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HP traditional PCL 6 and PCL 5e driver features
When you install the print drivers by using the printing-system installer in Windows 98 or
Windows Me, the HP Traditional PCL 6 Driver is installed by default. The HP Traditional PCL 5e
Driver can be installed by using the Add Printer wizard. When you install the print drivers in
Windows NT 4.0, you must use the Add Printer installation method to install the HP Traditional PCL 6
Driver or the HP Traditional PCL 5e Driver.
This section describes the options that are available on each tab of the HP traditional PCL 6 and
PCL 5e driver Document Default print-driver interface and on some of the tabs of the HP Traditional
PCL 6 Driver and HP Traditional PCL 5e Driver Properties print-driver interface.
This section also describes differences between the HP Traditional PCL 6 Driver and the
HP Traditional PCL 5e Driver
Access to print drivers
Depending on the operating system on which you are installing the print drivers, several different
ways are available to gain access to the print drivers and different print-driver interfaces.
To gain access to the print-driver settings from within most software programs, click File, click Print,
and then click Properties. These driver settings apply only while that software program is open.
Access to print drivers in Windows NT 4.0
In Windows NT 4.0, you can gain access to the Document Defaults... driver tabs and the
Properties driver tabs. The settings that you make on these driver tabs control print-job output.
Document Defaults... driver tabs
In Windows NT 4.0, click Start, select Settings, and then click Printers. Right-click the product
name, and then click Document Defaults... to gain access to all of the Document Default... print-
driver tabs, which are the same set of driver tabs that the software program controls. These driver
settings change the default settings that are used across all software programs.
The following Document Defaults... print-driver tabs are available in Windows NT 4.0:
■ Finishing tab
■ Effects tab
■ Paper tab
■ Job Storage tab
■ Basics tab
The HP driver tabs are indicated by the HP logo appearing in the lower-left corner of the driver tab.
Only HP tabs are documented in this STR.
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