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- INFORMATION REGARDING PCL PRINTERS
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- You have selected one of the following printers:
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- HP LaserJet Epson GQ-3500 Tegra Genisis
- HP LaserJet Plus Kyocera F-1010 Laser Wang LDP8
- HP LaserJet 500+ NEC SilentWriter LC860 Olivetti PG 208 M2
- HP LaserJet Series II Okidata LaserLine 6 Olivetti LP 5000
- HP LaserJet 2000 QuadLaser I Toshiba PageLaser 12
- Apricot Laser Tandy LP-1000
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- These printers are known as "PCL" printers. Your PCL printer has
- been installed; however, it has not yet been configured properly. To
- properly configure your PCL printer, use the Control Panel. For more
- information on how to do this, see your Windows documentation.
- Be sure to select the proper font cartridge for your printer;
- if you do not, your font options may be limited by some applications.
- Also, be sure to properly set up your communications port.
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- Using Soft Fonts With Hewlett Packard Laser Printers:
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- The following describes how to use soft fonts with Hewlett
- Packard Laser Printers. To use soft fonts, your printer must
- have the proper hardware. The HP LaserJet will not support soft
- fonts. The HP LaserJet+, HP LaserJet II, and HP LaserJet 2000
- all support soft fonts. If you have a printer which emulates an
- HP Laser Printer and wish to use soft fonts, you should contact
- your printer dealer or manufacturer to determine if your printer
- supports soft fonts.
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- Soft fonts are fonts that you copy onto your computer and download
- to your printer. Many soft font installation programs, such as
- PCLPAK from Hewlett-Packard and Fontware from Bitstream, include
- installation programs of their own. If you plan to use one of these
- installation programs, make sure that you install the font as Windows
- compatible fonts. In general, three types of files can be included
- in a soft font package:
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- - Printer Font File
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- Printer fonts are what actually get installed on your printer.
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- - Printer Font Metrics File (PFM)
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- Printer font metrics are an optional file that are either
- included by the soft font vendor or generated by Soft Font
- installer that is part of the Windows PCL printer driver.
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- - Screen Font File
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- These are screen equivalents of your printer fonts. They should
- be installed using the "Add fonts..." command in the Windows
- Control Panel.
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- You can download fonts to your printer two ways; as "Permanent" fonts
- or as "Temporary" fonts. Permanent fonts are copied to your printer's
- memory before you print. Consult your soft font manual for instructions
- on downloading "Permanent" fonts. These fonts are kept in your printer's
- memory until you turn off the printer. "Permanent" fonts print faster,
- but take up much more of your printer's memory than "Temporary" fonts.
- "Temporary" fonts are automatically downloaded to your printer as you
- print. After your printing has finished, they are removed from your
- printer's memory. This conserves on your printer's memory, but means
- that fonts will be downloaded every time you print.
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- You can use the Soft Font Installer to add temporary or permanent fonts,
- move fonts between printer ports, and remove fonts from your printer.
- To use the Soft Font Installer that is part of your PCL printer driver,
- bring up the printer specific dialog by selecting the "Printer..."
- command in the Windows Control Panel and choosing the PCL / HP LaserJet
- selection. Clicking the "Fonts" button in the printer specific dialog will
- bring up the Soft Font Installer.
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- If you want to install soft fonts on your system, insert the soft fonts
- disk in drive A:, bring up the printer specific dialog, click on the
- Fonts button, and then click on the "Add Fonts ..." button. The installer
- copies the printer fonts and PFM files to your hard disk. If there are
- no PFM files, the installer will create them for you.
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- If you want to move or copy the soft fonts to another PCL printer on
- another port, bring up the printer specific dialog, click the Fonts
- button, and then click the Copy button after selecting the fonts you
- want moved or copied.
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- If you want to remove the soft fonts, bring up the printer specific
- dialog, click the Fonts button, and then click the Remove button after
- selecting the fonts you want removed.
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- Steps for Installing Additional Font Cartridge Support:
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- 1. To add new font cartridge support, you need to first obtain a
- .PCM file for your cartridge from your font cartridge vendor.
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- 2. Run the Control Panel to set up the PCL / HP LaserJet printer.
- From the printer dialog box, select the "Fonts" button to bring up
- the Soft Font Installer. Select "Add Fonts" and type in the drive/directory
- containing the font cartridge PCM file.
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- You should now see the title of your cartridge in the add fonts
- listbox. There will be a "(c)" next to the name, indicating it is a
- font cartridge (PCM). Select this as you would a soft font, and select
- "Add" (see instructions above for more on Soft Font Installation).
- Once the cartridge is installed, select "Exit".
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- 3. You should now be in the HPPCL main dialog box. Scroll to the
- end of the "Cartridges" listbox. Your font cartridge will be listed
- at the end. Select your cartridge, and choose "OK".
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- You do not need to repeat the cartridge installation in step 2, unless
- you remove it through the soft font installer.
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