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You have selected one of the following printers:

   HP LaserJet              Apricot Laser             QuadLaser I
   HP LaserJet Plus         Epson GQ-3500             Tandy LP-1000
   HP LaserJet 500+         Kyocera F-1010 Laser      Tegra Genisis
   HP LaserJet Series II    NEC SilentWriter LC860    Wang LDP8
   HP LaserJet 2000         Okidata LaserLine 6       Olivetti PG 208 M2

These printers are known as "PCL" printers.  Your PCL printer has
been installed; however, it has not yet been configured properly. 
To properly configure your printer, either use the Printer Setup 
command in the File Menu of Microsoft Excel or use the Control Panel.

For information on how to use the Control Panel,  see "Control Panel" 
on page 728 of the Microsoft Excel Reference Guide.  See page 737 in 
the Microsoft Excel Reference Guide for specific information on setting 
up the printer.  Be sure to select the proper font cartridge for your
printer; if you do not, your font options may not be available through
Microsoft Excel. Be sure to properly set up your communications port if 
the printer is connected to either COM1 or COM2.


Using Soft Fonts With Hewlett Packard Laser Printers

The following describes how to use soft fonts with Hewlett
Packard Laser Printers.  To use soft fonts, your printer must
have the proper hardware.  The HP LaserJet will not support soft
fonts.  The HP LaserJet+, HP LaserJet II, and HP LaserJet 2000
all support soft fonts.  If you have a printer which emulates an
HP Laser Printer and wish to use soft fonts, you should contact
your printer dealer or manufacturer to determine if your printer
supports soft fonts.  

Softfonts are fonts that you copy onto your computer and download
to your printer.  Many soft font installation programs, such as
PCLPAK from Hewlett-Packard and Fontware from Bitstream, include
installation programs of their own.  If you plan to use one of these
installation programs, make sure that you install the font as Windows
compatible fonts.  In general, three types of files can be included
in a soft font package:

  - Printer Font File

    Printer fonts are what actually get installed on your printer.

  - Printer Font Metrics File (PFM)

    Printer font metrics are an optional file that are either
    included by the soft font vendor or generated by Soft Font
    installer that is part of the Windows PCL printer driver.

  - Screen Font File

    These are screen equivalents of your printer fonts.  They should
    be installed using the "Add fonts..." command in the Windows
    Control Panel.

You can download fonts to your printer two ways; as "Permanent" fonts
or as "Temporary" fonts.  Permanent fonts are copied to your printer's
memory before you print.  Consult your soft font manual for instructions
on downloading "Permanent" fonts.  These fonts are kept in your printer's
memory until you turn off the printer.  "Permanent" fonts print faster,
but take up much more of your printer's memory than "Temporary" fonts.
"Temporary" fonts are automatically downloaded to your printer as you
print.  After your printing has finished, they are removed from your
printer's memory.  This conserves on your printer's memory, but means
that fonts will be downloaded every time you print.

You can use the Soft Font Installer to add temporary or permanent fonts, 
move fonts between printer ports, and remove fonts from your printer.
To use the Soft Font Installer that is part of your PCL printer driver,
bring up the printer specific dialog by selecting the "Printer..."
command in the Windows Control Panel and choosing the PCL / HP LaserJet
selection.  Clicking the "Fonts" button in the printer specific dialog 
will bring up the Soft Font Installer.  Note that you can also do this by 
selecting the Printer Setup command from the File menu in Microsoft Excel. 

If you want to install soft fonts on your system, insert the soft fonts
disk in drive A:, bring up the printer specific dialog, click on the
Fonts button, and then click on the "Add Fonts ..." button.  The installer
copies the printer fonts and PFM files to your hard disk.  If there are
no PFM files, the installer will create them for you.

If you want to move or copy the soft fonts to another PCL printer on
another port, bring up the printer specific dialog, click the Fonts
button, and then click the Copy button after selecting the fonts you
want moved or copied.

If you want to remove the soft fonts, bring up the printer specific 
dialog, click the Fonts button, and then click the Remove button after 
selecting the fonts you want removed.



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