RELEASE NOTES for HP's PrintSmart for Windows Printer Driver, Version 7.0a ============================================================= This document contains the latest information about HP's PrintSmart for Windows Printer Driver that supplements the online help. CONTENTS: 1. Printer Software Installation 2. Printing with the Infrared Adapter (DeskJet 340 only) 3. Problems With Specific Software Programs 4. Other Known Problems 5. Print Regions and Margins 6. Acknowledgments =============================================================== 1. Printer Software Installation =============================================================== NOTE: The HP's PrintSmart for Windows Printer Driver works with Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Windows 95. Upgrading from a Previous Driver -------------------------------- For Windows 3.1 users upgrading from HP's PrintSmart for Windows Printer Driver Version 7.0 in a non-US version, UNINSTALL this version if you encounter a system error while installing disk 2 of Version 7.0a. Refer to the section on UnInstalling HP's PrintSmart for Windows. For Windows 95 users upgrading from the HP DeskJet 310, 320 drivers shipped with Windows 95 or HP's PrintSmart for Windows Driver Version 7.0 in a non-US version, delete the previously installed printer icons from the folder, then use "ADD PRINTERS" as described in the section Installing through the Control Panel. Do not use the "New Driver" option in the Printer Properties dialog to perform the upgrade. Installing through the Control Panel ------------------------------------ The HP's PrintSmart for Windows Printer Driver cannot be installed through the Control Panel for Windows 3.1. Use the "setup.exe" program on the disk that came with your printer (from the Program Manager, select File, Run..., then type a:\setup). To install this printing system on Windows 95, go to the Control Panel, select "Add Printers". Follow the instructions on the computer screen to complete the installation. Installing the DJPMenu ---------------------- To run DJPMenu, run INSTALL.BAT from the printer software Installation Disk (type a:,then type install.bat), then type c:\deskjet\djpmenu. UnInstalling HP's PrintSmart for Windows ---------------------------------------- For Windows 3.1 users, run "setup /u" from the disk that came with your printer (from the program manager, select File, Run... then type a:\setup /u). For Windows 95 users, delete the printer from the Printers folder. You may also wish to remove the "HP DeskJet 300 Series" or "HP DeskJet 400 Series" program group from your Programs menu. ================================================================ 2. Printing with the Infrared Adapter (DeskJet 340 only) ================================================================ In order to print to the HP DeskJet 340 Printer using the Infrared Adapter, you must have IrDA-compliant software with printing feature installed on your system. If you do not have this software, contact your notebook PC manufacturer. Select the port that is configured for infrared printing on your system. If your system provides both an LPT port and a COM port for infrared printing, then select the COM port. For Windows 95 users, use the Windows 95 infrared driver from Microsoft. Select the COM port described as "Virtual Infrared COM Port". =============================================================== 3. Problems With Specific Software Programs =============================================================== At the time HP's PrintSmart for Windows Printer Driver was released, the following known software program limitations existed: Corel Draw 5.0 (Corel) ---------------------- Scanned-in images are printed out as composite black pictures. To resolve this, double click on HPWCNFIG.EXE in the Windows system directory and turn off Jumbo Technology. Excel 4.0 (Microsoft) --------------------- After cancelling a print job, an error message may be displayed. Click OK to return to the software program. This is fixed in version 5.0. Some paths to the driver dialogues do not work correctly and settings are not retained. Use the following path to reach a printer setup that works: For version 4.0: File, Page Setup, Printer Setup, Setup For version 5.0: File, Page Setup, Options This is fixed in version 7.0. Documents formatted for printers other than HP DeskJet printers may shrink when printed. Changing print settings has no effect. This is fixed in version 5.0. Freelance 2.x (Lotus) --------------------- Doing a gradient fill pattern within a non-rectangular object (for example, a triangle) will print incorrectly. If you must do this, then disable "Rectangle Capability" from the HPWCNFIG.EXE program. HPWCNFIG.EXE is in the windows system directory. Pagemaker 5.0 (Adobe) --------------------- With the Print Manager turned off in Windows 95, or in Windows 3.1, if an error message appears during printing, then exit PageMaker after the print job is complete to correctly restore the display. Colour pattern fills do not always print with the correct pattern. Some documents created in PageMaker 4.0 may not print correctly in PageMaker 5.0. PowerPoint 4.0 (Microsoft) -------------------------- Doing a gradient fill pattern within a non-rectangular object (for example, a triangle) will print incorrectly. If you must do this, then disable "Rectangle Capability" from the HPWCNFIG.EXE program. HPWCNFIG.EXE is in the windows system directory. PowerPoint 7.0 (Microsoft) -------------------------- Print jobs are not shown in the spooler. To cancel a job, go to the DeskJet Status Monitor. Printshop Deluxe 1.0 (Broderbund) --------------------------------- Objects that go outside the print region are clipped. The program does not provide a means of adjusting the bottom margin of the document to fit within the limits of the printer driver's margin settings. This problem is fixed in version 2.0. If a paper size other than Letter is selected in the printer driver when a document is sent to print, a message may display asking the user to select either Portrait or Landscape orientation. The selection has no effect on how the document is printed. Publisher 1.0 (Microsoft) ------------------------- You cannot change the HP's PrintSmart for Windows Printer Driver settings from Microsoft Publisher 1.0. You must change them through the Control Panel. If you are printing cards and images do not print, check the "MS Publisher" checkbox in the HPWCNFIG.EXE program. This program is located in the windows system directory. Publisher 2.0 (Microsoft) ------------------------- Information at the bottom of a page may be clipped. Increase the bottom margin of your page. See the user's guide for print region specifications. Word For Windows, Versions 6.0 and earlier (Microsoft) ------------------------------------------------------ Edges of italic characters may be clipped in version 2.0. This problem is fixed in version 6.0. If the 'copies' setting is changed in the ColorSmart dialogue box for a document, the change will not happen for that print job, however, the change will happen when the next document is sent to print. This problem is fixed in version 7.0. When printing to a file, the path and filename must be shorter than 30 characters. Otherwise, the file that is created will be empty. WordPerfect 6.0 (Novell Corporation) ------------------------------------ WordPerfect reads the minimum print margins only when it is first started. These margins are determined by the paper size and orientation settings in the driver. If you are unable to set the margins to the minimum values for the printer, exit WordPerfect and make sure that the correct paper size and orientation settings are set in the driver through the Windows Control Panel. Then restart WordPerfect. This problem has been fixed in version 6.0a. Contact WordPerfect for upgrade information. Works 2.0A, 3.0, 3.1 (Microsoft) -------------------------------- Charts print incorrectly when the Automatic ColorSmart option is selected. Write 3.1 (Microsoft) --------------------- When printing envelopes, the left and right margins are switched with each other. If clipping occurs when printing envelopes, switch the left and right margin settings. =============================================================== 4. Other Known Problems =============================================================== DOS Printing ------------ If you encounter problems printing from a DOS box, check that "Virtual Memory" is enabled in the Control Panel. If the problem persists, then disable "DOS Spooling" from the HPWCNFIG.EXE program. HPWCNFIG.EXE is in the windows system directory. DOS Redirection in Windows 95 ----------------------------- Upon installation of the driver in Windows 95, redirection of DOS box printing is not activated. To enable DOS box printing redirection, an immediate reboot of the system is recommended. Windows 95 Spooler ------------------ The default Spool data format is 'EMF'. If you select 'RAW', this is equivalent to disabling spooling. The HP's PrintSmart for Windows Printer Driver cannot spool RAW data. The page progress for print jobs shown in the spooler always indicates the current printing page as 0. However, the correct page number is displayed in the DeskJet Status Monitor, and the jobs will still print as normal. Windows for Workgroups Network Printing --------------------------------------- Sharing printers from a Windows for Workgroups machine is not supported. (This is NOT a network printer.) If you must do this, then ensure that the server machine is not being used for printing while network jobs are being sent to the printer. This limitation does not exist with Windows 95. Windows 95 Friendly Printer Names --------------------------------- To install more than one friendly printer name for a single printer, select Add Printer, and when asked to select a printer, click on 'HP'. Then scroll to the bottom of the 'Printers' list to locate the printer. ================================================================ 5. Print Regions and Margins ================================================================ The minimum top margin using the HP's PrintSmart for Windows Printer Driver is 1/3 inch. The bottom margin for the HP DeskJet 340 Printer is 1/2 inch and that for the HP DeskJet 400 Printer is 2/3 inch. Note: The printable area on a page using the HP DeskJet printer software differs from the printable area allowed by DOS software programs. =============================================================== 6. Acknowledgments =============================================================== Aldus is a trademark of Aldus Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Corel is a registered trademark of Corel Corporation Limited. Lotus(R) is a U.S. registered trademark of Lotus Development Corporation. Microsoft is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. PageMaker is a U.S. registered trademark of Adobe Corporation. WordPerfect is a U.S. registered trademark of Novell Corporation. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All othe trademarks are owned by their respective companies.Download Driver Pack
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