8 Setting up your software

Choosing the printer emulation

Your printer has several resident printer emulations: HP LaserJet III (3/P/Si), Epson LQ, Epson FX, and Epson GL/2 for the ActionLaser 1500; HP LaserJet IIP (LJ-2P), Epson LQ, and Epson FX for the ActionLaser 1000. The HP emulation is the default setting. because it gives you the fullest range of features you will probably not change it.

If you need to print documents already formatted for a dot matrix printer or need to use programs that do not support an HP LaserJet printer, you may want to choose a different emulation.

To change the printer emulation, see EMULATION in Chapter 4, “SelecType,” in the Reference Guide.

Using printer selection menus

After you choose the emulation you are going to use, you need to set up each of your application programs for the printer by choosing a printer name from the program’s printer selection menu.

For the HP emulation, select one of the following from your software’s printer selection menu:

HP LaserJet IIISi™

HP LaserJet IIIP™ActionLaser 1500 only HP LaserJet series III™ 7

HP LaserJet IIP™

HP LaserJet series II” HP LaserJet Plus” HP LaserJet 500™ HP LaserJet=