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Q99691: ErrMsg: "Printer Fonts are Missing" with HP DeskJet 2.1 Driver

Article: Q99691
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 15-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you are using a Hewlett-Packard (HP) DeskJet series printer with a version
2.1 printer driver from Hewlett-Packard, you may receive the following error
message when you try to open or print from a Windows- based application or
change the setup of your DeskJet printer:

  HP DeskJet Series v2.1 Error

  Printer Fonts missing; select "Printer Fonts" to install fonts or select "OK"
  again to exit

CAUSE
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When you use version 2.1 of the HP DeskJet series printer drivers with a
DeskJet, there is an option to install printer and/or screen fonts from the
drivers disks. If these fonts have been installed, the system sometimes is
unable to locate them. In this case, the fonts need to be reinstalled. To do
this, use the workaround listed below. For more information or assistance, call
Hewlett-Packard Technical Support


WORKAROUND
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1. Open Control Panel and choose the Printers icon.

2. Select the DeskJet printer from the list of installed printers, then choose
  Setup.

3. Choose Fonts, choose Printer Fonts, then choose OK.

4. In the Install Printer Fonts dialog box, choose Install Fonts.

5. Insert the second disk for the HP printer driver version 2.1 in your floppy
  disk drive. In the Install Fonts: Source Directory box, type the path to the
  disk. For example, if your floppy disk drive is A, type "A:\" (without the
  quotation marks).

The products included here are manufactured by Hewlett-Packard, a vendor
independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding
these products' performance or reliability.

Additional query words: Desk Jet 2.1 Windows 3.10

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin310 kbWin311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11

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