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OS/2 HP LASERJET Printer Driver
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HISTORY (date - version - description of changes )
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08/20/92 - v1.3.350 - Initial posting of driver package.
FIXES SINCE GA:
a) APAR#: PJ04342
DESCRIPTION: Large print jobs print slowly from Laserjet
printers that support data compression
compared to Windows 3.1.
RESOLUTION: Implemented compression modes 2 and 3 for those
devices that support it. The field for
"Memory size (KB)" must be changed in the
Laserjet Printer Properties to reflect actual
memory on printer so the driver can select best
compression mode.
b) DCR#: 1399 "Standardizing OS/2 Printer Drivers"
DESCRIPTION: The LaserJet driver stored it's information in the
OS2.INI file instead of the OS2SYS.INI files where
all OS/2 drivers are supposed to.
RESOLUTION: All Job/Printer Properties now stored in OS2SYS.INI
instead of OS2.INI.
c) APAR#: NONE
DESCRIPTION: Occasional trap occurs printing to ledger paper.
RESOLUTION: LaserJet driver fixed.
d) APAR#: NONE
DESCRIPTION: LaserJet reads stored printer/job properties
multiple times unecessarily from OS2SYS.INI.
RESOLUTION: LaserJet driver fixed so it only reads these
properties once.
v1.3.333 - font files (.FNT) now have EA files (.FNI)
03/30/92 - v1.3.342 - OS/2 2.0 GA version
LICENSE
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Please see the 'LICENSE' text file included in this package
for licensing information.
BEFORE INSTALLATION
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1. Attaching Extended Attributes
The Extended Attribute file (.EA) for the driver must be attached
to the actual driver file (.DRV) so installation of the driver
will succeed. This is done by using the EAUTIL.EXE program that
is part of OS/2.
-> Use the command file provided to do this for you.
(examples: EPSON.CMD for the Epson printer driver EPSON.DRV
LASERJET.CMD for the Laserjet driver LASERJET.DRV
PSCRIPT.CMD for the PostScript driver PSCRIPT.DRV
SMGXPJET.CMD for the PaintJet driver SMGXPJET.DRV
IBMNULL.CMD for the IBM Null driver IBMNULL.DRV
IBM4019.CMD for the IBM 4019 driver IBM4019.DRV
IBM42XX.CMD for the IBM 42XX driver IBM42XX.DRV
IBM52XX.CMD for the IBM 52XX driver IBM45XX.DRV
IBM52012.CMD for the IBM 52012 driver IBM52012.DRV
PLOTTERS.CMD for the IBM Plotter driver PLOTTERS.DRV)
The command file must be run from the same directory where all
the driver files were unzipped to.
Once this is done successfully, you may proceed with normal
printer driver installation if you are not replacing an older
version of the same driver. If you are see step #2 below.
The installation of an OS/2 Printer Driver is documented in
OS/2 2.0's online Master Help Index under the topic 'installing'
and the subtopic 'OS/2 printer drivers'.
The installation of an OS/2 Printer Object is documented in
OS/2 2.0's online Master Help Index under the topic 'Creating'
and subtopic 'Printer Object'.
2. Replacing existing drivers
If you are replacing an existing driver with the same driver there
are a few things that need to be done before installation.
a) "Hold" every printer object (queue) that has the driver you are
replacing installed as the "Default printer Driver".
"Holding" a printer object (queue) is accomplished by:
i. Right mouse button on the printer object (queue),
a menu should appear.
ii. Left mouse button on the menu item "Change status",
a sub-menu should appear.
iii. Left mouse button on the sub-menu item "Hold"
A check mark should appear next to the "Hold" sub-menu item
on subsequent accesses of this sub-menu.
"Default printer driver" for a print object (queue) is found by:
i. Right mouse button on the printer object (queue),
a menu should appear.
ii. Left mouse button on the arrow to the left of menu item
"Open", a sub menu should appear.
iii. Left mouse button on the sub-menu item "Settings",
a notebook should appear.
iv. Left mouse button on the notebook tab labelled "Printer driver",
the notebook page should change.
v. You should see a window on this page labelled
"Default printer driver" where all printer drivers used
by this queue are shown.
b) Shut down all programs that use any printer object (queue)
for printing. Also, remember to remove any programs
that might automatically start upon booting from the
"startup" folder or startup.cmd file or other command files.
This will ensure these programs won't load the printer driver
you are trying to replace, causing installation of the new
version of the driver to fail.
d) Shut down your computer to save any changes.
c) Reboot your computer. Your system should come up fresh
with no jobs printing or programs running.
d) Directly following this reboot, install the new version
of the printer driver from the directory you unzipped it to.
The installation of an OS/2 Printer Driver is documented in
OS/2 2.0's online Master Help Index under the topic 'installing'
and the subtopic 'OS/2 printer drivers'.
The installation of an OS/2 Printer Object is documented in
OS/2 2.0's online Master Help Index under the topic 'Creating'
and subtopic 'Printer Object'.