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This article describes common problems you may encounter when you print from Word for Windows using a Hewlett-Packard (HP) DeskJet printer. This article contains information on troubleshooting the HP DeskJet printer driver (DESKJETC.DRV) version 4.0 and specific information on the following topics:
You can resolve most of the above DeskJet printing issues by using the HP DeskJet printer driver (DESKJETC.DRV) version 4.0 for Windows 3.1. You can obtain this driver by calling HP Driver Distribution at (303) 339-7009. The driver is also available on CompuServe in the Peripheral Forum. The filename is D5WN31.ZIP. You can access this area by typing "GO HPPER" (without the quotation marks) at the CompuServe ! prompt.
To obtain HP drivers online:
http://www.hp.com/cposupport/cpoindex.html
Hours Monday - Saturday 24 Hrs.
(some of these methods may incur a fee)
To order via phone (970) 339-7009
To order via Fax (970) 330-7655
To order via mail HP Distribution
P.O. BOX 1754
Greely, Colorado 80632
You may receive one or more of the following error messages:
The error occurs if you are using an older version of the HP DeskJet printer driver. The error does not occur with the HP DeskJet driver version 3.1 or later from HP. For information on obtaining the correct driver, see the "More Information" section above in this article.
Turn off the Background Printing if the error occurs when you insert a picture. To turn off background printing, choose Options from the Tools menu, select the Print tab, and clear the Background Printing option box.
Note: The Background Printing option does not affect the error you receive during the Quick Preview demonstrations.
Workaround for Word 2.x
After you print the first graphic image, the printer driver does not reset the printer. This was corrected in the HP DeskJet drivers version 3.1 and later, which you can obtain from HP using the instructions in the "More Information" section above in this article.
To reset the printer, choose Print Setup from the File menu and choose the OK button. Then, when you choose Picture from the Insert menu, no error message should appear.
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Either or both of the above error messages may occur when you print from Word 6.0 to a HP DeskJet, DeskJet 500, 500C, 550, or 550C if background printing is turned on.
Background printing starts a second instance of Word to handle the printing of the document so that control of the machine is returned to the user much faster. The DeskJet printer driver cannot handle this type of printing situation.
The error does not occur when you use the HP DeskJet printer driver (DESKJETC.DRV) version 3.1 or later. For information on obtaining the correct driver, see the "More Information" section above in this article.
Turn off the Background Printing option. To turn off background printing, choose Options from the Tools menu, select the Print tab, and clear the Background Printing option box.
This is by design. Word 6.0 turns off the Background Printing option and makes the option unavailable under the Printing tab of the Tools Options dialog box when you use certain versions of the HP printer drivers for the HP DeskJet Family printers. Word does this for the following HP printer drivers:
DESKJETC.DRV version 3.1 and later for HP DeskJet family printers
HPDSKJET.DRV (versions 2.0 and 2.1)
DJ500C.DRV (versions 2.0 and 2.1)
DESKJET.DRV (versions 3.0 and 3.1)
You can turn on the Background Printing option for these printer drivers by setting a printer heuristic in the WIN.INI file using the procedure below. However, portions of text in your Word document may not print or you may experience a general protection (GP) fault when printing. For this reason, Microsoft does not encourage you to use the following procedure.
1. From the File menu, choose Print.
2. Choose the Printer button.
3. In the Printers box, select your DeskJet printer and then choose
the Set As Default Printer button.
4. In the Print Setup dialog box, choose the Close button.
5. In the File Print dialog box, choose the Close button.
6. Open the MACRO60.DOT file, supplied with Word. This file is located in
the <WINWORD>\MACROS subdirectory (where <WINWORD> is your Word
6.0 for Windows program directory).
7. From the Tools menu, choose Macro.
8. From the Macros Available In list, select Macro60.dot (Template).
9. From the Macro Name list, select SetPrintFlags and then choose the
Run button.
Printing, +64 option and then choose OK.
Do you want to replace current settings with these options?
This will change printing behavior!
With the Reverse Print Order option turned on, the last line of a Word document may not print on the HP DeskJet 500 series of printers. To print the entire document, turn off the Reverse Print Order option. (To turn off the Reverse Print Order option, choose Options from the Tools menu, select the Print tab, clear the Reverse Print Order option, and then choose OK.)
In the Microsoft Word for Windows Tools menu, select Options, Print, and clear the selection for Reverse Print Order.
Note: This may also occur with other inkjet printers based on the Canon print engine.
After starting Windows for Workgroups 3.11, the HP DeskJet printer no longer prints a second envelope properly. The manual feed command for the DeskJet printer driver version that ships with Windows for Workgroups 3.11 (Driver Version 2.14) does not work.
Obtain the updated version of the DeskJet driver (DESKJETC.DRV) version 3.1 or later from HP or from CompuServe. For information on obtaining the correct driver, see the "More Information" section above in this article.
If you must wait for the updated printer driver to arrive, use the following steps to temporarily correct the problem:
Reinstall the Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups 3.1 printer driver version numbers 2.0 or 2.1. These printer drivers are located on the following disks:
Windows 3.1, 3.5-inch disk 6
Windows 3.1, 5.25-inch disk 7
Windows for Workgroups 3.1, 3.5-inch, disk 8
Windows for Workgroups 3.1, 5.25-inch, disk 8
You cannot install the HP DeskJet printer drivers that you obtained from HP while Word 6.0 is running. A message appears to notify you that the driver is in use by Windows. This may occur even if Word 6.0 is not currently running but ran earlier during the current Windows session. It also occurs even if you did not print from Word 6.0 during the current Windows session.
Quit Word 6.0 and install the driver.
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with the HP DeskJet printer drivers supplied by HP. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
The information below was taken directly from the README.TXT file supplied with the DESKJETC.DRV version 4.0 driver.
Envelopes print incorrectly for the HP DeskJet 510, 520, 550C, and 560C. For these models, select the following settings in Word:
1. Select "Page Setup" in the Format menu.
2. Set Size to "Envelope," Orientation to "Landscape," Paper Source to
First Page "Envelope," and Other Pages "Envelope."
in the Tools menu.
"Word 2.0 Envelopes" check box in the INI Configuration Program. For
information, see "INI File Modifications" section in the README file
that ships with the HP DJ 4.0 driver.
Default footer settings are outside the printable region. To move the footer within the printable region, change the default footer settings so that the footer is at least 0.67" or more from the paper edge.
1. The HP Status Dialog box is hidden behind the active Microsoft Word
window.
are printed in the "Send To" address. If you need to print 5 lines,
select Black Text printout mode in the printer setup dialog box. In
Black Text mode, the printer will print 5 lines.
the HP DeskJet 510 and 550C. For these two models, select the correct
orientation as follows:
a. Select "Envelopes and Labels" in the Tools menu.
b. Select "Feed."
c. Select "Face Down," make sure "Clockwise Rotation" is NOT checked,
and select the third icon from the right.
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Version : 2.0 2.0a 2.0a-CD 2.0b 2.0c
Platform : WINDOWSLast Reviewed: July 30, 1997