HP 3800 manual Printer software, HP Color LaserJet 3600 Series printer drivers

Printer software

The printing-system software is included with the printer. See the getting started guide for installation instructions.

The printing system includes software for end users and network administrators, and printer drivers for access to the printer features and communication with the computer.

NOTE For a list of the network environments that the network-administrator software components support, see Network configuration.

For a list of printer drivers and updated HP printer software for the HP Color LaserJet 3000 Series printer, go to www.hp.com/go/clj3000_software. For the HP Color LaserJet 3600 Series printer, go to www.hp.com/go/clj3600_software. For the HP Color LaserJet 3800 Series printer, go to www.hp.com/go/clj3800_software.

HP Color LaserJet 3000 Series printer and HP Color LaserJet 3800 Series printer drivers

The HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers use the PCL 5c, PCL 6, and PostScript 3 emulation PDL drivers.

NOTE For Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, the HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers include a monochrome PCL 6 driver that can be installed for users who will be printing only black-and-white print jobs.

Table 1-6Printer drivers for the HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers

Operating system1 PCL 5c PCL 62 PS 3 emulation

Windows 98, Windows Me

Windows 20003

Windows XP (32-bit)4

Windows Server 2003 (32-bit)

Windows Server 2003 (64-bit)

Mac OS v9.1 and later, and OS X v10.2 and later

1Not all printer features are available from all drivers or operating systems.

2The HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers include both a monochrome and color PCL 6 driver for Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 users.

3For Windows 2000 and Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit), download the PCL 5 driver from www.hp.com/go/clj3000_software or www.hp.com/go/clj3800_software.

4For Windows XP (64-bit), download the PCL 6 driver from www.hp.com/go/clj3000_software or www.hp.com/go/ clj3800_software.

HP Color LaserJet 3600 Series printer drivers

The HP Color LaserJet 3600 Series printer uses the HP JetReady 4.2 Page Description Language (PDL), a host-based printer language. HP JetReady 4.2 uses the combined power of the computer and

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