripherals Assist Line
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INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT AND ANY SOFTWARE THAT MAY ACCOMPANY THIS
DOCUMENT (collectively referred to as the HPPCL5A Printer Driver Version 3.7) IS
PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. The user assumes the entire risk as to the
accuracy and the use of the HPPCL5A Printer Driver Version 3.7. The HPPCL5A
Printer Driver Version 3.7 may be copied and distributed subject to the
following conditions: 1) All text must be copied without modification and all
pages must be included; 2) All files on the disk must be copied without
modification (the DOS utility DISKCOPY is appropriate for this purpose); 3) All
components of the HPPCL5A Printer Driver Version 3.7 must be distributed
together; and 4) the HPPCL5A Printer Driver Version 3.7 may not be distributed
for profit.
Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 Hewlett-Packard Company. All Rights Reserved.
Univers is a product of; and Intellifont is a registered trademark of AGFA
Compugraphic, a division of Agfa Corporation.
Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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To install the HPPCL5A Printer Driver:
1. Start Windows 3.0.
2. Choose Control Panel from the Main Group in Program Manager.
The Control Panel window appears.
3. Choose the Printers icon from the Control Panel window.
The Printers dialog box appears.
4. Choose the Add Printer >> button.
5. From the List of Printers: dialog box, select the Unlisted Printer.
Unlisted Printer is the last entry in the List of Printers dialog box.
6. Choose Install.
7. Insert the HPPCL5A Printer Driver Disk Version 3.7.
8. Double click on the drive containing the floppy in the "Directories:"
list.
9. Double click on HPPCL5A.DRV in the Driver Files list.
10. Choose "New" when asked whether you want to use the current driver or
install a new driver.
8. The entry "HP LaserJet III on None, Inactive" will appear in the Installed
Printers dialog box.
NOTE: Any HP LaserJet III printer you have previously installed will use
the new PCL5 Printer Driver and Hewlett-Packard Font Installer. Delete
through the Control Panel any HP LaserJet III printer entries that are not
needed.
9. Choose Configure.
10. Highlight the correct printer port from the Ports dialog box.
11. Choose Setup.
12. Make any necessary changes in the Printer Setup screen to reflect your
printer's configuration.
13. Choose OK twice.
14. Choose Active.
15. Choose OK.
The HPPCL5A printer driver is now installed.
Note: Until you exit Windows 3.0 and then restart Windows 3.0, the Printer
Setup function from the Control Panel is accessed from the installation disk.
Make sure the installation disk for HPPCL5A Printer Driver Version 3.7 is
inserted in the floppy drive whenever you request Printer Setup from the Control
Panel after installing the new Printer Driver and before exiting Windows 3.0.
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NEW FEATURES
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New features included with the HPPCL5A Printer Driver include:
* New Hewlett-Packard Font Installer Including AutoFont Support
New Hewlett-Packard Font Installer - Scalable typefaces and bitmapped fonts
can now be installed for use in both Windows 3.0 and your Hewlett-Packard
LaserJet III or IIID printer. The Hewlett-Packard font installer installs
typefaces and fonts from the following file types:
.PCM Printer Cartridge Metrics file. This file is created by the cartridge
vendor. PCM files are used for scalable and bitmapped cartridges that
are not supported by the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet III printer driver.
GLUE.TXT This file contains information for all font products you install
with AutoFont Support. Soft fonts and cartridges, bitmapped and
scalable can be installed from the "glue.txt" file.
When prompted by the HP Font Installer for the drive\directory from
where you want to add fonts, input the drive\directory where your
"glue.txt" file is located (default directory for HP's AutoFont
program and for Type Director is C:\AUTOFONT). The HP Font Installer
reads the "glue.txt" file and displays a list of the typefaces that
have been installed with AutoFont support. When you add typeface(s),
the HP Font Installer creates a .PFM file for soft fonts and a .PCM
for cartridge fonts from the AutoFont .TFM files. The HP Font
Installer installs the .PFM and .PCM files into Windows 3.0 for
access by the printer driver.
.sfp Bitmapped soft font in portrait orientation.
.sfl Bitmapped soft font in landscape orientation.
AutoFont Support - AutoFont support incorporated into the Hewlett-Packard font
installer allows the installation of scalable typeface cartridges, scalable
soft fonts, bitmapped font cartridges and bitmapped soft fonts into Windows 3.0
without first acquiring a Windows 3.0 metric file. AutoFont support works by
creating the Windows 3.0 metrics files from the .TFM files installed through
AutoFont.
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HPPCL5A PRINTER DRIVER ENHANCEMENTS
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Enhancements to the HPPCL5A Printer Driver include:
* Print Model Improvement
* New and Improved Gray Scale Printing
* Font Downloading Optimizations
Print Model Improvement - The print model feature has been improved to include
printing black and white text over the top of other text and graphic images
instead of only on black rectangles.
New and Improved Gray Scale Printing - The gray scale option has been expanded
to include optimal printing of scanned images. There are three choices in the
Gray Scale dialog box in the Printer Setup screen for printing gray scale
graphics: Photographic Images, Line Art Images, and HP ScanJet Images.
Photographic Images replaces the Gray Scale Graphics On selection
supported in Version 3.61 of the HPPCL5A driver. This method uses
an 8 bit by 8 bit super pixel to emulate 60 levels of gray. This
is up from 32 levels of gray supported in the previous version of
the driver. For improved photographic appearance, select
Photographic Images. Your images will have smooth, soft looking
contrasts between shades of gray. Images originally designed with
color will print better also.
Line Art Images replaces the Gray Scale Graphics Off selection
supported in Version 3.61 of the HPPCL5A driver. This method uses
patterns to emulate 32 levels of gray. It has been improved from
the previous version of the driver by supporting 32 new hand-tuned
patterned images. The benefits of this method is that is has fewer
artifacts and a better balance of gray tones than the old method,
yet all of the detail is preserved. Use this method for images