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HP Color LaserJet 4600 Series Printer - Installing and Uninstalling the Printer Driver for Macintosh
Introduction
This document provides information about system requirements and procedures for installing and removing the HP Color LaserJet 4600 printing system software for Macintosh operating systems. It also provides lists of available and supported fonts.
System requirements
The following system requirements are necessary to install and use the HP LaserJet printing system software on Macintosh operating systems:
Macintosh component descriptions
The sections below describe the printer software available to Macintosh computers:
HP LaserJet PPDs
These PS printer-definition files for HP LaserJet printers are installed to the Printer Descriptions folder, which is in the Extensions folder, within the System folder.
PPDs, in combination with the Laserwriter driver, provide access to the printer features and allow the computer to communicate with the printer. An installation program for the PPDs is provided on the printing software CD-ROM.
For Mac OS 8.6 to 9.x, the Apple Laserwriter 8 driver must be installed to use the PPD file. Use the Apple Laserwriter 8 driver that came with the Macintosh. For Mac OS X, use Print Center to print.
PDEs (Mac OS X)
Printer Dialog Extensions (PDEs) are code plug-ins that provides access to printer features, such as number of copies, automatic two-sided printing (duplexing), and quality settings. An installation program for the PDEs and other software is provided on the printing software CD-ROM.
HP LaserJet utility
This Hewlett-Packard printer utility is installed to the HP LaserJet folder in Macintosh OS 8.6 to 9.1 Macintosh systems. It provides configuration and management support for PS and PCL printers.
HP LaserJet Utility allows control of features that are not available in the driver. The illustrated screens make selecting printer features from the Macintosh computer easier than ever. Use the HP LaserJet Utility to do the following:
Customize the printer’s control panel messages.
Name the printer, assign it to a zone on the network (if applicable), download files and fonts, and change most of the printer settings.
Set a password for the printer.
From the computer, lock out functions on the printer’s control panel to prevent unauthorized access.
Installation notes
This text file contains important information about printer features, instructions for installing the printing-system software, and technical assistance.
Colorsync profiles
These text files contain color-matching information for the Macintosh system and HP LaserJet color printers.
Online Help
This HTML-based Help system replaces the Apple Guide
help system provided with earlier HP printers. The Help system can be viewed through a browser or in the Macintosh OS Help Center.
HP Auto Setup utility
This utility is installed to the Startup Items folder of Macintosh OS 7 and newer Macintosh systems. It provides assistance to set up a new printer, then places itself in Trash.
Screen fonts
These screen fonts are available only for Macintosh computers and Macintosh compatibles. The screen fonts match the printer fonts, allowing the screen to show how the printed page will look.
Font support
To ensure that all installed fonts can be used with the HP LaserJet printer, the Macintosh printing system includes the standard 35 screen fonts in the following 11 families:
Avant Garde
Helvetica Narrow
Times(TM)
Bookman
New Century Schoolbook
Zapf Chancery
Courier
Palatino
Zapf Dingbats
Helvetica
Symbol
The Macintosh printing system also includes the HP 45 XPS font families:
Clarendon Condensed Bold
Symbol
Albertus Medium
Coronet
Times New Roman
Antique Olive
Courier
Univers
Arial(R)
Garamond
Univers Condensed
CG Omega
Letter Gothic
Wingdings
CGTimes
Marigold
The following bitmap screen fonts reside on the HP LaserJet printer:
ITC Avant Garde Gothic Book
Helvetica
Palatino
ITC Avant Garde Gothic Book Oblique
Helvetica Bold
Palatino Bold
ITC Avant Garde Gothic Demi
Helvetica Bold Oblique
Palatino Bold Italic
ITC Avant Garde Gothic Demi Oblique
Helvetica Oblique
Palatino Italic
ITC Bookman Demi
Helvetica Narrow
Symbol
ITC Bookman Demi Italic
Helvetica Narrow Bold
Times Bold
ITC Bookman Light
Helvetica Narrow Bold Oblique
Times Bold Italic
ITC Bookman Light Italic
Helvetica Narrow Oblique
Times Italic
Courier
New Century Schoolbook Bold
Times Roman(TM)
Courier Bold
New Century Schoolbook Bold Italic
ITC Zapf Chancery Medium Italic
Courier Bold Oblique
New Century Schoolbook Italic
ITC Zapf Dingbats
Courier Oblique
New Century Schoolbook Roman
The following fonts are resident on all HP LaserJet printers, but can be used by Macintosh platforms only by installing additional screen fonts. Use these screen fonts directly from the HP LaserJet software CD browser, or obtain them from the HP LaserJet 4600 Web site.
Click here to obtain fonts
(http://www.hp.com/support/lj4600). Albertus Extra Bold
CG Times Italic
Marigold
Albertus Medium
Clarendon Condensed Bold
Symbol
Antique Olive
Coronet
Times New Roman
Antique Olive Bold
Courier
Times New Roman Bold
Antique Olive Italic
Courier Bold
Times New Roman Bold Italic
Arial Courier Bold Oblique
Times New Roman Italic
Arial Bold
Courier Italic
Univers Bold
Arial Bold Italic
Garamond Antiqua
Univers Bold Italic
Arial Italic
Garamond Halbfett
Univers Condensed Bold Italic
CG Omega
Garamond Kursiv
Univers Condensed Medium
CG Omega Bold
Garamond Kursiv Halbfett
Univers Condensed Medium Italic
CG Omega Bold Italic
Letter Gothic
Univers Medium
CG Omega Italic
Letter Gothic Bold
Univers Medium Italic
CG Times
Letter Gothic Italic
Univers Italic
CG Times Bold
CG Times Bold Italic
Wingdings
CG Times Bold Italic
Installing the Macintosh printing system
On a Macintosh-compatible computer, the installation procedures are the same for a network administrator, a network client, and a single user. Install the software on any computer that has access rights to the printer.
The Macintosh partition contains an installer program for each language. Find the language appropriate for the operating system being used, and use the installer program for that language.
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If the computer is connected to the printer by a Localtalk (Printer Port) or Ethertalk connection, the Appletalk (or Network) control panel must be configured for the correct connection to communicate with the printer. |
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The HP LaserJet printer must be set up, connected to the computer, and turned on before the software is installed. |
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Macintosh OS systems do not support parallel connections. It is necessary to use a USB connection for a direct connection to a computer running Macintosh OS. |
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The universal serial bus (USB) is not a standard connection on the HP Color LaserJet 4600 printer. It is available through a Jetdirect EIO solution with the correct Jetdirect firmware version (A.00.11). |
To install the HP LaserJet printer software for Macintosh OS
Insert the CD-ROM that came with the Macintosh printer software into the CD-ROM drive.
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If the CD screen does not open automatically, double-click the CD-ROM
icon on the desktop to open the CD-ROM window. |
Open the HP LaserJet Installers folder. Find the Installer icon for the appropriate language. Double-click the Installer icon to launch the Installer. In the opening dialog, click Continue
.
The main Installer dialog box appears. Click Install
and then follow the instructions on the screen to complete the software installation.
When software installation is complete, click Restart
.
Run the Apple Desktop Printer Utility.
Click Printer (USB)
and then click OK
.
Click Change
in the USB Printer Selection area.
Select the LJ 4600 Printer (USB)
and then click OK
.
Click Auto Setup
. This attempts to match a PPD file and USB driver to the printer. If this fails, click Change
, scroll through the list, click HP LaserJet XXXX
(with xxxx being the HP LaserJet printer model number), and then click Select
.
Click Create
.
Uninstalling the Macintosh Printing System
To uninstall the Macintosh Printing System, drag the PPDs and the unwanted component(s) to Trash.
In-box disk layout
The Macintosh Printing System consists of one file: the HP LaserJet Installer - Integrated installer program.
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