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OS/2 HP Deskjet Driver (beta) v13.352
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(c) Copyright IBM Corporation 1990,1991,1992. All rights reserved.
(c) Copyright Hewlett-Packard Corporation 1989,1990,1991,1992.
All rights reserved.
(c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1988,1989. All rights reserved.
HISTORY (date - version - description of changes )
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11/05/92 - v13.352 - Initial posting of (beta) DeskJet driver package.
- This driver contains support for the
following devices: HP DeskJet
HP DeskJet Plus
HP DeskJet 500
HP DeskJet 500C
HP DeskJet 550C
HP DeskJet Portable
- NOTE: This driver is being distributed in beta
format and is provided "as is" until it
officially shipped with OS/2 2.01
- This driver has been tested thoroughly with many
major applications and been through exhaustive
functional testing!
- The driver will be updated with the OS/2 2.01 version
when OS/2 2.01 ships.
- Enjoy! Patience pays off!
Files included in HPDJET.ZIP:
DESKJET.DOC - README document a MUST! before install
LICENSE - a text file containing OS/2 driver
license.
HPDJPM.DRV - the main driver file
DJFAMGEN.DLL - a driver's library file
HPDJPM.HLP - driver help file
HPDJPM.CMD - command file for re-attaching
extended attributes prior to install
DJFAMGEN.EA - the driver's extended attributes
HPDJPM.EA - the library's extended attributes
HPDJPMH.EA - the help file's extended attributes
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: HPDJPM.CMD for the DeskJet printer driver HPDJPM.DRV
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
NOTE: It is always best to delete the existing driver using
the delete option in the printer settings notebook.
After doing this, you may even want to manually check that
the driver files are were really deleted from their
respective \os2\dll\"drivername" directory) before installing
a newer version. This ensures that the driver uses only
the newer files and is not a hybrid between the old and
newer driver.
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.
c) Make sure all printer objects (queues) are NOT open
(NOT in "icon view" but closed). Open printer objects cause
the printer driver to be loaded. Preventing updates to
the new version.
d) Shut down your computer to save any changes.
e) Reboot your computer. Your system should come up fresh
with no jobs printing or programs running and no open print
queues.
f) 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'.