HP Deskjet 400 Printer - Manual (Page 6)

• For Windows 3.1x– Simultaneously press the
Ctrl+Esc keys. Then highlight a program on
the Task List screen and choose End Task.
Repeat these steps until only the Program
Manager is listed.
Windows 95:
To install the Windows 95 printer software, use the
following procedure:
1. Start Microsoft Windows 95.
2. Windows 95 should recognize the attached
printer as a newly added piece of hardware
and walk you through the installation
instructions. If a screen with instructions does
not appear, do the following:
3. Click on the Start button.
4. Choose Setting in the Start menu.
5. Click Printers in the Setting menu.
6. Click Add Printer in the Printers menu.
7. Follow the Wizard instructions that appear on
the screen.
8. Choose Local Printer.
9. Click Have Disk.
10. Insert the HP’s PrintSmart for Windows disk into
the disk drive of your computer.
11. Select the disk drive and press OK.
Note: You must restart Windows to initialize the printing
software. Until Windows 95 is restarted, the
printer will not perform as expected.
Windows 3.1:
To install the Windows 3.1 printer software, use the
following procedure:
1. Start Microsoft Windows and ensure no
Windows applications are running.
2. Click File in the Program Manager window menu.
3. Click Run in the File menu.
4. Insert the HP’s PrintSmart for Windows disk into
the disk drive of your computer.
5. Type your disk drive address (for example, A:\),
followed by SETUP, in the command line box.
Then click OK.
6. Follow the instructions that appear on the screen
to complete the installation of the printer software.
Note: You must restart Windows to initialize the
printing software. Until Windows 3.1 is restarted,
the printer will not perform as expected.
DOS Printing
Note: You do not need to install the DJPMenu
software if you are printing from your
Windows applications.
Use the DJPMenu software to define or change the
settings on the DeskJet 400 series printer if your DOS
applications do not allow you to do so.
Note: The DJPMenu software requires that your
printer is connected directly to the parallel port
of your computer. Refer to page 14, “Hardware
Compatibility” for hardware requirements.
1. Insert the HP’s PrintSmart for Windows disk
into drive A.
2. At the DOS prompt (A:\>), type A:\INSTALL and
press ENTER.
3. Follow the instructions on the screen.
4. To run the DJPMenu software, type
C:\DESKJET\DJPMENU at the DOS prompt.
5. For more updated information on the
DJPMenu software, please refer to the file
C:\DESKJET\DJPMENU.TXT that you have
just installed.
Selecting a printer software for the HP DeskJet 400
series printer in each DOS software program that you
use ensures the best support for your printer. If the
printer software for the HP DeskJet 400 series printer
is not available within your program, select the printer
software for the HP DeskJet 500C printer.
Getting Help
The printer software contains an online help that
describes how to use the dialog boxes.
Whenever you move the cursor over a setting in the
dialog box, a short description of the setting will be
displayed at the bottom of the dialog box.
You can invoke the online help by clicking the Help
button in the Print dialog box.
If you encounter a problem with the printer, you can also
refer to “Solving Problems” which starts on page 8.
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