******************************************************************************** ******************************************************************************** README FILE FOR HPPCL5A PRINTER DRIVER VERSION 3.7 ******************************************************************************** ******************************************************************************** This README file contains the following information: * Installation Instructions * New Features * HPPCL5A Printer Driver Enhancements * User Hints * HP Personal Peripherals Assist Line ******************************************************************************* INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT AND ANY SOFTWARE THAT MAY ACCOMPANY THIS DOCUMENT (collectively referred to as the HPPCL5A Printer Driver Version 3.7) 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 the HPPCL5A Printer Driver Version 3.7. The HPPCL5A Printer Driver Version 3.7 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 HPPCL5A Printer Driver Version 3.7 must be distributed together; and 4) the HPPCL5A Printer Driver Version 3.7 may not be distributed for profit. Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 Hewlett-Packard Company. All Rights Reserved. Univers is a product of; and Intellifont is a registered trademark of AGFA Compugraphic, a division of Agfa Corporation. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. ******************************************************************************* INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ******************************************************************************* To install the HPPCL5A Printer Driver: 1. Start Windows 3.0. 2. Choose Control Panel from the Main Group in Program Manager. The Control Panel window appears. 3. Choose the Printers icon from the Control Panel window. The Printers dialog box appears. 4. Choose the Add Printer >> button. 5. From the List of Printers: dialog box, select the Unlisted Printer. Unlisted Printer is the last entry in the List of Printers dialog box. 6. Choose Install. 7. Insert the HPPCL5A Printer Driver Disk Version 3.7. 8. Double click on the drive containing the floppy in the "Directories:" list. 9. Double click on HPPCL5A.DRV in the Driver Files list. 10. Choose "New" when asked whether you want to use the current driver or install a new driver. 8. The entry "HP LaserJet III on None, Inactive" will appear in the Installed Printers dialog box. NOTE: Any HP LaserJet III printer you have previously installed will use the new PCL5 Printer Driver and Hewlett-Packard Font Installer. Delete through the Control Panel any HP LaserJet III printer entries that are not needed. 9. Choose Configure. 10. Highlight the correct printer port from the Ports dialog box. 11. Choose Setup. 12. Make any necessary changes in the Printer Setup screen to reflect your printer's configuration. 13. Choose OK twice. 14. Choose Active. 15. Choose OK. The HPPCL5A printer driver is now installed. Note: Until you exit Windows 3.0 and then restart Windows 3.0, the Printer Setup function from the Control Panel is accessed from the installation disk. Make sure the installation disk for HPPCL5A Printer Driver Version 3.7 is inserted in the floppy drive whenever you request Printer Setup from the Control Panel after installing the new Printer Driver and before exiting Windows 3.0. ******************************************************************************* NEW FEATURES ******************************************************************************* New features included with the HPPCL5A Printer Driver include: * New Hewlett-Packard Font Installer Including AutoFont Support New Hewlett-Packard Font Installer - Scalable typefaces and bitmapped fonts can now be installed for use in both Windows 3.0 and your Hewlett-Packard LaserJet III or IIID printer. The Hewlett-Packard font installer installs typefaces and fonts from the following file types: .PCM Printer Cartridge Metrics file. This file is created by the cartridge vendor. PCM files are used for scalable and bitmapped cartridges that are not supported by the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet III printer driver. GLUE.TXT This file contains information for all font products you install with AutoFont Support. Soft fonts and cartridges, bitmapped and scalable can be installed from the "glue.txt" file. When prompted by the HP Font Installer for the drive\directory from where you want to add fonts, input the drive\directory where your "glue.txt" file is located (default directory for HP's AutoFont program and for Type Director is C:\AUTOFONT). The HP Font Installer reads the "glue.txt" file and displays a list of the typefaces that have been installed with AutoFont support. When you add typeface(s), the HP Font Installer creates a .PFM file for soft fonts and a .PCM for cartridge fonts from the AutoFont .TFM files. The HP Font Installer installs the .PFM and .PCM files into Windows 3.0 for access by the printer driver. .sfp Bitmapped soft font in portrait orientation. .sfl Bitmapped soft font in landscape orientation. AutoFont Support - AutoFont support incorporated into the Hewlett-Packard font installer allows the installation of scalable typeface cartridges, scalable soft fonts, bitmapped font cartridges and bitmapped soft fonts into Windows 3.0 without first acquiring a Windows 3.0 metric file. AutoFont support works by creating the Windows 3.0 metrics files from the .TFM files installed through AutoFont. ******************************************************************************** HPPCL5A PRINTER DRIVER ENHANCEMENTS ******************************************************************************** Enhancements to the HPPCL5A Printer Driver include: * Print Model Improvement * New and Improved Gray Scale Printing * Font Downloading Optimizations Print Model Improvement - The print model feature has been improved to include printing black and white text over the top of other text and graphic images instead of only on black rectangles. New and Improved Gray Scale Printing - The gray scale option has been expanded to include optimal printing of scanned images. There are three choices in the Gray Scale dialog box in the Printer Setup screen for printing gray scale graphics: Photographic Images, Line Art Images, and HP ScanJet Images. Photographic Images replaces the Gray Scale Graphics On selection supported in Version 3.61 of the HPPCL5A driver. This method uses an 8 bit by 8 bit super pixel to emulate 60 levels of gray. This is up from 32 levels of gray supported in the previous version of the driver. For improved photographic appearance, select Photographic Images. Your images will have smooth, soft looking contrasts between shades of gray. Images originally designed with color will print better also. Line Art Images replaces the Gray Scale Graphics Off selection supported in Version 3.61 of the HPPCL5A driver. This method uses patterns to emulate 32 levels of gray. It has been improved from the previous version of the driver by supporting 32 new hand-tuned patterned images. The benefits of this method is that is has fewer artifacts and a better balance of gray tones than the old method, yet all of the detail is preserved. Use this method for images that have a "line draw" look such as clip art. HP ScanJet Images is a new option for printing gray scale graphics. This method uses a variation of the 8 bit by 8 bit super pixel used in the Photographic Images method. The HP ScanJet Images option is specially tuned for scanned images from an HP ScanJet to give exceptional quality and clarity to the printed images. You may want to print your graphic images from more than one of the Gray Scale printing methods. Only you can decide which method creates the best output for your picture. Font Downloading Optimizations - The HPPCL5A printer driver now downloads individual characters of a symbol set to the printer as they are referenced, rather than sending the entire symbol set at one time. ******************************************************************************** USER HINTS ******************************************************************************** On-line help files are included for the HPPCL5A 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 In Europe, call the Microsoft Customer Support line in your country.