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Q100723: HP PaintJet XL 300 Driver Limited to Eight Colors

Article: Q100723
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 08-DEC-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 3.1 
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SUMMARY
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The printer driver for the Hewlett-Packard PaintJet XL 300 provided with
Microsoft Windows version 3.1 is limited to eight colors. This color limitation
is determined by code that cannot be changed in UNIDRV.DLL and DMCOLOR.DLL.

To work around this limitation, use the printer driver supplied by
Hewlett-Packard.

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  "Hewlett-Packard" (without the quotation marks) and "phonebook" (without the
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these products' performance or reliability.


Additional query words: 3.10 paint jet 3rdparty hp third party third-party 8

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin310
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1

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