INSTALLING YOUR HP DESKJET 500 SCALABLE PRINTER DRIVER FOR MICROSOFT® WINDOWS 3.0 =========================================================== The HP DeskJet 500 Scalable Printer Driver for Microsoft® Windows 3.0 offers several features that enhance your printer's capability to produce quality documents: * the ability to scale printer fonts from 4 to 127 point * support for text and graphics in portrait and landscape orientation * matching screen and printer fonts for true WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) This driver includes three scalable typefaces from the HP MasterType Library: CG Times, Courier, and Univers. It can also be used with additional MasterType Library scalable typefaces. The HP DeskJet 500 Scalable Printer Driver for Microsoft® Windows 3.0 supports both the HP DeskJet 500 and HP DeskJet PLUS printers. This printer driver is also completely compatible with the HP DeskJet printer, but the print speed will be slower. To use your HP DeskJet 500 Scalable Printer Driver for Microsoft® Windows 3.0, you will need to perform these tasks through the Windows 3.0 Control Panel: * install the driver and its support files on your hard disk * select printer settings * install printer fonts * create screen fonts (optional) * activate your printer Scalable type outlines are licensed from Agfa Corporation. Intellifont is a registered trademark of Agfa Corporation. CG Times, a product of Agfa Corporation, is based on Times New Roman under license from Monotype Corporation plc. Agfa is a registered trademark of Agfa-Gevaert AG. Univers is a registered trademark of Linotype AG and/or its subsidiaries. Microsoft® is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. INSTALLING THE DRIVER AND ITS SUPPORT FILES ON YOUR HARD DISK ========================================================= 1. Start Windows 3.0. 2. Double click the Control Panel icon in the Main group window. The Control Panel window will appear. 3. Double click the Printers icon. The Printers dialog box will appear. 4. Click the Add Printer button, then scroll through the printers in the List of Printers box until Unlisted Printer appears. If you have no other printers installed on your system, scroll through the List of Printers box until Unlisted Printer appears. Unlisted Printer is at the end of the list. 5. Double click Unlisted Printer. The Add Unlisted Printer dialog box will appear. 6. Insert the HP DeskJet 500 Scalable Printer Driver disk into your computer's flexible disk drive. 7. Double click your computer's flexible disk drive ([-a-], for example) in the Directories list box on the right. 8. Double click dj500.drv in the Driver Files list box on the left. If you have other printers installed on your system, "HP DeskJet 500 Scalable on None, Inactive" will appear as selected (highlighted) in the Installed Printers list box. If you have no other printers installed on your system, "HP DeskJet 500 Scalable on . . ., Active" will appear. 9. Click OK to close the Printers dialog box. 10. IMPORTANT! Close the Control Panel, returning to the Main Group window. At this point, the driver and its accompanying support files have been installed on your system. Continue with Selecting Printer Settings, below. SELECTING PRINTER SETTINGS ========================== 1. Double click the Control Panel icon in the Main Group window. The Control Panel window will appear. 2. Double click the Printers icon. The Printers dialog box will appear. 3. Click HP DeskJet 500 Scalable on None, Inactive, or HP DeskJet 500 Scalable on . . ., Active. 4. Click the Configure button. The Printers - Configure dialog box will appear. 5. Click LPT1 or COM1 in the Ports list box on the left to select the port to which you connected your printer when you set it up. LPT ports are parallel ports. COM ports are serial ports. If no other printers are installed on your system, you will probably want to select LPT1. 6. Click the Setup button. The HP DeskJet 500 Scalable on . . . dialog box will appear. 7. Select your printer (DeskJet 500, DeskJet PLUS, or DeskJet), and the paper size, resolution, and orientation, as desired. Click down arrow on the drop down list box for a list of the options for each setting. Click the Help button for more information on selecting printer settings. Once you have selected your printer settings, continue with Installing Printer Fonts, below. INSTALLING PRINTER FONTS ======================== 1. Click the Printer Fonts button. 2. Specify the directory in which to store your driver's configuration files and font files, either by using the default directory (C:\TD\TYPE), or by typing an alternative drive/directory. 3. Click OK. 4. Click OK to confirm the drive/directory in which to store your driver's configuration files and font files. 5. Click the Install Fonts button. The Install Fonts: Source Directory dialog box will appear. 6. If you are using a 3.5 in. flexible disk drive, insert the HP DeskJet 500 Scalable Fonts disk into your computer's flexible disk drive and type the name of that drive in the Install Fonts: Source Directory dialog box. If you are using a 5.25 in. flexible disk drive, the printer fonts are contained on the HP DeskJet 500 Scalable Printer Driver disk already in the flexible disk drive. 7. Click OK. The Install Fonts: Destination Directory dialog box will appear. 8. Specify the directory in which to store fonts either by using the default directory (for example, C:\TD\TYPE), or by typing an alternative drive/directory in which to store your fonts. 9. Click OK. The CG Times, Courier, and Univers printer fonts will appear in the Printer Fonts From: list box on the left. 10. Select the fonts you wish to install from the Printer Fonts From: list box on the left. You may select all or some of the source fonts by pressing and holding the Ctrl key while clicking on the name of each font you wish to install. 11. Click the >>Copy>> button. For first time installation, this process may take several minutes. When this is complete, the list of fonts you just installed will appear in the Installed Printer Fonts list box on the right. 12. Click OK to close the Install Printer Fonts dialog box. At this point, you may wish to create screen fonts for the printer fonts you just installed. If so, continue with Creating Screen Fonts, below. Otherwise, continue with Activating Your Printer in the next section. CREATING SCREEN FONTS ===================== Creating screen fonts allows you to see fonts on your screen that match the fonts on your documents for true WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get). You create these bitmap screen fonts from the scalable printer fonts you installed. Creating screen fonts is optional; you will be able to use the scalable printer fonts whether screen fonts exist or not. 1. Click the Screen Fonts button. 2. Select the printer fonts for which you wish to make screen fonts from the Installed Printer Font(s) list box on the left. You may select more than one printer font by pressing and holding the Ctrl key while clicking each the name of each printer font for which you wish to create screen fonts. 3. Click the >>Create>> button. The screen fonts will be created in the following standard point sizes: 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, and 24. You may add or delete sizes for a screen font by selecting the font from the Installed Screen Font(s) list box and clicking the Edit Sizes button. Click the Help button for more information on editing screen fonts. 4. Click OK to close the Create Screen Fonts dialog box. ACTIVATING YOUR PRINTER ======================= Before you may use your printer, you must activate it. 1. Click OK to close the HP DeskJet 500 Scalable on . . . dialog box. 2. Click OK to close the Printers Configure dialog box. 3. Click Active in the Status box in the Printers dialog box. 4. Double click HP DeskJet 500 Scalable on . . . to make it your default printer. 5. Click OK to close the Printers dialog box. 6. Close the Control Panel, returning to the Main group window. 7. Remove the disk from your flexible disk drive and store it in a safe place. Your HP DeskJet 500 Scalable Printer Driver for Microsoft® Windows 3.0 is now installed and set up for use. Additional information on using the HP DeskJet 500 Scalable Printer Driver can be found by clicking the Help buttons in the printer setup dialog boxes. Also, check your disk(s) for README.TXT files. These files contain late-breaking information and may be read using the Windows 3.0 Notepad accessory. PROBLEM SOLVING =============== If you have problems during or after the installation of the HP DeskJet 500 Scalable Printer Driver for Microsoft® Windows 3.0, close the Control Panel and remove the disk from your flexible disk drive. Open the Control Panel, reinsert the disk, and continue from where you left off. If you still need help, call HP Personal Peripheral Assist at (208) 323-2551.