SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP15838 PART NUMBER: N/A FILE NAME: N/A TITLE: Compaq IJ700 and IJ700VE Color InkJet Printer Drivers for Windows 2000 VERSION: 1.0 LANGUAGE: English CATEGORY: Drivers DIVISIONS: Consumer PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Compaq IJ700, IJ700VE Color InkJet Printers OPERATING SYSTEM: Microsoft Windows 2000 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A PREREQUISITES: N/A EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 2001 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: N/A SUPERSEDES: N/A DESCRIPTION: This SoftPaq contains the Windows 2000 drivers for the Compaq IJ700 Color InkJet Printer. NOTE: Installing these drivers requires a moderate level of technical proficiency with Windows 2000. HOW TO USE: Log on to Windows 2000 as a user with administrative privileges before following these steps. 1. Download the SoftPaq file into an easily-remembered location, such as the Desktop. The SoftPaq file is a self-extracting executable program named SP15838.EXE 2. Check that the Compaq IJ700 is properly connected to your computer and is powered on. Consult the printer user guide for assistance. 3. Open (or Run) the SoftPaq file that was downloaded in step 1 and follow the on-screen instructions. The SoftPaq file will be "unpacked" into a folder on your hard drive. By default, it will be unpacked into a folder named \Program Files\Compaq SoftPaqs\SP15838 4. Select Start->Settings->Printers, then double-click the "Add Printers" icon. 5. When the "Welcome to the Add Printer Wizard" screen appears, click [Next] 6. When the "Local or Network Printer" screen appears, un-check the "Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer" box and click [Next] 7. Select the printer port your printer is connected to then click [Next] 8. When asked to select the manufacturer and model of your printer, click the [Have Disk] button. 9. Click the [Browse] button and go to the folder where the SoftPaq file was unpacked (see step 3). Choose [Open] then click [OK]. 10. Compaq IJ700 should appear. Click [Next] and follow the instructions on the screen. 11. When asked if you wish to print a test page, choose [No]. 12. If you see a message that says "Digital Signature Not Found", choose [Yes] to continue. The driver will install correctly. 13. In the Printers folder, select the Compaq IJ900 icon then select File->Properties. Click on the "Cartridges" tab in the properties window and install the ink cartridges. This step is required even if you aren't physically installing or changing any cartridges in the printer. IMPORTANT: When you change ink cartridges in the future, you will need to repeat this step. 14. After the installation is complete, restart Windows. 15. You may delete the SoftPaq file (from step 1) and the SoftPaq folder (from step 3) if you wish. PRINTER USAGE TIPS: 1) After installing your Compaq IJ700 software, a program group for your printer appears under Start/Programs. 2) Many printing problems can be eliminated by setting Virtual Memory Initial Size to at least 48 MB. Hint: Click Start/Settings/Control Panel; double-click on System and go to the Performance tab; in the Virtual Memory section, select the Change button; change the Initial Size of the Paging File Size for Selected Drive; then press the Set button. 3) To more quickly return to the application from printing a job, uncheck "Always spool RAW datatype". Hint: Click Start/Settings/Printers; right-click your Compaq IJ700 icon, then click Properties. Click the Print Processor button. Note: For additional explanation on this subject, use context-sensitive help by clicking on the ? button, then clicking on "Always spool RAW datatype". 4) If you experience the problem of DOS jobs failing to print: This problem can occur when more than one printer driver is installed on a PC. To correct the problem, attach all other printer drivers to FILE: as follows: 1. Click Start/Settings/Printers. 2. Right-click on the printer and select Properties. 3. Go to the Ports tab and select FILE: from the list of ports. 4. Click on OK. 5. Repeat steps 2-4 for all printers except your Compaq printer. 5) If you are unable to select 1200 Dots Per Inch (DPI) from within applications, you may select 1200 DPI mode from the driver. To get 1200 DPI mode from the driver for all documents: Click Start/Settings/Printers; right-click on the your Compaq printer icon; click Document Defaults; go to the Advanced tab; select Print Quality of High Quality; then click OK. To get 1200 DPI mode for a particular application: Select from the application's file menu. Select or . In the tab of the user interface, open and select . 6) There are four different print quality modes in the driver ranging from a "draft" mode to a 1200 DPI mode. The differences between these modes are in the dots per inch addressed, and the number of passes of the print head used to apply ink to the print medium. The greater the number of passes, the higher the print quality. Quick Print: This is a 600 DPI high-speed "draft" mode. All printing is done with one pass. Normal: This is a 600 DPI mode. It is the default for the driver. Printing is done in either one or two passes, depending on the print media used. Enhanced: This is a 600 DPI mode. All printing is done in four passes. High Quality: This is the 1200 DPI mode. All printing is done in four passes. 7) If your job fails to print, uncheck "Always spool RAW datatype". Hint: Click Start/Settings/Printers; right-click your Compaq printer icon, then click Properties. 8) Microsoft Word Users Only: If you want to print more than one copy of your document, you must set the number of copies in the printer software before you open Word. To set the number of copies in the printer software: 1. Click Start/Settings/Printers. 2. Right-click on your Compaq IJ700 icon. 3. Choose Document Defaults from the sidebar menu. 4. On the Page Setup tab in the printer software, set the number of copies. 5. Open your Word document and print. 9) If you experience horizontal lines in your printed output resulting from pauses during printing of large, complicated pages; you can minimize this problem by selecting the following options: Click Start/Settings/Printers; right-click your Compaq printer icon, then click Properties. Click the Print Processor button. Click on "Always spool RAW datatype". Click OK. On the Scheduling tab, select "Start printing after last page is spooled". 10) Printing with a single black ink cartridge is possible. To do this, perform the installation steps for a color cartridge without actually installing one in the printer. Then change the Color Appearance setting in the user interface to Black. All black text jobs will appear normally. Any color jobs will have a grayscale representation of the colors. 11) System Administrators: All printer functions are available for Windows 2000 User accounts which are members of either the "Administrators" or the "Power Users" group. Users holding accounts which are members of the "Users" group will have limited function of the driver. These users will not be able to change the default settings for the printer, but they will be able to change settings from within an application. They will not be able to install or align print cartridges. They will not be able to change settings for DOS printing. Ink levels displayed on the Cartridges tab of the user interface and in the status window will be invalid. We recommend that all accounts which use this driver be members of at least the "Power Users" group. 12) This printer is not compatible with the following Parallel port I/O card: Manufacturer: FarPoint Communications Product Name: F/PortPlus (BOM 440-0006 REV) We do not recommend connecting the printer to this card. Copyright 2001 Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.