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Wordperfect 5.1 Download



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The original WPDOS 5.1 and 6.x printer drivers are available from Corel's page forWPDOS 5.1 printer drivers or its page forWPDOS 6.x printer drivers. If you have difficulty downloading files from Corel's site, see this troubleshooting advice.




Wordperfect 5.1 Download




Corel abandoned a small but potentially significant source of income when it stopped development of WordPerfect for DOS, and it strained the good will of many of its most loyal customers. What Corel should have done (but never will do) was work toward making a slightly updated version of WPDOS available for downloading at a reasonable price; no retail boxes would be involved. One or two of the original programmers should have been rehired to add the following enhancements for WPDOS running under Windows:


Computer and technical support personnel in educational institutions, corporations, or anywhere else should feel free to archive or copy all or part of this site for internal use, and any individual visitor should feel free to download all or part of this site for personal use. Please do not repost anything from this site in public without specific permission.


For several years, Corel allowed Mac users to download version 3.5e from their website free of charge, and some Mac users still use this version. The download is still available at the Mac IO group[69] (successor to the Yahoo group) along with the necessary OS 8/9/Classic Updater that slows scroll speed and restores functionality to the Style and Window menus. Like other Mac OS applications of its age, it requires the Classic environment on PowerPC Macs. While Intel Macs do not support Classic, emulators such as SheepShaver, Basilisk II and vMac allow users to run WordPerfect on any Macintosh computer (or indeed any Linux computer). Users wishing to use a current release of WordPerfect can run the Windows version through Boot Camp or virtualization software, and through Darwine or CrossOver Mac with mixed results.


In 1995, WordPerfect 6.0 was made available for Linux as part of Caldera's internet office package. In late 1997, a newer version was made available for download, but had to be purchased to be activated.


If your printer was originally made before around 1996, you may be able to find a driver for it onCorel's driver download page. Go to the page; find your printer; download the self-extracting driver file.


Please read the general notes on these drivers and the frequently-asked questions and the advice on which printer to buy before you do anything else! Don't ignore this paragraph! If you don't know how todownload and install a printer driver, read the instructions.


If you have a PostScript printer for which no specific WPDOS driver exists, you can probably use almost any standard PostScript driver. For monochrome printing, the Apple LaserWriter IINTX is always a safe choice; the Xerox DocuTech 135 driver gives access to a wide range of sheet sizes. For color printing, try the Tektronix Phaser ColorQuick driver. These drivers may be downloaded from Corel's driver download page; search for the printers by name. For PostScript Level 3printers, try the generic drivers available from thispage.


A full list of older WordPerfect printer drivers available from Corel's driver download page may befound in thisself-extractingprinter list archive from Corel's web site. A list of supported soft fontsmay be found in another self-extractingfont list archive from the same site.


PostScript Level 3 printers (including some recent models from HP, Lexmark,and many other vendors) include 136 resident fonts. If you have a PostScriptLevel 3 printer, and wish to use these fonts with WPDOS, pleasedownload this self-extracting archive (WP51-PS3.EXE) (98KB; updated 30 April 2003) containing newly-developed generic drivers for color and monochrome models. These are preliminary versions of the drivers, and comments and corrections will be welcome. (Help! How do I install these printer drivers?)


If you own any of the LaserJet models listed below, please download this WP51HPLJ.ZIP archive (updated 9 February 2017) containing newly-developeddrivers for the printers listed below in PCL mode (the default mode). The drivers for the 4000 and higher-numbered models include support for all 80fonts in the printer's hardware. The euro symbol is supported in printers thatinclude the euro symbol in hardware (starting with the HP LaserJet 1200, 2100, 3200, 4050, and8100 models). See this site's euro page for instructionson using the euro symbol. Other solutions for using the euro with any printer may be found on the same page. These drivers are written by the author of this site, and are not endorsed or supported by Corel, Hewlett Packard, or anyone else. (Help! How do I install these printer drivers?)


Supported printer families supported by the drivers in the WP51HPLJ.ZIP archive are listed below. (Updated 9 February 2017 to correct an error that printed an initial blank page in some circumstances.) Note that a LaserJet "series" includes all models that begin with the listed number, so that the "HP LaserJet 4200 series" includes the LaserJet 4200n, 4200tn, 4200dtn, 4200dtns, 4200dtnsl, etc. Please do not ask me for drivers for earlier models such as the HP LaserJet Series II, III, 4, and 5; those drivers may be found on your original WP printer disks and may also be downloaded fromCorel's printer driver page.


HP also supplies bitmap and scalable soft fonts that contain the euro symbol, andwhich may be used with printers that lack built-in euro support (see details onthis site's euro page). The driver file contains a genericdriver ("HP LJ Basic w/Euro Soft Fonts") that will download and support these soft fonts if you have them on yourdisk.


If, and only if, you use a non-Windows operating system (like NetWare over DOS), and if, and only if, a page of nonsense characters like "12345-X" is printed at the end of your WPDOS print jobs, download and install the printer drivers in this self-extracting archive (WP51LJNW.EXE) (79KB; updated 6 November 2003). It contains drivers named "HP LaserJet 4x00 (PCL) NO PJL" (for the HP LaserJet 4000, 4100, 4200, 4300, etc.) and "HP LaserJet 8x00 (PCL) NO PJL)" (for the HP LaserJet 8000, 8100, etc.).


How to find out which fonts are available in your printer: All LaserJet printers on this list can print a list of the fonts that are built into the printer. If your printer has a built-in control panel on the top, go to the TEST or REPORTS or INFORMATION menu, and find the item that says "Print PCL Fonts" or "Print PCL Typeface List" or some similar item. If your printer does not have a built-in control panel, download this FONTLIST.PJL control file, copy it to a convenient directory, open a DOS prompt, navigate to the directory with the file and enter the command copy fontlist.pjl lpt1 or whatever printer port your printer is attached to. (Some printers are also accessible across the network through a built-in web server that has an option to print a font list; if you don't understand this sentence, please don't attempt to do anything about it.)


If you use the PostScript mode available (in some cases as an optional add-on) with the HP LaserJet 6M, 1200, 1300, 2100, 2200, P2050 (and P2055) P3005, M3025, M3027, 3050, 3300, 4000, 4050, 4100, 4200, 4300, M4345,P3005, P3015, P4010, P4410, M5025, M5035, 5100, 5200, 8000, 8100, or 9000 series, or the HP Color LaserJet CP1218, 2500, 2550, 2605, 3700, 4500, 4600, or 4650 series, you maydownload a self-extracting archive (WP51PS4K.EXE) (58 KB; updated 24 October 2010) containing generic drivers for these printers. All 80 internal fonts are supported in the drivers for the models that include 80 fonts (the standard PostScript 35 plus 45 additional fonts from HP); theofficial Corel and HP drivers for earlier HP PostScript printers support only the standard 35 PostScript fonts.


Hewlett Packard no longer supplies WordPerfect drivers for its printers. If you own any of the LaserJet models listed below, please download this self-extracting archive (WP51HPCO.EXE) (111KB; updated 20 April 2017) containing newly-developed drivers. Both PCL and PostScript modes are supported, and all drivers include support in both PCL and PostScript mode for all 80 fonts in theprinter's hardware; the euro symbol is fully supported. Seethis site's euro page for instructions on using the eurosymbol. Other solutions for using the euro with any printer may be found on the same page. These drivers are written by the author of this site, and are notendorsed or supported by Corel, Hewlett Packard, or anyone else. (Help! How do I install these printer drivers?)


DeskJet models with the euro symbol in firmware are supported; DeskJet models thataccept downloadable soft fonts include support for the HPEuroSign soft fonts. Seethis site's euro page for instructions on using the eurosymbol. Other solutions may be found on the same page for using the euro symbol with any printer.


If you own any of the followingLexmark laser printers, please download either thisself-extracting archiveof PCL drivers (WP51LPCL.EXE) (92KB; updated 1 July 2004) or this self-extracting archive of PostScript drivers (WP51LXPS.EXE) (114KB; updated 21 June 2001), each containing newly-developed drivers.I have tried to include complete support for the extensive sets of residentfonts in recent Lexmark models. Compared witholder WordPerfect drivers, these drivers also include improved support for non-Englishcharacters, and add support for the euro symbol. Seethis site's euro page for instructions on using the euro symbol. These drivers include data from Lexmark's combinedPCLand PostScript driver for the Optra S series (apparently still available on the web by searching for a file named "59wp51_e.exe"), but the drivers for other models are written by the author of this site, and are notendorsed or supported by Corel, Lexmark, or anyone else. (Help! How do I install these printer drivers?) 2ff7e9595c


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