Thanks Tom! I'm at home now but will try this when I get back to work. if I
can get this CD Rom to work I can probably cut down on the questions I have
to ask you guys and maybe even help others!

That 917 we have has been so reliable that I wonder why we have it on HP
maintenance - but of course as soon as you take it off ... ;-)

Thanks again! I will save your post

Bill
William L. Brandt
Sacramento, CA USA
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----- Original Message -----
From: Emerson, Tom # El Monte <[log in to unmask]>
To: 'william brandt' <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 5:09 PM
Subject: RE: installing HP laserRom on Win 98


> I use this all the time -- you basically have two options (one which
> requires rebooting...)
>
> first, the standard "win9x is really DOS, but they don't want to let you
> know that" way -- add it to AUTOEXEC.BAT like any other "systemwide"
> environment variable [note: on NT you set this via a control panel applet,
> but that wasn't your question ;) ]
>
> Or, the more transient method is to create a "startlrm.bat" file that
> contains the lines:
>
>     C: [a generally wise idea if you have multiple drives]
>     CD \LROM
>     SET FULTEMP=C:\TMP [or C:\WINDOWS\TEMP if you prefer...]
>     LASERROM.EXE
>
> then as a desktop "shortcut", you "link" to the batch file instead of
> LASERROM.EXE directly.  Clicking this shortcut/link starts a DOS session
> which sets the variable, then "from" that session starts the laserrom
> program.  From the perspective of this "session", the variable is indeed
> "set".  Exiting the program returns to the batch file, which in turn exits
> thus closing the "Dos" window that's created for the "session".
>
> OTOH: the good news is that if you have a "cd jukebox/server", you can
> "share" the drive that contains the CD amongst everyone in the building.
My
> LASERROM.INI file looks something like this:
>
>    [ServicePaths]
>    CDPATH1=L:\LROM.SVI
>
>    [CustomPaths]
>    CUSTPATH1=C:\WINDOWS\
>
>    [PrinterSettings]
>    SELECTED_PRINTER=HP LaserJet 2000,HPPCL,\\Eagle\pp
>    SUPPRESS_GRAPHICS=0
>    PAGE_BREAKS=0
>    PRINT_DOC_IMAGE=0
>
> Note in particular the "servicepaths" heading -- I have a virtual drive
"L:"
> [for "Laserrom"] mapped to the CD server.  I could just as easily put
> "\\AXIS39338d8\LASERROM\LROM.SVI" in that line and done away with the hard
> mapping to drive L:, but this has been "in use" since I've been on win
> 3.1...  (the "cd jukebox" we have automatically creates shares with the
name
> of the "volume" mounted on each drive...)
>
> Likewise, my printer setting is going to our HP running Samba for
> printing...
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: william brandt [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 4:29 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: installing HP laserRom on Win 98
> >
> >
> > Since we bought our 917 used we got no manuals other than what our
> > known-for-20-years CE has given us. He managed to dig up an
> > HP LaserRom
> > MPE/ix Release 5.5 CD-ROM for installation on a PC.
> >
> > I install it and then when I try and run it get the error to
> > "Please Set
> > Environment Variable Fultemp", eg, set fultemp=c:\tmp"
> >
> > So I looked at the old familiar config.sys and it looks like
> > it is just used
> > for MS-DOS mode. Anyone know of the file for Win 95/98 that controls
> > environment variables?
> >
> > Seeing this error is....very un-HP like...
> >
> > Bill
> >