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HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printers Software Technical Reference[...]

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Table of contents 1 Purpose and scope Introduction.............................................................................................................................................. 1 HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printers........... ................ .............. ................ ................ ............. .....2 Printing-system[...]

Supported operating systems ......... ...................... ........................................... .. ....................... ............24 Technology background information.................... ........................................ ..................... ............. .......25 Driver Configuration .........................................[...]

Downloading the new firmware from the HP Web site .................... .......... ..........57 Remote firmware update by using FTP through a browser.. .................. .............57 Remote firmware update by using FTP on a direct network connection..... .... ....58 Windows operating systems...................... ... ............................[...]

Resizing options................................................................................................... 80 Other document options....................................................................................... 80 Watermarks ......................................................................................................... 8[...]

Current Setting ............... ................... ..................... ..........105 Graphics Settings ........... ........................... ............ ..........105 Font Settings .................................................................... 106 Output Settings........................ ...................... .............. .....106 Res[...]

Document preview image............ ................... ................... .............. ...................126 Product image ........................... ................................... ......... .......... ..................127 Job Storage tab features............. ................... ........................ ............... . ...............[...]

Access to print-driver settings in Windows 98 and Windows Me...... ...... ...... ....147 PS 3 emulation support for the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printer..... .......... .......147 Help system ......................... ................................ .................... ...................................... ....147 What's this Help..[...]

Access to print drivers............. ......................................................... ................ .......... ........ 168 Help system................................... .................. . ...................................... ........................ ....168 What's this? Help................ ...................... ............[...]

% of Normal Size .............................................................................. 194 Document preview image.............. ........... ........... ...................... ........... ..............194 Watermarks........................................................................................................ 194 Current watermark[...]

External Fonts................ ............... .................................. ..................213 Installing external fonts........................ ............ ...... ...........214 Removing external fonts.................... ...................... .........214 Postscript options....................... ..... ................ ................[...]

6 Installation for Macintosh, Linux, and UNIX operating systems System requirements ........ ............... .............. .... .... ............................. .................... ............. . ..............280 Macintosh ............... ................................ ................... .......................... .........................[...]

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1 Purpose and scope Introduction This software technical reference (STR) provides information about and troubleshooting tips for the printing-system software for the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printers. This document is prepared in an electronic format to serve as a quick-reference tool for Customer Care Center (CCC) agents, support engineers[...]

HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printers The following table contains descriptions of the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printer models that are described in this STR. Product configurations might vary among countries/regions. Table 1-1 Features of the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printers Feature Model Specifications Performance ■ HP Lase[...]

Feature Model Specifications Fonts ■ 66 default TrueType fonts installed with typical installation. ■ 92 additional postscript fonts available on the installation CD. ■ Supports forms and fonts on the disk by using HP Web Jetadmin. Paper Handling ■ Prints on media from 76 x 127 mm (3 by 5 inches) to 216 x 356 mm (8.5 x 14 inches) in size. ?[...]

Printing-system software CD This section contains information about the following topics: ● Software features ● HP LaserJet documentation Software features This section contains information about the following topics: ● Printing system and installer ● HP LaserJet print drivers ● Driver Autoconfiguration ● Update Now ● HP Driver Precon[...]

Figure 1-1 Installation software CD main screen The main screen of the software CD contains installation options in the upper-left panel and documentation options in the lower-left panel. As you move your cursor over each option, a description of the option appears above the product image. NOTE The options on your product might vary from the illust[...]

printer documentation . Use this option to view the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printer user documentation. The following document options are available when you click this option: ■ user guide (interactive ■ user guide (printer friendly) ■ install notes ■ hp driver preconfiguration user guide ■ embedded web server guide ■ hp jetdi[...]

The common Windows installer offers the following features: ■ The HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printing-system software CD features an interactive software interface. See HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printing-system software CD for Windows systems . ■ Network connection is integrated so that you can install drivers and connect to a netw[...]

HP PCL 5e, PCL 6, and PS emulation drivers The following drivers are available on the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printing—system software CD: ■ The HP Traditional PCL 5e Driver for Windows 98, Windows Me, and Windows NT 4.0. ■ The HP Traditional PCL 6 Driver for Windows 98, Windows Me, and Windows NT 4.0. ■ The HP Traditional Postscri[...]

If you are using an HP unidriver in Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003 environments, follow these steps to find driver-version information: 1 Click Start . 2 Click Settings . 3 Click Printers (or Printers and Faxes in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003). 4 Right-click the printer icon. 5 Click Properties . 6 Click the About tab. NOTE [...]

■ UNIX® model scripts. For further information about UNIX model scripts, go to www.hp.com/go/ unixmodelscripts . ■ Tru64 UNIX printing. For further information, go to h30097.www3.hp.com/printing/ ■ Linux drivers. For further information, go to www.hp.com/go/linuxprinting . ■ SAP printing. For further information, go to www.hp.com/go/sap/pr[...]

Table 1-3 Documentation availability Document Windows 98/Me Windows NT 4.0 Windows 2000/ XP/Server 2003 Macintosh HP LaserJet 2400 Series User Guide (.PDF file) x x x x HP LaserJet 2400 Series User Guide (.CHM file) x x x x Hewlett Packard LaserJet 2410/2420/2430 series Printing System Install Notes x x x HP Embedded Web Server Guide x x x x HP Dri[...]

open the guide from the software CD, navigate to the <language> folder for your language, and then open the Manuals folder. In that folder, open the following file: ■ LJ2410_20_30_USE _XXWW.CHM NOTE The "XX" in the file name varies in each language. For instance, the file name for the French version of the guide is LJ2410_20_30_US[...]

NOTE The HP Driver Preconfiguration User Guide is available only in English on the software CD. When you have the file open, you can click File and then click Save As to save a copy of the file to another location. HP Embedded Web Server Guide The HP Embedded Web Server User Guide (in .PDF format) provides information about device status, settings,[...]

You can gain access to the HP Device Installer Customization Wizard by inserting the software CD into the CD-ROM drive and navigating to the <language> folder for your language, and then to the Manuals folder. In that folder, open the following file: ■ CUSTOMIZATION_README_XXWW.RTF NOTE The "XX" in the file name varies for each la[...]

Structure and availability of the software CD The software CD for the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printer contains a variety of files for installing the printing-system software on your computer. This section describes the files that are available on the software CD, as well as additional support and fulfillment information. In-box file layout[...]

Availability and fulfillment This section provides information about the availability of the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printing-system software and related software and firmware. Printing-system software on a CD is available from HP fulfillment centers. In-box CDs The HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printing-system software CD is available [...]

■ HU = Hungarian (Magyar) ■ PL = Polish (Polski) ■ CD AS - Asia: ■ EN = English ■ KO = Korean ■ TH = Thai ■ ZHCN = Simplified Chinese ■ ZHTW = Traditional Chinese NOTE Drivers for various languages do not necessarily correspond to geographic countries/ regions. European languages, for instance, are distributed on three CDs. The foll[...]

Component DE EN ES FR IT NL PT HP Device Installer Customization Wizard xxxxxx x HP Toolbox x x xxxx x Table 1-5 CD WE - Western Europe and Arabic Component AR DN EN FR PS Emulation Driver x x x x HP Traditional PCL 6 Driver x x x x HP Traditional PCL 5e Driver x x x x HP PCL 6 Unidriver x x x x HP PCL 5e Unidriver x x x x PS Emulation Unidriver x [...]

Component EN FI NO RU SV TR Common Windows Installer x x x x x x Add Printer Wizard Installer x x x x x x Customization Utility Wizard x x x x x x CD Browser x x x x x x HP Driver Preconfiguration User Guide x HP LaserJet 2400 Series User Guide (PDF) x x x x x x HP LaserJet 2400 Series User Guide (CHM) x x x x x x HP Jetdirect Administrator's [...]

Component CZ EL EN HE HU PL HP LaserJet 2400 Series User Guide (CHM) x x x x x x HP Jetdirect Administrator's Guide x x x x Hewlett Packard LaserJet 2410/2420/2430 series Printing System Install Notes x x x x x x HP Embedded Web Server User Guide x HP Device Installer Customization Wizard x x x x x x HP Toolbox x Table 1-8 CD AS - Asia Compone[...]

Component EN KO TH ZHCN ZHTW HP Toolbox x NOTE Japanese drivers are available on the Web, but not on the software CD. See www.hp.com/go/lj2410_software for the HP LaserJet 2410 printer, www.hp.com/go/ lj2420_software for the HP LaserJet 2420 printer, or www.hp.com/go/lj2430_software for the HP LaserJet 2430 printer. Web deployment All software that[...]

Other operating systems Drivers and related software are available for these additional operating environments: ■ UNIX ■ Linux ■ OS/2 ■ HP Open VMS Software component availability The following table lists the availability of HP LaserJet software components by operating system. NOTE In the following table, "98/Me" refers to Window[...]

2 Software description Introduction The HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printer comes with software and installers for Microsoft Windows and Apple Computer, Inc., Macintosh systems. Linux and UNIX systems are supported, and software is available on the Web. For information about specific system installers, drivers, and components, see the section [...]

Supported operating systems The support for Windows operating systems (OSs) offers a full-featured configuration of the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printers; support for OSs that are not described in this document offer varying levels of functionality. The HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printing-system software, including HP PCL 5e, PCL 6, a[...]

Technology background information This section contains information about the following topics: ■ Driver Configuration ■ HP Driver Preconfiguration ■ Euro character ■ HP Embedded Web Server ■ HP Toolbox ■ HP Web Jetadmin ■ Bluetooth ■ Remote firmware update ■ Printing print-ready documents from a command line ■ Driver-feature co[...]

the same time, bidirectional communication is enabled only to configure the driver, and is then disabled unless the driver's Update Now feature is used to update the driver. Enterprise AutoConfiguration Enterprise AutoConfiguration (EAC) uses bidirectional communication to provide autoconfiguration functionality for installation of the print d[...]

Method Connection type Microsoft Windows Microsoft Share 1 98 Me NT 4.0 2000 XP 2000/XP host with 2000/XP client NT 4.0 host with NT 4.0 client Standard TCP/IP (HP) xxxxxx x 2 TCP/IP (MS) xxxxxx x 2 IPX/SPX (HP) xxxxxx x 2 Add Printer Direct connect Parallel USB Network Jetdirect TCP/IP x x x x x x IPX/SPX x x x x x x x 2 Standard TCP/IP (HP) xxxxx[...]

HP Driver Preconfiguration HP Driver Preconfiguration is a software architecture and set of tools that permits HP printing-system software to be customized and distributed in managed corporate printing environments. Using HP Driver Preconfiguration, information technology (IT) administrators in corporate and enterprise environments can preconfigure[...]

Lockable features The following driver features can be locked to prevent end-users from changing settings: ■ Print on Both Sides (Duplex) ■ Media Type ■ Paper Source When a feature is locked, the selected default option is the only option that is available to users. Generally, the feature is unavailable in the driver user interface after it h[...]

The HP Driver Diagnostic Printer Check tool is a Web-based diagnostic software that enables you to determine whether you are using the correct and most current print driver for your HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printer. To access the HP Driver Diagnostic Printer Check tool, go to http://www.hp.com/go/drivercheck , or go to the HP Business Suppo[...]

HP Embedded Web Server and HP Toolbox HP embedded Web server (HP EWS) and HP Toolbox are both tools that can be used to remotely configure products on a network. Both HP EWS and HP Toolbox are used with a Web browser and they have a similar look and feel. Many of the pages in HP EWS are nearly identical to HP Toolbox pages. However, there are sever[...]

To view information about the product by using the HP EWS, open a supported Web browser and type in the product TCP/IP address or host name. To find the TCP/IP address, look for IP Address on the enhanced input/output (EIO) Jetdirect page, in the TCP/IP section. To find the host name of the product, look for Host Name in the TCP/IP section. You als[...]

■ Usage page . This screen provides a page count for each size of media that has passed through the device, as well as the number of duplexed pages. ■ Device Information . This screen shows device information, such as the product TCP/IP address and serial number. ■ Control Panel . This screen shows the product control panel. ■ Print . You c[...]

Figure 2-1 Information tab – Device Status screen Configuration Page You can gain access to the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printer configuration page remotely through the HP EWS. The HP EWS Configuration Page screen provides configuration information about the product in the same way as the configuration page that is printed from the produc[...]

Figure 2-2 Information tab – Configuration Page Settings tab The following information is available on the HP EWS Settings tab. To view the information, click the menu items on the left side of the HP EWS Settings tab. The Settings tab is shown in the Configure device section. Technology background information 35 Software description[...]

Not all of the screens on the tab are shown in this document. For more information, see the HP Embedded Web Server User Guide . ■ Configure Device . Use the Configure Device screen to print product information pages and configure the product remotely. ■ E-mail Server . Use the E-mail Server screen to configure e-mail settings for outgoing alert[...]

Figure 2-3 Settings tab – Configure Device screen Alerts The product can automatically send e-mail alerts about printing problems or job status to specified e- mail addresses. For example, if toner is low, the product can notify the person who is responsible for ordering or changing the toner. If a product failure occurs, the product can send an [...]

Figure 2-4 Settings tab – Alerts screen Security The HP EWS screens that appear, and the settings on them, vary according to how you gain access to the HP EWS: as a general user, an IT administrator, or a service provider. To control access to the HP EWS screens, a password can be set on the Security page. 38 2 Software description Software descr[...]

Figure 2-5 Settings tab – Security screen In a password-protected HP EWS, only the Information tab is available to users who do not log in by using the password. If no password has been set (which is the default), all of the tabs are visible. If a password has been set, you must log on as an IT administrator or a service provider to gain access t[...]

Figure 2-6 Networking tab - Configuration section The menu on the left side of the screen contains other networking options under three categories: configuration, security, and diagnostics. For more information, see the HP Jetdirect Administrator's Guide . Configuration section ■ Network Settings ■ Other Settings ■ Privacy Settings ■ S[...]

Diagnostics section ■ Network Statistics ■ Protocol Info ■ Configuration Page Network settings From the Netw orking tab, you can enable and configure the following network protocols: ■ TCP/IP ■ Internetwork packet exchange/Sequenced packet exchange (IPX/SPX) ■ AppleTalk ■ Data link control/logical link control (DLC/LLC) ■ Simple net[...]

When the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printer is connected both through a network using an HP Jetdirect card and through a local parallel or USB connection, the network connection takes precedence. On a network connection, bidirectional communication is supported through a TCP/IP connection. When the product is connected using both a parallel a[...]

The HP Toolbox Frame Each screen in the HP Toolbox has a frame that contains a top banner, four category tabs, a left- aligned navigation menu bar, and a main-content area. Selecting one of the category tabs causes the corresponding left-aligned navigation bar to appear. The left-aligned navigation menu includes links to the content that is appropr[...]

Figure 2-7 Toolbox Status tab The Status tab provides the following options: ■ Device Status . This screen shows the percentage of life remaining for each consumable, the status and configuration information for the input trays and output bins, and the accessories that are installed on the product. ■ Supplies Status . This screen shows the leve[...]

Troubleshooting tab The navigation bar on the Troubleshooting tab contains links to the information pages of the product. (Some of these pages are also available from other sources, such as the HP Embedded Web Server or the product itself.) From the Troubleshooting tab, you can view the following screens: ■ Print Quality Tools ■ Maintenance ■[...]

Maintenance The Maintenance tab is shown in the following illustration. Figure 2-9 Troubleshooting tab – Maintenance page The Maintenance screen contains information about managing and replacing print cartridges. Error Messages The Interpreting control panel message screen, which appears when you click Error Messages and then select Interpreting [...]

Figure 2-10 Troubleshooting tab – Interpreting control-panel messages The Interpreting control panel messages screen lists messages that might appear in the control panel on the product or in the toolbox. NOTE This illustration is provided as an example only. The complete screen is not shown. Paper Jams The Paper jams screen is shown in the follo[...]

Figure 2-11 Troubleshooting tab – Paper Jams page Click the Typical jam locations on the Paper Jam Option screen to see the internal paper path and potential jam locations. Supported Media The Supported Media screen is shown in the following illustration. 48 2 Software description Software description[...]

Figure 2-12 Troubleshooting tab – Supported Media page The Supported Media screen has instructions for ordering product parts, accessories and supplies. Printer Pages The Printer Pages screen is shown in the following illustration. Technology background information 49 Software description[...]

Figure 2-13 Troubleshooting tab – Printer Pages The Printer Pages screen shows a list of useful information pages that the product generates, with a description of the purpose of each page. You can also print the pages directly from this screen. Alerts tab The Alerts tab is shown in the following illustration. 50 2 Software description Software d[...]

Figure 2-14 Alerts tab The navigation bar on the Alerts tab contains links to the information pages for the product. Some of these pages are also available from other sources, such as the embedded Web server or the product itself. From this section, you can view the following screens: ■ Set up Status Alerts ■ Administrative Settings The Set up [...]

Figure 2-15 Documentation tab – Install Notes page The navigation bar on the Documentation tab contains links to these information sources: ■ Install Notes. Contains specific installation instructions and information regarding your product. ■ User Guide. Contains information about product usage, warranty, specifications, and support. The HTML[...]

Figure 2-16 Status tab with Device Settings button For additional information and a copy of the HP Embedded Web Server User Guide , go to www.hp.com/support/lj2410 for the HP LaserJet 2410 printer, www.hp.com/support/lj2420 for the HP LaserJet 2420 printer, or www.hp.com/ support/lj2430 for the HP LaserJet 2430 printer Other Links This section cont[...]

HP Web Jetadmin Use HP Web Jetadmin and a Web browser to manage HP Jetdirect connected products within your intranet. HP Web Jetadmin is a browser-based management tool, and should be installed only on a single network-administration server. It can be installed and run on Red Hat Linux; SuSE Linux; Windows NT 4.0 Server and Workstation; Windows 200[...]

The HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printing-system software CD provides the following link to download the latest version of the HP Web Jetadmin software: www.hp.com/go/webjetadmin . Click support on the main screen in the installer CD Browser, and then click hp web jetadmin . The following table shows the supporting operating systems and hardwar[...]

Bluetooth Bluetooth®* wireless technology is a low-power, short-range radio technology that can be used to wirelessly connect computers, printers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), cell phones, and other devices. * Bluetooth is a trademark owned by its proprietor and used by Hewlett-Packard Company under license. Because Bluetooth wireless techn[...]

Downloading the new firmware from the HP Web site For support information about downloading new firmware from the Web, go to www.hp.com/go/ lj2410_firmware for the HP LaserJet 2410 printer, www.hp.com/go/lj2420_firmware for the HP LaserJet 2420 printer, or www.hp.com/ go/lj2430_firmware for the HP LaserJet 2430 printer. The product can receive an .[...]

NOTE The product automatically restarts the firmware to activate the update. At the end of the update process, the READY message appears on the control panel. Remote firmware update by using FTP on a direct network connection If the product uses a direct network connection, use file transfer protocol (FTP) to update your firmware. Complete the foll[...]

10 The download process begins and the firmware is updated on the product. This can take about five minutes. Let the process finish without further interaction with the product or the computer. NOTE The product automatically restarts the firmware to activate the update. At the end of the update process, the READY message appears on the control pane[...]

Window s 98 or Window s Me 1 From a command prompt or in an MS-DOS window, type: Mode lpt1:,,p NOTE If the product is attached to a parallel port other than LPT1, then substitute the correct LPT port number in the mode command. 2 Press Enter on the keyboard. The response you receive should be similar to these examples: > LPT1 Not Rerouted > R[...]

Window s NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Window s Server 2003 The .RFU file can be sent directly to the product by typing a copy command at a command prompt or in an MS-DOS window. 1 At a command prompt, type copy /b <FILENAME> <PORTNAME> , where <FILENAME> is the name of the .RFU file (including the path) and <PORTNAME>[...]

Remote firmware update by using Fetch (Mac OS 9. x only) For Mac OS 9. x , a shareware program called Fetch provides FTP control for a put command. Download and install the program from download.com.com/ 3000-2151-10182446.html . Complete the following steps to update the product firmware by using Fetch. 1 Start the program by clicking on the Fetch[...]

6 Locate the .RFU file on your hard disk, and click the file name to highlight it. Click Select . The Files dialog boxes update to show the .RFU file under File to download . 7 Click Download . The HP LaserJet Utility starts downloading the file to the product. A progress bar shows how much of the file has been downloaded. While the file is downloa[...]

6 If the name of the .RFU file is not listed in the All Available Images dialog box, click Brow se in the Upload N ew Firmware Image dialog box and navigate to the location of the .RFU file that you downloaded from the Web at the start of this procedure. If the filename is listed, select it. 7 Click Upload to move the .RFU file from your hard drive[...]

NOTE To verify that the firmware update succeeded, print a new configuration page from the control panel and verify that the firmware date code on the configuration page has changed. Troubleshooting a firmware update The following table lists the causes and results of possible interruptions to the firmware update. Table 2-7 Troubleshooting a firmwa[...]

Printing print-ready documents from a command line Documents in the following file formats can be printed by using a command line. That is, they do not need to be opened in a software program that supports the file format (such as the Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat Reader programs for .PDF files), but can be sent directly to the product using a command l[...]

3 Type ftp <TCP/IP printer ADDRESS> . For example, if the TCP/IP address is 192.168.0.90, type ftp 192.168.0.90 4 Press Enter on the keyboard. 5 When prompted for the user name, press Enter . 6 When prompted for the password, press Enter . 7 Type bin at the command prompt. 8 Press Enter . The message 200 Types set to I, Using binary mode to t[...]

NOTE If the file name or path includes a space, you must enclose the file name or path in quotation marks. For example, type put "/user name/desktop/SAMPLE_DOC.PDF" To ensure that the entire path to the print-ready file is placed in the put command, type put and a space and then click and drag the print-ready file onto the terminal window[...]

Window s NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Window s Server 2003 The print-ready file can be sent directly to the product by typing a copy command at a command prompt or in an MS-DOS window. 1 At a command prompt, type copy/b <FILENAME> <PORTNAME> , where <FILENAME> is the name of the print-ready file (including the path) and &l[...]

Complete the following steps to print print-ready files by using Fetch. 1 Start the program by clicking the Fetch icon. 2 Enter the IP address of the product in the Host: box. 3 Click the Put Files button and browse to the location of the print-ready file. 4 Double-click the file to select it and download it to the product. A confirmation message a[...]

Complete the following steps to print a print-ready file by using the LPR command. 1 Take note of the TCP/IP address on the EIO Jetdirect page. The Jetdirect page is the second page of the configuration page printout. To print a configuration page, see Determining the current level of firmware . 2 From a command window, type lpr -P IPADDRESS -S IPA[...]

PJL/PJL Encoding Table 2-10 Printer Job Language (PJL) and PJL encoding Operating system Windows XP (32-bit), Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 Windows NT 4.0 Windows 98, Me Macintosh Driver type HP unidriver HP traditional driver HP traditional driver Macintosh Driver PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation Po[...]

Connectivity Table 2-12 Driver support for connectivity features Operating system Windows XP (32-bit), Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 Windows NT 4.0 Windows 98, Me Macintosh Driver type HP unidriver HP traditional driver HP traditional driver Macintosh Driver PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation Postscrip[...]

Operating system Windows XP (32-bit), Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 Windows NT 4.0 Windows 98, Me Macintosh Driver type HP unidriver HP traditional driver HP traditional driver Macintosh Driver PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation Postscript Language Monitor 1 x x x x x x x 1 MasterMon, a pseudo-language[...]

Tray and paper assignment Table 2-16 Tray and paper assignment Operating system Windows XP (32-bit), Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 Windows NT 4.0 Windows 98, Me Macintosh Driver type HP unidriver HP traditional driver HP traditional driver Macintosh Driver PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation Postscript [...]

UI features Table 2-18 Driver support for UI features Operating system Windows XP (32-bit), Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 Windows NT 4.0 Windows 98, Me Macintosh Driver type HP unidriver HP traditional driver HP traditional driver Macintosh Driver PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation Postscript UI tabs ([...]

Quick Sets Table 2-20 Driver support for quick sets Operating system Windows XP (32-bit), Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 Windows NT 4.0 Windows 98, Me Macintosh Driver type HP unidriver HP traditional driver HP traditional driver Macintosh Driver PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation Postscript Print Task [...]

Operating system Windows XP (32-bit), Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 Windows NT 4.0 Windows 98, Me Macintosh Driver type HP unidriver HP traditional driver HP traditional driver Macintosh Driver PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation Postscript (optional driver UI switch) Combined Media Types & Sources [...]

Print-quality and resolution Table 2-24 Print-quality and resolution features Operating system Windows XP (32-bit), Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 Windows NT 4.0 Windows 98, Me Macintosh Driver type HP unidriver HP traditional driver HP traditional driver Macintosh Driver PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulat[...]

Operating system Windows XP (32-bit), Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 Windows NT 4.0 Windows 98, Me Macintosh Driver type HP unidriver HP traditional driver HP traditional driver Macintosh Driver PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation Postscript Correct Order for Straight Paper Path Correct Order for Rear Ou[...]

Operating system Windows XP (32-bit), Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 Windows NT 4.0 Windows 98, Me Macintosh Driver type HP unidriver HP traditional driver HP traditional driver Macintosh Driver PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation Postscript Ignore Application Collation x x x x Collate x x x x x x x x x [...]

Alternative source/paper type Table 2-29 Driver support for alternate source/paper type feature Operating system Windows XP (32-bit), Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 Windows NT 4.0 Windows 98, Me Macintosh Driver type HP unidriver HP traditional driver HP traditional driver Macintosh Driver PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation PCL [...]

Finishing Options Table 2-31 Driver support for finishing options Operating system Windows XP (32-bit), Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 Windows NT 4.0 Windows 98, Me Macintosh Driver type HP unidriver HP traditional driver HP traditional driver Macintosh Driver PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation Postscri[...]

Operating system Windows XP (32-bit), Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 Windows NT 4.0 Windows 98, Me Macintosh Driver type HP unidriver HP traditional driver HP traditional driver Macintosh Driver PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation PCL 6 PCL 5e PS emulation Postscript TrueType Fonts (UI option) xxx Print Text as Black x x x x x x [...]

Operating system Windows XP Windows NT 4.0 Windows 98, Me Macintosh HP unidriver HP traditional driver Postscript Driver PS emulation PS emulation PS emulation Postscript Optimize for portability xxx Encapsulated postscript (EPS) x x x x Archive format xxx Levels of gray x x x Fit to page xxx TrueType font download option Outline xxx Bitmap x x x N[...]

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3 HP traditional print drivers for Windows Introduction This chapter describes the features of the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 traditional print drivers. The chapter contains the following sections: ■ HP Traditional PCL 6 Driver and HP Traditional PCL 5e Driver features. This section describes the HP traditional PCL 6 and PCL 5e drivers for [...]

HP traditional PCL 6 and PCL 5e driver features When you install the print drivers by using the printing-system installer in Windows 98 or Windows Me, the HP Traditional PCL 6 Driver is installed by default. The HP Traditional PCL 5e Driver can be installed by using the Add Printer wizard. When you install the print drivers in Windows NT 4.0, you m[...]

Properties driver tabs In Windows NT 4.0, click Start , select Settings , and then click Printers . Right-click the product name, and then click Properties to gain access to all Properties print-driver tabs. The following Properties driver tabs are available in Windows NT 4.0: ■ General ■ Ports ■ Scheduling ■ Sharing ■ Security ■ NT For[...]

What's this? Help What's this? Help is supported in Windows 98, Windows Me, and Windows NT 4.0. You can gain access to What's this? Help messages in any of the following ways: ■ Right-click a control and then click What's this? . A pop-up Help window appears. ■ Click the ? button at the upper-right corner of the frame, next [...]

Figure 3-2 A property page with a Bubble Help icon The bubble typically appears next to a control that is unavailable, although it can also accompany an available control if an important note concerning its use is available within the Help. Moving the pointer over the bubble changes the arrow to a gloved hand, which indicates that the area undernea[...]

Figure 3-3 The default appearance of the Finishing tab The Finishing tab contains the following controls: ■ Print Task Quick Sets group box ■ Document Options group box ■ Document preview image ■ Print Quality group box Print Task Quick Sets The first group box in the upper portion of the Finishing tab is Print Task Quick Sets . Any change [...]

settings or user-defined printing specifications (such as media size, pages per sheet, and so on). The Print Task Quick Sets control does not appear on the driver Properties tabs. By default, the Print Task Quick Sets menu is set to Type new Quick Set name here . When you change any of the default settings on any of the Document Defaults driver tab[...]

Driver feature Feature setting location Default values for U.S. English Print Task Quick Sets Preconfigurable 1 Print document on Effects tab, Fit to Page group box Off - print on the size that is specified on the Paper tab Yes % of normal size Effects tab, Fit to Page group box 100 Yes 2 Scale to fit Effects tab, Fit to Page group box Unavailable;[...]

Driver feature Feature setting location Default values for U.S. English Print Task Quick Sets Preconfigurable 1 Windows user name Job Storage tab, User Name group box Unavailable unless a Job Storage option has been selected; selected when activated No Job name Job Storage tab, Job Name group box Unavailable unless a Job Storage option has been sel[...]

■ Flip Pages Up check box ■ Booklet Printing drop-down menu ■ Pages Per Sheet drop-down menu ■ Print Page Borders check box ■ Page Order drop-down menu Correct Order for Rear Bin The HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printers have a door in the back that can be opened to allow the paper to go straight out the back of the printer. This bin [...]

Manually printing on the second side of a page is available when you are using the HP Traditional PCL 6 Driver or the HP Traditional PCL 5e Driver. The PS Emulation Driver does not support the manual duplexing feature. If a duplexing unit is installed and manual duplexing is enabled in the driver, the printer automatically duplexes media types that[...]

Figure 3-4 Print on Both Sides Instructions When you have completed the steps that appear in the dialog box, the second half of the print job prints on the back side of the stack of media. The driver does not require the application to specifically support odd- and even-page printing, because the driver coordinates this function. Flip Pages Up The [...]

Booklet Printing The Booklet Printing drop-down menu is visible when Print on Both Sides is selected and a supported media size is selected in the Size is: drop-down menu on the Paper tab. The Booklet Printing drop-down menu offers choices that are based on the current media size. The default setting is Off . The other settings have the following f[...]

5 Click OK in the print driver. 6 Click OK in the print dialog box to print. Figure 3-5 Printing a booklet Printing a Book You can print a book in which the front cover, first page, other pages, last page, and back cover have different media types. For more information, see Paper tab features in this chapter. Pages per Sheet Use the Pages per Sheet[...]

■ 4 pages per sheet ■ 6 pages per sheet ■ 9 pages per sheet ■ 16 pages per sheet When you select an option other than 1 page per sheet , booklet printing is unavailable. Print Page Borders Related controls that are indented beneath the Pages per Sheet edit box are Print Page Borders and Page Order , which become active when Pages per Sheet [...]

document preview image appears in the upper-right corner of the Finishing , Effects , Paper , and Basics tabs. Switching between tabs does not change the location or appearance of the document preview image. When you move the mouse over the document preview image, the mouse cursor changes from an arrow to a gloved hand. You can toggle between portr[...]

Figure 3-7 Print Quality Details dialog box for the HP Traditional PCL 6 Driver The following options are available: ■ Current Setting group box ■ Font Settings group box ■ Output Settings group box Current Setting The Current Setting group box contains a status message indicating which print quality setting is currently in use. When you make[...]

■ Scale Patterns (WYSIWYG) is selected ■ Print all Text as Black is not selected Resolution Resolution refers to the number of dots per inch (dpi) used to print the page. As resolution is increased, the quality (clarity and visual appeal) of print on the page is improved. However, higher resolution can also result in longer printing times. The [...]

Figure 3-8 Print Quality Details dialog box for the HP Traditional PCL 5e Driver The following options are available: ■ Current Setting group box ■ Graphics Settings group box ■ Font Settings group box ■ Output Settings group box Current Setting The Current Setting group box contains a status message indicating which print quality setting i[...]

■ Send Page as Raster . Select this setting to send all graphics and text (TrueType fonts) to the product as images composed of individual dots. Use Send Page as Raster if you are experiencing problems with overlapping text and graphics. With this setting, the Send TrueType as Bitmaps option has no effect. Font Settings In the Font Settings group[...]

Print all Text as Black The Print All Text as Black feature is not selected by default. When the feature is selected, the driver prints all text as black regardless of the original document text color. Color text is printed as black, except for white text, which remains white. (White text is a reliable method of printing reverse typeface against a [...]

■ Document preview image ■ Watermarks group box Print Task Quick Sets The Print Task Quick Sets control is used to store the current combination of driver settings that are found on all of the other Document Defaults driver tabs. Print Task Quick Sets are either preset (by the administrator) or user-defined printing specifications, such as medi[...]

Figure 3-10 Preview images - Legal on Letter; Scale to Fit off (left) and on (right) When the size for which the document is formatted (that is, the logical size) differs from the target size, the document preview image uses a dashed gray line to show the boundaries of the logical page in relation to the target page size. % of Normal Size The % of [...]

The Watermarks group box contains the following controls: ■ Watermarks drop-down menu ■ First Page Only check box ■ Edit button (opens the Watermark Details dialog box) Watermarks drop-d ow n menu The following watermarks are preset in the driver: ■ (None) ■ Confidential ■ Draft ■ SAMPLE The drop-down menu shows alphabetically-sorted [...]

Figure 3-11 Watermark Details dialog box The dialog box shows a document preview image and provides options for creating a new watermark and controlling the message angle and the font attributes. The Watermark Details dialog box contains the following controls: ■ Current Watermarks ■ Watermark Message ■ Message Angle ■ Document preview imag[...]

To delete a watermark, select the watermark in the Current Watermarks list and click Delete . NOTE You can have no more that 30 watermarks in the Current Watermarks list at one time. When you reach the limit of 30 watermarks, the New button is disabled, and a Bubble Help message appears that explains why the button is disabled and how to make it av[...]

Color The Color drop-down menu contains a single setting: Gray . Shading The default Shading setting for new and preset watermarks is Very Light . The following range of shades is available from the Shading drop-down menu: ■ Lightest ■ Very Light (default) ■ Light ■ Medium Light ■ Medium ■ Medium Dark ■ Dark ■ Very Dark ■ Darkest [...]

Figure 3-12 Paper tab The Paper tab contains the following controls: ■ Print Task Quick Sets group box ■ Paper Options group box ■ Document preview image ■ printer image Print Task Quick Sets The Print Task Quick Sets control is used to store the current combination of driver settings that appear on all of the other Document Defaults driver[...]

Paper Options The settings that are specified in the Paper Options group box on the Paper tab apply to all of the pages of the document. The following illustration shows the Paper Options group box and the selections that are available by default. Figure 3-13 Paper Options group box (default) The appearance of the Paper Options group box changes wh[...]

Because driver settings are overridden by media-size settings in most software programs, it is generally best to use the driver to set media size only for software programs that lack a media-size setting, such as NotePad, or when you are producing a book or a booklet that does not require different media sizes. NOTE Certain software programs can ov[...]

■ Prepunched ■ Labels ■ Bond ■ Recycled ■ Color ■ Cardstock (164 to 200 g/m 2 or 43 to 53 lb.) ■ Envelope ■ Light (60 to 75 g/m 2 or 16 to 20 lb.) ■ Rough The default setting is Unspecified , and the program selects the media type. If you select a different setting, make sure that the correct media type is loaded in the tray that [...]

When the Custom Paper Size dialog box appears, the drop-down menu in the Name group contains one of two things, depending on the current paper-size selection on the Paper tab: ■ If the paper-size selection is a previously defined custom size, then the drop-down menu contains the name of that custom size. ■ If the paper-size selection is a stand[...]

Save, Delete, or Rename The dynamic command button located next to the Name drop-down menu has three possible labels: Save , Delete , and Rename . ■ Save is the button title whenever the height and width values have been changed since the most recent save action or since the selection of an existing custom media size. Clicking the button causes t[...]

State Drop-down menu contents Button label Ac t i o n Next state Change the width or height values. 2 Select a saved item from the drop-down menu. 3 Custom size (w idth and height controls) The width and height values can be changed either by typing numeric strings into the edit boxes, or by using the up and down arrows. Any entry that is greater t[...]

Paper and envelope icons The paper and envelope icons visually define width and height. Dynamic measurement units Use the dynamic measurement-units button to toggle the unit of measurement between standard (inches) and metric (millimeters) units of measurement. The label on this button is dynamic, depending on the measurement units that are in use.[...]

When you select the Use Different Paper/Covers check box, the following settings can appear in the group box, along with associated options: ■ Front Cover ■ First Page ■ Other Pages ■ Last Page ■ Back Cover NOTE You must use the same size of media for the entire print job. All Use Different Paper/ Covers options use the size that you sele[...]

The following are the First Page options: ■ Size is: drop-down menu ■ Source is: drop-down menu ■ Type is: drop-down menu The Size is: driver setting for the first page applies to the entire print job. When this is set, the setting becomes unavailable for all the other Use Different Paper/Covers options. The Source is: setting specifies the s[...]

When you select Front Cover , you must also select the Add a Blank or Preprinted Cover check box to enable the setting. When you select this check box, the Source is: and Type is: drop-down menus become available and a check mark appears next to the Front Cover option. The Source is: setting specifies the source tray to use for adding a front cover[...]

Last Page Use the Last Page options to select an alternative media type or source for the last page of a document. The following illustration shows the appearance of the Paper Options group box when you select the Use Different Paper/Covers check box. Figure 3-18 Last Page options The following are the Last Page options: ■ Source is: drop-down me[...]

Figure 3-19 Back Cover setting The following are the Back Cover options: ■ Add a Blank or Preprinted Cover check box ■ Source is: drop-down menu ■ Type is: drop-down menu When you select Back Cover , you must also select the Add a Blank or Preprinted Cover check box to enable the setting. When you select this check box, the Source is: and Typ[...]

Product image The bitmap image in the lower-right portion of the Paper tab represents the current physical configuration of the product and corresponds to its configuration data. It should look the same as the image that appears in the same location on the Configure tab in the printer Properties dialog. On the Paper tab, the product image contains [...]

If Job Storage is enabled, two Job Storage Mode settings are available on the Job Storage tab: ■ Proof and Hold ■ Private Job Job Storage tab The following illustration shows the Job Storage tab. Figure 3-20 Job Storage tab The Job Storage tab contains the following controls: ■ Print Task Quick Sets group box ■ Status group box (unlabeled) [...]

■ PIN group box ■ Job Notification Options group box ■ User Name group box ■ Job Name group box Print Task Quick Sets Use the Print Task Quick Sets control to store the current combination of driver settings that appear on all other Document Defaults driver tabs. Print Task Quick Sets are either preset (by the administrator) or user-defined[...]

NOTE The product configuration can be set to hold a maximum of 50 proof-and-hold jobs. The number is set at the product control panel in the CONFIGURATION menu, and the default is 32. When this preset limit is reached, the new document overwrites the oldest held document. Private Job To use the Private Job option, Job Storage must be enabled, and t[...]

User Name Use the User Name settings to help identify the job at the product control panel. The following are the User Name settings: ■ Wind ow s User Name. This option associates your Windows user name with the stored print job. The Windows user name automatically appears in the text field below the User Name options. ■ Custom. Use this option[...]

Releasing a Job Storage print job After you send a print job that uses the Job Storage feature, you can release the job to print from the product control panel. 1 Press the S ELECT button (the one with the check mark) to open the menus. RETRIEVE JOB is highlighted. 2 Press the S ELECT button. 3 Press the up and down buttons to scroll to your User N[...]

Figure 3-21 Basics tab The Basics tab contains the following controls: ■ Print Task Quick Sets group box ■ Copies group box ■ Orientation group box ■ Document preview image ■ About button Print Task Quick Sets The Print Task Quick Sets control is available on all of the Document Default driver tabs (the Finishing , Effects , Paper , Job S[...]

Copies Use the Copies option to specify the number of copies to print. The number of copies that you request appears in the Copies group box. You can select the number by typing in the box or by using the up and down arrows to the right of the text box. Valid entries are numbers from 1 to 9999 for the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printer. The c[...]

OK , press Esc , press Alt + F4 , or press Enter . The following figure shows the About This Driver dialog box. The information it contains varies according to driver, date, and version. Figure 3-22 About This Driver dialog box The About This Driver dialog box provides the following information: ■ Printer name ■ Driver name ■ Print driver ver[...]

Properties tabs The Properties tabs contain information about and options for configuring the product. NT Forms tab features NOTE The NT Forms tab is in the Properties dialog for the print driver. To gain access to the Properties tabs, click Start on the Window task bar, click Settings , and then click Printers . Right-click the product name, and t[...]

The NT Forms tab contains a single group box (the Form/Tray Assignments group box), which contains the following controls: ■ The Available Trays drop-down menu contains all the trays that are specified on the Configure tab. ■ The This Tray Contains/Size (Forms) drop-down menu contains a list of standard media sizes that the HP LaserJet 2410, 24[...]

Figure 3-24 Configure tab The Configure tab contains the following controls: ■ Printer Model group box ■ Paper Handling Options group box ■ Other Options group box ■ Automatic Configuration group box ■ Product image Printer Model In the Printer Model group box, the driver title depends on the product model being used. Selection of any mod[...]

Table 3-6 Printer model bundles Paper Handling Options Other Options (in the More Configuration Options dialog box) Model Duplexer Mopier Enabled 500-Sheet Paper Tray Job Storage DWS Total Memory HP LaserJet 2410 or HP LaserJet 2420 printer 3.0 32 MB HP LaserJet 2420d printer x x 3.0 48 MB HP LaserJet 2420n printer x 6.0 64 MB HP LaserJet 2420dn pr[...]

NOTE The HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printer supports smart duplexing. The product uses the smart duplexing feature to detect information on both sides of the print job pages and only runs the pages through the duplexing unit if printable information appears on the second side of the page. Allow Manual Duplexing Select Allow Manual Duplexing t[...]

Mopier Enabled Application collation Ignore Application Collation Expected result Selected Not selected Selected 3 copies uncollated Selected Selected Not selected 3 copies collated by printer Selected Selected Selected 3 copies collated by printer Optional Paper Sources The Optional Paper Sources drop-down menu lists optional media source trays. T[...]

Figure 3-25 More Configuration Options dialog box The More Configuration Options dialog box contains the following controls: ■ Storage group box ■ Fonts group box ■ Include Types in Application Source List check box ■ Alternative letterhead mode check box ■ Ignore Application Collation check box ■ Printer Memory group box ■ Allow Scal[...]

Card(s) check box was not selected when you opened the More Configuration Options dialog box, selecting that check box automatically opens the Configure Font Cards dialog box. Figure 3-26 Configure Font Cards dialog box Use the Configure Font Cards dialog box to perform the following tasks: ■ Add up to two font cards by clicking the Add button. ?[...]

7 Click OK . The selected .PCM file appears in the Installed Font Cards list. Select the .PCM file to see a list of available fonts in the Fonts list. 8 Click OK to close the Add Font Card dialog box. The fonts on the card should now be available on the system. NOTE When using font cards with the HP traditional PCL 6 and PCL 5e drivers: To install [...]

to the product. To manually set the (DWS) value, print a configuration page and find the DWS value in the Memory section of the page. Then, click the More... button on the Configure tab, and type the DWS value in the (DWS) field of the More Configuration Options dialog box. To print a configuration page, see Determining the current level of firmwar[...]

HP Traditional Postscript 3 Emulation Driver features When you install the printing-system software in Windows 98 or Windows Me, the HP Traditional PCL 6 Driver is installed by default. The HP Traditional PCL 5e Driver and the PS Emulation Driver can be installed by performing a Custom Installation. When you install the print drivers in Windows NT [...]

Properties driver tabs In Windows NT 4.0, click Start , select Settings , and then click Printers . Right-click the product name, and then click Properties to gain access to all Properties print-driver tabs. The following Properties print-driver tabs are available in Windows NT 4.0: ■ General ■ Ports ■ Scheduling ■ Sharing ■ Security ■ [...]

What's this Help In Windows 98, Windows Me, and Windows NT 4.0, What's this? Help is supported. You can gain access to What's this? Help messages in any of the following ways: ■ Right-click a control and then click What's this? . A pop-up Help window appears. ■ Click the ? button at the upper-right corner of the frame, next [...]

The Page Setup tab contains the following controls: ■ Paper Size drop-down menu. Click this to specify the media size (form). The list of available forms matches those that the product supports. ■ Paper Source drop-down menu. Use these settings to select a tray. The default setting is Automatically Select . ■ Copy Count spin box. Use this box[...]

The Advanced tab contains the following controls: ■ Paper/Output settings (advanced control over the options that are available on the Page Setup tab) ■ Graphic settings (including resolution, scaling, and TrueType font controls) ■ Document Options settings (including product features and postscript options) Paper/Output The following Paper/O[...]

Page Layout Option The Page Layout (N-up) Option specifies whether the N-up printing feature is enabled. The following settings are available: ■ Normal (One-up) . This is the default setting. ■ Two-up (1x2) . The print job prints two pages per sheet. ■ Four-up (2x2) . The print job prints four pages per sheet. ■ Six-up (2x3) . The print job[...]

■ Negative Output specifies negative output. Click Yes to print a negative of the image by reversing the values for black and white. Printer Features The following Printer Features options are available: ■ Collate ■ On (turn off in application) ■ Off (default) ■ EconoMode ■ True ■ False (default) ■ Fit to Page ■ Prompt User (defau[...]

■ For Internal Use Only ■ Preliminary ■ Proof ■ Review Copy ■ Sample ■ Top Secret ■ Urgent ■ Custom ■ Watermark (pages per sheet) ■ 1 ■ >= 2 ■ Watermark Font ■ Courier Bold ■ Helvetica Bold (default) ■ Times Bold ■ Watermark Size . Settings for the watermark size range from 24 points to 90 points. 48 points is the[...]

■ Light ■ Lighter ■ Lightest ■ Print Watermark ■ No (default) ■ All Pages ■ First Page Only Job Storage tab features Use the job storage feature to store print jobs in the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printer memory for printing at a later time. These job-storage features are described in the following sections. The Job Storage ta[...]

Figure 3-29 Job Storage tab The Job Storage tab contains the following controls: ■ Status group box (unlabeled) ■ Job Storage Mode group box ■ Job Identification group box Status group box The unlabeled group box on the Job Storage tab contains a status message about the destination of a print job. The status information changes depending on [...]

The HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printers offer the following Job Storage Mode options: ■ Off ■ Proof and Hold ■ Private Job These options and the settings that control them are described below. Off When selected, this option turns the Job Storage feature off (it is disabled), which means that the print job will not be stored in the produ[...]

Using a PIN for Private Job The Private Job option can be secured by a four-digit personal identification number (PIN). You must type in this number at the product control panel before the product can print the job. The group box labeled Job Identification is usually inactive. It becomes active when you select the Private Job option. The Private Jo[...]

Using Job Storage features when printing To use Job Storage features when printing, follow these steps: 1 Click File and then click Print from the software program. The Print dialog box appears. NOTE Clicking the print icon in the software program toolbar prints the job without Job Storage features. 2 Click Properties . The Properties dialog box ap[...]

5 Press the up and down buttons to select DELETE . 6 If a PIN number is assigned to the job, press the up and down buttons to select the first digit of the PIN, and then press the S ELECT button. The number in the product control-panel display changes to an asterisk. Repeat this step for each of the remaining three digits of the PIN number. If no P[...]

Figure 3-30 Device Settings tab in Windows NT 4.0 The following illustration shows the Device Options tab in Windows 98. 160 3 HP traditional print drivers for Windows HP traditional drivers[...]

Figure 3-31 Device Options tab in Windows 98 NOTE Changes that you make to the Device Settings tab are not reflected in the Document Defaults settings until the modified device settings have been applied. For example, the duplexing unit will not appear until you modify the Configure tab, apply the settings, and then re-open Document Defaults . The [...]

Network administrators can use the Form to Tray Assignment setting to specify, in the driver, the media size that is loaded into each available input tray. The use of forms constrains the choices that are available in the media-size list on the Advanced tab in the Document Defaults driver tabs. This constraint prevents (or reduces the likelihood of[...]

When you click Binary , all data except special control characters is sent in binary (8-bit) format. The binary formats can be sent over parallel or serial communications ports and are faster than sending data in ASCII format. Send Ctrl-D Before Each Job This control specifies whether the product will be reset at the beginning of every postscript d[...]

Installable Options This section provides information to configure the printing options that you can install for the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printer. The following controls are available: ■ Duplex Unit (for 2-sided Printing) ■ Mopier Mode ■ Job Storage ■ Tray 3 ■ Printer Memory Duplex Unit (for 2-sided Printing) The HP LaserJet 2[...]

Printer Memory This option matches the setting to the amount of memory that is installed in the product. The driver generates ranges of memory that can be selected, up to the maximum that the product can accept. The driver can use this information to manage how the print driver uses the product memory. When a minimum total memory of 80 MB is instal[...]

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4 HP PCL 6, HP PCL 5e, and HP PS 3 emulation unidrivers for Windows Introduction This chapter describes the features of the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printer unidrivers. The unidrivers include the HP PCL 6 Unidriver, the HP PCL 5e Unidriver, and the HP Postscript 3 Emulation Unidriver (the PS Emulation Unidriver) for Windows 2000, Windows XP[...]

HP PCL 6, HP PCL 5e, and PS emulation unidriver features NOTE For a comparison of features between the HP unidrivers and HP traditional print drivers in various operating systems, see the Driver-feature comparison in various operating systems section of this guide. When you install the print-system software in Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows [...]

What's this? Help Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 support "What's this?" Help. You can gain access to "What's this?" Help messages in any of the following ways: ■ Right-click a control and then click What's this? . A pop-up Help window appears. ■ Click the ? button in the upper-right cor[...]

compatible with the new value. If you want to keep the conflicting setting, click I will resolve the conflict myself and then click OK . NOTE If you select the Resolve all conflicts for me automatically option, the settings that are selected by the driver to resolve the conflict may not correctly reflect the settings you intended to use, and so may[...]

The Advanced tab contains the following controls: ■ Paper/Output settings ■ Graphic settings ■ Document Options settings Paper/Output The Paper/Output settings contain the following controls: ■ Copy Count setting ■ Collated check box (appears when you select Copy Count ) Copy Count This driver setting is useful for software programs that [...]

Graphic options The Graphic section on the Advanced tab contains the True Type Font setting. The options for this setting are Substitute with Device Font and Dow nload as Softfont . Select Substitute with Device Font (the default) to use equivalent printer fonts for printing documents that contain True Type fonts. This will permit faster printing; [...]

Print All Text as Black The Print All Text as Black feature is Disabled by default. When Enabled is selected, the driver prints all text as black regardless of the original document text color. Color text is printed as black, except for white text, which remains white. (White text is a reliable method of printing reverse typeface against a dark bac[...]

Use the Graphics Mode feature to select one of the following settings: ■ Send Graphics as Vector . Select this setting to send graphics to the product as a combination of HP Graphics Language, V2 (HP-GL/2) and raster images. This setting might produce higher- quality output. ■ Send Graphics as Raster . Select this setting to send all graphics t[...]

Figure 4-3 Paper/Quality tab The Paper/Quality tab contains the following controls: ■ Print Task Quick Sets group box ■ Paper Options group box ■ Document preview image ■ Print Quality group box Print Task Quick Sets The first group box in the upper portion of the Paper/Quality tab is Print Task Quick Sets . Any change to the Print Task Qui[...]

Use the Print Task Quick Sets setting to store the current combination of driver settings that appear on all of the other print driver tabs (except the Advanced tab, where the setting is not available). Print Task Quick Sets are either preset by network-administrator settings or user-defined printing specifications (such as media size, pages per sh[...]

Driver feature Feature setting location Default values for U.S. English Print Task Quick Sets Default setting for other languages (if different) Preconfigurable 1 Down when activated Orientation Finishing tab, Orientation group box Portrait Yes Rotate by 180 degrees Finishing tab, Orientation group box Off Yes Resizing Options Effects tab, Resizing[...]

Driver feature Feature setting location Default values for U.S. English Print Task Quick Sets Default setting for other languages (if different) Preconfigurable 1 Watermark Font Size Effects tab, Watermark Details dialog box, Font A ttributes group box 80 No Watermark Font Style Effects tab, Watermark Details dialog box, Font A ttributes group box [...]

Driver feature Feature setting location Default values for U.S. English Print Task Quick Sets Default setting for other languages (if different) Preconfigurable 1 Storage option is selected; On when activated If Job Name Exists Job Storage tab, Job Name group box Unavailable unless a Job Storage option is selected No 1 Preconfigurable by using one [...]

Paper Options The settings specified in the Paper Options group box on the Paper/Quality tab apply to all of the pages of the document. The following illustration shows the Paper Options group box and the selections that are available by default. Figure 4-4 Paper Options group box The appearance of the Paper Options group box changes when the Use D[...]

NOTE Certain software programs can override the size command and specify different media sizes within a single document. For information about media sizes, see the Media attributes section of this guide. Custom The Custom Paper Size dialog box appears when you click the Custom button on the Paper/ Quality tab. The following illustration shows the i[...]

Paper size The width and height values can be changed by typing numeric strings into the edit boxes in the Paper Size group box. Any entry that is greater than the maximum limits of the width and height control is rounded down to the maximum valid entry, while any entry that is smaller than the minimum limits of the width and height control is roun[...]

The Source is: drop-down menu can contain the following options: ■ Automatically select ■ Printer Auto Select ■ Manual Feed in Tray 1 ■ Tray 1 (100-sheet multipurpose tray) ■ Tray 2 (250-sheet tray) ■ Tray 3 (500-sheet tray) The default setting is Automatically Select . When this setting is selected, the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430[...]

Use Different Paper/Covers You can print books with different media types using the Use Different Paper/Covers options. When you select the Use Different Paper/Covers check box, the following settings can appear in the group box, along with the associated options: ■ Front Cover ■ First Page ■ Other Pages ■ Last Page ■ Back Cover NOTE You [...]

Figure 4-6 Front Cover options The following Front Cover options are available: ■ Size is: drop-down menu ■ Add a Blank or Preprinted Cover check box ■ Source is: drop-down menu ■ Type is: drop-down menu The Size is: setting specifies the media size to use for the entire print job. Changes that you make to the Size is: setting here override[...]

NOTE You must use the same size of media for the entire print job. All Use Different Paper/ Covers options use the last Size is: setting that you select in any one of the Use Different Paper/Covers options. When you change the type and source of the media and covers, the settings you select remain configured until you close the software program. Fi[...]

The Type is: drop-down menu shows all of the media types that the product supports. For more information about the Type is: drop-down menu settings, see the description for Type is: in the Type is section of this chapter. NOTE You must use the same size of media for the entire print job. All Use Different Paper/ Covers options use the last Size is:[...]

The Size is: setting specifies the media size to use for the entire print job. Changes that you make to the Size is: setting here override any previous Size is: settings that you made in other Use Different Paper/Covers options. The Source is: setting specifies the source tray to use for printing a document. The list of source trays depends on the [...]

The following Last Page options are available: ■ Size is: drop-down menu ■ Source is: drop-down menu ■ Type is: drop-down menu The Size is: setting specifies the media size to use for the entire print job. Changes that you make to the Size is: setting here override any previous Size is: settings that you made in other Use Different Paper/Cove[...]

The following Back Cover options are available: ■ Size is: drop-down menu ■ Add a Blank or Preprinted Cover check box ■ Source is: drop-down menu ■ Type is: drop-down menu The Size is: setting specifies the media size to use for the entire print job. Changes that you make to the Size is: setting here override any previous Size is: settings [...]

The default setting for Print Quality is FastRes 1200 for the HP PCL 6 print driver or 600 dpi for the PCL 5e and PS emulation print drivers. This setting controls resolution, which refers to the number of dots per inch (dpi) used to print the page. As resolution is increased, the quality (clarity and visual appeal) of print on the page is improved[...]

Figure 4-11 Effects tab The Effects tab contains the following controls: ■ Print Task Quick Sets group box ■ Resizing Options group box ■ Document preview image ■ Watermarks group box Print Task Quick Sets Use the Print Task Quick Sets control to store the current combination of driver settings that appear on all other Printing Preferences [...]

Resizing options The Resizing Options group box consists of the following controls: ■ Actual Size (default) ■ Print Document On setting ■ Scale to Fit check box ■ % of Normal Size setting Actual Size Actual Size is the default setting. It prints the document without changing the document size. Print Document On Select the Print Document On [...]

When the size for which the document is formatted (that is, the logical size) differs from the target size, the preview image uses a dashed gray line to show the boundaries of the logical page in relation to the target page size. % of Normal Size The % of Normal Size option provides a slider bar to use for scaling the percentage setting. The defaul[...]

■ SAMPLE The drop-down menu shows alphabetically sorted watermarks that are currently available on the system, plus the string "(none)", which indicates that no watermark is selected. This is the default setting. Any watermark that is selected from this list appears in the preview image. When the First Page Only check box is selected, t[...]

Current w atermarks The Current Watermarks group box contains a list of available watermarks, both predefined watermarks that are available in the driver and any new watermarks you have created. To create a new watermark, click New . The new watermark appears in the Current Watermarks list and in the Watermark Message edit box as Untitled until you[...]

Name The Name drop-down menu lists fonts that are currently installed on the system. The default is language-dependent. Color The Color drop-down menu contains a single setting: Gray . Shading The default Shading setting for new and preset watermarks is Very Light . The following range of shades is available from the Shading drop-down menu. ■ Lig[...]

Figure 4-14 Finishing tab The Finishing tab contains the following controls: ■ Print Task Quick Sets group box ■ Document Options group box ■ Document preview image ■ Orientation group box Print Task Quick Sets Use the Print Task Quick Sets control to store the current combination of driver settings that appear on all other Printing Prefere[...]

Document Options The Document Options group box contains the following controls: ■ Correct Order for Rear Bin check box ■ Print on Both Sides check box ■ Flip Pages Up check box ■ Booklet Layout drop-down menu ■ Pages per Sheet drop-down menu ■ Print Page Borders check box ■ Page Order drop-down menu Correct Order for Rear Bin The HP [...]

All media types support the smart duplexing feature, except for media types that cannot be printed on both sides, such as labels and transparencies, and the following media types: ■ Prepunched ■ Preprinted ■ Letterhead When the media type is set to Unspecified , the smart duplexing feature is disabled. To achieve the best print quality when p[...]

To print a multiple-page document, follow these steps: 1 Select the Print on Both Sides (Manually) check box. 2 Click OK . The even-number pages of the document print. 3 When the control panel shows the MANUALLY FEED OUTPUT STACK message, insert the stack of media (on which the even-number pages have been printed) as indicated in the following figu[...]

Table 4-3 Page orientation Orientation (Finishing tab) Flip Pages Up selected Flip Pages Up not selected Portrait Short-edge binding Long-edge binding Landscape Long-edge binding Short-edge binding When Print on Both Sides is selected, the document preview image changes to show a spiral binding along either the left edge or the top edge of the page[...]

3 In the Booklet Layout drop-down menu, select the type of booklet printing that you want (for example, Right Edge Binding ). 4 Click OK in the print driver. 5 Click OK in the print dialog box to print. Printing a Book You can print a book in which the front cover, first page, other pages, last page, and back cover have different media types. For m[...]

Figure 4-16 Page-order preview images ■ 2 pages per sheet ■ 4 pages per sheet ■ 6 pages per sheet ■ 9 pages per sheet ■ 16 pages per sheet Document preview image The document preview image is a line-drawn image of a page that represents graphics and text. The document preview image is always oriented so that the contents of the page are r[...]

Job Storage tab features Use the job storage feature to store print jobs in the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printer memory for printing at a later time. These job-storage features are described in the following sections. The Job Storage tab appears among the driver tabs only if Job Storage is enabled. To support job- storage features for compl[...]

Figure 4-17 Job Storage tab The Job Storage tab contains the following controls: ■ Print Task Quick Sets group box ■ Status group box (unlabeled) ■ Job Storage Mode group box ■ Require PIN group box ■ Job Notification Options group box ■ User Name group box ■ Job Name group box 206 4 HP PCL 6, HP PCL 5e, and HP PS 3 emulation unidrive[...]

Print Task Quick Sets Use the Print Task Quick Sets control to store the current combination of driver settings that appear on all other Printing Preferences driver tabs. Print task quick sets are either preset or user-defined printing specifications, such as media size and pages per sheet. For more information, see the Paper/ Quality tab features [...]

Private Job To use the Private Job option, Job Storage must be enabled, and the product must have a minimum total memory of 80 MB. When you select Private Job , the print job is sent to the product, but is not printed until you request the job at the product control panel. Selecting Private Job activates the Require PIN group box. The print job can[...]

Job Name Selecting a Job Storage option causes the Job Name group box to become available. Use the Job Name options to specify a name to identify the job at the control panel. The following are the Job Name settings: ■ Automatic . This option automatically generates the job name associated with the stored print job. The file name of the print job[...]

5 Press the S ELECT button. 6 If a PIN number is assigned to the job, press the up and down buttons to select the first digit of the PIN, and then press the S ELECT button. The number in the product control-panel display changes to an asterisk. Repeat this step for each of the remaining three digits of the PIN number. If no PIN number is assigned t[...]

Figure 4-18 Device Settings tab The Device Settings tab contains controls for media-handling devices and controls for managing the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printers. The Device Settings tab contains the following controls: ■ Form to Tray Assignment options ■ Font Substitution Table and External Fonts option ■ Postscript options (for t[...]

are available in the media-size list on the Advanced tab in the Document Defaults driver tabs. This constraint prevents (or reduces the likelihood of) tying up the product with media-mount messages that occur when users request sizes or types that are not available. The trays listed in the Form to Tray Assignment setting include standard trays and [...]

Figure 4-19 Font Substitution Table External Fonts NOTE The External Fonts option is available only in the HP PCL 6 and PCL 5e unidrivers. It is not available in the PS Emulation Unidriver. Use the External Fonts option to install and remove external fonts for the product. External fonts can be soft fonts or DIMM fonts. Clicking the External Fonts [...]

Figure 4-20 HP Font Installer dialog box Installing external fonts Follow these steps to install external fonts. 1 Click Start , select Settings , and then click Printers (Windows 2000) or Printers and Faxes (Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003) or Printers and Other Hard w are Devices (Windows XP Home). 2 Right-click the name of the pr[...]

4 Click the External Fonts option. The Properties button appears. 5 Click the Properties button. The HP Font Installer dialog box appears. 6 The external fonts that are installed appear in the Installed Fonts window. Select the fonts that you want to remove, and then click Remove . The fonts are removed. 7 Click OK to close the Font Installer dialo[...]

Output Protocol This control specifies the protocol that the product uses for print jobs. The following options are available: ■ ASCII (default) ■ TBCP ■ Binary When you click ASCII , data is sent in ASCII format (7-bit), which might take longer to print but can be sent through any I/O channel, such as a serial, parallel, or network port. Whe[...]

to print indefinitely. The default setting is 0 seconds . You can use the spin box to change this value to a maximum of 32,767 seconds . Wait Timeout This control specifies how long the product waits to get more postscript information from the computer. After the specified time passes, the product stops trying to print the document and prints an er[...]

If your environment does not support bidirectional communication, the Update Now setting is unavailable, so you must manually configure the options on this tab. Tray 3 This control specifies whether you have Tray 3 , an additional 500-sheet media tray, installed on your product. The default setting is Not Installed . In order to use Tray 3 , you mu[...]

mopying takes place through the product hardware by default. One copy of a multiple-page print job is transmitted once through the network to the product, together with a printer job language (PJL) command that directs the product to make the specified number of copies. When you disable the mopier, you are not necessarily disabling mopying, which t[...]

to the printer that the driver cannot control. Other programs might print while using these options without problems. Select Disabled and print your document again if you encounter problems. NOTE In some cases, disabling Postscript Passthrough may cause unexpected application behavior. About tab NOTE To gain access to the print driver Properties, c[...]

5 Installing the Windows printing- system components This chapter contains information about the following topics: ● Supported Windows operating systems ● System requirements ● Font support ● Installation instructions 221 Windows installation[...]

Supported Windows operating systems The HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printing-system software supports the following Windows operating systems: ■ Windows 98 ■ Windows Me ■ Windows NT 4.0 (parallel and networked only) ■ Windows 2000 (32-bit) ■ Windows XP Home Edition (32-bit) ■ Windows XP Professional (32-bit and 64-bit) ■ Windows [...]

System requirements The following are the system requirements for installing and using the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printing-system software on each of the supported operating systems: ■ Pentium® or compatible processor ■ Minimum 16-color/grayscale display with 640-by-480 pixel resolution (video graphics array [VGA]) ■ Same amount of[...]

Font support The following sections list the fonts that are included with Microsoft Windows software, and the fonts that are available on the CD that came with the product. Basic fonts Microsoft Windows software includes these basic fonts, which can be used with any HP printing product: ■ Arial ■ Times New Roman Italic ■ Arial Italic ■ Time[...]

File name Font name CGTR45W.TTF CG Times CGTR65W.TTF CG Times Bold CGTR66W.TTF CG Times Bold Italic CGTR46W.TTF CG Times Italic CLAR67W.TTF Clarendon Condensed Bold CORONET.TTF Coronet CPSR45W.TTF CourierPS CPSR65W.TTF CourierPS Bold CPSR66W.TTF CourierPS Bold Oblique CPSR46W.TTF CourierPS Oblique GARR45W.TTF Garamond GARR65W.TTF Garamond Bold GARR[...]

File name Font name LETR46W.TTF Letter Gothic Italic MARIGOLD.TTF Marigold NCSR75W.TTF New Century Schoolbook Bold NCSR76W.TTF New Century Schoolbook Bold Italic NCSR56W.TTF New Century Schoolbook Italic NCSR55W.TTF New Century Schoolbook Roman PALR65W.TTF Palatino Bold PALR66W.TTF Palatino Bold Italic PALR46W.TTF Palatino Italic PALR45W.TTF Palati[...]

File name Font name PS_11846.TTF Antique Olive Roman Italic PS_24516.TTF Apple Chancery Italic PS_12704.TTF Bodoni Poster PS_14508.TTF Bodoni PosterCompressed PS_12581.TTF BodoniPS PS_12585.TTF BodoniPS Bold PS_12586.TTF BodoniPS Bold Italic PS_12582.TTF BodoniPS Italic PS_24517.TTF Candid PS_24518.TTF Chicago PS_14513.TTF Clarendon Light PS_10269.[...]

File name Font name PS_10695.TTF Goudy Bold Italic PS_12545.TTF Goudy ExtraBold PS_12543.TTF Goudy Italic PS_14526.TTF Helvetica Condensed PS_14528.TTF Helvetica Condensed Bold PS_14529.TTF Helvetica Condensed Bold Italic PS_14527.TTF Helvetica Condensed Italic PS_24519.TTF Hoefler Text PS_24521.TTF Hoefler Text Black PS_24522.TTF Hoefler Text Blac[...]

File name Font name PS_11545.TTF StempelGaramond Roman PS_11547.TTF StempelGaramond Roman Bold PS_11548.TTF StempelGaramond Roman Bold Italic PS_14507.TTF Taffy PS_13501.TTF Univers 45 Light PS_14023.TTF Univers 45 Light Bold PS_14024.TTF Univers 45 Light Bold Italic PS_13502.TTF Univers 45 Light Italic PS_14030.TTF Univers 47 Condensed Light Bold [...]

Installation instructions The following sections provide instructions for installing the print drivers on various Windows operating systems. General installation for Windows 98, Me, 2000, and XP operating systems General installation instructions are similar for the Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, and Windows XP operating systems. NOTE For th[...]

Installing from a network or from downloaded files Follow these instructions if you downloaded the files from the Web, or if you are installing the printing- system files from a network. You might need to see your network administrator for the location of the printing-system software file. 1 Browse to the location of the SETUP.EXE file. 2 Double-cl[...]

Typical Installation dialog box sequence NOTE The dialog boxes shown in this chapter appear in the Windows XP Pro installation sequence. The order and appearance of dialog boxes can vary among operating systems. The typical installation includes the following components: ■ HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 PCL 6 driver ■ Screen fonts ■ Hewlett[...]

Figure 5-1 Installation path NOTE The components of a typical installation might vary from product to product. When you select the Install Printer option from the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printer software CD, the Choose Setup Language dialog box appears. Installation instructions 233 Windows installation[...]

Figure 5-2 Choose Setup Language dialog box NOTE The Choose Setup Language dialog box lists only the languages that are available on the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printing-system software CD. The installer automatically detects the language that your computer system uses and presents this selection as the default. You can select another lang[...]

Figure 5-3 Preparing to Install dialog box Clicking Cancel takes you to the Exit Setup dialog box. NOTE If your computer uses the Windows NT 4.0 operating system, you must use the Add Printer installation method to install the HP Traditional PCL 6 Driver, the HP Traditional PCL 5e Driver, and the PS Emulation Driver for the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, [...]

Figure 5-5 Welcome dialog box Clicking Software License Agreement takes you to the HP Softw are License Agreement dialog box. Clicking Installation Notes opens the file LJ24X0_INSTALL-NOTE_ENWW.HTM Clicking Next takes you to the Printer Connection dialog box. 236 5 Installing the Windows printing-system components Windows installation[...]

Figure 5-6 HP Software License Agreement dialog box Clicking OK returns you to the Welcome dialog box. Installation instructions 237 Windows installation[...]

Figure 5-7 Printer Connection dialog box NOTE This product does not support infrared connections. If you select Connected directly to this computer (a direct connection that uses a parallel cable or universal serial bus cable), clicking Next takes you to the Connector Type dialog box, and then to the Model dialog box. This is the default option. Th[...]

Figure 5-8 Model dialog box Clicking Next takes you to the Installation Type dialog box. To continue with the default installation sequence, see Figure 5-19 Installation Type dialog box If you select Connected via the net w ork in the Printer Connection dialog box, clicking Next takes you to the Network Setup dialog box. Installation instructions 2[...]

Figure 5-9 Network Setup dialog box If you select Basic network setup for a PC or server , clicking Next takes you to the Identify Printer dialog box. This is the default selection. If you select Client setup for client-server printing , clicking Next initiates a series of question dialog boxes that help you determine the best connection-type optio[...]

Figure 5-10 Connection Type dialog box Clicking Parallel Cable and then clicking Next takes you to the Cable Connection dialog box. Clicking USB Cable and then clicking Next takes you to the Cable Connection dialog box. Clicking Network Cable and then clicking Next takes you to the Print Job Management dialog box. Installation instructions 241 Wind[...]

Figure 5-11 Cable Connection dialog box Clicking A Jetdirect Print Server , and then clicking Next takes you to the Print Job Management dialog box. Clicking Another PC (not this PC) , and then Next takes you to the Recommended Network Setup dialog box. 242 5 Installing the Windows printing-system components Windows installation[...]

Figure 5-12 Print Job Management dialog box Clicking either selection takes you to the Recommended Network Setup dialog box. Installation instructions 243 Windows installation[...]

Figure 5-13 Recommended Network Setup dialog box Clicking Next takes you to the Identify Printer dialog box. 244 5 Installing the Windows printing-system components Windows installation[...]

Figure 5-14 Identify Printer dialog box Clicking Search from a list of detected printers (recommended) , and then clicking Next opens a screen that states that the installer is searching the network for available products to install. If you are performing a network installation, and no printer is found, the Check Cable Connection dialog box appears[...]

Figure 5-15 Specify Printer dialog box You can specify a printer by selecting of the following options and typing in the required information: ■ Hardware Address (MAC) ■ IP Address ■ IP Hostname ■ IPX Address Clicking Help takes you to context-sensitive HTML help. Clicking Next takes you to the Printer Found dialog box. The Printer Found di[...]

Figure 5-16 Printer Found dialog box Clicking Help takes you to context-sensitive HTML help. Clicking Yes, install this printer and clicking Next takes you to the Confirm Settings dialog box. Clicking No, install a different printer takes you to the Check Cable Connection dialog box, advising you to make sure the cable is properly connected, and gi[...]

Figure 5-17 Confirm Settings dialog box Clicking Change TCP/IP Settings takes you to the Confirm Changing Setting dialog box and then on to the Set Network Protocol dialog box. Clicking Help takes you to context-sensitive HTML help. Clicking Next takes you to the Installation Type dialog box . Clicking Cancel takes you to the Exit Setup dialog box.[...]

Figure 5-18 Set Network Protocol dialog box Clicking Change Settings... makes the text boxes active so that you can type a different IP Address, Subnet Mask, or Gateway address. Clicking Next takes you to the Confirm Settings dialog box and then to the Installation Type dialog box. Installation instructions 249 Windows installation[...]

Figure 5-19 Installation Type dialog box NOTE The components of a Typical Installation might vary from product to product. Clicking Typical Installation (Recommended) and then clicking Next , takes you to the Printer Name dialog box. Clicking Minimum Installation and then clicking Next takes you to the Printer Name dialog box. NOTE The Minimum Inst[...]

Figure 5-20 Features dialog box A red X in the icon indicates that the feature is not installed. The installed icon appears when you select an installation state for that feature. NOTE As shown in this screen shot, the PCL 5 driver is not an available option in this installation program. HP PCL 5 drivers must be installed using the Add Printer wiza[...]

Figure 5-21 Printer Name dialog box Selecting the Use this printer as the default printer for Window s-based programs check box sets the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printer as your default printer. Clicking Next takes you to the Printer Sharing dialog box. 252 5 Installing the Windows printing-system components Windows installation[...]

Figure 5-22 Printer Sharing dialog box NOTE The Printer Sharing dialog box does not appear if your computer is running Windows 98 or Windows Me. Clicking Not shared and then clicking Next takes you to the Printer Location and Comment dialog box. Clicking Share as: causes the text box to become active. Typing the share name and then clicking Next ta[...]

Figure 5-23 Client Driver Support dialog box The Client Driver Support dialog box does not appear if the computer is running Windows 98 or Windows Me. The Wi ndows 95/98/Me check box allows you to share this printer with Windows 95, 98 or Me systems. When selected, the installation program installs the driver for those systems onto your computer. W[...]

Figure 5-24 Printer Location and Comment dialog box In the Location text box, you can type the physical location of the printer. In the Comment text box, you can type any additional information that might be helpful to users. Clicking Next takes you to the Ready to Install dialog box. Installation instructions 255 Windows installation[...]

Figure 5-25 Ready to Install dialog box Clicking Install starts the installation process. When installation is complete, the Finish dialog box appears, as shown in the following illustration. 256 5 Installing the Windows printing-system components Windows installation[...]

Figure 5-26 Finish dialog box Custom Installation Figure 5-27 Features dialog box, Custom Installation Installation instructions 257 Windows installation[...]

NOTE The features available in a custom installation might vary from product to product. Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 computers running a terminal server might not support the HP Toolbox option. The appearance of the Features dialog box might vary, depending on the product and the connection type. The custom ins[...]

To install the PCL 5e driver, select <language>Drivers(your operating system)PCL5 hp24x0p5.inf (or hpc24X0b.inf for Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003. To install the PS driver, select <language>Drivers(your operating system)PShpb24x0f.inf or hpb24x0g.inf (or hpc24X0d.inf for Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows [...]

The Choose Setup Language dialog box, the InstallShield Wizard dialog box, and the Preparing to Install dialog box appear the same as they appear in the standard installer. After these dialog boxes, the Installer Customization Wizard Welcome dialog box appears. Figure 5-28 Installer Customization Wizard Welcome dialog box Clicking Next takes you to[...]

Figure 5-29 Language dialog box NOTE The customized installer limits all system installations of the product to the language that is selected in the Language dialog box. The maintenance mode on systems where installation has been completed by using the customized installer does not provide options for changing the language. To change the language o[...]

Figure 5-30 Printer Port dialog box Clicking Queue NamePath makes a text field available for a Queue entry. Click the Browse button to navigate to a printer to record the path. Clicking Local Port and then clicking Next takes you to the Connector Type dialog box, which is similar to the Connection Type dialog box that appears during a standard ins[...]

Figure 5-31 Specify Printer dialog box Clicking IP Address: makes a field available for typing the IP address for the printer. You can only use numerals in this field. If this option is selected, at least one digit must be typed in the IP Address field to prevent an error message from appearing, asking for a valid IP address. Clicking IP Hostname: [...]

Figure 5-32 IP Settings dialog box NOTE The Installer Customization Wizard does not validate that the printer or any of the printer identification entries actually exists on the network, because the customized installer can be used on a separate network. Typing the appropriate information and then clicking Next takes you to the N ew IPX Port dialog[...]

Figure 5-33 Model dialog box After the options in the identification or port setup dialog boxes are completed, the Model dialog box appears. The model selection can affect which features are available for the installation. It can also affect driver defaults, depending on the product-specific instantiation. Clicking Next takes you to the Features di[...]

Figure 5-34 Features dialog box Any combination of features can be selected for the installer, and none depends on any other feature selection. It is possible to create a custom installer that installs features without including a print driver. Clicking Next takes you to the Driver Configuration dialog box. 266 5 Installing the Windows printing-sys[...]

Figure 5-35 Driver Configuration preconfigure dialog box It is possible to supply a preconfigured driver in the customized installer if the driver supports it. You can use the preconfigured driver to place default settings on the printer that is installed. If a driver that supports this feature is selected in the Features dialog box, the Driver Con[...]

Figure 5-36 Driver Configuration dialog box Any setting in this dialog box, including those on the Device Settings tab, can be preset before the printer is installed (subject to the normal driver constraints). Clicking Next opens either the Preconfigure Printer dialog box for another driver that supports preconfiguration (if any), or the Printer Na[...]

Figure 5-37 Printer Name dialog box Use the Printer Name text box to specify a name for the printer. If more than one driver is being installed, the driver type will be appended to the printer name. The check box in the Default Printer group box specifies whether this will be the default printer. You can also choose which driver should be the defau[...]

Figure 5-38 Printer Sharing dialog box Clicking Share as: opens a field for naming the product as it will appear on the network. Clicking Next with Not Shared selected takes you to the Printer Location and Comment dialog box. Clicking Share as: and then clicking Next takes you to the Client Driver Support dialog box. 270 5 Installing the Windows pr[...]

Figure 5-39 Client Driver Support dialog box NOTE This dialog box provides options for selecting OS-specific drivers to add to the installation to provide for Point and Print driver vending on the system. Either or both optional drivers can be selected. Clicking Next takes you to the Printer Location and Comment dialog box. Installation instruction[...]

Figure 5-40 Printer Location and Comment dialog box Use the Location: text field to type a description of the physical location of the printer. The field is limited to 241 characters. Use the Comment: text field to type any other helpful text such as the capabilities of the printer. The field is limited to 241 characters. Clicking Next takes you to[...]

Figure 5-41 Custom Installer Location dialog box NOTE The location for the installer package defaults to the drive that the system user opened last. Clicking Change opens the Change Current Destination Folder dialog box to navigate to the drive that you want. Clicking Back takes you to the Printer Location and Comment dialog box. Clicking Install a[...]

Figure 5-42 Change Current Destination Folder dialog box NOTE Several files, including system files, are placed at the root of the directory that appears in the Folder Name field. These files collectively occupy approximately 37 MB on the directory. Be sure that enough space is available on the directory before continuing. After you select a locati[...]

Figure 5-43 Installing dialog box This dialog box remains on the screen until the install is complete. Figure 5-44 Finish dialog box Installation instructions 275 Windows installation[...]

Clicking Finish closes the Finish dialog box and exits the Installer Customization Wizard. NOTE Depending on the type of installation and the options that you select, you either will or will not be presented with some additional steps after you click Finish . Distribution The installation package is now ready for distribution. It is the same as the[...]

However, in a mixed operating system environment (one in which servers and clients might run on different operating systems), conflicts can occur when client computers run a version of the print driver that is different from the one on the print server. With Windows NT 4.0, print drivers are executed in kernel mode. A kernel mode process runs in a [...]

278 5 Installing the Windows printing-system components Windows installation[...]

6 Installation for Macintosh, Linux, and UNIX operating systems This section provides system requirements and procedures for installing and removing the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printing-system software for supported operating systems other than Windows. It also provides information about font support and system modifications. The following[...]

System requirements The following are system requirements for installing and using the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printing-system software on each of the supported operating systems listed below. Macintosh The following are the requirements for installing the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printer on a Macintosh system. ■ PowerPC processo[...]

Macintosh The following sections contain information about using HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printing software for the Macintosh OS. Macintosh component descriptions The product includes the following software for Macintosh computers: ■ PPDs for Mac OS 9. x and Mac OS X (10.1 and later) ■ PDEs for Mac OS X only (10.1 and later) HP LaserJet[...]

Install notes This text file contains important information about product features, instructions for installing the printing-system software, and technical assistance. Online help This HTML-based help system replaces the Apple Guide help system that was provided with Mac OS 9. x HP products. The help system is in English only, and can be viewed thr[...]

■ Univers ■ Arial ■ Garamond ■ Univers Condensed ■ CG Omega ■ Letter Gothic ■ Wingdings ■ CG Times ■ Marigold The following bitmap screen fonts reside on the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printers: ■ ITC Avant Garde Gothic Book ■ Helvetica ■ Palatino ■ ITC Avant Garde Gothic Book Oblique ■ Helvetica Bold ■ Palatino [...]

■ ITC Bookman Light Italic ■ Helvetica Narrow Oblique ■ Times Italic ■ Courier ■ New Century Schoolbook Bold ■ Times Roman ■ 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 School[...]

■ 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 [...]

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. NOTE If the computer is connected to the printer by a LocalTalk (printer port) or EtherTal[...]

3 Click the appropriate Zone to select it, if required. 4 Click your product name from the list that appears on the right side of the Chooser dialog box, and then click Create . To set up a Printer with Mac OS X 1 In the Applications folder, open the Utilities folder, and then run the Print Center . 2 Click Add (in Mac OS X 10.2) or Add Printer (in[...]

Mac OS Classic installation This section provides information about the various installation dialog box sequences for the Mac OS Classic. Main Install dialog box sequence This subsection provides information about the Macintosh installation dialog box sequence for the Easy Install (the typical installation option). Figure 6-1 HP LaserJet for Macint[...]

If you want to install the files in a location other than the default "Macintosh HD," click Install Location: to specify a location. You can also select the Custom Install option from the drop-down menu at the upper left (shown in the following illustration). Easy Install is the default. Click Install to start the installation on the sele[...]

Figure 6-5 Installation was successful dialog box Click Quit to exit the Installer. The Printer Setup Assistant opens. Click Continue to return to the HP LaserJet Installer. HP LaserJet Screen Fonts Installer dialog box sequence This section provides information about the installation dialog box sequence for the HP Screen Font Installer. Figure 6-6[...]

Figure 6-7 HP LaserJet Screen Fonts installer dialog box (1 of 2) Click Install to start the installation. Click Quit to quit the Installer without making changes to the system. When you click Install , an installation progress bar dialog box appears briefly. Click Stop to interrupt the installation-file copy process. Figure 6-8 Installation was su[...]

Figure 6-10 hp LaserJet 24X0 folder In the hp Laserjet 4X50 folder, double click the hp LaserJet Installers folder to open it. Figure 6-11 hp LaserJet Installers folder 292 6 Installation for Macintosh, Linux, and UNIX operating systems Non-Windows installation[...]

In the hp LaserJet Installers folder, double-click the installer icon for the language you want to use. This begins the install process. When you run the installer you might first see the Authenticate dialog box (OS X V10.1 and later only). Figure 6-12 Authenticate dialog box Enter the correct password and click OK to continue. The install splash s[...]

Figure 6-14 License dialog box Click Print... to open the Page Setup dialog box for your default printer and print a copy of the license agreement. Click Save As... to open the system Save dialog box and save the license agreement to disk. Click Decline to end the installation process and close the installer. Click Accept to continue the installati[...]

Figure 6-15 HP LaserJet Installer dialog box (easy install) If you want to install the files in a location other than the default "Macintosh HD," click the Install Location drop-down menu to specify a location. You can also select a Custom Install option from the drop-down menu at upper left (shown in the following illustration). Click In[...]

Select the components that you want to install by using the check boxes in the list. Click Install to start the installation on the selected disk. Click Quit to quit the Installer without making any changes to the system. Figure 6-17 Install verification dialog box Before the installation begins, a verification screen appears. It verifies what will[...]

7 Engineering Detail Introduction This chapter contains information about the following topics: ● Media attributes ● HP Toolbox Media attributes This section includes the following information about media attributes: ● Paper sources and destinations ● Paper-tray configurations ● Paper-source commands ● Media types and sizes Paper source[...]

Table 7-2 Media tray configurations for the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printer Product Tray number Tray type Standard/optional HP LaserJet 2410 printer Tray 1 Multipurpose tray Standard Tray 2 250-sheet tray Standard Tray 3 500-sheet tray Optional HP LaserJet 2420 printer Tray 1 Multipurpose tray Standard Tray 2 250-sheet tray Standard Tray 3[...]

The PCL 5 escape sequence for paper source is Esc&l#H (the "l" is a lowercase "L" rather than the numeral "1"). See the following table for values of #. For example, Esc&l5H is the command for tray 3. The PostScript command for paper source is /MediaPosition # /ManualFeed true | false . Table 7-3 Paper-source c[...]

Paper sizes 1 Width Height PCL 6 2 (5.83 inches) (8.27 inches) B5 (JIS) 182 mm (7.17 inches) 257 mm (10.12 inches) "B5 (JIS)" Double Japan Postcard Rotated 148 mm (5.83 inches) 200 mm (7.87 inches) “Double Japan Postcard Rotated” Envelope #10 105 mm (4.13 inches) 241 mm (9.5 inches) "Envelope #10" Envelope B5 176 mm (6.93 in[...]

Table 7-5 Supported input media types Media types (command string) Tray 1 Tray 2 (250-sheet) Tray 3 (500-sheet) Duplexing unit Manual duplex Plain Y Y Y Y Y Preprinted Y Y Y Y Y Letterhead Y Y Y Y Y Transparency Y N N N N Prepunched Y Y Y Y Y Labels Y N N N N Bond Y Y Y Y Y Recycled Y Y Y Y Y Color Y Y Y Y Y Cardstock 1 Y N N N Y Envelope Y N N N N[...]

Media-type commands The PCL 5e escape sequence for media type is "Esc&n#Wdpapertype", where "n#" is the number of characters in the paper type plus 1. For example, in the sequence "Esc&n6WdPlain", "Plain" has 5 letters plus 1, for a total of 6. Table 7-7 Media-type commands Esc& n# Wd Paper type E[...]

HP Toolbox This section presents engineering detail for the following topics: ■ Enabling or disabling HP Toolbox support ■ Manually uninstalling HP Toolbox in Macintosh Operating Systems Enabling or disabling HP Toolbox support The registry entry HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWi ndowsCurrentVersionRun, with the value HP Status controls the HP Toolb[...]

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Index Symbols/Numerics % of Normal Size setting PCL traditional drivers 109 unidrivers 194 A About button, PCL traditional drivers 134 About tab, unidrivers 220 accessibility documentation 11 driver support 76 accessories, automatic configuration 10, 25 ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliance 11 Add Printer installation 258 Add Printer wiz[...]

Configuration Page, HP Embedded Web Server 32, 34 Configure Device page, HP Embedded Web Server 36 Configure tab, PCL traditional drivers 137 Connection type dialog box, Windows 241 connectivity bidirectional communication support 25 driver support 73 features 3 Network Setup dialog box, Windows 240 Printer Connection dialog box, Windows 238 constr[...]

settings 87, 167 standalone 21 tray assignment 75 UNIX operating systems 10 user interface support 76 watermarks support 81 duplexing unit custom paper sizes 120, 182 media supported 301 models including 298 PCL traditional driver settings 96, 139 print modes 96 PS Emulation Driver settings 164 unidriver settings 199, 218 DWS (Driver Work Space) 14[...]

HP Device Installer Customization Wizard 13 HP Driver Preconfiguration documentation 12 downloading 10 driver support 74 operating systems and drivers supported 29 status, PCL traditional drivers 135 HP Embedded Web Server about 31, 281 alerts page 36 AutoSend page 36 Configuration Page 34 Configure Device page 36 Device Information page 33, 36 Dev[...]

Job Timeout settings, PS Emulation Driver 163, 216 job tracking 72 L landscape orientation settings PCL traditional drivers 98, 134 unidrivers 201, 204 Language dialog box, Customization Wizard 261 languages Choose Setup Language dialog box, Windows 234 HP Embedded Web Server 36 printing-system software 16 letterhead mode PCL traditional unidrivers[...]

availability of software components 22 bidirectional communication support 73 bins supported 75 bundle support 74 Enterprise AutoConfiguration support 26 font support 83 Help feature support 76 HP Driver Preconfiguration support 74 installable options support 75 job storage support 78 job stream output support 71 job tracking 72 paper supported 77 [...]

Include types in application source list setting 144 installable options support 75 Job Storage 127 job storage support 78 Job Storage, enabling 142 job stream output support 71 job tracking 72 margins 300 media supported 299 memory settings 144 Mopier Enabled settings 140 More Configuration Options 142 NT Forms tab 136 operating systems supported [...]

Print Job Management dialog box, Windows 243 print modes 96 Print on Both Sides PCL traditional driver settings 96 unidriver settings 199 Print Optimizations option, PCL unidrivers 172 Print Page Borders settings PCL traditional drivers 101 unidrivers 203 Print Quality Details, PCL traditional drivers 102, 104 Print Quality group box, unidrivers 19[...]

bidirectional communication support 73 bins supported 75 bundle support 74 collation settings 171 connectivity support 73 Copy Count settings 171 Device Settings tab 210 Document Options 172 document preview image 190 Effects tab 191 features 84, 168 finishing options 83 Finishing tab 197 Font DIMM Installer 214 Font Substitution Table 212, 213 fon[...]

Print on Both sides, PCL traditional drivers 96 PS Emulation Driver settings 148 supported 299 unidriver settings 180 smart duplexing 199 Source is settings PCL traditional drivers 116 unidrivers 182 sources, paper. See trays specifications, features 2 Specify Printer dialog box, Windows 263 speed specifications 2 standalone drivers 21 status devic[...]

collation settings 171 connectivity support 73 constraint messages 169 Copy Count settings 171 custom paper sizes 301 Device Settings tab 210 Document Options 172 document preview image 190 Effects tab 191 features 168 finishing options 83 Finishing tab 197 Font DIMM Installer 214 font support 83 Form to Tray Assignment 211 Graphic settings 172 Hel[...]

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