HP 830C, 810C manual Printing from DOS Applications, About the HP DeskJet Control Panel for DOS

E Printing from DOS Applications

While your HP DeskJet printer is primarily a Windows printer, you can also print from a DOS software program.

There are two different ways that you can control print settings when you are getting ready to print a document: the HP DeskJet Control Panel for DOS and DOS printer drivers. Both of these are described in the following pages.

Topics included in this appendix are:

¥About the HP DeskJet Control Panel for DOS

¥About DOS Printer Drivers

¥Installing and Using the HP DeskJet Control Panel for DOS

¥Supported Character Sets

About the HP DeskJet Control Panel for DOS

DOS users have access to many printer features through specific DOS printer drivers; however, many software manufacturers do not develop printer drivers for their software programs. The HP DeskJet printers provide their own DOS software control panel for improved printer control when DOS printer drivers are not available or when certain print settings are not available through DOS software programs.

Note: The HP DeskJet Control Panel for DOS is not a printer driver. It should be used to set print settings that are not available through DOS software programs. Printer drivers are supplied by the manufacturers of your DOS software programs. If your DOS software program does not include a printer driver for the HP DeskJet printers, contact the manufacturer of the software program or use one of the alternate printer drivers.

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