JP 500  (260-2950)    Installing the Printer Drivers   Faxback Doc. # 3640

To print a document using a software application program, you must have a
computer, an application program and a printer.  Just as you must have an
interface cable to connect your computer and printer, so must you also
have a driver which interfaces your application program with your printer.

A driver is a software program written specifically for an application and
a particular printer model.  A printer driver controls the printer
behavior, loading information from your software and transmitting it to
the printer to create a document.  When you select the print attributes
(bold, italic, etc.) for a document, the software transmits the
corresponding codes to the printer driver.  The driver interprets the
software codes and sends an equivalent series of commands to the printer
overriding the selection made with the print attributes desired.

The printer driver transmits both characters, numbers and/or symbols for
printing and also instructions on how the data received should be printed.
It has, however, two limitations:

1.  Due to the application software.

    A driver can handle only the information transmitted to it by the
    application program.  If, for example, the application does not handle
    boldface, your printer will never print in boldface, even though it is
    capable of doing so.

2.  Inherent to the driver.

    Only the information contained in the driver program can be acted
    upon.  If, for example, the driver program does not contain the
    instructions for boldface, your printer will never print in boldface,
    even though it is capable of doing so.

To overcome the second limitation, and allow you to use all your printer's
features, the manufacturer has developed, and will continue developing, in
collaboration with software houses, specific printer drivers for the most
common software application packages.

To optimize the use of your printer, use its specific driver which is
either;

    in a diskette supplied with the printer

    inserted directly in your software application program (just select
    your printer name in the list of printers available), or in a
    supplementary printer driver disk (e.g. Printer Driver Library).

If you cannot find the specific driver for your application program,
contact your dealer for information on its availability.  In the meantime,
you can use a driver corresponding to the emulation in your printer, even
though this will probably not exploit fully all your printer's functions
and features.

    The drive you select must be compatible with the resident printer
    emulation (HP DeskJet 500).

Emulation        Compatible           Additional Information
 Selected          Drivers

HP DeskJet 500   JP 50          This is the specific printer driver.  It
                                exploits all the features of your printer.

                 JP 350 S       To use all the resident fonts you must
                                also select Font Card "L" to have access
                                to Letter Gothic 16.6/33.3 cpi.

                                Does not handle the HSD font nor Letter
                                Gothic landscape, BF Times or Linea.  To
                                print in ECONOMY mode, you must select
                                DRAFT.

                                Printing on film is not possible.

                 JP  350        As for JP 350 S.
                                To use the Times Nordic font, you must
                                also select Font Card "E".

                                To use the Letter Gothic font, you must
                                also select Font Card "C".

                 HP 500         As for JP 350

    *To check that all the features you require are programmed and
     operating correctly, you can run a print test before switching to
     your normal working procedure.

Some software applications will ask you to define a communication port for
your printing output.  If you are working with a PC, choose "LPT1:", for
the parallel interface.

Installing The Printer Driver

The diskette supplied with the printer contains the driver for Windows
3.1/3.11 environment.  The contents of the diskette guarantee
compatibility with the specific operating environments and provide a
user-friendly interface for programming the printer.

To install the printer driver, proceed as follows:

    Insert the diskette in drive A (or B) of your PC.

    Activate Windows environment (if necessary, consult your Windows user
    manual).

    Activate the Control Panel in the Main menu, clicking twice with your
    mouse indicator on the corresponding icon.

    Select the Printers icon, in the same way.

    Click on Add>>.

    Select Install Unlisted or Updated Printer in the List of Printers and
    then click on Install... .

    If the Install Driver window already indicates the driver (usually A)
    in which you have inserted the driver diskette, click on OK
    (otherwise, click on the drive name, and change it, using your
    PC keyboard and then click on OK).

    The Add Unlisted or Updated Printer window contains the list of
    drivers present on the diskette.  Select the driver with your printer
    name and click on OK.

    Once the installation procedure is completed and the Printers window
    is redisplayed, click on Setup...to access the printer parameters
    which you can define.

    Font management: in Windows environment, you cannot use the landscape
    fonts resident in the printer.  If you wish to print in landscape, you
    must use the Windows screen fonts (Truetype, bitmap), or a font-scaler
    program.

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