NewDeal Technical Support Document 272
Specific Printer Notes, Hewlett Packard
This document contains notes about using Hewlett Packard
printers with NewDeal software
Note: You must have NewDeal software to use NewDeal print drivers.
NewDeal print drivers will not work with other Windows, OS/2, or DOS programs.
All HP Printers
All HP DeskJets
HP DeskJet 500
DeskJet 550C
DeskJet 560C
DeskJet 600, 800, 1000, and 1100 series
DeskJet 672C and 692C
HP DeskJet 712C, 720C, and 722C
HP DeskJet 1120C and 1120Cse
DeskJet 1200 series
All HP LaserJets
LaserJet drivers in Sony CD Manager
HP LaserJet+
HP LaserJet II
HP LaserJet III
HP LaserJet 4
HP LaserJet 4L
HP LaserJet 2100
HP PaintJet
HP OfficeJet
HP ThinkJet
Sending Escape Codes from DOS
You can send escape codes to your printer to configure
its mode, paper size, and other settings without using the printer's
physical control panel. Consult your printer manual for a list
of escape codes that apply to your printer. Here's how to send
escape sequences to your printer using the DOS editors EDIT.
Escape sequences begin with the escape character,
ASCII 127. In EDIT, the escape character is created by pressing
Ctrl+P, then Esc. A left arrow will appear when you press the
Esc key.
For example, the command for switching some printers
to landscape mode is Esc&l10. First, create the escape character,
then type &, then l (lowercase L), then 1 (one), then 0 (zero).
Now you can print the file directly from EDIT, or you can save
it and send the file to the printer whenever you like using the
COPY command at the DOS prompt (COPY filename.ext PRN /B).
Margins
The DeskJet has minimum margins larger than .25 inch.
Therefore, if you're using 8.5 x 11 page size, and if the software
thinks there's anything within the top or bottom half inch of
the page, then the software believes it needs to tile the page
over two pieces of paper, or else "scale to fit."
There are several ways to approach this.
- Accept the scale to fit message. This is ideal
if you share documents electronically back and forth with other
folks who have dot matrix or laser printers that don't have the
forced half inch minimum margins of the inkjets.
- As long as you don't really have anything in
the top and bottom half inch of your page, you can tell it to
print normally (i.e. "don't scale to fit") at the dialog
box. This will usually result in a blank page feeding between
every page of your document. It's a hassle, but you can separate
the blank paper and use it again for something else. If your document
does really have something within a half inch of the top and bottom,
then that something might end up being printed on those "second"
pages.
- You can increase your paper size in the Print
options dialog to 8.5x11.5. This works pretty much the same as
choice #2 above, except you probably won't ever see the "scale
to fit" dialog. Instead, the software will print as if you
had chosen "print normally" without ever asking if you
want to "scale to fit."
- You can reduce your page size in Page Setup to
8.5 x10.5 (leave paper size at 8.5x11). The shorter page will
match what the software expects for an inkjet printer. The software
thinks there's only 10 inches of printable space when using an
inkjet printer. By telling the software that the page is 10.5
inches tall, the software subtracts the normal forced quarter
inch margins that all documents and printers expect, and the result
is 10 inches of document, which the software knows it can fit
on the page of an inkjet. Then you could save this as your default
document.
- Another alternative is to avoid using the header
and footer in NewWrite. Instead of accessing Header/Footer, go
to Master Page and create a graphic text box (the "A"
tool). Position the graphic text box over the header or footer
region and put your header or footer items in it. If you use the
normal Header/Footer regions, even if their contents are outside
the minimum half inch forced margins, the software thinks the
whole header and footer space is being used and it gives you the
scale-to-fit option. However, if you use a graphic text object
as just described, then NewWrite will not give you the scale-to-fit
option. However, if anything in the graphic text object is within
a half inch of the top or bottom of the page, it might be cropped
at print time.
- The older version 1.x software does not include
the Scale To Fit feature, therefore you must avoid placing any
data within the leading or trailing half inch of your page. Or
you can print an existing document in its entirety in version
1.2 this way:
- Select 50% or 25% from the "view" menu, whichever
it takes to see the whole page at once on your monitor.
- Use the select tool to drag a box around the entire page,
so that all the objects on the page are selected. (In version
1.2 of NewDraw, just click Select All in the Edit menu.)
- Select Fuse from the Edit menu.
- Using the left mouse button, grab the lower right resize handle
and drag it up and to the left, reducing the size of everything
on the page slightly. (You want to reduce the size of the page
at least one half inch in both the horizontal and vertical directions.)
In version 1.2, you can copy and paste the object into the Scrapbook
and use Copy at View % to reduce it proportionally, then paste
it back into NewDraw.
- Using the right mouse button, grab the object (the whole page
is one object now) and reposition it to center it on the page,
so there is now a half-inch margin all the way around it, instead
of the original quarter-inch margin.
- Print. That should do it. Takes a lot longer to describe the
process than to actually perform it.
Printing From AOL
Printing directly from the AOL application in version 1.x or
2.x with a DeskJet series printers, the printing will be chopped off.
The 1/2 inch margin means that data (thought to be sent to the printer)
gets chopped. If you are using version 2.x, copy and paste
the data to TFE and print it from there or use the logging feature
of AOL and print the log from the Text File Editor.
NewPlanner Printing
When printing from NewPlanner in landscape mode in
version 1.x, the print out is moved far to the left and has lots
of room on the right margin. Page Setup does not allow you to
play with the margins, only the orientation and page size. Also,
it cuts off the header. The DeskJet enforces margins that are
wider than the 1/4" that the NewPlanner in version 1.x assumes.
This means that Planner will write to areas of the page that the
printer is incapable of printing to, hence the problem. This could
also happen in NewWrite, since headers can extend up to within
a 1/4" of the edge of the page. Try reducing the page size
in order to print the entire calendar.
Starting in version 2.0, this was addressed in several
ways:
- Applications now query the Spooler to find the
default printer, and its margins. This helps with applications
like NewWrite and NewDraw, and essentially solves any problems
if the user has only one printer
- For applications like NewPlanner and NewDex,
which are not terribly WYSIWYG, this query should prevent all
problems from occurring.
- For the worst case, where the user uses more
than one printer, each enforcing different margins, the software
will detect the allowable page size at print-time, and allow the
user to cancel the print job, compress the document to fit on
the page, or bravely try to print anyway.
Mysterious 'E'
Several folks have reported that printing on their
HP DeskJets resulted in one extra page containing nothing but
an upper case "E" in the upper left corner, before each
good page of the document. One customer reports that the mysterious
"E" only happens on computers with a VTECH BIOS.
Several customers report that toggling the NumLock
key on or off prevented the spurious "E" and extra form
feed. Others report that toggling the setting for the NumLock
key in CMOS eliminates the spurious "E" and form feed.
Envelope print driver patch for version 2.x
This patch is not recommended or endorsed. Use it
at your own risk.
Here is a patch which changes the way the DeskJet
driver prints envelopes. If you don't have experience editing
binary files with DEBUG or Norton DiskEdit, etc. you might want
to have someone help you through this, although it isn't very
difficult. IT IS IMPORTANT TO FIRST COPY THE FILE DESKJET.GEO
TO ANOTHER FILE FOR A BACKUP in case of a problem. For example:
To print an envelope with the modified driver, insert
it into the printer and press the envelope load buttons. Then
issue the print command from the software. Your DJ 500 will no
longer spit out the envelope that you're trying to print on. The
original escape code in the software creates an explicit page
feed from the paper tray. It isn't needed because the DJ500 is
smart enough to know to feed a sheet of paper if there isn't one
ready to print.
Envelope Printing
- From the File menu, choose Page Size.
- For Type, select Envelope
- For Size, click on Envelope #10
- Decrease the Width to 8.5 inches.
- Click Apply, then Close
- From the File menu, choose Page Setup and change
the margins as follows.
- Top Margin: 0.375 inches
- Bottom Margin: 0.375 inches
- Right Margin: 0.25 inches
- Left Margin: 0.25 inches
- Click Apply, then Close
- Enter the return address at the very top left
of the envelope form on the screen. When entering the addressee
information, start the first line about two inches down from the
top, and three or four inches from the left margin.
- From the File menu, choose Print. Then click on
the Options button.
- Change the height to 4.5 inches
- For Paper Source, select Manual
- Do NOT select Envelope for "Type of Paper."
- Click OK.
- Feeding the envelope into the printer is the tricky
part. DeskJets have a button on their main panel to advance the
envelopes into the printer. Do NOT use this button. To feed the
envelope, insert the envelope face down, lengthwise (portrait),
into the top paper tray until the top edge of the envelope is
barely touching the large paper feed rollers.
- Now click on the Print button. If the envelope
is ejected and the envelope text prints on a sheet
of paper, the envelope was inserted too far under the large paper
feed rollers in step 6.
Note: When printed correctly, the return address
will print one inch down from the top and one inch in from the
left margin. This is unfortunate, but normal.
To print multiple envelopes
Follow the above procedure for the first envelope.
For the second envelope, use the envelope feed button on the printer
to insert the envelope into the printer. Then click the OK button
on screen (in the dialog box that's prompting you to insert the
next sheet of paper).
Envelopes
The 550C loads envelopes lengthwise, the left side
of the template becomes the top of the paper feed, and the printer's
minimum 1/2" margin applies. The return address block in
the template supplied with the software needs to be moved 16 points
to the right.
Successful envelope printing on the 550C is a snap:
- Follow directions in the HP manual for printing
envelopes, but load envelopes flap left.
- Select Print in the File menu.
- At the Print dialog, select Options.
- At the Options dialog, select:
- Type of paper in printer: envelope
- Size of paper: Envelope #10
- Paper feed: click on "lengthwise" feed
(first choice)
- Click on OK in the Option dialog, then click
on Print in the Print dialog.
The 560C uses the same drivers as the 550C. The CMYK
driver has been available starting with version 2.01. The CMYK
driver uses true black along with the three other colors. The
3-color driver does not use black ink, but makes muddy purple
by mixing red, cyan, and yellow. The 560C prints 600x300 dpi only
in black and white mode. In color mode, it's 300x300.
If your model is not specifically listed in Preferences, Printer,
use a driver for a different HP DeskJet printer from this list of
drivers recommended by HP. In some cases, the substitute driver
will not provide access to all of the printer's capabilities.
- HP DeskJet 850C
- HP DeskJet 660C
- HP DeskJet 560C
- HP DeskJet 550C
- HP DeskJet 540
- HP DeskJet 500C
- HP DeskJet 320
- HP DeskJet 310
- HP DeskJet 520
- HP DeskJet 510
- HP DeskJet 500
- HP DeskJet Plus
- HP DeskJet
- HP LaserJet II
- HP LaserJet Plus
- HP LaserJet
NOTE: When using an HP LaserJet driver to print to an HP DeskJet
printer, page formatting may work differently.
HP DeskJet Control Panel for DOS
The HP DeskJet Control Panel for DOS is software that replaces
the front panel switches found on older HP DeskJet printers. The
HP DeskJet Control Panel for DOS does not replace printer
drivers; it must be used along with DOS software printer drivers.
The HP DeskJet Control Panel may provide access to features of
the printer that are not available from within NewDeal. The
HP DeskJet Control Panel for DOS also lets you monitor the
printer's status and clean and align the print cartridges.
NOTE: The HP DeskJet 720C, 820, and 1000C
series printers do not have an HP DeskJet Control
Panel for DOS, since they were developed as
Windows-only printers. However, some DOS
settings can be made in the DOS or Advanced
tab of the Windows printer settings.
The HP DeskJet 672C and 692C are reported to work with the 550C
drivers in NewDeal software.
The HP DeskJet 700 series printers are "Windows-only."
You must have Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 or 98, because the drivers
that speak the new proprietary printer language required by these
printers are available only from HP and only for MS Windows.
However, if you run New Deal Office, or other DOS programs,
from Windows and use the HP DeskJet 550C drivers, then the
Windows driver for the 700 series printers will capture the
output from NewDeal and convert it to the proper language.
The manual for these printers contains a section specifically about
printing from DOS programs. Those instructions apply to New Deal
Office. Also, you might need to try the various
settings for "DOS", "BIOS", or "7" for the parallel port in
Preferences, Computer. The "DOS" setting is most likely to work.
The HP DeskJet 1120 series printers are reported to work with the
HP DeskJet 550C drivers in NewDeal.
Unfortunately, there is no 1200C specific driver
available as of this writing. Some folks report good results with
the PaintJet XL300 driver. You can also use the HP DeskJet 550
driver, however the margins may be off-center on the 1200C when
using the HP DeskJet 550 driver. Folks have adjusted the margins
or positioned things on the page to compensate, though obviously
it means you don't get WYSIWYG and you can't make use of the full
8 inch wide printable space. The HP DeskJet 1200 series consists
of two printers: the 1200C and the 1200CP. The 1200C uses the
new PCL 5 language for color and the PCL 4 language for black
and white. The 1200C reportedly works well in black and white
mode if you select the HP LaserJet II compatible print driver.
If you have the PostScript option on the 1200C, you can use the
PostScript drivers.
Blank or Faint Printouts
The problem
The HP LaserJet spits out blank pages or pages with
a few faint lines printed on them when user tries to print.
The solution
This will happen if the printer is set to landscape
mode. Run a printer self-test by pressing ALT+TEST on the printer's
control panel. If the test page comes out printed sideways, the
printer is in landscape mode and it must be changed to portrait
mode.
Envelopes
Put the envelope in your paper tray, set up for ordinary
8 1/2 x 11 paper, put it all the way over on the right. Put the
envelope in upside down so that the top of it is on the left side,
away from the track which the envelope will be pressing up against
(ignore the little picture on the printer showing the opposite).
After having called up your document to the screen and replaced
the text with whoever's address, print it, not in text-only mode,
but in regular mode.
Here is an approach that has been reported to work
well with the HP LaserJet IIP:
- Set JOB SIZE to COM10. (That means Envelope #10.
Note that PAPER SIZE remains at LETTER.)
- Set ORIENT to L. (That's Landscape.)
- Set MAN FEED to ON. (That's Manual Feed. This
may not be essential.)
In the software:
- Set PAGE SIZE to ENVELOPE 10. (This is in Page
Size in the File menu. Note that Orientation remains set to PORTRAIT.)
- Set PAPER SIZE to ENV 10 LANDSCAPE. (This is
in File, Print, Change Options.)
Then stick the envelope in the printer like this:
Some more ideas about envelope printing:
- Leave everything set to LETTER (i.e., the defaults)
on the printer. In the software, set page size to envelope #10
portrait, and paper size to envelope #10 landscape. Print. You'll
get "MP LOAD EXEC" flashing on the printer. Hit Alt-Continue
on the printer.
- Leave your page size at 8.5 x 11 in the software,
and just put your text in the right place on the page.
Memory
When it comes to printer memory, how much is enough?
512K of memory in a laser printer is often not enough
to print a full 8.5"x11" page at high-resolution, and
one MB is barely enough. Larger pages require even more memory.
If you don't have enough memory in the printer, your document
may print in strips because it fills up the available memory.
All laser printers that ship with one MB or less need at least
one MB of RAM added for proper printing from our software.
For instance, an 8.5x14 (legal) size document could
require as much as 1.2 meg. Not all pages require the maximum
amount of memory; it's a function of the amount of the page that
is actually covered with text or graphics (the software compresses
empty space, sometimes called "white space," which is
why even a 512K printer can print some high-resolution pages if
they're simple enough).
If pages print successfully in low mode, but not
in high mode, then it's a good sign that the problem is not enough
memory in the printer.
There is a mathematical relationship between the
amount of memory on the printer and the largest page we can print.
If you assume the worst case (most complex page), it goes something
like this:
A laser printer that prints at 300dpi (dots per inch)
would require 300 bits for every horizontal inch of the page.
An 8" page has 7.5 printable inches, which means each horizontal
line would require 300 x 8 = 2,400 bits of memory. There are eight
bits in a byte, so a single horizontal line would require 2400/8
= 300 bytes. Every vertical inch of the page has 300 of these
lines. Therefore, every vertical inch requires 300 x 300 = 90,000
bytes of memory. 90,000 bytes is about 88K. So, for instance,
an 11" page (with 10.5 inches of printable vertical area)
would require 10.5 x 88 = 924K of printer memory, worst case.
That's nearly one meg (1,024K). A 14" page (with 13.5 inches
of printable vertical area) would require 13.5 x 88 = 1,188K (about
1.2 meg).
The amount of memory actually available with our
version 1.2 drivers is a function of the number of fonts the user
has already downloaded because those drivers won't remove the
fonts from the printer's internal memory. This means that even
if the user has 2 megs of printer RAM, he or she may still run
into problems printing if most of that RAM is taken up by previously
downloaded fonts. (Cycling power on the printer should let you
know if this, indeed, is the problem.) Our newer HP drivers that
have "fast" text-mode printing (available in version
1.2.8) behave a little differently. These new drivers remove downloaded
fonts from the printer's memory if the user chooses the Text Only
option when printing. This is the only way of knowing how much
memory is available on the printer (the HP printers provide no
status reports on memory availability). For most people using
our software products, this removing of downloaded fonts won't
be a problem. The only problem we can think of would be when printing
to a network printer that has standard pre-downloaded fonts (fonts
that get downloaded when the network starts up). If somebody on
the network prints using one of these drivers in text mode only
(and, thereby, removes any downloaded fonts) he or she may not
be too popular around the office.
However, they can always avoid text mode printing
or use the "HP Compatible" driver--which has a more
passive text mode option. The newer HP drivers have a new "text
mode"; they will download the software fonts to the printer,
making text mode printing lightning fast while essentially persevering
WYSIWYG printing of text--fonts, sizes, styles and all--(graphics
will still require non text mode printing).
The drivers in version 2.0 have been improved to
give the user control over whether to retain the fonts downloaded
to the printer or whether to remove them.
Will more printer memory speed up printing?
Slow printing may be due to your computer and the
fact that our software prints in graphics mode. It takes a lot
of information transfer between the computer and printer when
printing graphics (especially at 300 or 360 dots per inch). Since
the software time shares between applications (your printer spooler
is actually an application), the more work you do while printing,
the longer it will take for the spooler to get a piece of computer
time and get the printing done.
Here are some suggestions to speed up printing
- Limit the amount of things you do while printing.
- Whenever possible (you don't have graphics),
use the Text Only Mode for faster operation.
- Except for final copies, use medium mode (or
low, if you don't have medium) for your draft copies.
Printer Speed
The reason the pages print so slowly when you print
at full resolution on the HP LaserJet is that we are fully imaging
the page to 300 dots per inch using our outline fonts and graphics
routines, and then shipping the final page over to the laser printer.
This is great when you are doing a complex one page flyer because
it allows you to get a true WYSIWYG display on the screen of what
will come out on the printer, and you can do neat font rotations,
and so forth that the IIP does not support, but it gets kind of
slow when you want to print a long document that is mainly text.
The software contains a much more powerful document
imaging system than the HP printers and sometimes you will want
to take advantage of that to create elaborate pages. However,
we realize that on other occasions you want fast high resolution
printing, so starting with version 1.2.8, we provided a special
"font downloading" print driver for LaserJets and
compatibles.
For those of you working on long documents, source
the documents in the mono font and print your initial drafts as
"text only". This will use the resident courier font
of the HP printers and print quickly (as fast as the HP's are
capable of). When you are ready for the final printing, change
to the desired fonts, and be prepared to wait.
The downloading of fonts will allow you to print
text documents out at full resolution. But complex graphics documents
will still have to be printed at medium resolution if you don't
have enough memory in the printer. The full resolution of the
HP printers is 300 dots per inch. When you do the math this works
out to 1 meg of memory required to image a full 8 1/2 X 11 inch
page.
The Sony CD Manager does not include LASERDWN.GEO,
which is the 1.5 mb PCL download driver. Therefore the following
printers are not listed in Preferences, Printer:
- HP LaserJet III
- HP LaserJet IIIP
- HP LaserJet IIP (1.5 Meg)
- HP PCL Download Font Driver (1.5 Meg)
- HP LaserJet IIID
CD Manager customers with any of the printers listed
above should choose HP LaserJet IIP (512K) or HP PCL Download
Font Driver (512K). Both these choices use the same driver, LASDWN5.GEO.
This driver works exactly like LASERDWN.GEO, except for the ability
to download in 1.5 meg chunks, which should not affect performance
in any way.
The print drivers for the HP LaserJets send out
a reset command (Esc-E) as part of the printing process. This
has the effect of re-setting the number of copies counter on the
HP LaserJet Plus. This problem should not occur on LaserJet II
and up, however, which don't reset this counter upon receiving
an Esc-E. This means printing multiple copies of a document on
a LaserJet Plus will be rather slow.
To print lots of copies a document on a Hewlett Packard
LaserJet II without waiting hours, do this:
- On the LaserJet control panel, press the MENU
Button.
- Use the plus and minus keys to set the number
of copies you want.
- Press the ENTER RESET MENU Button.
- Press the MENU Button repeatedly to scroll to
"00 READY."
- Press the CONTINUE RESET Button and hold until
you see "07 RESET."
Now whatever image is sent to the printer's memory
will be printed as many times as you want. This works because
the print driver doesn't tell the Laser Jet how many copies
to print, so it doesn't override the "Number of Copies"
setting when it prints.
Note: Remember to reset the number of copies to "one"
when you are finished, because the printer retains the settings
even when it's powered down.
Problem
Trouble printing to legal size sheets fed manually
into HP LaserJet III. No legal-size tray. Page and Paper Size
set to 8.5 by 14 in the software as well as on the printer. Set
to Manual Feed in the software. HP gives error message "PC
Load Legal" and stops. Hitting Reset/Continue button causes
page to print out properly up to the 8.5 x 11 point, at which
point it stops.
Solution
Turn Manual Feed to ON, on the printer control panel.
The HP LJ 4 will work with the LJ III driver. Text-only
mode provides 600X600 dpi and very fast printouts. A customer
reports better results using the "HP LaserJet II compatible"
driver with the HP LaserJet, rather than the driver named for
the HP LaserJet 4. There is a dip switch setting for 600 dpi on
the printer. Changing this switch to 300 dpi improved print quality
for several users. The HP LJ 4 driver supports 600 dpi in PostScript
mode, but only 300 dpi in PCL mode.
Envelopes
After choosing Print from the File menu (or CTRL+P
or clicking on the printer icon), click on the Options button
in the Print dialog box. Near the top of the Options dialog box
is a line that says Type of Paper in Printer. Click on Envelope.
You'll immediately see the little icons below change
into envelopes. You should also see the line Size of Paper in
Printer with a scrollable list of standard envelope sizes. I generally
use the #10 Envelope template and so choose the #10 envelope size.
The software will automatically change to a landscape
orientation. Click on the OK button at the bottom and it will
put you back to the Print Dialog box. Make sure the rear door
of your 4L is open (otherwise your envelope comes out pretty wrinkled).
There's a little dial on the left rear that opens the rear door.
Be sure to feed your envelope through the manual feed slot on
the front. The left edge should go in first. Put it all the way
over on the left side. Insert the envelope until you hear a gentle
click. Then click on the Print button. Voila! You have a beautifully
printed envelope!
To print more envelopes you just go through the normal
routine, but if you print anything else in NewWrite without closing
the program you'll want to be sure to go back into the options
menu and click the Paper button again before you print (otherwise
you'll get some pretty weird results).
Built In Fonts
A customer says: "I discovered that changing
the default font on my HP 4L to CG Times gave me all sorts of
grief when I tried to print. I could print out at a "text
only" level just fine, but mysterious letter Bs appeared
all over the page when I did anything else. I also noticed streaks
in graphics that had never been there before. Using the Explorer
software, I changed the default back to Courier and the problem
disappeared as well. I miss the CG Times when I print from the
text editor, but not enough to go back to mystery B's and streaks!"
Straight Path Printing
Another customer reports: "Before I tried printing
straight through on my HP4, I called HP Tech Support to ask if
I would screw anything up if I tried this. As far as they could
tell, there should be no problem. The fact that the back door
must be closed for printing is most likely because the fuser assembly
is exposed when it is open, and they figured it would be too dangerous
(burn-wise) to print with the door open. Having said that though,
the tech rep said printing this way should not cause any problems.
"There is a small micro switch about half way
up on the right side that must be depressed to get the printer
to work. (If you look at the back door, you will see a small,
rounded tab on the right that is used to depress this switch).
When you open the door, you will get a paper jam message. All
you have to do is depress the switch and wait for the printer
to warm back up (I used a small pencil eraser). Then you have
to push On Line again to be able to print. After you have done
that, simply send your print job as usual and wait for it to print.
I discovered that sometimes the paper will catch on the lowered
door, so you might want to be ready to catch the paper as it comes
out of the printer. Use the upper tray.
"The only problem I had is finding something
that could be used consistently and safely to depress this switch
without breaking anything. Ideally, two people should be used
to print this way. Since this method would be used for thicker
papers, like card stock, I asked him about this. He said that
although HP does not recommend anything over 36 pounds, it probably
would not hurt anything. I then said that people have been running
thicker paper through HP III printers for years without problems,
and he said that the HP4 should be no different, but no guarantees,
either."
The HP LaserJet 2100 is both a PCL printer and
a PostScript printer.
It should work with the HP LaserJet 4 drivers
in Newdeal software, both the PCL mode and the
PostScript mode drivers.
The original HP PaintJet is not supported by the
software and will not print in color. You can probably print in
black and white using the QuietJet print driver, but resolution
may be limited and there may be border and page size problems
(due to limitations on border edge printing). The newer PaintJet
XL-300 is supported.
The OfficeJet is a multifunction machine including printer, fax, and
scanner/copier. NewDeal has not tested the OfficeJet with NewDeal
software. The printer is equivalent to an HP DeskJet 500,
but requires the special Windows driver that comes with the machine.
HP includes a DOS redirection utility, which captures PCL3 output from
DOS programs and sends it to the Windows driver for the machine. The
Windows driver then translates the output from the DOS program into
the proprietary print language for the OfficeJet and sends the print
instructions to the machine. In order to print on the OfficeJet 500
or 520, you must run NewDeal from Windows and use the HP DeskJet 500
drivers in NewDeal. You might need to change the setting for the LPT
port in Preferences, Computer from "BIOS" to "DOS" or "7".
The ThinkJet is not supported directly, but the QuietJet
driver should work in low quality mode. However, your documents
may come out shifted 3/4" to the right with the far right
part cut off. The reason seems to be that the ThinkJet enforces
a full 1 inch margin. A work around is to use Page Setup functions
to set left margin 3/4" less than you really want it to be,
and a right margin 3/4" more. In other words, for normal
1" margins on a document, set the left margin at .25 inch
and the right margin at 1.75 inches.