Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 8150 Series Printer
Printing System Late Breaking Readme
The Late-Breaking Readme file contains information that may impact
the installation and use of your HP LaserJet 8150 printer.
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Readme File Contents:
I. Introduction
--New Software Features in the HP LaserJet 8150 printer
--Who needs this software?
--Overview of the Printing System software components
II. Late Breaking Information
--Known issues and workarounds
III Technical Assistance
IV. Legal Statements
--Trademark notices
--Software license and copyright
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I. INTRODUCTION
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This Readme file provides specific information you should know
before you install and use the Printing System. Information
and Known issues are provided for the following operating
systems:
-Windows 2000
-Windows NT 4.0
-Windows 95/98/Millennium
-Windows 3.1x
This file provides specific compatibility, and troubleshooting
information. For additional information on the printer features
and driver features, refer to the online help included with each
software component and the printer user guide.
NEW SOFTWARE FEATURES IN THE HP LASERJET 8150 PRINTER
The HP LaserJet 8100 printer introduced Job Retention features
that required the use of an EIO hard disk. Job Retention in RAM
allows the user to use the "Private Printing" and "Proof and Hold"
features of Job Retention without having an EIO hard disk
installed.
A Stand Alone Status utility is enabled when the user has installed
bi-directional communication (the default) with the printer
driver(s). This tab allows the user to see current printer
information, such as the Control Panel message, toner cartridge
status and paper tray status.
Back Cover allows the user to include a blank back cover on a
document, or to include a back cover from a different paper source
than the rest of the document. The first page can also be selected
from an alternate paper source.
Edge-to-Edge Printing allows the user to print within 2mm
of the edge of the page.
WHO NEEDS THIS SOFTWARE?
This Printing System software is required to operate an
HP LaserJet 8150 Series. Network clients will need the
installation CD, or the name of the appropriate network directory,
to install the software on their individual workstations.
OVERVIEW OF THE PRINTING SYSTEM SOFTWARE COMPONENTS
The printer CD has software for PC systems and Apple Macintosh
(and compatible) systems. For more information about a particular
driver or software component, see its associated online help.
For Macintosh-specific information, please refer to the Macintosh
Late Breaking Readme on the Macintosh partition of the
installation CD.
Network Administrator Software Components
HP Web JetAdmin
HP Web JetAdmin is a tool, which allows the network administrator
to configure and manage HP printers across a variety of operating
systems.
***NOTE: HP JetAdmin is no longer provided. Network Administrators
may get HP Web JetAdmin at the following
URL: http://www.hp.com/net_printing/ppss/wja_info.html
HP LaserJet Utility for Macintosh OS
The HP LaserJet Utility for Macintosh OS is a tool, which allows
the network administrators to configure and manage HP printers on
the Macintosh OS.
HP Resource Manager
The HP Resource Manager is a tool which allows you to manage fonts
and macros for multiple printers. It supports TrueType, Type 1,
bitmap fonts and macros.
End-User Software Components
Drivers
A printer driver is a software program that enables your software
applications to access your printer's features. Typically, you
should install a printer driver for each printer.
The CD includes the following printer drivers.
-Windows 3.1x, Windows 95/98/Millennium, Windows NT 4.0,
and Windows 2000
-PCL 6 and PCL 5e drivers, all having a common-looking
Graphical User Interface.
-Microsoft PScript driver using PPD files.
-Adobe PPD files for Mac OS System 7.5 or greater.
-OS/2 PCL and PS drivers.
-AutoCAD R15 and DOS drivers.
Additional drivers may be available from your Hewlett-Packard
distributor or from electronic channels. See Section IV,
"Technical Assistance," in this Readme or your user guide for
more information on obtaining drivers and other HP software.
Software Components
The Printing System also includes the following software component
for end-users:
Stand Alone Status
Stand Alone Status provides printer and job status such as jobs
waiting to print, toner and paper levels, and the ability to view
the control panel. This utility can be configured to pop up when
attention is needed at the printer.
The latest printer drivers and printing software for HP LaserJet
printers are available on the Internet (http://www.hp.com). The
installer automatically detects if you have Internet access, and
asks if you want to check the HP Internet site for the latest
drivers. If the printer drivers or printing software has been
updated since your CD was created, the installer will then
install from the Internet.
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II. Known Issues
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CD Browser
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Issue:
When using the Customization Utility to create a custom printing
system the floppy drive destination is not available.
Description:
When using the Customization Utility to create a custom printing
system only the "Copy Printer Drivers Only" selection will allow
the use of a floppy drive as a destination. When selecting
"Create Customized Installer" or "Copy Entire Printing System
Installer" from the Customization Utility, only local or network
hard drives can be selected.
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Issue:
When installing the printing system software using a custom disk
set created with the Customization Utility the following
error occurs;
"Setup is unable to find _SETUP.DLL, which is needed to complete
the installation. Error 103"
Description:
When installing from a customer printing system the language
selection must match the language selection when the custom
printing system was created.
The custom installation program will prompt the user for a
language selection. If the language selected during
installation is different from the language selected during
the creation of the custom printing system the above error
will occur. The custom printing system installer created
with the Customization Utility only contains the language
that was selected during the creation of the custom
printing system therefore the correct language must be
selected when using the custom installer.
Workaround:
Verify the same language selection is used during the creation
and use of the custom installer.
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Printing System Installer
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Hard Disk Free Space Requirements:
Before installing the printing system software verify there is at
least 20MB of free disk space available for the installation of
the software.
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Issue:
Cannot cancel the printing system installer after file copy
has begun.
Description:
There is no cancel button available when the printing system
installer is copying file and updating the system. The cancel
button is not available because cancellation during the file
copy or system update processes could leave the user's system
in an unknown state. Also do not "End Task" or power down
the computer during the file copy and system update process.
Workaround:
Complete the printing system installation then use the printing
system uninstaller located in the HP LaserJet 8150 programs folder
to uninstall the printing system. After the uninstall process is
complete the printing system installer may be re-run with the
user's new selections.
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Issue:
User does not receive a response when trying to run the installer
setup.exe file.
Description:
The installation program checks for a minimum of 7MB of free disk
space on the computer before starting the installation of the
software. If there is not at least 7MB of free disk space the
installer will not start and no error messages or warnings will
be displayed.
Workaround:
Verify there is at least 20MB of free disk space available for
the installation of the software.
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Printing System Uninstaller
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Issue:
The printing system uninstaller does not completely uninstall the
printing system software.
Description:
If the printing system installer is used to install more than one
language on the same system, only the files and components from
the last installation will be removed. The printing system
installer only stores one uninstallation file per system.
Workaround:
Uninstall the printing system for one language before installing
the printing system for a second language.
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Parallel and USB Support
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Issue:
Some advanced features of the LJ8150 printing system are not
supported over a parallel or USB printer connection.
Description:
Printing system components that require Bi-directional
functionality are not supported over parallel or USB printer
connections.
The components that are not supported over parallel or USB are;
Driver Autoconfiguration
Update Now
Job Status and Alerts
Workaround:
This functionality will be added in a future release of the
printing system software for the LJ8150.
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Job Retention
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Issue:
PIN number settings for Job Retention feature works differently
in the PostScript Environment from previous products.
Previous instructions to set a PIN number:
To print a private job using the PostScript driver the user had
choose one of the 50 predefined PIN numbers (20 for Win9x) from
the "PIN (for Private Job)" drop down menu.
Enhanced way to set PIN numbers:
To print a private job using the PostScript driver the user can
choose a PIN number between 0000 and 9999 by selecting a value
between 0 and 9 for each PIN digit.
For example, to choose 1579 as a PIN number, select the following:
PIN Digit 1 (for Private Job): 1
PIN Digit 2 (for Private Job): 5
PIN Digit 3 (for Private Job): 7
PIN Digit 4 (for Private Job): 9
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Printer Drivers
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Issue:
Job Retention, Proof and Hold Prints all of the copies of a
print job.
Description:
Some applications may send each copy of a print job as separate
job from the application.
Workaround:
Uncheck the Collation feature in the application.
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Issue:
User cannot print on the backside of first sheet when duplexing
with "Use Different Paper" for first page.
Description:
The printing system does not allow for this capability at this
time. This functionality may be added in future products.
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Issue:
Using Windows NT4 and the PCL5e printer driver, text may be
clipped on the left margin of the page when using the
Edge-to-Edge feature.
Workaround:
Print the document using the PCL 6 printer driver.
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Issue:
When printing a duplexed document with multiple copies the second
copy prints on first copy's last page instead of separate page.
Description:
This is a known issue with several applications. For example an
application sends a 3 page, 2-copy job as one 6-page document.
When print data is sent to the printer in this manner the driver
cannot distinguish that it is really 2 copies of the same print
job.
Workaround:
Turn on "Ignore Application Collation" in the printer driver and
turn off collation in the application print dialog box.
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Issue:
PNG graphic images do not print with the current version of
Netscape Navigator (4.73).
Description:
Netscape does not support PNG images by default. A PNG plug-in
must be downloaded from Netscape and installed into the browser.
Workaround:
Download and install the PNG plug-in from Netscape.
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Bi-Directional Functionality
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Description:
When running the HP Port Resolver, Bi-Directional functionality,
from an NT4 client machine to a remote printer connected via an
NT4 share, one of the following problems may occur:
1. When the clicking the printer driver "Update Now"
button - a "printer communication error" is posted.
2. When using the Job Status and Alerts utility - a broken
connection is displayed.
3. When using the porttest.exe test utility - the error
code 0x80070005 is returned.
Solution:
If an "Update Now" or "Stand Alone Status" from an
NT4 client, fails to communicate with a printer on a remote
NT4 share check that the Network -> Services -> RPC Configuration
service is correctly installed on both the client AND host
(print server) machines and that the RPC "Name Service Provider"
field (click RPC - "Properties" to view this info) is set to
"Windows NT Locator".
W9x and W2K are not affected by this problem, only WNT4.
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Job Status and Alerts
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Supported Operating Systems and Environments:
Job Status and Alerts are Supported on Windows 95 with Internet
Explorer 4 or higher, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT and
Windows 2000.
Job Status and Alerts are not supported for Terminal Server.
Job Status and Alerts functionality is available for printers
connected over the network from the client.
Job Status and Alerts are not supported over a parallel
connection.
Device Status requires Internet Explorer version 4 or greater.
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Issue:
Device Status stops responding and print job icons freeze.
Description:
When Job Status and Alerts is tracking a large amount of print
jobs Device Status may stop responding and icons may not be
removed from the Job Status and Alerts window.
Workaround:
Download updated Job Status and Alerts software when available
from HP.com
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Issue:
Job status does not work when using Novell Client on a Windows NT
or Windows 2000 client.
Workaround:
Download updated Job Status and Alerts software when available
from HP.com
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Issue:
Multiple copies of the same print job show up in the Job Status
and Alerts window as separate jobs.
Description:
Some applications send each copy of a print job as a separate
job therefore Job Status and Alerts will represent each copy
as a separate job.
Workaround:
Turn off Job status when using applications that send each copy
of a print job as a separate job.
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Install Network Printer Wizard
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Issue:
Port name over 63 characters, port creation fails.
Description:
If a user chooses to change the port name and uses a new name
over 63 characters, the port creation will fail. A dialog
pops with the following message "There was an error creating
the port. Please refer to the Read Me file about how to
create network Printer Ports. The printer will be setup to
the local printer port." The driver installation finishes,
and the printer is setup to print to LPTx.
Workaround:
Run the installer again and type in a name less than
63 characters.
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Issue:
IP Address set via "Suggest Settings" and printer creation fails.
Conditions required:
PC configured with TCP/IP only and a Dial Up Adapter, printer has
an assigned IP address, user performs specific device search by
hardware address.
Description:
After the printer is discovered via the hardware address, on the
IP Settings screen, the user can choose the "Suggest Settings"
option. If user uses the Suggest Settings option (auto net), the
installation continues as though the installer is assigning an
autonet address to the printer, however, the installation will
fail and IP on printer will not be written.
Workaround:
Do not change the IP Address via the "Suggest Settings" option.
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Issue:
No default queue name suggested by Install Network Printer Wizard.
Description:
Each time the Install Network Printer Wizard is run on different
workstations a new queue is created. The first 8 installs,
Install Network Printer Wizard will suggest a default queue
name incrementing by _q2, _q3... This is successful until
the 9th queue. When the 9th queue should be created, instead
of creating the queue, the queue name field is left blank.
Workaround:
User can then type in the name of the queue.
Additional Information:
User should be using Add Printer or the appropriate installer to
attach to an existing queue rather than using the Install Network
Printer Wizard to create a new queue for each workstation. If
the user desires a new queue for each workstation, they will
have to type in a new queue name.
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III. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
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Some of the services below are provided for the United States
only. Similar services to those listed below are available in
other countries. See your printer's user guide or call your
local authorized HP dealer.
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
See your printer's user guide or call your local authorized HP
dealer.
INTERNET
Anonymous FTP library service is available worldwide for
around-the-clock-access to drivers and technical support
information for HP peripheral and computer products. Please
note that paths may change without notice. Access the
Internet or FTP address and use the menus to locate the
software or support of your choice.
-URL for HP LaserJet 8150 Series Support:
http://www.hp.com/cposupport/nonjsnav/hplaserjet5940.html
-URL for Software and Support: http://www.hp.com/ go/support
-URL for Access HP: http://www.hp.com
-FTP address: ftp.hp.com
Login: anonymous
Password: your Internet email address
HP SOFTWARE AND SUPPORT SERVICES - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Refer to your printer user guide for additional methods of
obtaining software and support information, such as
printer driver distribution centers, other online
services, fax services, and other online support.
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IV. LEGAL STATEMENTS
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TRADEMARK NOTICES
-MS-DOS, Windows, PScript and Internet Explorer
are registered trademarks of the Microsoft Corp.
-OS/2 is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation.
-Macintosh and Mac OS are registered trademarks of
Apple Computer, Inc.
-PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe
Systems, Incorporated.
- Netscape is a registered trademark of Netscape, Inc.
SOFTWARE LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
Information provided in this document and software
for the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 8150 Series printer is
provided "as is." No implied warranties of
merchantability and or fitness for a particular
purpose are given.
The HP LaserJet 8150 Series printing system may be
copied and distributed only to users of an
HP LaserJet 8150 Series printer. All files on the
CD must be copied without modification. All
components of the HP LaserJet 8150 Series printing
system must be distributed together. The
HP LaserJet 8150 Series printing system may not
be distributed for profit.
Copyright (c) 1990-2000 Hewlett-Packard Company.
Copyright (c) 1985-1990 Microsoft Corp.
All Rights Reserved.
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.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.