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Windows Office driver

The Windows Office driver for use with your is available on the HP Designjet Software Setup CD. Use this driver for printing drawings and office documents from applications like AutoCAD, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Acrobat Reader 5, CorelDRAW and internet browsers.

This driver can be used with Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP and NT 4.0 operating systems.

It includes:

• Print Quality (Fast/Normal/Best)
• Orientation (Portrait/Landscape/Mirror/Rotation)
• Paper Type
• Paper Size (standard and customized)
• Paper tray (default/Tray1/Front manual feed/Rear manual feed)
• Number of Copies
• Quick Sets
• Scale to fit/Scale to % (ZoomSmart)
• Color use (color/grayscale/pure black)
• Color Smart (vivid/match screen/no color correction/used-defined color correction)
• Lightness (lightening or darkening)
• Show printing progress (in pop-up window)
• Autorotation/inked area

These additional functions are available with the Windows 2000, XP and NT 4.0 drivers:

• Multiple pages per sheet (2, 4, 6.../Page order)
• Tiling (Poster Printing)
• Start printing from the last page

Resolutions Provided by the Driver

• Fast: 300 dpi
• Normal: 300 dpi (default)
• Normal: 600 dpi (optimized for line drawings)
• Best: 600 dpi

To Install the Driver

For all operating systems, use the HP Designjet Software Setup CD. Note the following considerations depending on the system and the type of connection between the printer and the computer. You may find it useful to print this topic for reference while you are using the Software Setup CD.

• USB Connection

Connect the USB cable to your computer and then to your printer.

 

Windows 2000 or XP:

1. The "Add New Hardware Wizard" should appear on your screen; click "Cancel".
2. Insert the CD into your drive.
3. If the CD does not autorun, run the SETUP.EXE program in the root directory of the CD.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Windows 98 Second Edition:

1. The "Add New Hardware Wizard" should appear on your screen; click "Next".
2. When you are asked "What do you want Windows to do?" select "Search for the best driver for your device".
3. When Windows searches for a new driver, select "Specify a location".
4. Insert the CD into your drive. The CD autoruns; select "Cancel".
5. Select "Browse" in the Windows search dialog, and browse to the USBWIN98\100 folder on the CD; click "OK". Windows will then install the USB driver class for the printer. (This is NOT the printer driver.)
6. When Windows finishes the USB driver installation, you should either remove and reinsert the CD or run the SETUP.EXE program in the root directory. This time, select your language and click on "OK".
7. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Windows ME:

1. The "Add New Hardware Wizard" should appear on your screen; click "Next".
2. When you are asked "What do you want Windows to do?" select "Specify the location of the driver".
3. When Windows searches for a new driver, select "Specify a location".
4. Insert the CD into your drive. The CD autoruns; select "Cancel".
5. Select "Browse" in the Windows search dialog, and browse to the USBWIN98\100 folder on the CD; click "OK". Windows will then install the USB driver class for the printer. (This is NOT the printer driver.)
6. When Windows finishes the USB driver installation, you should either remove and reinsert the CD or run the SETUP.EXE program in the root directory. This time, select your language and click on "OK".
7. Follow the on-screen instructions.

• Parallel Connection

Connect the parallel cable to your computer and then to your printer. (You should power off both the computer and the printer when you connect them, to protect the parallel port from being damaged).

 

Windows 95:

1. Follow the instructions in the CD booklet.

Other Windows systems:

1. If the CD does not autorun, run the SETUP.EXE program in the root directory of the CD.
2. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Maintenance...

A web-based maintenance tool is available.

How do I use HP Designjet System Maintenance?