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==========================================================================
R E L E A S E N O T E S
For the Hewlett-Packard OS/2 PCL 5 Printer Driver
Version 1.31A
==========================================================================
(C) Copyright Hewlett-Packard Company, 1991
For best results, create a temporary directory on your hard drive
and unzip this file in that directory. When installing, indicate
the temporary directory. After the installation is complete, the
directory can be deleted. However, there are two subdirectories
which contain extra support files which you may wish to keep.
In order to install the driver, it is necessary to join the Extended
Attributes with the correct files. In order to do this, type the
following command:
SETEAS
The driver cannot be installed until this is done.
The Hewlett-Packard PCL 5 Driver (Version 1.31A) is supported with
version 1.21, version 1.3 Standard Edition, version 1.3 Extended Edition,
and version 1.31 of the OS/2 operating system. This driver supports
the following Hewlett-Packard printers:
LaserJet III
LaserJet IIID
LaserJet IIISi
LaserJet IIIP
CONTENTS:
I. Disk Contents
II. Pre-installation
III. Installation
IV. Verifying Installation
V. Font Installation Hints
VI. Limitations and Known Problems
VII. Software Application Notes
I. DISK CONTENTS
-----------------
This disk contains the following:
READ.ME (this document)
HPPCL5.DRV HPPCL5PL.DLL HPPCL5FI.DLL (driver files)
Support for font cartridges (.FNT files)
Support for User-Defined patterns (.PCL files)
II. PRE-INSTALLATION
---------------------
Before installing this new PCL 5 printer driver, check the following:
1. Have you installed a previous version of the HP PCL 5
driver? If so, follow Steps A, B, C, and D, below.
2. Have any other printer drivers been installed that will
NOT be used in OS/2? If so, follow Steps B, C, and D below.
Note: The IBM 42XX printer driver is automatically
installed with OS/2. If you do NOT have an IBM printer,
be sure to delete it. Follow Steps B, C, and D below.
Otherwise, skip to part III. Installation.
STEP A. Make note of the PCL 5 driver version for later reference:
1. Choose the Print Manager.
2. Choose the "Setup" menu.
3. Choose "Printers..."
4. Choose "Change..."
5. Choose "Printer Properties..."
The Printer Properties dialog box appears. Make note of the
driver version number that appears in the lower right corner.
6. Choose "OK".
7. Choose "Change".
8. Choose "OK". You will be returned to the Print Manager.
STEP B. Delete unused or old printers:
1. Select the Print Manager. (printer icon)
2. Choose "Setup".
3. Choose "Printers".
For each printer not needed: Highlight the printer;
choose "Delete"; choose "Yes".
4. Choose "OK". You will be returned to the Print Manager.
STEP C. Delete associated printer queues:
1. Choose "Setup" at the Print Manager.
2. Choose "Queues".
3. For each printer deleted in Step B, delete its associated
queue(s): Highlight the queue; choose "Delete"; choose "Yes".
4. Choose "OK". You will be returned the Print Manager.
5. Minimize the Print Manager.
STEP D. Delete unused or old printers drivers
1. Change to the Group - Utilities.
2. Select the Control Panel.
3. Select the "Installation" menu.
4. Select "Delete printer drivers..."
5. For each printer deleted in Step B, delete its associated
printer driver: Highlight the printer driver; choose "Delete";
choose "Yes", choose "Yes".
At this point, one of the following will happen:
5a) If the focus is returned to the Control Panel and there
are no more printer drivers to be deleted, exit the Control
Panel and proceed to part III. Installation.
5b) If the focus is returned to the Control Panel and there
are more printer drivers to be deleted, repeat steps 3,
4, and 5 for each printer driver to be deleted.
5c) If a message appears: "The device driver has been deleted.
Cannot delete the associated printer driver file because
you have installed other printer device drivers from it.",
choose "Cancel" and repeat steps 3, 4, and 5 for each
printer driver to be deleted. It there are no other
printer drivers to be deleted, exit the Control Panel,
and proceed to part III. Installation.
5d) If a warning message appears: "Cannot delete the printer
device driver because it is associated with one or more
printers. Remove the printer associations, then retry.",
choose "Cancel"; choose "Cancel"; choose "Cancel"; repeat
steps B, C, and D.
5e) If a warning message appears: "Cannot delete the printer
driver because a program may be using the file, the file
may be read-only or the disk may be write-protected",
choose "Cancel"; choose "Cancel"; choose "Cancel"; shutdown
the computer and repeat Step D.
NOTE: If and only if you were running a special pre-release
version (refer to the driver version number found in Step A)
of the HP PCL 5 Driver (version aXX.XXX or bXX.XXX)
AND you are running OS/2 version 1.21, it is necessary to
perform the following steps.
1. Change to the Group - Main.
2. Select the OS/2 Window or OS/2 Full Screen.
3. Type the following:
cd \os2\dll\hppcl5 [ENTER]
del *.dll [ENTER]
cd pcl5 [ENTER]
del *.* [ENTER]
III. INSTALLATION
-----------------
1. Modify CONFIG.SYS
In your root directory check that the line
IOPL=YES
appears in the CONFIG.SYS file. If it does not, use an
editor (such as the OS/2 System Editor) to add it anywhere in
the file. To use the OS/2 System Editor change to Group - Main
and select the OS/2 System Editor. If CONFIG.SYS is modified,
it is necessary to reboot the system before continuing.
2. Start the Printer Installer
If you are running OS/2 version 1.21, start the Printer
Installer by changing to the Group - Utilities, and selecting
Printer Installer.
If you are running OS/2 version 1.3, start the Printer Installer
by selecting the Print Manager, then selecting Setup, then
Printer install...
3. Insert the driver diskette in a diskette drive.
4. If a dialog appears with a list of printers, make sure the
Pre-Installation steps have been completed. If so,
choose "New...". If the Pre-Installation steps have not been
completed, choose "Cancel" and refer to part II: Pre-Installation.
5. Type in the drive containing the diskette followed by a
backslash (for example A:\).
6. Choose "OK".
The "New Printer Driver Model" dialog box appears. A
list of printer drivers appears. Select the printer
driver that matches your printer.
7. Choose "OK".
8. Select the appropriate port in the "Connect to" box. If
you are unsure, the default selection is probably
correct.
9. Change the name and description of the printer if the
defaults are not desirable.
10. Choose "OK" (this may take a few seconds).
11. Set default Job Properties by choosing "Jobs...",
setting the appropriate settings and choosing "OK".
12. At the Printer Properties menu, select the default paper
sizes for each tray.
If you have installed cartridge fonts in the Font
Installer dialog box, select the names of the
cartridge(s) currently installed in the printer from the
"Active cartridge" list box.
13. Choose "OK".
If you have another printer to install choose "Yes",
otherwise choose "No".
Upon successful installation, either the Group - Utilites menu
is displayed (if you are running OS/2 version 1.21) or the Print
Manager is displayed (if you are running OS/2 version 1.3).
IV. VERIFYING INSTALLATION
---------------------------
1. Choose the Print Manager.
2. Choose the "Setup" menu.
3. Choose "Printers..."
4. Choose "Change..."
5. Choose "Printer Properties..."
The Printer Properties dialog box appears. Check that
your printer model appears in the title bar of the
dialog box and that "Version: 1.31A" appears in the
lower right corner. If either does not, repeat the
steps in section II, "Pre-Installation", section III,
"Installation, and section IV, "Verifying Installation".
If you are still having problems after completing the
installation steps more than once, call the Personal
Peripherals Assist Line between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
(Mountain Standard Time), except Wednesdays, when the
hours are 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Assist Line is
closed on the weekends. The number is
(208) 323-2551
6. If the version and model are correct, choose the "OK"
button to return to the "Change Printer" dialog box.
7. Choose "Change".
8. Choose "OK" to return to the Printer Manager.
You have finished the installation of the HP OS/2 PCL 5 printer driver.
V. FONT INSTALLATION HINTS
--------------------------
This release of the HP PCL 5 Driver supports all resident printer
fonts, as well as scalable and bitmapped external cartridge fonts and
soft fonts.
All HP font cartridges available at the time of this driver
release (except for the HP A to Y cartridges, see "Cartridges" below)
were installed by the Printer Installer and do not need to be
installed with this driver's Font Installer.
All soft fonts and disk-based scalable typefaces must be installed
through this driver's Font Installer. Additionally the Font
Installer must be used for any new cartridges that were not available
when this driver was released.
The LaserJet Font Installer is accessed from the Print Manager
(Setup...Printers...Change...Printer Properties...Fonts...) Use the
Font Installer to install cartridges, soft fonts, and disk-based
scalable typefaces.
Note: If you have cartridge fonts that were not included
with this driver or scalable disk based typefaces
that need to be installed, you will need the
corresponding AutoFont Support files that were
shipped with your HP font/typeface product to tell
the driver about the specifics of your fonts.
CARTRIDGES:
To activate a cartridge that was installed by the Printer Installer,
simply select its name from the "Active Cartridge" list box in the
Printer Properties dialog box. You may only select two(2) cartridges
since there are only two cartridge slots in your printer.
Those users who still require the use of HP's A to Y cartridges will
find the needed metric information on this driver's diskette. Any of
these cartridges can be installed by inserting the driver disk into
drive A. Enter the Font Installer, and select A:\ATOZCART in the
"New Font Directory". Click on "Open". Select the appropriate
cartridge(s) and click on "Add". Click on "OK". Then you will need
to activate the cartridge in the Active Cartridge list box of the
Printer Properties dialog.
To install a cartridge that was NOT installed by the Printer
Installer or included on the driver diskette, you must first run
the AutoFont Support utility that was included with your HP cartridge.
(This may be done in the DOS compatibility box, but if problems occur
boot your system with DOS and then try again.) Then, type the directory
name containing the AutoFont Support files (e.g. C:\AUTOFONT). in the
"New Font Directory" box of the Font Installer. Select the cartridge
name from the "New cartridge fonts" list box. Choose "Add".
After you have installed cartridge font(s) using the Font Installer,
they will appear in the Cartridge list box of the Printer Properties
dialog box. From this dialog you can select up to two cartridges from
the list. This tells the printer driver which cartridge(s) you have
installed in your printer.
Note: Please note that the HP Z1A cartridge is now simply
called the MICROSOFT cartridge.
SYMBOL SET SUPPORT FOR CARTRIDGES:
The following symbol sets, if originally contained in a cartridge,
are always automatically supported when a cartridge is installed:
ASCII
Roman 8
PC-8 (equivalent to code page 437)
PC-8 D/N (equivalent to code page 437N)
PC-850 (equivalent to code page 850)
DeskTop
ECMA-94 Latin 1
ECMA-128 Latin 5
Windows
Ventura International
Ventura US
Roman Extension
OEM-1
ISO 2: International #2
ISO 4: UK ISO
ISO 10: Swedish
ISO 11: Swedish
ISO 14: JIS ASCII
ISO 15: Italian
ISO 16: Portugese
ISO 17: Spanish
ISO 21: German
ISO 25: French
ISO 57: Chinese
ISO 60: Danish/Norwegian
ISO 61: Norwegian V2
ISO 69: French
ISO 84: Portugese
ISO 85: Spanish
HP German
HP Spanish
However, additional "extended" symbol sets, if originally
contained in a cartridge, can be obtained. Symbol sets
are considered "extended" if they are not contained in
the list above. If "extended" symbols sets are desired,
the corresponding AutoFont Support files that were shipped
with your HP cartridge will be needed.
To get "extended" symbol set support, follow these steps:
1. If you have not already done so, you must first run the
AutoFont Support utility that was included with your HP
cartridge. (This may be done in the DOS compatibility box,
but if problems occur boot your system with DOS and then
try again.)
2. Enter the Font Installer.
3. Delete the cartridge (if previously installed) and type
in the correct directory containing the AutoFont Support
files (e.g. C:\AUTOFONT) in the "New Font Directory" box.
4. Click on "Open".
5. Check the "Extended symbol sets for cartridges" check box,
and click on "Add".
If the cartridge has symbol sets other than those listed
above, a new dialog box will appear which allows you to
select which typefaces and "extended" symbol sets should be
installed.
These fonts will be installed in addition to any fonts with
the above automatically supported symbol sets.
6. After all desired typefaces and "extended" symbol sets have
been selected, click on "OK".
Note: Refer to your LaserJet printer user's manual for
tables showing the exact location of characters
within symbol sets. To print characters within
"extended" symbol sets, locate the character code
number of the symbol you want using the symbol set
charts in your manual, hold down the [Alt] key,
type in the ASCII character code using your computer's
NUMERIC keypad, then release the [Alt] key (the screen
character displayed will not necessarily match the
printed character). It may be necessary to set the
[NumLock] key in some applications.
BITMAPPED SOFT FONTS:
To install bitmapped soft fonts, simply type in the name of the
directory containing the soft fonts (.SFP files). Select the soft
font names. Choose "Add".
DISK-BASED SCALABLE TYPEFACES:
All disk-based scalable typefaces are sold with corresponding
AutoFont Support files. If you have not already done so, you must
run the AutoFont Support Installation program (or Type Director 2.0)
prior to installing the typefaces into this driver. (This may be
done from the DOS compatibility box, but if problems occur boot your
computer in DOS and try again.)
To install these typefaces, type the of the directory containing
the ready to download disk based scalable typefaces (.SFS files
usually in the \TD\FONTS directory) in "New font directory". Select
the typefaces under "New Soft Fonts". Choose "Add".
SYMBOL SET SUPPORT FOR BITMAPPED SOFT FONTS AND SCALABLE TYPEFACES:
Bitmapped soft fonts and disk-based scalable typefaces may be supported
in ALL symbol sets. However, only one symbol set is supported per soft
font or scalable typeface at any one time. For instance, if you needed
the soft font, CG Century Schoolbook in both the Math-8 and PC 850 symbol
sets, in would be necessary to install both fonts, therefore, creating
two separate entries in the font installer.
The one exception to the previous rule are unbound scalable typefaces.
Unbound scalable typefaces are installed through the font installer
the same as regular scalable typefaces, however, they are not bound to
a particular symbol set. For instance, an entry for an unbound scalable
typeface would appear as follows:
CG Century Schoolbook Scalable (Unbound - P&L)
Once unbound scalable typefaces have been installed through the
font installer, the following symbol sets are automatically supported:
Roman-8
PC-850
PC-8
PC-8 Danish/Norwegian
ECMA-94 Latin 1
Desktop
Windows
Ventura International
Ventura US
Note that unbound scalable typefaces are only supported on the
LaserJet IIIP. For more information regarding unbound scalable
typefaces, refer to your HP Laserjet IIIP manual.
LANDSCAPE FONTS:
The LaserJet III, IIID, IIISi and IIIP printers have the ability to
automatically rotate all fonts available to the printer (internal &
external). For this reason, fonts are not differentiated with
respect to orientation and are only displayed once in the Font
Installer, even though they may be available in both portrait AND
landscape versions.
VI. LIMITATIONS
---------------
Listed below are limitations with version 1.31A of the Hewlett-Packard
PCL 5 printer driver:
Swap File Storage:
During the print process, the swap file may potentially grow very
large. For this reason, it is recommended that you have at least
5M of available storage on the swapping drive.
The following scenarios are indications that there is not enough
storage on the swapping drive:
(1) When printing from a PM application, the print job is sent
to the queue and appears to have been sent to printer as
normal, however, nothing is actually printed.
(2) When printing from the command line, the print job stays in
the queue indefinately and is never sent to the printer.
For more information on swap files, refer to your OS/2 System manual.
Serial Interface:
This driver is only supported on serial ports 1 (COM1:)
and port 2 (COM2:). You must have the line DEVICE=C:\OS2\COM01.SYS
in your CONFIG.SYS file after any mouse drivers are loaded. (If you
had to add this line, you will need to reboot before printing.) You
must set the communication settings for your COM port in the OS/2
Control Panel (on the utilities menu). Start the Control Panel.
Select "Options". Select "Communications Port..." Select the port
your printer is connected to. For "Baud rate" enter "9600". For
"Word length" select "8". For "Parity" select "none". For "Stop
bits" select "1". For "Handshake" select "Hardware". Choose "Set".
Close the Control Panel. You must also select the serial interface
setting on the control panel of your LaserJet. See your User's Guide
for information on setting the interface.
User Defined Forms:
When printing with different sized papers (Letter, Legal, A4, ...)
the form name must be selected in the Printer Properties dialog box
or the print job will wait in the queue. This will give you the
ability to queue up jobs for which you do not have the form in the
printer yet.
The User-defined Forms option allows a pre-defined paper size to be
associated with a user-defined name. For instance, Letter size paper
with a company logo could be named "Letter Head" and associated with
Letter size paper. In this case, when printing with "Letter Head",
the job will wait in the queue until "Letter Head" is selected in the
Printer Properties dialog box.
Therefore if you are printing over a network and using user-defined
forms, it is nescessary to define the form name on both the client
and server sides.
VII. SOFTWARE APPLICATION NOTES
-------------------------------
Support under the DeScribe (R) Word Publisher v 1.1:
- The default system screen fonts should be used in order to have as
legible a screen font as possible when composing documents. However,
in approximating the printer fonts on screen, the screen fonts may
not always be as easy to read as desired and the cursor may not quite
line up with the current screen character. If this is the case, you
can change to a larger font size while composing a document and
switch to the desired printer font just before sending the document
to the printer.
- DeScribe displays some printer font names along with their
attribute as unique entries in its font selection dialog box. If a
bold or italic font is displayed in this manner, it is sufficient to
select that font in that way, and is not desirable to select the font
attribute separately. (for example, Select "CGTimes Bd" as opposed
to selecting "CGTimes" and setting the attribute to "Bold".) If you
set an attribute on these fonts via the "Attributes" command, the
attribute might be simulated. This degrades the font quality.
Support under the Microsoft(R) Excel Application v 2.2:
- In order to access the internal and/or installed printer fonts, the
user must select the "printer fonts" box in the format fonts dialog
box. If this is not done, the driver uses the system default fonts:
Courier, Helvetica, System, and Times Roman.
- Excel Job Properties defaults are taken from the Setup... Queues...
Change... Job Properties... dialog in the Print Manager instead of
the Job Properties defaults from the Printer Properties dialog.
- If you are printing with Excel over a network, it is necessary to
delete the local queue associated with the driver you are using to
print with over the network. To delete this local queue, perform the
following steps:
1) Choose the Print Manager.
2) Highlight the local queue (HPPCL51, for instance).
3) Select Setup.
4) Select Queues...
5) Highlight the local queue if it is not already highlighted.
6) Select Delete.
7) Choose Yes.
8) Choose OK. The focus will be returned to the Print Manager.
Support under the Aldus PageMaker(R) Application v 3.01:
- PageMaker displays some printer font names along with theirattribute as unique entries in its font selection dialog box. If a
bold or italic font is displayed in this manner, it is sufficient to
select that font in that way, and is not desirable to select the font
attribute separately. (for example, Select "CGTimes Bd" as opposed
to selecting "CGTimes" and setting the attribute to "Bold".) If you
set an attribute on these fonts via the "Attributes" command, the
attribute might be simulated. This degrades the font quality.
- Changes made to the Job Properties dialog box accessed through the
setup menu in PageMaker are not saved. This means that any changes
made to this dialog at print time are not retained and will have to
be repeated even when sending the same file to print without any
changes. For permanent changes, set the default Job Properties
dialog in the Setup...Printer... menu of the Print Manager.
- When selecting CG Times 12 point (pt) (med, bold, or italic) in
PageMaker, the font is simulated. If you do not like this less
desirable simulation or notice that it is slower printing, you may
manually type 11.5 or 12.5 in PageMaker's Type specification's size
box. If you must have 12pt, this may be achieved by entering the
Presentation Manager Control Panel and deleting the TIMES screen font
from the Installation...Delete Fonts... menu. However, the font used
on the screen will no longer be a times font.
- Strikethru is not supported in PageMaker for bitmap fonts.
Novell NetWare printing
Using the HP LaserJet III Family Presentations Manager
Printer Driver version 1.31A on Novell NetWare Networks
HP LaserJet III printer driver testing has been conducted
from an OS/2 workstation to a shared printer on a Novell NetWare
386 version 3.10 network.
Details about the testing workstation configuration are:
HP Vectra RS/20C
VGA Adapter, Microsoft serial Mouse
8 Mbytes RAM
Hewlett-Packard OS/2 version 1.21
Hewlett-Packard Ethertwist 16 network adapter (10BaseT)
Novell NetWare OS/2 requester for OS/2 1.2
Details about the testing server configuration are:
HP Vectra 486 dedicated file/print server
10 Mbytes RAM
Large hard disk
Hewlett-Packard Ethertwist network adapter (10BaseT)
Novell NetWare 386 version 3.10
HP LaserJet IIIP connected to LPT1 on the server
Setup
The printer setup should be established using NetWare's
utility called PCONSOLE. This can be verified by printing from
a command line or DOS workstation. Once the print server
setup is complete the workstation setup should be done.
Workstation setup
The setup and network file server connection should already be
established. These steps also assume that no network printer
connection to HP LaserJet III family printers from the workstation exists.
You must use the Printer Installer (PMPRINST.EXE) to installer the
HP LaserJet III family printer driver. Follow the instructions in
this file to install the printer driver. Once the driver installation
is complete, you must remove your local print queue to print to a
NetWare shared printer. This is done by going into the
Print Manager, select the Setup menu bar option, and click on Queues.
Highlight the newly installed print queue for your LaserJet III model,
then click the Delete key. Answer Yes to the question which appears on
your screen.
The local print queue is now removed. You can verify that the printer
is still installed by selecting Setup on the Print Manager menu bar
and clicking on printer. Your newly installed printer should show
up here. If you need to check the settings or install fonts you
can do so at this time.
Now you are ready to associate your workstation to the shared NetWare
printer. This is done with the NetWare Capture command. Capture is
provided as part of the NetWare OS/2 Requester. To "capture" the
correct NetWare print queue, please consult your NetWare documentation
or ask your lan administrator. Once Capture has been successfully run to
connect your HP LaserJet III printer you are now ready to print.
Presentations Manager Application Printing
Most Presentation Manager(PM) applications will print to a NetWare
connected printer. Many PM applications will not print to an HP
LaserJet III printer unless there is a local print queue. As a result,
they also will not print to a NetWare printer that is shared. Some
applications in this catagory include: AutoDesk's AutoCad for OS/2
and Xerox Ventura Publisher for PM.
Trademark Credits
-----------------
HP(R), AutoFont Support(R), and LaserJet(R) are U.S. registered
trademarks; and PCL(TM) is a trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company.
CG Times is a product of; and Type Director is a registered trademark
of AGFA Compugraphic, a division of Agfa Corporation.
DeScribe(TM) is a trademark of DeScribe, Inc.
IBM(R) is a registered trademark of International Business Machines
Corporation.
ITC Zapf Dingbats is a trademark of International Typeface
Corporation.
Microsoft(R), MS-DOS(R), and MS(R) are U.S. registered trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation.
MS(R) OS/2 is a product of Microsoft Corporation.
PageMaker(R) is a U.S. Registered trademark of Aldus Corporation.
Univers is a registered trademark of Linotype AG and its subsidiaries.