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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.