HP LaserJet 8150 Series Printers - Software Technical Reference

PCL 6 and PCL 5e driver features

This section describes the options available on each tab of the HP LaserJet 8150 PCL 6 and PCL

5e driver interfaces.

NOTE: The Windows 3.1x Print dialog does not offer a Properties

button to access the HP LaserJet 8150 printer driver settings

dialogs. Use the Print Setup command in the File menu to

access the settings dialogs, and then click Print. .

Help system

The HP LaserJet 8150 PCL 6 and PCL 5e drivers include a full-featured Help system to

provide assistance with printing and configuration options.

What’s this? Help

Windows 9x, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000. What’s

this? Help is supported. To use What's this? Help:

• Right-click a control and select What’s this? to display a pop-up help window.

• Click the ? button located on the top-right corner of the frame next to the X to

change the cursor to an arrow with a question mark. Selecting a control with this

special cursor displays the pop-up Help window for that feature.

• Press the F1 key to display the Help window for the control that currently has

focus.

Page-sensitive Help

Press the Help button on a driver tab or dialog box to display context-sensitive Help.

Constraint messages

Constraint messages are unsolicited messages that appear in response to specific

actions you take. These messages alert you to selections that are illogical or impossible

given the capabilities of the printer or the current settings of other controls. For example,

if you select duplex printing and then change the paper type to transparencies, a

message appears asking you to resolve this conflict.

Figure 45: A typical constraint message with an OK button

Whenever a constraint message appears with an OK and a Cancel button, the

interpretation of the buttons is as follows:

• Selecting OK accepts the change that was just made, and the driver then resets

the conflicting control to a setting that is compatible with the new value.

• Selecting Cancel rejects the change that was just made, setting the control back

to its previous value.