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    2500C HP Professional Series Color Printer QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE[...]

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    Acknowledgments HP ColorSmart II, HP PhotoREt II and HP Zoom Smart Scaling T echnology are trademarks of Hewlett-Pack ard Company. Microsoft is a U.S. register ed trademark of Micr osoft Corporation. Windows is a trademark of Micr osoft Corporation. Adobe is a U.S. registered tr ademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript is a trademark of Ad[...]

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    C ONTENTS Identifying Printer Parts 1 Control Panel 1 Navigating the Menu System 1 T o Check the Printer's Configuration 1 T o Print a Menu Map 2 T o Print a Diagnostic Page 2 Common Printer Messages 2 Loading Paper 5 Loading Commonly-Used Media in T ray 2 6 Loading Commonly-Used Media in T ray 3 8 Loading Paper in T ray 1 9 Loading Paper in t[...]

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    Navigating the Menu System 1. Press [Menu] until the desir ed menu appears. 2. Press [Item] until the desired item appears. 3. Press [V alue] to enter the desired values. T o scroll through the values, you may pr ess and hold the [V alue] key. 4. Press [Select] to save or activate your selection. 5. Press to exit the menu without changing the setti[...]

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    MESSAGE EXPLANA TION SOLUTION OFFLINE The printer is offline. Pr ess to set the printer online. CANCELING JOB The printer is canceling current print job. [COL OR] INK OUT , One of the ink cartridges Replace the appropriate REPLACE CART (black, cyan, magenta cartridge. or yellow) is out of ink. [COL OR] CART One of the ink cartridges Replace the app[...]

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    [COL OR] PRNT -HD One of the printheads Insert the appropriate MISSING, INSERT (black, cyan, magenta printhead. or yellow) is missing. PRNT -HD AC CESS The Printhead Access Close the cover to resume COVER OPEN Cover is open. printing. TOP C OVER OPEN The T op Cover is open. Close the cover and press to resume printing. PAPER J AM, OPEN There is pap[...]

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    MNL FEED LO AD Y ou have chosen to print Load the paper type and [TYPE] [SIZE] through the Rear Manual size as specified in the LCD Feed. panel and press to continue printing. TRAY [NUMBER] The specified tray is empty. Load the paper size and EMPTY , LO AD & Load the paper size and type type which this tr ay PRESS which this tray has been set h[...]

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    NON HP [COL OR] A non-HP color cartridge has Use original HP ink CART been detected. HP does not cartridges instead. guarantee non-HP cartridges. The use of incompatible cartridges may disrupt the intricate printing system, potentially resulting in reduced print quality and even printer damage. [COL OR] CART One of the ink cartridges (black, Be pre[...]

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    2 Rear Manual Feed - The Rear Manual Feed is designed to provide a str aight paper path for printing on thicker media (up to 0.3mm) such as cardstock or labels without bending. This paper path allows you to print only 1 sheet at a time. Loading Commonly-Used Media in T ray 2 Note: • T ray 2 is a fixed tr ay. T ray 1 has to be removed before T ray[...]

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    4. If you are loading paper sizes such as B4, A3, 11"x17", 13"x19" and 330x483mm, unlock the tray lock, extend the tr ay and re-lock the tray lock. If you are loading paper sizes such as Letter, A4 and Legal, check that the tray is not extended. If it is, unlock the tray lock, push in the tray and r e-lock the tray lock. 5. Inse[...]

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    L L o o a a d d i i n n g g C C o o m m m m o o n n l l y y - - U U s s e e d d M M e e d d i i a a i i n n T T r r a a y y 3 3 1. Grasp the sides of T ray 3 and pull it out of the printer. 2. If you wish to change the paper size that has been set in the tray, go to step 3. If you wish to load paper into tray using the existing setting, go to step [...]

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    7. Re-insert T ray 3 into the printer. 8. If T ray 3 is extended, place the Extended T ray Cover over the tray. 9. On the control panel, pr ess [Menu] until PAPER HANDLING MENU appear s. 10. Press [Item] to select TRAY 3 TYPE= 11. Press [V alue] to select the media type you have loaded into the tray and press [Select]. For more information, please [...]

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    Loading Paper in the Rear Manual Feed 1. Set your driver to pick from the Rear Manual Feed and print your document. F or more information on how to set your print settings, please refer to the T oolbox in your computer. 2. After sending your print job to the printer, the L CD panel will display the message "MNL FEED LO AD [TYPE] [SIZE]" w[...]

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    Clean Printheads Whenever print quality noticeably decreases it is a good idea to perform the cleaning procedure. Y ou may “Clean Printhead” utility either through the T oolbox in your computer or from the Contr ol Panel. Click on the Maintenance T ab of the T oolbox if you wish to clean the printheads from the T oolbox. The “Clean Printhead?[...]

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    T o run the “ Align Printheads” utility through the Control Panel: 1. Press [Menu] until DIA GNOSTICS MENU appears. 2. Press [Item] until ALIGN PRNT -HDS appears. 3. Press [Select]. 4. The printer will print a page with 5 sets of alignment patterns. 5. In each set (A, B, C, D or E) select the most aligned (straightest) pair of lines (1, 2, 3, 4[...]

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    2. Lift the T op Cover and pull out any paper that may be stuck. 3. If you are unable to fr ee the jammed paper, pull out the handle of the Paper Knob, pull the knob away from the printer and rotate to remove the paper. 4. If the L CD still reports a paper jam, go to the back of the printer and lower the Rear Access Door by lifting the two rear doo[...]

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    Y ou can reset the printer by selecting the reset items in the Resets Menu. Use this menu with caution. Y ou can lose buffered page data or printer configur ation settings when you select these items. Only reset the printer under the following circumstances: • Y ou want to restor e the printer's default settings; • Communication between th[...]

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    Please check on the following documentation for more information: Getting Started Guide – Information on how to set up the printer. User’s Guide - For printer specifications and troubleshooting information. Network Guide - For instructions on how to share the printer over a network. T oolbox - Provides “how-to” information and troubleshooti[...]

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    ©Copyright 1998 Hewlett-Packar d Company 450 Alexandr a Road Singapore 119960 Singapore. http://www.hp.com/go/hp2500[...]