Did I mess up?
Last night I installed the new Z3100PS GP 24" firmware, for WinXP. I read the note saying to first install the latest drivers, posted in May, '08. I didn't bother checking, thinking that I certainly updated the drivers recently.
This morning I checked the drivers, and, lo and behold! they were not the latest version. I downloaded the Raster driver, clicked on the .Exe file to unzip it, and OK'd the install.
After it was done, I found a second Z3100 icon in Printers & Faxes. The new one was labeled HP Designjet Z3100ps 24" Photo-1 PCL3, and had as its driver, 61.73.361.41, and in the window below that it said HPl 31P03.GP2 2.12.2008. Opening the Prefs, I found that my custom page sizes were not all there.
I checked the old printer icon. It was labeled HP Designjet Z3100ps 24" Photo, and the driver was listed also as 61.73.361.41, and in the window below was listed
HPl 31 P03.GPD. My custom sizes were all there.
Should I de-install one or both, start over, or just select one when printing? Which one should I select?
It's funny that you don't hear the term "User Friendly" anymore...
One last thing: Should I have downloaded the HPGL/2 & RTL, and Postscript drivers as well, or am I OK with just the Raster driver, since I don't use postscipt files?