Using Hewlett-Packard Intellifont with Windows 3.1

ID: Q87513

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

This article discusses using Hewlett-Packard (HP) Intellifont version 1.01 with Microsoft Windows. Intellifont is an HP font package for HP LaserJet III series and DeskJet 500 printers. This article discusses the following issues:

Intellifont Installs the Wrong Printer Driver

HP Intellifont fonts do not rotate with Windows 3.1

HP Intellifont does not work on a 286 computer

Italic Font Problems in Ami Pro

General Information

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Intellifont Installs the Wrong Printer Driver

If HP Intellifont is installed after Windows 3.1, it installs an earlier version of the HP III printer driver HPPCL5A.DRV. Windows 3.1 ships with and requires version 3.89.

To correct this problem:

From the File Manager window, delete the current HP III printer driver (HPPCL5A.DRV) from the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.

From the Control Panel window, choose the Printers icon.

Select the existing HP LaserJet III driver from the list of Installed Printers.

Choose the Remove button.

Choose the Yes button.

Choose the Add button.

From List Of Printers, select HP LaserJet III.

Choose the Install button.

HP Intellifont fonts do not rotate with Windows 3.1

There is no solution to this problem. These fonts cannot be rotated with Windows 3.1. The only option is to use TrueType fonts.

HP Intellifont does not work on a 286 computer

When upgrading a Windows 3.0 installation, on a 286 computer with Intellifont installed, Setup will exit to MS-DOS without clearing the screen. You will need to restart the computer to return to MS-DOS. If the upgrade is attempted again, Windows displays the following error message:

SETUP Could not load USER.EXE

Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Agfa are aware of this problem. The only workaround to this situation is to edit the SYSTEM.INI file and reinstall Windows 3.1. You will be able to use TrueType fonts with Windows 3.1, but you will not be able to use your Intellifonts on a 286 machine. If the following changes are made to the SYSTEM.INI file's [boot] section, you should be able to finish upgrading to Windows 3.1.

Edit the SYSTEM.INI's [boot] section with an ASCII text editor.

Comment out the following lines by placing a semicolon (;) at the front of the lines:
display.drv=ifw.drv
chain_display.drv=vga.drv
For example:
;display.drv=ifw.drv
;chain_display.drv=vga.drv

Add the following line:
display.drv=vga.drv

You should now be able to successfully upgrade to Windows 3.1, but you will not be able to use Intellifont any longer.

Italic Font Problems in Ami Pro

Intellifont screen fonts cannot be correctly italicized on screen in Samna's Ami Professional word processor under the Microsoft Windows. When you try to italicize some text, the screen does not display the text correctly even though the text prints out in italics.

To correct the italicized characters on the screen, choose View Preferences from the View menu, and clear the Display As Printed check box.

General Information


Application name:   HP Intellifont
Manufacturer:       Hewlett-Packard
Application type:   Font utility
RAM required:       1 MB
Disk space needed:  1 MB

Changes to Windows files:

   SYSTEM.INI:
   [boot]
   display.drv=IFW.DRV
   CHAIN_DISPLAY.DRV=vga.drv

   WIN.INI
   [Intellifont]
   SupportFiles=c:[path]\hpifont
   ifwstatus=1
   FontSUmUpdt=0

Files and directories placed somewhere other than the application's
own directory:

   Windows program directory:

   IFWGUIDE.WRI
   IFW.EXE
   IFW.HLP

   Windows \SYSTEM directory:

   IFW.DRV
   HPPCL5A.DRV
   HPPCL5A.HLP

The HP products included here are manufactured by HP, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

Additional query words: 3.10 laser jet lotus 3.11

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Version : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Platform : WINDOWS
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