Readme File for the Hewlett-Packard HP-GL/2 and HP RTL driver for AutoCAD ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contents -------- Product Information Product Name Version Number Languages Supported Products Supported System Requirements Driver Notes (general for all versions) Network Installation Autodetection During Installation File Transfer Error If You are Upgrading your Existing Driver AutoCAD Application Notes AutoCAD R14 for Windows Users Windows NT Users -o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o- Product Information ------------------- Product Name: HP-GL/2 Driver for AutoCAD ------------ Releases 13, 14 (v4.6) Version Number: v4.6 -------------- Languages Supported: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, ------------------- Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean. Products Supported: HP DesignJet series (except the original DesignJet) ------------------ HP DraftMaster SX/RX/MX HP DraftMaster Plus series HP DraftPro Plus HP LaserJet series HP PaintJet XL 300 HP 7600 series Electrostatic plotter models System requirements: The version of AutoCAD for which you want to install ------------------- this driver must already be installed on your PC. AutoCAD must have been executed at least once before installing the driver in order to make sure it is properly configured and that the file ACAD.CFG (or ACADNT.CFG or ACAD14.CFG) has been created. AutoCAD must be closed when installing drivers. -o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o- Driver Notes (general for all versions) --------------------------------------- Network Installation -------------------- Keep in mind these requirements for installing this driver if you run AutoCAD from a server: 1.- The driver can be installed in the server and can be used from any computer attached to it. 2.- You need write permission for the server's hard drive directories. If you don't have such permission, your System Administrator or another user with proper access rights must run the installation. 3.- No AutoCAD session can be running while you install the driver. You may need to ask your workmates to quit their AutoCAD sessions during the installation process. Autodetection During Installation --------------------------------- During the installation of the driver under Windows, the installation program attempts to detect existing installations of AutoCAD. (Occasionally it is not able to detect an installation. In the case that your installation of AutoCAD is not detected, you can select it using the Specify button.) If you encounter problems, autodetection can be disabled by invoking the installer with the -NODETECT command-line option (SETUP -NODETECT). File Transfer Error ------------------- If you receive a "General file transfer error" during the installation of this driver, make sure that you have write permissions for the directory and all subdirectories that you have selected to install to. If You are Upgrading your Existing Driver ----------------------------------------- If your AutoCAD configuration is already setup to use an older version of this driver, note that you will need to repeat the process of plotter configuration in AutoCAD so that it can use this driver version. Furthermore the installation process will remove your older version of the driver when it installs this new version. Some users upgrading from version 4.0 of this driver may have configuration problems. The effect is that the settings for the wrong device are used for printing. If you encounter this problem, you should delete the old device configurations and then create them again with the new version of the driver. See below for additional notes for specific systems. -o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o- AutoCAD Application Notes ------------------------- AutoCAD Release 14 for Windows Users ------------------------------------ If you have previously installed AutoCAD 14 and are installing this driver for the first time, you may want to run "config" again and select "modify" and "reconfigure" to reconfigure any devices you have installed. Note that some HP LaserJets now support raster images. If you are a LaserJet 4 user and are upgrading a driver version 3.3 or earlier, you should reconfigure your LaserJet 4 into either "HP LaserJet (11x17, A3)" or "HP LaserJet (Standard)" which is available with this driver. When installing this driver in a version of AutoCAD release 14 other than the English one, you may receive an error message about a missing or inconsistent driver file, and AutoCAD will refuse to start. You can solve this problem by renaming the acad14.cfg file, for instance as acad14.old (do not rename it as acad14.bak, because it could be overwriten by AutoCAD). Please be aware that by doing this, AutoCAD R14 will run, but no configurations created from inside AutoCAD will be available (for instance: configurations for plotting devices, digitizers, graphics cards and so on). Furthermore, AutoCAD may request your authorization code, so make sure you have it available. You can find additional information about this problem and how to solve it in the Web. Just look at the web links included in the "HP Drivers For AutoCAD" program folder. Windows NT Users ---------------- If the Installer fails to detect previous installation of AutoCAD... If you are on Windows NT 4.0 and you have installed AutoCAD under an account with administrator privileges, you should also install this driver under an account with administrator privileges. If you don't, the installer may fail to detect the location of the AutoCAD installation. You can work around this problem also by entering the exact directory location of the AutoCAD installation when you are prompted by the installer.Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
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