1. HPdesignjet500_C7770B.zip Driver
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README.TXT Driver File Contents (HPdesignjet500_C7770B.zip)

ReadMe File for the Hewlett-Packard HP-GL/2 Raster Driver
for Windows 95, 98, and Me

Product name:              HP Designjet HP-GL/2 Raster Driver
                           for Windows 95, 98, and Me

Version number:            5.35

Languages supported:       English, French, Italian, German,
                           Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean,
                           Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Products supported:        HP Designjet 100
                           HP Designjet 500
                           HP Designjet 800
                           HP Designjet 5000
                           HP Designjet 5500
                          

Installation instructions: see detailed instructions at the end
                           of this file

Platform requirements:     Microsoft Windows 95, 98, and Me


SOFTWARE APPLICATION NOTES

Large Paper Sizes

If your application has a Page Setup or similarly named menu item,
you should always take care when it is used to set a large paper
size. ZoomSmart scaling settings in the Paper Sizes properties
page may be active. If so, the scaling effect could generate an
error message telling you that the scaled paper size is too large
for your printer and that scaling will be disabled. However, in
some extreme cases this error message will be repeated several
times. After the final error message your drawing will be printed
according to the Page Setup settings and with the scaling setting
disabled.

Internet Links from the Driver's Help File

The driver's help file contains some useful links for users with
access to the Internet. If you cannot link automatically to these
pages, they can still provide you with useful information.

The pages are:

HP Home Page            http://www.hp.com/
HP Designjet Home Page  hpp://www.designjet.hp.com/

Timeout for Complex Print Jobs

Complex print jobs may experience timeout problems. Under such
circumstances, only a portion of the drawing will be properly
printed, and the device will request more paper. To solve the
problem, increase the IN JOB TIMEOUT setting available through the
printer's front panel IO MENU.

For really complex drawings you may also need to change the
printer spool settings, as follows:

Start -> Settings -> Printers -> 
Properties -> Details -> Spool Settings ->
Check "Start printing after last page is spooled"

Color Space

You should select the sRGB color space in your application,
otherwise hue casts may not be printed correctly. No CMYK path is
available in this driver. If you use CMYK, your application will
convert it to RGB; ensure that it converts to sRGB.

Large Images and Adobe Applications

Adobe Photoshop may have difficulty in printing large images at
high resolutions or on large paper sizes. You can check in advance
whether a problem will occur by clicking on the second pane from
the left of the Photoshop status bar. You should see a gray
rectangle representing the printed page, and a white crossed
rectangle on top of representing the image. The white rectangle
should be surrounded by the gray one; if not, your image may be
clipped.

To overcome this problem, first ensure that you have selected the
correct paper size. In Photoshop, select File, Page Setup and
click on the Properties button to set the paper size. If the
problem remains, select File, Page Setup, Properties again, and
then click Scale to Fit and set a 100% scaling factor. The printer
driver will now report a lower resolution to Photoshop, which may
enable your image to be printed.

You may experience a similar problem with Adobe Acrobat.

Choosing Standard Page Sizes in Microsoft Word

If you want to select from a particular group of standard page
sizes (such as ANSI or ISO) in Microsoft Word, you must first
enable those paper sizes in the driver's Paper Sizes dialog box.
See the driver's help file for more information.

Keep Line Width When Scaling

The "Keep line width when scaling" option in the driver's CAD
properties page will not work if your application draws lines as
small rectangles. This may happen with thick or styled lines.

Wide Paper and AutoCAD 2000

If you want to print from AutoCAD 2000 on paper wider than 54
inches (1371.6 mm) using the HP Designjet 5000 in Best mode, you
must first click Properties on the Plotter Device page, then click
Custom Properties on the Device and Document Settings page, and
then select the paper size.

If you select a paper size wider than 54 inches to be printed in
landscape mode on the Plot Setting page, your drawing will be
clipped.

HP Designjet 500 Printing Delay

If you are using the HP Designjet 500 to print a complex drawing
from a relatively slow computer, there may be a delay of several
minutes after the Spooling window closes and before printing
starts. The Spooling window is not displayed with CorelDRAW,
because CorelDRAW has its own printing progress monitor.


INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

IMPORTANT: No other applications should be running when you
install this driver.

We recommend restarting your computer before installing a driver.
Your operating system should be running, but no other
applications.

Standard Installation

Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive and follow the
instructions that appear on your screen.

If no instructions appear on your screen, run the setup.exe
program on the CD-ROM.

Manual Installation

If you cannot or prefer not to use the standard installation
process, you can install the driver from the CD-ROM by following
these steps:

1. If the output you send to the printer will go directly to the
printer by network without being stored on another computer, you
must create a network port before installing the driver (consult
your network documentation or network administrator).

2. Click Start, Settings, and then Printers to open the Printers
dialog box.

3. Double-click the Add Printer icon to open the Add Printer
Wizard dialog box. (We recommend that you do not use the New
Driver button in the Printer Properties dialog box to install or
upgrade this driver.)

4. Follow the steps displayed on your screen. Below are some
questions that you may be requested to answer, depending on your
system configuration.

"How is this printer attached to your computer?"

Select:

* "Local printer" if the output you send to the printer will go
directly to the printer by cable or network without being stored
on another computer.

* "Network printer" if you will send output to the printer via
another computer. In this case, all settings for the printer are
managed by a printer server that has been set up by an
administrator.

Click Have Disk...

In the Install From Disk dialog box, enter the location of the
driver on the CD-ROM (the same folder as this ReadMe file) and
click OK. Select your HP Designjet printer from the list and click
Next.

"Would you like to keep the existing driver or use the new one?"

Select "Replace existing driver".

If you are installing files for a new version and you see this
question, we recommend replacing the existing driver.

"Do you print from MS-DOS-based programs?"

We recommend that you select No. Select Yes only in the case where
you have an MS-DOS driver that can print to a HP Designjet series
printer.


(c) Copyright Hewlett-Packard Company 2001. All rights reserved.
Version 5.30 September 2002

A limited License is granted for the use of this Software (and
related documentation) only with Hewlett-Packard printers on a
no-cost, sharing basis. You may distribute and copy this Software
(and related documentation) so long as it is strictly for use with
Hewlett-Packard printers, it is not modified and remains a
completely unaltered package, it is not sold for profit, and it is
advertised for use with Hewlett-Packard printers.