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Printer Instructions
HP OfficeJets Install and use HP Deskjet 500 driver instead, or HP 550c drivers for Color Officejets, or Win95 drivers
for HP Officejet (note: driver only supports printing). To add the HP Officejet printer driver under
Windows 95, you need to go to the Add Printers icon under Printers. Select HP and click on the HP
Officejet driver and install. For Windows 3.1, use the HP Deskjet 500/550c driver, or contact HP for
correct drivers.
HP Laserjet 5L/6L Delete the HP 5L/6L driver completely by going into the Uninstall icon for HP 5L/6L. (For Windows 95
you have to click on Start, Programs, HP 5L/6L printer and then select HP5L/6L uninstall. For Windows
3.1, go into the program manager, open the HP 5L/6L utilities icon and double on the uninstall icon).
Restart windows. Reinstall the driver, select Custom install from the main screen. On Custom install
screen make sure that PCL driver is checked but the
PCL status window is unchecked.
Click [OK]
to install the driver.
HP Laserjet 6P/MP Look in your task bar at the bottom of the screen. Next to your clock at the right hand side you might
see a red or green printer icon. If you do, right click on this icon and select ‘Remove from taskbar’.
Hold down keys ‘Ctrl+Alt+Del’. In the ‘Close Program’ window, click on the file HPPROPTY and
then ‘End Task’. From the desktop, double click on ‘My Computer’, ‘C: (drive)’, Windows (folder),
then System (folder). Look for the ‘HPPROPTY.EXE’ file and delete it. Reboot you computer.
HP LaserJet 4000
series
From the Printer’s control panel configuration menu Select
I/O MENU
. From this menu change the
line that reads FUNCTION = ON to FUNCTION = OFF.
Other HP Printers Older HP printers do not require any changes. For NEW printers, contact HP for proper information.
EPSON PRINTERS
Epson Stylus 400, 600 and 800 printers:
Windows 3.x Windows 95
In Program Manager go to Epson folder. Open the Spool Manager and
make sure the Epson Stylus Color printer is selected. From the menu
bar, click on [Queue], [Setup] and select "Spool to local printer".
Next check "Use print manager for this port" and click [OK]. Close
the Spool Manager and restart the computer.
Go to the [Start] menu, select [Programs] and open the Epson
folder. Open the Spool Manager and make sure the Epson Stylus
Color printer is selected. From the menu bar, click on [Queue],
[Setup] and select "Spool to local printer". Next check "Use
print manager for this port" and click [OK]. Close the Spool
Manager and restart windows.
CANON PRINTERS
Canon 610 and Canon 620 printers:
Download the BJC-610/BJC-620 BJ Raster Driver for Windows 95™ version 1.0 or BJC-610/BJC-620 BJ Raster
Driver for Windows 3.1™ version 1.0 from Canon's web page at
http://www.ccsi.canon.com
OR you can also add and use the Canon 600e driver instead. To add the Canon 600e printer driver under Windows 95, you need to go to the Add
Printers icon under Printers. Select Canon and click on the Canon 600e driver and install. For Windows 3.1, contact Canon to get the Canon raster
driver or the 600e driver.
ALL OTHER PRINTERS
For all other printers, you may or may not need to disable bi-directional communication. If you still have problems printing, go through your
printer documentation to disable bi-directional communication / status window software, or contact your printer manufacturer.