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HP Printers - Changing From PCL To PostScript
DocumentID: 646208
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:19:13 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Solutions: As mentioned in memo number P51_570, to change a Hewlett-Packard printer from PCL to PostScript mode and back to PCL mode, the user should turn the printer off, put the cartridge in, and turn the printer on again. Once the printer is in PostScript mode, the user can change it back to PCL without removing the cartridge. This is done by pressing the printer's Menu button and holding it down while pressing the Continue button. This will change the printer into PCL mode. To change back to PostScript mode, the user can press the Menu button and hold it down while pressing the Continue button. The printer will print just fine in either mode. This information applies to all versions of the PostScript cartridge.

To change or check the menu settings on the HP LaserJet IIP equipped with a Pacific Data Products PostScript cartridge, one customer pressed Menu and Form Feed which caused the printer to do a self test. This also took the printer out of PostScript mode so the user could make the needed changes to the printer's menus. The user then pressed the same keys on the printer (Menu and Form Feed) to place the printer back in PostScript mode again.

*This information is given strictly as a troubleshooting option.

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