HP DeskJet 500 Scalable Font Initialization Error

Last reviewed: February 2, 1996
Article ID: Q73427

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.0, 3.0a

SYMPTOMS

Trying to print two jobs at once using the Hewlett-Packard (HP) DeskJet 500 driver you get the following errors:

   Scalable font Initialization Error E: 800

   -then-

   Scalable font Initialization Error B: (this has a STOP icon with it)

   -then possibly-

   Unrecoverable Application Error (UAE)

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem:

Wait until the first print job has finished before starting another.
-or-
Use the HP DeskJet Family printer driver supplied with Windows 3.0.

KBCategory: kbprint kberrmsg
KBSubcategory: win30
Additional reference words: 3.00 3.0 3.0a 3.00a scaleable DJ550c

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Last reviewed: February 2, 1996
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