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Q87093: Adding Windows 3.0 Support for Unlisted HP Printer Cartridges

Article: Q87093
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 07-DEC-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a 
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SUMMARY
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If you are using Microsoft Windows version 3.0 and you have a Hewlett- Packard
(HP) font cartridge (for example, Pretty Faces) that is not listed in the
Cartridges box of the printer setup dialog box, you can add support for this
cartridge as described in this article.

MORE INFORMATION
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Follow these steps to add support for your HP font cartridge:

1. Quit Windows. (Do not use the MS-DOS Prompt icon to exit Windows.)

2. Your HP font cartridge includes AUTOFONT Support disks that contain character
  widths and other font information your software will use to format text.

  a. Insert AUTOFONT Support Installer/Metrics disk 1 in drive A.

  b. Type "A:AUTOFONT" (without the quotation marks) and press ENTER.

  c. Follow the screen prompts to install the .TFM files for your cartridge.

3. Start Windows. Run Control Panel, and choose the Printers icon.

4. Make sure an HP LaserJet family printer is active in the Installed Printers
  box.

5. Choose the Configure button.

6. Choose the Setup button.

  NOTE: If you are using a LaserJet III printer, choose the About button to find
  out the version number of your Microsoft PCL/HP LaserJet driver. If it is not
  version 3.7 or later, you will have to order an updated driver from the
  Hewlett-Packard Driver Distribution Center at (303) 353-7650. If your driver
  is recent enough, choose the OK button to return to the Setup window.

7. Choose the Fonts button.

8. Choose the Add Fonts button.

9. Type "C:\AUTOFONT" (without the quotation marks) as the source drive and
  directory. (If you have installed the AutoFont Support files onto another
  drive, indicate the correct path.) Choose the OK button.

10. The HP Font Installer reads the AUTOFONT directory and displays the name of
  your cartridge in the box on the right. Select the name and choose the Add
  button.

11. Choose the OK button if you want to accept the default destination drive and
  directory for your printer font metrics. If you want to store them
  elsewhere, enter the new path.

12. When the HP Font Installer finishes adding the cartridge name to the box on
  the left, choose the Exit button to return to the Setup dialog box.

13. Select the name of your cartridge in the Cartridges box and choose the OK
  button.

14. Choose the OK button until you return to the Control Panel window. You can
  now select your new HP bitmapped cartridge fonts from within a Windows 3.0
  application.

  NOTE: The Cartridges box does not come with screen fonts, so Windows displays
  its own representative screen fonts.


Additional query words: HPLJ HPIII HPII HPIID HPIIP HPIIISI HPIIID HPIIIP LJ III II IID IIP IIISI IIID IIIP 3.00 3.00a

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin300 kbWin300a
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a

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