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Table of contents 1 Purpose and scope Introduction ............................................................................................................................................2 HP LaserJet all-in-one product comparison ..........................................................................................3 Software availability and fulfillment .......................................................................................................6 Ordering software .................................................................................................................6 Documentation availability and localization ...........................................................................................8 2 Software overview for Windows Operating systems ..............................................................................................................................12 Supported Windows operating systems .............................................................................12 Fully supported operating systems ....................................................................12 Print-only supported operating systems .............................................................12 Windows system requirements ...........................................................................................12 Windows operating system requirements ..........................................................13 Operating system requirements for print-only support .......................................13 Printing from other operating systems ................................................................................13 Software component information .........................................................................................................15 New HP LaserJet all-in-one software features ...................................................................15 HP LaserJet all-in-one software for Windows .....................................................................15 Software component comparison .......................................................................................17 Software component availability .........................................................................................18 Software component localization ........................................................................................19 HP Extended Capabilities ....................................................................................................................26 HP Director ..........................................................................................................................................27 Select Device ......................................................................................................................28 Status ..................................................................................................................................28 Settings ...............................................................................................................................30 Scan Picture and Scan Document ......................................................................................31 Transfer Images ..................................................................................................................31 Send a Fax .........................................................................................................................32 HP Image Zone ...................................................................................................................32 HP Document Viewer .........................................................................................................33 Support ...............................................................................................................................34 How Do I .............................................................................................................................35 Creative Ideas .....................................................................................................................35 HP Shopping .......................................................................................................................35 Utilities ................................................................................................................................35 Software Update .................................................................................................................36 Scanning system .................................................................................................................................37 ENWW iii Scanning methods ..............................................................................................................37 HP Scan software ...............................................................................................................38 E-mail .................................................................................................................40 Scan drivers ........................................................................................................................40 TWAIN driver ......................................................................................................41 TWAIN compatibility ..........................................................................41 TWAIN scanning does not work with some programs ...........................................................................................41 Additional information about TWAIN .................................41 TWAIN driver user interface ..............................................................42 WIA driver ..........................................................................................................43 HP Send Fax software ........................................................................................................................45 Faxing to multiple recipients ...............................................................................................46 Creating a cover page ........................................................................................................47 Faxing without first printing and scanning the document ....................................................47 Available product configurations .........................................................................................................49 Software features by connection type .................................................................................49 Supported configurations ....................................................................................................50 Direct connection ...............................................................................................50 Network connection options ...............................................................................50 Local connection that uses Microsoft peer-to-peer networking (Windows only) ..................................................................................50 Networking requirements ...................................................................51 Multitasking capabilities ......................................................................................................51 Differences between the network-connected and direct-connected configurations ............52 Supported third-party software ............................................................................................................53 Text-recognition software ...................................................................................................53 About text-recognition reliability .........................................................................53 Other PC fax programs .......................................................................................................53 3 Windows HP unidriver features Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................55 HP PCL 6 and PS emulation unidriver features (for Windows 2000 and Windows XP) ......................56 Access to drivers ................................................................................................................56 Help system ........................................................................................................................56 What's this? Help ...............................................................................................57 Context-sensitive Help .......................................................................................57 Constraint messages .........................................................................................57 HP postscript level 3 emulation support .............................................................................57 Driver tab features ..............................................................................................................58 Printing Preferences tab set ...............................................................................58 Advanced tab features .......................................................................58 Paper/Output settings .......................................................60 Copy Count setting ...........................................60 Graphic settings ................................................................60 Image Color Management settings ...................60 TrueType Font settings .....................................61 Document Options ............................................................61 Advanced Printing Features .............................62 iv ENWW Color Printing Mode (HP PCL 6 Unidriver only) ..................................................................62 Print Optimizations (HP PCL 6 Unidriver only) ..................................................................62 PostScript Options (PS Emulation Unidriver only) ..................................................................62 PostScript Output option ..................63 TrueType Font Download option ..........................................................63 PostScript Language Level ..............64 Send PostScript Error Handler .........64 Mirrored Output ................................64 Printer Features ................................................64 Print All Text as Black ......................64 Send TrueType as Bitmap (HP PCL 6 Unidriver only) ................64 Raster Compression (HP PCL 6 Unidriver only) ..................................65 Layout Options .................................................65 Page Order ......................................65 Paper/Quality tab features .................................................................65 Print Task Quick Sets ........................................................66 Default Print Settings ........................................67 User Guide Print Settings .................................67 Type new Quick Set name here .......................67 Paper Options group box ..................................................67 Size is: ..............................................................68 Use Different Paper/Covers check box ............69 Source Is: drop-down menu .............................69 Type is: drop-down menu .................................69 Use Different Paper/Covers options .................70 Front Cover and Back Cover options .............................................71 Firs ...