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         INFORMATION ON THE HP PAINTJET COLOR GRAPHICS PRINTER
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You have selected the Hewlett Packard PaintJet printer.  However, your 
printer driver is not yet configured properly. This file contains 
instructions for configuring your PaintJet driver after Microsoft Excel 
is installed, and is used in conjunction with the Microsoft Excel 
Reference Guide.  We recommend that you print this Readme file for use 
during configuration. You may print this file using a word processing 
package, or you may copy it directly to your printer from your operating 
system.  To do this, change directories so that your Microsoft Excel 
directory is the active directory, then enter the following at your DOS 
prompt: 

              type readmepj.txt>LPT1

If your printer is not connected to LPT1, substitute the correct port
specification.

NOTE:  The HP PaintJet Soft Fonts for Microsoft Windows will be available
in early July of 1988. This package provides 16 high-resolution PaintJet 
soft fonts for use with Microsoft Windows version 2.03 or higher and 
Microsoft Excel. These fonts will greatly improve text quality on your 
printer. To order this package, contact your local HP sales office, your 
HP dealer, or call this toll-free number and ask for part number 17301A:  
1-800-538-8787.

CONFIGURING YOUR PRINTER

Connecting Your Printer

1. Follow the steps on Connecting Printers in the "Configuring Your
System" section of the Microsoft Excel Reference Guide, page 737.  
Select PaintJet in the printer list box, then select the desired port 
(usually an LPT port for Parallel interface, or a COM port for RS-232 
interface) in the Connections list box.

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. 

2. IF YOU SELECTED A COM PORT IN STEP 1:
   a) Pull down the Setup menu of the Control Panel and select 
      Communications Port.
   b) Establish the communications settings as: (be sure to select 
      the port  setting first)
           Baud rate=9600; 
           Word Length=8; 
           Parity=None; 
           Stop Bits=1;
           Handshake=Hardware; 
           Port=(your port)
   c) Click OK in the Communications Settings box.

Setting Up Your Printer

1. Follow ONLY the first three steps on Setting Up Printers in the
"Configuring Your System" section of the Microsoft Excel Reference Guide, 
this starts on page 737. Select "PaintJet on (port)" in the Default 
Printer list box.

The PaintJet Defaults dialog box is displayed.

     a. Print Box:  Select Color if you have an application that supports
     color printing, or Monochrome if your application is black and white.

     The Monochrome option allows you to print in color from a monochrome
     application by setting a foreground and a background color for your
     output.  If you select Color, the Background and Foreground options 
     in the menu bar are unnecessary and therefore are unavailable.

     NOTE:  If you have a color application, selecting the Monochrome 
     option and setting background/foreground colors will have no effect 
     on printing.

     b. Orientation:  Select Portrait to use the shorter side of your 
     paper as the X-axis, or Landscape to use the longer side as the 
     X-axis.

     NOTE:  Printing is faster in Portrait mode, which is PaintJet's 
     default orientation. The printer's internal fonts, Courier and 
     Letter Gothic, can only be printed in Portrait mode.

     c. Media Type:  Select the appropriate type of media for your output.

     d. Media Size:  Choose A (8.5 x 11 inches) or A4 (210 x 297 mm) as 
     media size, then indicate whether your media is single sheet or 
     fanfold.

     If your media size does not match the size displayed, choose the size 
     with the appropriate unit of measurement (inches or millimeters), then 
     use the scroll bar on the Media Size text box to increase or decrease 
     the length measurement.

     The Preloaded box is disabled for fanfold media, and is selected by
     default for single sheet media. The Preloaded selection turns off the
     "Insert Paper" prompt which appears after you start a print job, but
     before printing begins. If you use single sheet media and want the 
     prompt to appear, click the Preloaded box to remove the "X".

     e. Background/Foreground:  If you chose Monochrome in the Print Box 
     and you want to set a background color for your printout, choose 
     Background from the PaintJet Defaults menu bar. Select your color; 
     the check will appear beside your color the next time you pull down 
     this menu. When you print a document, PaintJet will fill the 
     background of your output with the specified color.

     Repeat this step to set a color for your text and/or graphics, this  
     time selecting Foreground from the menu bar.

     f. Select the Options menu to establish which soft fonts are available 
     to PaintJet, and to print a mirror image of your document.

          1. Mirror Image - Selecting this option causes PaintJet to print 
          a reverse image of your document. A check appears when the 
          option is in effect; it toggles on and off by repeated 
          selection.

          2. Fonts - If you have soft fonts to use with PaintJet, you must
          use the Fonts option to make the fonts available on the printer. 
          Complete printer configuration, then see "Installing Soft Fonts" 
          below for font installation instructions. If you have the HP  
          PaintJet Soft Fonts for Microsoft Windows, refer to the manual 
          in that package for more detailed installation instructions.

     PaintJet soft fonts print at the same speed as the fonts supplied 
     with Microsoft Excel (Modern, Roman, Script), but produce much 
     higher quality output.

     NOTE:  For the fastest possible printing on PaintJet, use the 
     printer's internal fonts (Courier and Letter Gothic).

     g. Save Box:  The Save box is selected by default and MUST remain
     selected to complete printer configuration. If the Save box is 
     checked when you choose the OK button, your current settings are 
     saved in the WIN.INI file and become defaults for PaintJet.

     When you make subsequent changes to printer settings, leave the Save 
     box selected if you want to save the changes as defaults for your 
     future print jobs. If you unselect Save, the changes remain in effect 
     only until you exit Windows.

Completing Configuration

After you make all necessary changes to the PaintJet Defaults dialog box,
complete configuration by selecting OK. Or you may choose Cancel or Reset if you want to do the following:

     a. Cancel - ignores any changes made to the PaintJet Defaults dialog 
     box during the current session and returns control to the Default 
     Printer box. Your printer will NOT be configured if you select Cancel 
     during initial configuration.

     b. Reset - returns all options in the PaintJet Defaults dialog box 
     to their driver default values. You may then choose OK to complete 
     configuration and save the driver defaults as your defaults.


SOFT FONTS

Installing Soft Fonts

If you have soft font files for PaintJet and they are stored on your hard disc in a subdirectory of your Windows or Microsoft Excel directory, skip to step 1. Otherwise, follow steps a-d below to create a fonts subdirectory and to copy the font files to that directory.

    a. From your computers DOS prompt, create a directory for soft fonts 
    under your Microsoft Excel directory.  For example, if you installed 
    Microsoft Excel in a directory called Windows, you would create a  
    softfont subdirectory by typing the following line at the DOS prompt 
    then press the ENTER key. : 

    MKDIR C:\WINDOWS\PJFONTS

    b. Change DOS directories so that the newly created directory is the 
    active one.  To do this for the above example, type the following line 
    at the DOS prompt then press the ENTER key.

    CHDIR \WINDOWS\PJFONTS

    c. Insert your fonts disc into the floppy disc drive.

    d. Copy the softfonts to your hard disk by typing the following line 
    at the DOS prompt then press the ENTER key. (if your floppy drive is 
    not A:, substitute the correct letter).

    COPY A:*.* 

    e. Now return to your Microsoft Excel directory by typing the 
    following line at the DOS prompt and press the ENTER key. 

    CHDIR .. 

    NOTE:  For more information on using DOS commands like CHDIR and 
    MKDIR, see your DOS User's Guide.

Your soft fonts are now stored on your hard disc. To INSTALL the soft fonts so that they are available on the printer from Microsoft Excel:

1. Start Microsoft Excel by typing EXCEL and pressing the ENTER key.

2. Run the Control Panel and choose Printer from the Setup menu. (For 
information on starting the Control Panel from Microsoft Excel see 
page 730 in the Microsoft Excel Reference Guide.

3. Select PaintJet and choose OK to see the PaintJet Defaults dialog box.

4. Pull down the Options menu and select Fonts.

     a. In the Fonts dialog box, choose the button which matches your font
file name extension (PJF or FNT). (All soft fonts created for PaintJet have
the extension PJF.)

     b. In the Directories box, open the directory that contains your fonts 
by double-clicking the drive/directory name. To move one subdirectory level 
above your current location, double-click the bracketed dots ([..]). The 
current directory name displays in the lower left corner of the Fonts box, 
and all font files with the specified extension in that directory appear in 
the font scroll box.

     c. In the font scroll box select the font(s) that you want to make
available on PaintJet. You may select more than one font by pressing the 
Shift key while clicking each font file name. The selected fonts will 
REPLACE any previously installed soft fonts when you choose the OK button, 
so be sure to select all desired fonts. Unselected fonts will not be 
available on PaintJet, but will still be stored in your fonts directory.

     d. Choose the Font Info button if you would like to see the typeface 
name and point size of the selected soft fonts, then select OK to return to 
the Fonts dialog box. If no fonts are selected, the Font Info button is 
disabled.

     e. Select OK in the Fonts dialog box to complete soft font 
installation.  Make any selection in the PaintJet Defaults dialog box; 
soft fonts will remain installed regardless of your selection.

Now when you print from Microsoft Excel which let you select fonts, the
soft fonts you have installed will display as options.


Removing Soft Fonts

You may remove soft fonts so they no longer appear as PaintJet font 
options from Microsoft Excel. The font files will not be erased from 
your hard disc; they simply will no longer appear in Microsoft Excel as 
a Printer font.

1. From the Control Panel's Setup menu, select Printer and choose 
"PaintJet on (port)."  Click OK to see the PaintJet Defaults dialog box.

2. Pull down the Options menu and select the Fonts option. Your currently
installed soft fonts are highlighted in the font scroll box.

3. Press the Shift key while you click the font(s) to be removed. The font
names become unhighlighted.

4. Choose the OK button in the Fonts dialog box.

5. Choose the OK button in the PaintJet Defaults dialog box. The fonts 
will be removed regardless of the Save box setting.


UNDERSTANDING PAINTJET SETTINGS IN YOUR WIN.INI FILE

Your WIN.INI file contains settings for many Microsoft Windows and 
Microsoft Excel features. When you configure your Windows PaintJet driver, 
the following section is added to the WIN.INI file (your values may differ 
according to the options you selected during configuration):

[PaintJet,LPT1:]
softfonts=2
fontdir=C:\WINDOWS\PJF
FileMask=*.PJF
Font1=(your soft font names here)
Preloaded=1
MirrorImage=0
Orientation=0
PaperFeed=1
Size=0
Length=1100
PrintColor=0
MediaType=0
Background=7
Foreground=0

The first four keywords appear only if you install soft fonts for PaintJet.

All WIN.INI PaintJet settings may be changed through Control Panel, so it 
may never be necessary for you to work directly in this file. And because 
some settings are related, they should be changed ONLY in Control Panel 
where incorrect options are unavailable for selection. The following is 
provided for your reference.

Softfonts:   Shows the number of soft fonts available on PaintJet.

Fontdir:     Displays the directory path containing your soft fonts.

FileMask:    Lists your soft font file name extensions.

Font#:       Lists installed soft font filenames.

Preloaded:   0 = Paper is not preloaded
             1 = Paper is preloaded (default)

MirrorImage: 0 = Regular image (default)
             1 = Mirror image

Orientation: 0 = Portrait (default)
             1 = Landscape

PaperFeed:   0 = Single Sheet
             1 = Fanfold (default)

Size:        0 = "A" English/8.5 inches wide (default)
             1 = "A4" Metric/210 mm wide

Length:      1100  = Media is 11 inches long
             297   = Media is 297 mm long
             other = other length set using media length scroll box

PrintColor:  0 = Color application (default)
             1 = Monochrome application

MediaType:   0 = Paper (default)
             1 = Transparency

Background, Foreground:

  0=Black  1=Blue  2=Green   3=Cyan   4=Red   5=Magenta  6=Yellow  7=White


WIN.INI TROUBLESHOOTING

You may find that incorrect settings appear in your PaintJet dialog boxes 
if your WIN.INI file becomes corrupt due to repeated installation of 
drivers or direct editing of the file. If this occurs, delete the PaintJet 
section from your WIN.INI file beginning with the [PaintJet,LPT1:] entry. 
Then reconfigure your PaintJet driver using Control Panel, and the driver 
will insert its default settings into your WIN.INI file. 

For faster printing on PaintJet, set the WIN.INI "Spooler=" setting to NO.

REMINDER:  Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Windows read certain WIN.INI 
settings only when you start the program. Therefore, any time you edit the 
WIN.INI file, you should save the file, exit Microsoft Excel, then restart 
Windows for your new settings to take effect.

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