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- From: gerardis@cs.mcgill.ca (The GIF Emporium)
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- Subject: Re: Searching for HP LaserJet 4 Drivers (I got them..)
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- Date: 29 Dec 92 05:34:38 GMT
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- >>>In article <cZq4VB2w165w@quink.in-berlin.de> mtheil@quink.in-berlin.de (Matthias Theil) writes:
- >>>>a friend of mine bought a HP LaserJet 4. But he is missing drivers to
- >>>>use it under Windows or generally with some applications. However, the
- >>>>drivers-disk which came with the machine is not very completely.
- >>>HPIV. The disks do include a WP driver though.
-
- Well I recently bought myself an HP IV as an EARLY X-mas present but
- I'm waiting for delivery of it, directly from HP. I don't know what
- the disks included with it will contain, but I managed to get a copy
- of the WIN 3.1 drivers for the HP 4/4M. They support 600 dpi
- printing, RET and a whole bunch of other features.. Even though I
- don't have my printer yet, I found the drivers so grabbed them right
- away.. Below I'm including a copy of the README.TXT file included in
- the package. Since it is supposed to be freely distributable, If
- anyone wants it, please let me know and If their is a large reuqest
- for it, I can post it in one of the binaries groups, post it to an ftp
- site, or if their are not many requests-maybe even mail it. I would
- prefer an ftp site, such as hp's own "hpcsos.col.hp.com" in their /pub
- directory. Let me know if anyone is interested.
-
- ************ BELOW FOR README.TXT ******************
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Tony Gerardis @ McGill University - Computer Science
- =========================================================================
- Prefered account--------------- | The sun is the same in a relative way,
- gerardis@cs.mcgill.ca | but you're older
- however also available ------- | And shorter of breath and one day
- gerardis@musocs.bitnet | closer to DEATH. -Floyd
- ===========================================================================
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- *****************************************************************
- *****************************************************************
-
- README FILE FOR HEWLETT-PACKARD HPPCL5E PRINTER DRIVER
- WITH SUPPORT FOR THE HP LaserJet 4/4M PRINTER
-
- 31.1.03 for Windows 3.1
-
- *****************************************************************
- *****************************************************************
-
- This README file contains the following information:
-
- * Hewlett-Packard HPPCL5E Printer Driver Introduction
- * Installation Instructions for Windows 3.1
- * Features of Hewlett-Packard HPPCL5E Printer Driver
- * User Hints
- * HP Personal Peripherals Assist Line
-
- *****************************************************************
-
- INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT AND ANY SOFTWARE THAT MAY
- ACCOMPANY THIS DOCUMENT (collectively referred to as
- Hewlett-Packard HPPCL5E Printer Driver version 31.1.03) IS
- PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR
- IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
- MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. The
- user assumes the entire risk as to the accuracy and the use of
- Hewlett-Packard HPPCL5E Printer Driver version 31.1.03.
-
- The HPPCL5E Printer Driver Version 31.1.03 may be copied and
- distributed subject to the following conditions:
-
- 1) All text must be copied without modification and all pages
- must be included;
-
- 2) All files on the disk must be copied without modification
- (the DOS utility DISKCOPY is appropriate for this purpose);
-
- 3) All components of the HPPCL5E Printer Driver Version 31.1.03
- must be distributed together; and
-
- 4) the HPPCL5E Printer Driver Version 31.1.03 may not be
- distributed for profit.
-
- Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1992 Hewlett-Packard Company.
- Copyright (c) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 Microsoft Corp.
- Copyright (c) 1988, 1989 Aldus Co.
- All Rights Reserved.
-
- Intellifont is a registered trademark of AGFA Compugraphic, a
- division of AGFA Corporation.
- IBM PC and PC-DOS are trademarks of International Business
- Machines Corporation.
- MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft
- Corporation.
-
- ***************************************************************
-
- HEWLETT-PACKARD HPPCL5E PRINTER DRIVER VERSION 1.03 INTRODUCTION
-
- ***************************************************************
-
- This is a release of the Hewlett-Packard HPPCL5E printer
- driver with support for the HP LaserJet 4/4M printer, which
- includes 600 dpi printer resolution, HP-GL/2, resident TrueType
- font technology and the resident Intellifont typefaces.
-
- ***************************************************************
-
- INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR WINDOWS 3.1
-
- ***************************************************************
-
- To install Hewlett-Packard HPPCL5E printer driver version
- 31.1.03 for Windows 3.1:
-
- NOTE: If you intend to use HP Intellifont for Windows to
- produce screen fonts for the Intellifont typefaces in the
- HP LaserJet 4/4M, you must install Intellifont for Windows
- BEFORE installing the printer driver. Please refer to
- the Intellifont for Windows instructions.
-
- 1. Choose the Control Panel from the Main Group in Program
- Manager.
- 2. Choose the Printers icon from the Control Panel window.
- The Printers dialog box appears.
- 3. Choose the Add button.
- 4. From the List of Printers dialog box, select Install
- Unlisted or Updated printer (first printer in list).
- 5. Choose install.
- 6. Insert the driver disk labeled HPPCL5E version 1.03
- into your flexible disk drive and specify the
- WIN31DRV directory on your floppy disk to install
- the Windows 3.1 driver.
- 7. Highlight the "HP LaserJet 4/4M" line in the Add Unlisted
- or Updated Printers dialog box and press [Enter].
- 8. Choose Connect if the default port of LPT1 is incorrect.
- 9. Highlight the correct printer port from the Ports list box
- and press [Enter].
- 10. Choose Setup.
- 11. Make any necessary changes in the Printer Setup screen to
- reflect your printer's configuration.
- 12. Choose OK.
- 13. Choose Set as Default Printer if the LaserJet 4/4M is
- intended to be your default printer for all of your
- Windows applications.
- 14. Choose Close.
-
- ***************************************************************
-
- FEATURES OF HEWLETT-PACKARD HPPCL5E PRINTER DRIVER VERSION 1.03
-
- ****************************************************************
-
- The Hewlett-Packard HPPCL5E Printer Driver version 31.1.03
- includes support for the HP LaserJet 4/4M printer and the
- following new features:
-
- Support for 600 dpi Printer Resolution.
- The user can switch between 300 and 600 dpi printer
- resolution via the switch in the setup dialog of the
- driver.
-
- Support for Graphics Quality.
- At 600 dpi mode in the LaserJet 4/4M the driver
- supports graphics resolutions of 600, 300, and 150 dpi.
- At 300 dpi mode the driver supports 300, 150, and 75 dpi.
- The actual graphics resolution settings are denoted by
- the descriptive terms of Low, Medium, and High rather
- than the actual dpi.
-
- Support for the TrueType typefaces.
- All the resident TrueType typefaces in the HP
- LaserJet 4/4M printer are supported. Other TrueType
- typefaces are supported by building outlines from
- the typeface and downloading the characters needed on the
- fly. All of the internal TrueType typefaces in the HP
- LaserJet 4/4M printer are supported in the 19U symbol set
- with the exception of Wingdings in L$ and Symbol in AS.
-
- Hewlett-Packard has made the TrueType format screen
- fonts available for the 35 Intellifont format typefaces
- in LaserJet 4/4M. These screen fonts are available through
- your local Hewlett-Packard dealer and are not included in
- this package. TrueType equivalent screen fonts allow for a
- more closely integrated Windows 3.1 solution.
-
- Support for the internal Intellifont typefaces.
- All the internal Intellifont typefaces in the HP LaserJet
- 4/4M printer are supported in the 19U symbol set. To obtain
- WYSIWYG results, use HP Intellifont which supports
- on-the-fly screen fonts to match your printer fonts in
- Windows 3.1.
-
- Support for HP-GL/2
- Support for HP-GL/2 is in version 1.03. Under the Options
- Dialog in the Printer Setup, a new option of "Graphics
- Mode" is available. Two options are present: HP-GL/2 or
- Raster. The first choice enables HP-GL/2 which will
- increase print performance but may possibly cause 21 Print
- Overruns in some applications. The second choice disables
- HP-GL/2 and uses raster only. The default for Graphics Mode
- is HP-GL/2.
- If you do encounter print difficulties in the default
- Graphics Mode, it is recommended that you change the
- mode to Raster and try your print job again. Additional
- information on this topic may be found in the help files
- that accompany this driver. Choose Help from the driver
- dialog screens or the HP font installer screens to access
- the HELP information.
-
- Dialog Support for Resolution Enhancement Technology
- Another feature added to the Option Dialog is the
- Resolution Enhancement technology box. The options here
- are: Printer Default, Light, Medium, Dark, and Off.
-
- ***************************************************************
-
- FEATURES OF HP LaserJet 4/4M NOT SUPPORTED BY HPPCL5E PRINTER
- DRIVER VERSION 31.1.03
-
- ***************************************************************
-
- Bi-directional communication. This is not currently
- supported in Windows 3.1.
-
- ***************************************************************
-
- USER HINTS
-
- ***************************************************************
-
- On-line help files are included for the HPPCL5E printer driver and
- the HP font installer screens. Choose Help from these screens to
- access the HELP information.
-
- ***************************************************************
-
- HEWLETT-PACKARD PERSONAL PERIPHERALS ASSIST LINE
- (USA and Canada only)
-
- ***************************************************************
-
- You can call the Hewlett-Packard Personal Peripherals Assist Line
- weekdays between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. (Mountain Standard Time),
- except for Wednesday when the hours are 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.:
- (208) 323-2551.
-