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HP Traditional Postscript 3 Emulation Driver features
When you install the printing-system software in Windows 98 or Windows Me, the HP Traditional
PCL 6 Driver is installed by default. The HP Traditional PCL 5e Driver and the PS Emulation Driver
can be installed by performing a Custom Installation. When you install the print drivers in
Windows NT 4.0, you must use the Add Printer install method to install the PS Emulation Driver.
Depending on the operating system that you are using when you install the print drivers, different
methods are available to gain access to the print drivers and different print-driver interfaces.
This section describes the options that are available on each tab of the PS Emulation Driver
Document Default interface and on one of the tabs of the PS Emulation Driver Properties
interface. It also shows the tabs that are available on the PS Emulation Driver interface for
Windows 98 and Windows Mee.
NOTE The information and illustrations in this section reflect the PS Emulation Driver when
the computer is running Windows NT 4.0. The PS Emulation Driver looks significantly different
for computers that are running Windows 98 and Windows Me.
Access to print drivers
Depending on the operating system that you are installing the print drivers on, there are different
ways 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 the 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 Default driver tabs and the Properties
driver tabs. The settings that you make on these driver tabs control print job output.
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 the software program is open.
You can also control the Document Default print drivers directly from the Printers folder. In
Windows NT 4.0, click Start, select Settings, click Printers, right-click the product name, and then
click Document Defaults... to gain access to the same set of driver tabs that the software program
controls. These driver settings change the default settings used across all software programs.
The following Document Default print driver tabs are available in Windows NT 4.0:
■ Page Setup tab
■ Advanced tab
■ Job Storage tab
NOTE If your product has a minimum of 80 MB of memory, the Proof and Hold and
Private Job options are available.
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