HP 4600 manual

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ENWW iii Copyright and License © Copyright Hewlett-Pac kard Compa ny , 2002 All R ights Res er ved. Repro duction, a dap tation, or translati on with out pri or wr it ten per mi ssion i s prohi bited, e xcept as allowed u nder the copyright laws. P ar t number : C9660- 90912 First editi on: Apr i l 2002[...]

iv ENWW W arranty The infor matio n cont ained i n t his docu men t is sub ject t o chan ge withou t notic e. He wlett-P ac kard makes n o warranty of any k ind with respec t to thi s informa tion. HEWLET T -P A CKARD S PECIFICALL Y DISCL AIMS THE IMPL IED W A RRANTY OF MERCHANT ABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A P ARTICULAR PURPOSE. Hewlett-P ac kard s hal[...]

ENWW v T radema rk Credits Adobe is a t rademar k of Adobe Syst ems Inc or porated. Ari al is a U .S. registe red tradem ar k of th e Monot yp e Cor poration. Energy Star a nd the E nergy Star log o are U.S . regist ered ser vice mark s of the Unit ed S tates Environm ental Pr otecti on Age ncy . Micros oft ® i s a U .S. registered trademar k of M[...]

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ENWW vii Contents 1 Prin ter ba sic s Quick access to prin ter infor matio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 World W ide Web link s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 User gui de link s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Where to look for mo re infor mat[...]

viii ENWW Configu re devi ce menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Printi ng menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Print qu ality me nu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6 System setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

ENWW ix Supplie s and a ccess ories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Order ing dire ctly throu gh the e mbedde d Web s erver (for prin ters with ne twork conne ction s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Order ing dire ctly throu gh the p rinte r softwar e (for prin ters directly conne cted to a c ompute r) . .[...]

x ENWW Settin g up to print with W indows 95 , 98 , 2000, NT, ME, and X P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Settin g up to print with Ma cintosh compu ters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Printi ng a jo b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Interrup ting a nd resum[...]

ENWW xi Replacin g supp lies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 6 Locating suppl ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Supply repla cement gu ideli nes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Making r oom a round the print er for replac ing s uppli es . . . . [...]

xii ENWW Appendix B Specifications and r e gulatory information Printer s pecific ations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Physic al dime nsions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Electr ical sp ecifica tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Oper[...]

ENWW 1 1 Pr inter basics This c hapter c ontain s infor matio n on s etting up your pr inter a nd becom ing familiar wi th its f e atures. The f ollowing to pics are covered: z Quic k access to printer inf or mation z Where to lo ok f or more infor ma tion z Pri nter c onfig urations z Pri nter features z W alk around z Contro l pane l ov ervi ew z[...]

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ENWW 3 Quic k a ccess to prin ter inf ormati on W orld Wide W eb links Pri nter d r ivers , upd ated HP pr inter s oftware, and pr oduct inform ation and suppo r t ma y be ob tained from th e follo w ing URLs: http://www .hp .com/s uppor t/lj4 600 Pri nter d r ivers ma y be o btaine d from the f ollowing site s: In Chin a: ft p://www .hp .com.cn/s [...]

4 ENWW Where to look for more inf ormatio n WWW Sev eral references are av ailable for use with t his p r inter . See http://www .hp .com/s uppor t/lj4 600 . Setting up the printer Getting Started Gui de Step-by-step ins tr uc ti ons for insta lling an d setti ng up the pr inter . HP Jetdi rect P rint Se rve r Administr ato r’ s Guid e Instr ucti[...]

ENWW 5 Usi ng th e print e r CD User Guide Detail ed infor matio n on us ing a nd troubleshoot ing the pri nter . A v ailable on the CD-ROM that came with the pr inter . Online Help Inf or m ation o n pri nter o ptions th at are av aila ble from withi n pr inte r dr ivers . T o view a Help file, acces s the onlin e Help through t he p rin ter dr i [...]

6 ENWW Printer configurations Thank you for purcha sing the HP Co lor L aserJe t 4600 s er ies pr i nter . This p r inter is av a ilable in t he con fig urations de scr ibed below . HP Color LaserJet 4600 The H P Colo r Laser Jet 46 00 pr in ter is a f our-c olor la ser pr inter th at pri nts 17 pages per minute (ppm) for lette r size pap er and 16[...]

ENWW 7 HP Color LaserJet 4600 hdn The HP Col or LaserJ et 4600h dn inc ludes the features of th e 4600dtn , plus a ha rd di sk.[...]

8 ENWW Printer features This p r inter combi nes the q uality and r elia bility o f Hewlett-P ac kar d pri nting wi th the features liste d below . For more infor matio n on pr in ter f e atures, see the Hewlett-P ackard website at http:/ /www .h p .com . Feat ure Chara cteri stics Pe r fo r m a n c e z 17 pages per minut e (ppm) f or letter s i ze[...]

ENWW 9 P aper handl ing z Prints on media from 77 mm b y 127 mm (3 inche s by 5 inch es) up to l egal siz e. z Prints on media w ith wei ghts from 60 g/ m 2 to 163 g/m 2 (16 lb bond to 44 lb bo nd). z Prints on a wide ran ge of med ia types inc ludin g glos sy , lab e ls, o verhe ad transpare ncies, a nd en v elopes . z Mul t iple glo ss levels. z [...]

10 ENWW F a ctor s aff ecting p rinter performance Se ver al factors affect the tim e it ta kes to pr int a j ob . Amon g th ese is maximum pr i nter speed, meas ured in p age s per m inute (p pm). Oth er f a ctor s that a ffect printi ng spe ed inc lude t he use of speci al med ia (such as transpa rencies, gl ossy m edia, h eavy media, a nd custom[...]

ENWW 11 W alk ar ou nd The following illu stratio ns id entif y the locat ions a nd nam es of key componen ts of th is pr inte r . Fr ont view (sho wn with second 500-sheet pa per feeder) 1. output b in 2. pri nter c ontro l pane l 3. top cover 4. front cover (conta ins T ray 1) 5. T ra y 2 (500 she ets of standa rd pap er) 6. T ra y 3 (optiona l; [...]

12 ENWW Back/side view 1. output b in 2. on/off switch 3. T ra y 3 (optiona l) 4. EIO con necti on (qu antity 3) 5. FIR (F as t infrared) c onnec tion 6. parallel co nnec ti on 7. power conne ction 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 7 1 5 1 6[...]

ENWW 13 Contr o l panel overview Intr o duction The con trol panel p rovides c ontro l of pr i nter fu nctio ns and communi cates inf or mati on abou t the pr int er and pr int jo bs. Its dis play provides graph ic infor mation abo ut pr int er and suppl ies s tatus, making i t easy to id entify and c orrect problems. Contr ol pa nel button s and l[...]

14 ENWW Displa y The pr inte r ’ s d ispl a y giv es you compl ete, timely infor matio n ab out the pri nter a nd pr int jo bs. Graphics i llus trate lev els of su pplies, th e loca tions of paper jam s, and job status. Me nus give acces s to pr inte r fu nc tion s and det ail ed in f or ma ti on. The top- lev el screen on the dis play has three [...]

ENWW 15 Co ntr ol panel b utto ns Use th e buttons on t he con trol p anel t o perform pr inter func tions and to navigate and res pond to menus and mess ages in the d isplay . Button name Function ✔ Select Mak es sele ctions an d resume s printing after conti nuab le errors  Up arrow  Down arrow Na vigate men us and t ext, a nd increase or[...]

16 ENWW Interpreting co ntro l panel in dicator lig hts Contr o l panel indicator lights 1. Ready 2. Data 3. Attenti on Indicator On Off Flashing Ready (green) Pri nte r is onli ne (ab le to accept and pr ocess data). Printer is offl ine or is turned off . Printer is attem ptin g to st op printing a nd go of fli ne. Data (green) Proc es se d d ata [...]

ENWW 17 Co ntr ol panel menu s Overvie w Y ou can perform most r outin e pr inting t asks from the co mputer through t he p rint er dr i v er or software ap plic ation. This i s the m ost conv en ien t wa y t o cont rol th e pr inte r , and will override t he p rint er control pan el se ttings. See the hel p file s assoc iated w ith the sof tware, [...]

18 ENWW Menu hierar ch y The follo wing tables li st the m enu hierarchi es of e ach me nu. To e n t e r t h e m e n u s Press ✔ once to ent er MENUS . Press  or  to navigate the listing s. Press ✔ to s elect the appro pr iate o ption. Re t rieve job menu See Re tr ie ve job menu for more inform ation. MENUS RETR IEVE J OB INFO RMATIO N P[...]

ENWW 19 Information m enu See In f o r mati on menu for more in f o r mati on. P aper handling me nu See P aper handlin g m enu f or mor e infor m atio n. INFORM ATION PRIN T MENU MAP PRIN T CONF IGURAT ION PRIN T SUPP LIES STAT US PAG E SUPP LIES S TATUS PRIN T USAG E PAG E PRIN T DEMO PRIN T FILE DIRE CTORY PRIN T PCL FONT LIST PRIN T PS F ONT L [...]

20 ENWW Configure device m enu See Co nfigur e de vice menu and C hang in g pr i nte r con trol pan el confi guration settings for more inform ation. CONFI GURE D EVICE PRINT ING COPIE S DEFAU LT PAP ER SIZ E DEFAU LT CUS TOM PA PER S IZE DUPLE X OVERR IDE A4/LE TTER MANUA L FEED COURI ER FON T WIDE A4 PRINT PS ER RORS PCL PRINT QUALI TY ADJUS T CO[...]

ENWW 21 Diag nostics me nu See Di agnos tics menu fo r more inf ormation. DIAGNO STICS PRIN T EVEN T LOG SHOW EVENT LOG PQ T ROUBLE SHOOT ING DISA BLE CA RTRID GE CHE CK PAPE R PATH TEST SENS OR TES T COMP ONENT TEST PRIN T/STOP TEST[...]

22 ENWW Retrie ve job menu The re tr ie ve job menu al lows you to vi e w li stings of al l stor ed jo bs. Menu item Descr iption A list of sto red job s appea rs. Scroll through the li st to find a s pecific st ored job . NO ST ORED J OBS If there are no stored jobs, this message appea rs in plac e of the lis t.[...]

ENWW 23 Inf orm ation m enu Use th e inf or mation menu to acc ess a nd pr int spec ific pr in ter inf or m ation. Menu item Descr iption PRINT MENU MAP Prints the control panel menu map , which shows t he l ay o ut a nd cu rr en t se tti ngs of t he contro l pane l menu items. See Pr int er inf ormation pages . PRINT CONFI GURATI ON Prints the pr [...]

24 ENWW P aper hand ling menu The Paper handli ng menu al lows you to co nfigure input trays by size and type. Th is me nu can also be used to set default media size and type. It is i mpor tant to c orrec tly conf igu re the trays with this me nu bef ore you pr int f o r the firs t time. Note If you hav e us ed previous HP Lase rJet pr in ters, you[...]

ENWW 25 Configure d e vice menu The con figur e de vice menu allows you to chang e the pr i nter ’ s default pri nting s etting s, adjust the pr in t qual ity , ch ange th e system ’ s confi guration an d I/O o ptions, an d res et the p rinte r ’ s default settings. Printing menu These s etting s aff ec t only jobs without i dentifi ed proper[...]

26 ENWW Print quality menu This m enu allows you to adjust al l asp ects of pr int quali ty , i nclud ing cali bration, r egistra tion, a nd col or ha lf tone settin gs. Menu item V alu es Description ADJUS T COLO R CYAN DENSIT Y MAGEN TA DEN SITY YELLO W DENS ITY BLACK DENSI TY RESTO RE COL OR VALUE S Allo ws y ou to mod i fy the half tone settin [...]

ENWW 27 System set u p menu The sy stem set up m enu allows you to make ch anges to gene ral pri nter confi guratio n default settings such as P ow erS a ve Time, pr inter persona lity (languag e), an d jam recovery . See Ch anging pr inter c ontro l pane l conf iguration s etting s fo r m o r e inf orm ation. Menu item V alu es Description JOB S T[...]

28 ENWW LANGU AGE A list ing of av ailab le langu ages a ppears . Sets the d efa ult la nguage . Menu item V alu es Description[...]

ENWW 29 I/O menu This m enu allows you to config ure th e pr inte r ’ s I/O op tions. See Ne twork configu ration . Menu item V alu es Description I/0 T IMEOUT 5 - 3 00 Allo ws y ou to sel ect the I/O time out in seco nds . PARAL LEL IN PUT HIGH SPEED ADVAN CED FU NCTIO NS Allo ws y ou to sel e ct the speed a t which the pa rallel p or t com muni[...]

30 ENWW Resets men u The re sets m enu allows you to re set factor y s etting s, disable and enable P owerSa ve , a nd u pdate th e pr inte r after n e w supplie s are insta lled. Menu item V alu es Description RESTO RE FAC TORY SETTI NGS None . Allows you to cle ar the page b uff er , remo v e all perishab le personality dat a, reset the pr intin [...]

ENWW 31 Diagnostics men u The dia gnosti cs m enu allows you to r un te sts t hat can help you identi fy and solve problems with the pr in ter . Menu item Desc ription PRINT EVENT LOG This item w ill print an e v ent log t hat will di spla y the las t 50 e ntries in t he printer ’ s e v ent, log, star ting wit h the mos t recen t. SHOW EVENT LOG [...]

32 ENWW Ch ang ing pri nt er c ontr ol pan el co nfigura tion settings By usi ng the p r inter contro l panel , you can ma ke changes to gen eral pri nter con figu ration default settings such a s tra y size and ty pe, P owerSav e time, pr inte r pers onali ty (lang uag e), and j am rec ov er y . The pr in ter contr ol pa nel can a lso b e acces se[...]

ENWW 33 Job held timeout This opti on sets the pe rio d of tim e that th e sys tem keeps fil es in jo b storage be f ore del eting them fr om the q ueue. The def ault s ettin g for this option is OFF ; the ot her av a ilable setting s ar e 1 HOUR , 4 HOURS , 1 DAY , and 1 WEEK . Note This o ption i s onl y av ailable if a har d disk is ins talle d.[...]

34 ENWW 3. Press ✔ to sele ct CONFIGURE DEVICE . 4. Press  to hi ghlig ht SYSTEM SETUP . 5. Press ✔ to sele ct SYSTEM SETUP . 6. Press  to hi ghlig ht TRAY BEHAVIOR . 7. Press ✔ to sele ct TRAY BEHAVIOR . 8. Press ✔ to sele ct USE REQUESTED TRAY . 9. Press  or  to se lect EXCLUSIVELY or FIRST . 10. Pres s ✔ t o set t he b ehav[...]

ENWW 35 Note The pr in ter di splay dims whe n the pr i nter is in P owerSav e mode. P owerSav e mode d oes no t affect print er war m- up tim e. T o set P owerSave Tim e 1. Press ✔ t o enter th e MENUS . 2. Press  to hi ghlig ht CONFIGURE DEVICE . 3. Press ✔ to sele ct CONFIGURE DEVICE . 4. Press  to hi ghlig ht SYSTEM SETUP . 5. Press ?[...]

36 ENWW Pe rs o n a l i t y This p r inter f e ature s autom atic pers onalit y (pr inte r lan guage) sw i tc h i n g . AUTO i s the d efault v alue. z AUTO configur es th e pri nter to autom atica lly d etect t he type of pri nt job a nd co nfig ure its persona lity to acc ommod ate t hat job . z PCL configur es the p ri nter to u se Pr i nter Con[...]

ENWW 37 5. Press ✔ to sele ct SYSTEM SETUP . 6. Press  to hi ghlig ht CLEARABLE WARNINGS . 7. Press ✔ to sele ct CLEARABLE WARNINGS . 8. Press  or  to selec t the a ppropr iate setti ng. 9. Press ✔ to set the se lection. 10. Pres s P AUSE /R ESUME . Au t o c o n t i n u e Y ou can deter mine pr inter behavior whe n the s ystem gen er[...]

38 ENWW T o set supplies low reporting 1. Press ✔ t o enter th e MENUS . 2. Press  to hi ghlig ht CONFIGURE DEVICE . 3. Press ✔ to sele ct CONFIGURE DEVICE . 4. Press  to hi ghlig ht SYSTEM SETUP . 5. Press ✔ to sele ct SYSTEM SETUP . 6. Press  to hi ghlig ht SUPPLIES LOW . 7. Press ✔ to sele ct SUPPLIES LOW . 8. Press  or  t[...]

ENWW 39 9. Press ✔ to set the se lection. 10. Pres s P AUSE /R ESUME . Language The opti on to s et the d efault language appear s whe n the pr inte r is first i nitial ized. As you sc roll th rough the av aila b le o ptions, the list will appear i n the l anguage that i s highli ghted. W hen th e list ap pea rs in the la nguage desir ed, pres s [...]

40 ENWW Using the prin ter control panel in shared en vir o nments Beca use your pr in ter is s hare d with o ther u sers, adher e to the f o llowing g uid eline s to en su re su ccess ful pr in ter op eration : z Consu lt your system admin istrato r before making chang es to contro l pa nel se ttings. Cha nging contr ol pan el set tin gs co uld af[...]

ENWW 41 Printer drivers Pri nter d r ivers acce ss th e pri nter features and al low the co mpu ter to communi ca te with the pr in ter . The f o llowin g pri nte r dr ivers are incl uded wi th the p r inter . 1 Not al l printer fe atures are ava ilable fro m all drive rs or op erating system s. See the onlin e Help in your driver for avai lability[...]

42 ENWW Printer soft ware Included with the pr inter is a C D-ROM cont ainin g the pr in ting s ystem software. The s oftware co mponen ts and pr inter dri v ers o n this CD- R OM help you use t he pr int er to its fulle st potenti al. Se e the gettin g sta rted gui de f or inst alla tion instructi o ns . Note F or the l atest informa tion a bout t[...]

ENWW 43 Software f o r networks F or a summ ar y of av aila b le HP netwo rk i nstal lation and conf iguration software sol utions, s ee the HP Jetd irect P r int Se r ver Ad ministrat or’ s Guide . Y ou can fi nd thi s guide o n the CD i ncluded with the pr inter . HP W eb Jetadmin HP W eb Jet admin allows you to mana ge HP Jetdir ect conn ected[...]

44 ENWW UNIX The HP Jetd irect P rin ter Ins talle r f or UNIX is a s imple p ri nter insta llati on util ity for HP- UX and Solar i s networ ks. It is av aila b le for download from HP Cus tomer Car e Onli ne at http://www .hp .com/s uppor t/net_p r inting .[...]

ENWW 45 Embedded W eb s er ver This p r inter is equip ped with an embedd ed W eb s er v e r , w hich a llows acce ss to in f or m ation a bout pr inte r and networ k activ ities. A W eb ser v er provides a n environmen t in whi ch web programs ma y r un, much in the sa me wa y that an ope rating sy stem, suc h as Windows, provides a n environmen t[...]

46 ENWW Other compon ents and utilit ies Se veral software applic ation s ar e av a ilable for Windows an d Macintos h OS us ers, as well as f or networ k admin istrators. Thes e programs are sum mar ized b elow . Window s Macintosh O S Netw ork administra tor z Softw are in stall er — auto mates the printing system inst allation z Online Web reg[...]

ENWW 47 Netw o rk config uration Y ou mig ht need to con figur e cer tain networ k paramete rs on the pri nter . Y ou can c onfig ure th ese pa rameters f rom th e pr inte r contr ol panel, the emb edded Web ser v er , o r f or mos t network s, from the HP W eb Jetadmin s oftware (or the HP Lase rJet Utili ty f or Macinto sh). Note F or more inf or[...]

48 ENWW T o config ure the Novell NetW are para mete rs from the printer contr ol panel 1. Press ✔ t o enter th e MENUS . 2. Press  to hi ghlig ht CONFIGURE DEVICE . 3. Press ✔ to sele ct CONFIGURE DEVICE . 4. Press  to hi ghlig ht I/O . 5. Press ✔ to sele ct I/O . 6. Press  to hi ghlig ht EIO X (whe re X = 1 , 2, or 3). 7. Press ✔[...]

ENWW 49 3. Press ✔ to sele ct CONFIGURE DEVICE . 4. Press  to hi ghlig ht I/O . 5. Press ✔ to sele ct I/O . 6. Press  to hi ghlig ht EIO X (whe re X = 1 , 2, or 3). 7. Press ✔ to sele ct EIO X . 8. Press  to hi ghlig ht AUTO . 9. Press ✔ to sele ct AUTO . 10. Pres s the P AUSE /R ES UME b u tton to retur n to the READY state . T o [...]

50 ENWW Setting the subnet mask 1. Press ✔ t o enter th e MENUS . 2. Press  to hi ghlig ht CONFIGURE DEVICE . 3. Press ✔ to sele ct CONFIGURE DEVICE . 4. Press  to hi ghlig ht I/O . 5. Press ✔ to sele ct I/O . 6. Press  to hi ghlig ht EIO X (whe re X = 1 , 2, or 3). 7. Press ✔ to sele ct EIO X . 8. Press  to hi ghlig ht MANUAL .[...]

ENWW 51 Note The first of thr ee sets of number s are the default settings. If there is not a number hi ghlig hted, a hig hligh ted empt y unde rscor e appea rs. 12. Pres s the  or  arrow to to increas e or dec rease th e number f o r co nfigur i ng LOCAL or DEFAULT GATEWAY . 13. Pres s ✔ t o mov e to the ne xt set of number s. 14. Rep eat [...]

52 ENWW 11. Pres s ✔ to selec t ON or OFF . 12. Pres s the P AUSE /R ES UME b u tton to retur n to the READY state . T o d isable D LC/LL C 1. Press ✔ t o enter th e MENUS . 2. Press  to hi ghlig ht CONFIGURE DEVICE . 3. Press ✔ to sele ct CONFIGURE DEVICE . 4. Press  to hi ghlig ht I/O . 5. Press ✔ to sele ct I/O . 6. Press  to hi[...]

ENWW 53 P arallel configurat ion The H P Co lor Las erJe t 4600 p r inter s uppor ts net work and pa rallel conne ction s at the same time. A para llel connecti on is made by conne cting the pr in ter to the co mpu ter usin g a bidirec tiona l parall el cable (IEEE -1284 c ompli ant) with a c-con nector plug ged in to the pri nter ’ s p arallel p[...]

54 ENWW Enhanced I/O (EIO) config uration This p r inter comes eq uippe d with th ree e nhance d inpu t/out put (EIO ) slots. The three EIO s lots hold c ompati ble e x ter n al devices such as the HP Jet direct p r int ser v e r networ k c ards or other devices. Pl uggin g EIO networ k cards into the slots inc reases the number o f networ k int er[...]

ENWW 55 Note Installa tio n of thes e ca rds a nd networ k confi guration shoul d b e performe d by a network admi nistrat or . Config ure th e card ei ther through t he con trol p ane l or with HP Web Jetadm in so ftware. Note Ref er to the HP Jetdi rect p r int s er ver docume nta tion for inform ation on which exter nal devices or E IO networ k [...]

56 ENWW AppleT alk netw orks Use the HP Las erJet U til ity to se t up the pr inter on an Ether T alk o r LocalT al k networ k. F or more i nformat ion, r efer to the H P J etdir ect Pri nt Ser v er Adm inistrator ’ s Guide inclu ded with pr i nters e quippe d with th e HP Jetdirect pr int ser v er . LocalT alk config uratio n The Loc alT alk i n[...]

ENWW 57 Supplies and acc essories WWW T o order suppli es in the US, contact http://www .hp .com/ go/ljsu pplie s . T o ord er su pplie s world wid e, see http://www .hp . com/gh p/buy online.html . T o or der acce sso ries, se e http://www .hp . com/go /access ori es . Or dering directl y thr ough the embedded W eb server (for printer s with netwo[...]

58 ENWW 2. On th e left s ide of the st atus wi ndow , se lect the a ppropr ia te Print er i con. 3. At the top of th e statu s wind ow , s elec t Supplies . (Y ou can also scrol l down to Su pplie s Stat us.) 4. Click Or der Supplies . The browser op ens to the sup plies purchas ing p age. 5. Selec t the s uppli es you wish to orde r . Supplie s, [...]

ENWW 59 Cables C2 946A IEEE-1284 co mpliant parallel c able , 3 m (appro ximately 10 f eet) long, with 2 5 -pin male/mi cro 36-pin m ale ( “ C ” size) conn ector 9221 5S Mac int osh D IN- 8 pr i nte r ca ble 9221 5N HP L ocal T al k c able ki t Medi a C2934A HP Color LaserJet T ranspare ncies (letter) 50 sh eets C2936 A HP Color LaserJet T rans[...]

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ENWW 61 2 Pr inting tasks This cha pter d escr ibes how to perform basi c pr intin g task s. The f o llowing to pics are covered: z Cont roll ing pr i nt job s z Selec ti ng pr in t media z Config ur ing i nput trays z Pri nting on spe cial med ia z 2-side d (dup lex) pr intin g z Spec ial pr inti ng si tuation s z Job rete ntion features z Pri nti[...]

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ENWW 63 Contr olling prin t jobs In the Micr osoft W indows operatin g system, three s ettings affect how the pr inter dr iver trie s to pu ll pap er whe n you send a pri nt job. The Sour ce , Ty p e , and Siz e s ettings ap pear in the Pa g e S e t u p , Print , or Print Proper ties dialo g bo x es in mos t software pr ograms. If you do not ch ang[...]

64 ENWW Print set ting priorities Changes m ade to pr in t settings are pr io r itized acc ording to where the chang es are m ade, as f o llows: Note The name s of com mands and di alog box e s may v ar y dependi ng on y our pr ogr am. z P age Set up dial og bo x . This dialo g bo x op ens when you c lick Pag e Set up or a si mila r comm and o n th[...]

ENWW 65 Selecting pr int medi a Y ou can use many ty pes of paper and other pr int medi a with t his pri nter . Th is se ction provide s gui deline s and spec ificatio ns for sele cting and us ing di fferent prin t me dia. Bef ore purchas ing a ny media o r sp ecial ized f or m s in q uantit y , verify that your pape r sup plier o btains and un der[...]

66 ENWW Media that ma y damage the printer In rare ci rcums tances medi a can dam age the pr in ter . The f o llowing media must be avoided to prev e nt possi b le d amage: z Do not u se media with s taples att ached. z Do not u se transpa rencies des igned for Inkjet pr inter s or oth er low temperatur e pr inters. Use o nly tra nsparenc ies that [...]

ENWW 67 Configuring input trays The HP Colo r Laser Jet 46 00 ser ies pr i nter all ows you to configu re input tra ys b y type and s ize. Y ou can to load di fferent media in the pri nter ’ s inpu t tray s a nd then request med ia by type or si ze . Note If you hav e us ed previous HP La serJet pr inter s, you might be accu stome d to co nfigur [...]

68 ENWW 6. Press  or  to hig hligh t the des ired me dia s ize. 7. Press ✔ to sele ct t he me dia siz e . 8. Press P AUSE /R ESUME to retur n to the READY state . 9. If TRAY 1 SIZE is set to CUSTOM , the p op u p menu f o r Cus tom appears. T ra y 2 and T ra y 3 media t ype 1. Press ✔ t o enter th e MENUS . 2. Press  to hi ghlig ht PAP[...]

ENWW 69 1. Custom /Stand ard s witch When all three steps are compl eted, th e display will retur n to the PAPER HANDLING menu. Onc e a Cus tom si ze is set for a tra y , it w ill be retained until the switch in the tra y i s moved bac k to Standard. Unit of measure 1. Press  to hi ghlig ht UNIT OF MEASURE . 2. Press ✔ to sele ct UNIT OF MEASU[...]

70 ENWW Printing from T ray 1 (m ultipurpose tray) T ra y 1 is a multip ur p ose tray that holds up to 1 00 she ets of pap er or 20 env el ope s. It provides a conv e nie nt wa y to pr in t env e lopes, transparenc ies, custom -size pape r , or oth er types of med ia with out having to u nload t he other tra ys. Loading media into T r ay 1 CA UTION[...]

ENWW 71 CA UTION Envelopes wi th clasp s, snaps, windows, coate d lini ngs, e xposed se lf- stick adhes ives, or other s ynthet ic ma ter ials c an sev er ly damag e the pri nter . T o a void jams an d poss ible pri nter dam age, nev er t r y to pr int on both side s of an env e lope. Before you load e nv el opes, make sure they are flat, undama ge[...]

72 ENWW Note F or env elopes of other si zes, adjust the m argin settin gs approp r iately . 4. Selec t Print fr om th e software appli cation or pr inte r dr iver . Printing fr om T ray 2 and T ray 3 T ra y 2 and o ptiona l T ra y 3 hold up to 500 sheets of standa rd paper or a 50.8 mm ( 2 in ch) stack of label s. T ra y 3 at taches unde r neat h [...]

ENWW 73 3 Push down the m edia l ift pl ate unti l it l o ck s. 4 Sli de th e med ia-wi dth gu i des op en to the size for the me dia you are using . 5 Load me dia face-up , makin g sure that the cor n ers of the me dia fit under the front c or ner tabs. 6 Inser t the t ra y into the p rin ter . Note If the tra y is no t prop erl y adju sted, the p[...]

74 ENWW Loading custom-siz ed m edia into T ray 2 and Tr a y 3 The Cus tom med ia menu wi ll be display ed when the T ra y 2 or T ra y 3 s witch is in the c ustom s ize positi on. Y ou must a lso c hange th e size setti ng in th e cont rol p anel fr om ANY CUSTOM to CUSTOM. 1 Remov e tra y f rom th e pri nter . 2 Mov e th e tra y s witch to the C u[...]

ENWW 75 Printing on special m edia Use these gu idelines when p r inting on sp ecial types of med ia. T ransparencies When pr intin g on transpa renc ies, use the following gu idelines : z Handle transpare ncie s usi ng the edges. Oils from your fingers depos ited on the transpa renc y ca n caus e pr int quali ty pr oblems. z Use on ly overhead tra[...]

76 ENWW Note Hewlett-P ackard rec ommen ds using HP Color LaserJ et S oft Glos s paper wit h this p r inter . HP products ar e desi gned to wor k toge the r f or optimum p r inting resu lts. If HP Color Las erJe t So ft Gloss paper is no t used with this print er , print q ualit y m ay be co mprom ised. Colored paper z Colored paper shoul d be of t[...]

ENWW 77 Labels Note F or pr int ing la bels, set the tray ’ s m edia type to LABELS in th e pr inte r control pa nel. Se e Configur i ng inp ut tra y s . Wh en pr in ting la bels, us e the following gu ideli nes: z V er if y that t he labe ls ’ adhe sive mater i al can tol erate tem peratures of 190 ° C (374 ° F) for 0.1 second. z V er if y t[...]

78 ENWW CA UTION In gen eral do not us e paper that is heavier than the media specif ication recomm ende d for this pr inter . Doin g so c an ca use mi sfeeds , pap er jams , reduced pr int qual ity , and exc essiv e mecha nical w ear . However , some heavi er media , suc h as HP Cover S tock, c an be s afely used. Preprinted f orms and letterhead [...]

ENWW 79 2-sided (duplex) printing Some pr inter mo dels are c apable of dup lex printi ng, or pri nting on both s ides of a pag e. T o fi nd out which mod els s uppor t 2-si ded pri nting, see Pr i nte r co nfig urati on s . Note Y ou must s pecify 2-side d pr inti ng opti ons in your software appl icat ion or in the pr inter d r iver in order to p[...]

80 ENWW T o enable or disable 2-sided printing fr om the printer control panel Note Changi ng se ttings for 2- sided pri nting thro ugh th e pr int er c ontro l pan el aff ects al l pr int jobs. Whe nev er pos sible, change s ettings f or 2-s ided pri nting th rough your software appli cati on or pr in ter dr iver . 1. Press ✔ t o enter th e MENU[...]

ENWW 81 Options f or bindi ng 2-sided printing jo bs Bef ore pri nting a 2-si ded do cumen t, in th e pr inte r dr iver choose the edge on which you wil l bin d your finished docum ent. Lo ng-ed ge or book bindin g is t he conventional lay out used i n book bindi ng. Sh or t- edge or t ablet bin ding is the typ ical calen dar b indin g. Note The de[...]

82 ENWW Manual 2-sided printing Some pr inter mo dels do no t suppor t auto matic 2-si ded pr inti ng. Howe ver , you can p rint o n bot h side s of a pag e usin g manual 2- sided pri nting. T o manuall y pr int on both side s, use the ins tr ucti ons b elow . 1. Pri nt all the ev en- numbered pages fi rst. (Ma ny software appli catio ns hav e an o[...]

ENWW 83 Special printing situations Use these gu idelines when p r inting on sp ecial types of med ia. Printing a different fir st page Use t he following proc edure t o p rin t th e firs t page of a d ocument on a diff e rent m edia type tha n the res t of the docum ent, for e xam ple, to pri nt the fir st pa ge of a do cumen t on lette rhead pape[...]

84 ENWW Stopping a pri nt request Y ou can stop a pri nt req uest e ither from t he p rint er co ntrol panel or from your software appli cation . T o sto p a pr in t requ est from a compu ter on a netwo rk, se e the on line H elp f o r the speci fic n etwor k software. Note It ma y take some ti me f or all pr i nting to clear aft er you hav e ca nc[...]

ENWW 85 Job retention features The HP Co lor L aserJe t 4600 s er ies pr i nter lets you store a job in the pri nter ’ s m emor y f or p r intin g at a l ater time. T hese job retenti on f e ature s are desc r ibed b elow . T o use job retention , you must instal l a hard dis k dr ive in the pr inter and prop er ly con fig ure th e pri nter d r i[...]

86 ENWW Printing stored jobs 1. Press ✔ t o enter MENUS . 2. RETRIEVE JOB is highl ighted . 3. Press ✔ to sele ct RETRIEVE JOB . 4. Press  to hi ghlig ht your USER NAME . 5. Press ✔ t o select your USER NAME . 6. Press  to hi ghlig ht a JOB NAME . 7. Press ✔ t o select the JOB NAME . 8. PRINT is high lighte d. 9. Press ✔ to sele ct [...]

ENWW 87 Deleting stored jobs When y o u sen d a sto red j ob , th e pri nter ov erwr ites any previous job s with th e same user an d job n ame. If ther e is not a jo b already stored under the sa me user and jo b name, and the prin ter ne eds ad dition al space, the pr inte r may delete othe r store d jobs s tar ting with the oldest. T he de f a u[...]

88 ENWW Private job s The pr ivate pr intin g feature lets you secu re a j ob with a P erso nal Identi ficati on Numb er (PIN). That job ca nnot be prin ted or delete d until the PIN is en tered at th e contr ol pa nel. A lock symbo l next to a job na me ind icate s the j ob is pr ivate. Specify that a job is pr ivate from th e dr iver . Selec t th[...]

ENWW 89 Deleting a priv ate job If the pr inte r is tur ned o ff , al l pri vate jobs are delete d. A pr ivate job can a lso be de lete d from the pr inter cont rol pane l. Y o u can delete a job wi thout pr inti ng it o r delete it a fter it i s pr inted. 1. Press ✔ t o enter MENUS . 2. RETRIEVE JOB is highl ighted . 3. Press ✔ to sele ct RETR[...]

90 ENWW Printing with the op tional HP Fast Infr aR ed Receiver The opti onal HP F as t InfraRed (FIR) Rec eiver enables wir eless pri nting fro m any IR D A-co mplia nt por table de vice (such as a lap top compu ter) to t he p r inter . The pr in ting c onnec tion is main tained by positi oning t he sen ding infrared p or t within operatin g range[...]

ENWW 91 Setting up to print with Macintosh computer s The fir st st ep f or setti ng up an infrare d pr inte r is crea ting a Deskto p Pri nter ic on usi ng the Desktop P r inter Uti lity . By default, the Deskto p Printer U tili ty is locat e d in t he Apple Extr as/A pple Lase rW riter f o lder on the h ard d r ive . Pri nter I R will not be a n [...]

92 ENWW Prin ti ng a jo b 1. Alig n your lapt op co mputer (or oth er por table device eq uipped with an IRD A-c ompli ant FIR wi ndow) with in 1 me ter (3 feet) maximum of the opti onal H P F as t InfraRe d Receiver . The FIR window must b e at an a ngle o f within +/- 15 d egress r elative to the pr inter to ens ure an e ff ect ive connectio n fo[...]

ENWW 93 Managing memo r y This p r inter suppo r ts up t o 512 MB o f me mor y . Y o u ca n add a dditio nal memor y by installi ng Dual Inline Mem or y Modul es (DIMM s). T o all ow f o r mem or y expansion, the pr in ter ha s five DIMM slo ts, which accep t 64, 128 , or 25 6 M B of RA M each . For inf or m ation a bout in stall ing memor y , s ee[...]

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ENWW 95 3 Managing the pr inter This c hapter desc ri bes how to m anage t he p r inter . T he follo wing topics are cov e re d: z Pri nter i nforma tion pa ges z Using the emb edded Web ser v er z Using Pr i nter Status and Al er ts[...]

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ENWW 97 Printer inf ormation pages F rom the pr in ter control panel , you can p r int pag es that give details about th e pr int er and its cur rent confi guration. T he pr ocedu res for pri nting th e follo wing inform ation p ages a re de scr ibed h ere: z menu map z confi guration page z suppl ies s tatus page z usage pag e z demo p age z file [...]

98 ENWW Configuration pag e Use the c onfigura tion pa ge to v iew current pr in ter setti ngs, to hel p troubleshoot pr inter problems, or to v er ify i nstallati on of o ptiona l acce ssor ies, su ch as memor y (DIM Ms), pap er trays , and p r inter langu ages. 1. Press ✔ t o enter th e MENUS . 2. Press  to hi ghlig ht INFORMATION . 3. Press[...]

ENWW 99 Note If you are using non-HP suppli es, the supplies stat us page wil l not show the remai ning life f or t hose s uppli es. F o r mor e infor matio n, see Non- HP prin t car tr i dge s . Usa ge page The usa ge page lis ts a pa ge cou nt for each si ze of medi a that h as passed t hroug h the pr inte r . This page c ount i ncludes the numbe[...]

100 ENWW 1. Press ✔ t o enter th e MENUS . 2. Press  to hi ghlig ht INFORMATION . 3. Press ✔ to sele ct INFORMATION . 4. Press  to hi ghlig ht PRINT FILE DIRECTORY . 5. Press ✔ to sele ct PRINT FILE DIRECTORY . The mes sage PRINTING... FILE DIRECTORY appears o n the disp la y until the pr in ter fini shes pr intin g the fi le dir ecto r[...]

ENWW 101 Print qual ity tr oubleshooting p ages The pr in t quali ty tr oubleshooti ng pag es provide inform ation o n aspects of the pr inter tha t af f ec t pr in t quality . 1. Press ✔ t o enter th e MENUS . 2. Press  to hi ghlig ht DIAGNOSTICS . 3. Press ✔ to sele ct DIAGNOSTICS . 4. Press  to hi ghlig ht PQ TROUBLESHOOTING . 5. Press[...]

102 ENWW Using the em bedded W eb server When the pr in ter is di rect ly conn ected to a co mputer , the embedded W eb ser ver is sup por ted f or Windows 95 and la ter . In or der to use the embedd ed W eb ser ver with a direct con nection, you must choos e the Custom insta llation option when you ins tall the pr in ter dr iver . S elect the opti[...]

ENWW 103 Note Once you open th e URL , you can book mar k it s o that you can r etur n to it q uickly in the fu ture. 1. The embe dde d W e b ser v er has t hree t abs tha t conta in se ttings and in f o r mation abo ut the pr inte r : th e Information tab, the Settings tab , an d the Netw ork tab. Cl ick the tab that you want to view . 2. See th e[...]

104 ENWW The Settings tab cont ains t he f ollo w ing pages. z Configure De v ice. Configu re all pr i nter settin gs from this p age. This p age co ntains the trad itiona l menu s f ound on pr in ters using a co ntrol panel dis pla y . Th ese m enus in clud e Information , Pap e r Handling , C onfigure De vice , and Diagnostics . z Alerts . Networ[...]

ENWW 105 embedd ed Web ser ver , you mus t conne ct before you can vi sit th ese websites. Connec ting m ight req uire that you clos e the em bedded W e b se r ver and re open i t. z HP Instant Suppor t ™ . Co nne cts you to the HP websi te to hel p you find solu tio ns. This s er v ice ana lyzes your pr in ter err or log and c onfiguratio n info[...]

106 ENWW Using Printer Status and Aler ts Pri nter S tatus and Al er ts is sup por ted onl y f or Win dows 95 and la ter v e rsi ons. The Pr in ter Statu s and Aler ts so ftware is av aila b le to users of both networ ked and dir ectly conn ected p r inter s. T o use P rin ter St atus an d Aler ts software with a d irectly conn ected compu ter , yo[...]

ENWW 107 T o choose which status m essages a ppear 1. Open Pr i nter Stat us and Aler ts in on e of these wa ys: • Doub le-c lic k the Printer Status a nd Aler t s tra y ico n, which i s near the clock in the T ra y Manag er . • On the St ar t menu, poi nt to Pr ograms , poi nt to Prin ter Status and Aler ts , and click Printer Status and Aler [...]

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ENWW 10 9 4 Color This c hapter de scr ib es how the HP Color La se rJet 460 0 ser ie s pr inter provides great color p r inting . This cha pter a lso des cri bes wa ys to produce the best p ossible color pr ints. The f o llowin g topics are covered: z Using co lor z Managi ng co lor z Match ing co lors[...]

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ENWW 111 Using color The HP Co lor L aserJe t 4600 s eri es pr inte r offers great color as soo n as you set up the pr in ter . It p rovides a com bin ation of autom atic c olor f e atures to gene rate e xc ellen t color resul ts f or the general office us er , plus so phist icated too ls for the professional w ho is e x per ie nced wi th colo r u [...]

112 ENWW sRGB Standa rd red- green-blue (sRGB ) is a world -wide colo r standa rd ori ginall y dev elo ped b y HP an d Mic rosoft as a co mmo n color langu age for monitors, input devices (sc anner s, digital ca meras), an d output d e vices (pr inter s, plotters). It is the de f a ult color spac e used for HP produ cts, Mic rosoft op erating syste[...]

ENWW 113 Managing color Settin g color option s to Automatic will ty pically produc e the b est possible pr int q uality f or colo r docum ents. Howe ver , there may be case s when you want to pr int a colo r doc ument i n gra y scale (black and whi te) or w ish to chang e one of the pr in ter ’ s color o p t ions . z Using Wind ows , pr in t in [...]

114 ENWW Halftone options Halfton e optio ns affect the res olution a nd cl ar ity o f your color ou tput. Y ou can sele ct hal ftone setti ngs for te x t, graphics, and p hotographs indep endentl y . Th e two ha lftone o ptions ar e Smooth and Detai l . z The Smooth opti on pr ovides b etter re sults for large, solid- filled pri nt are as. It also[...]

ENWW 115 F ou r lev els of edge c ontro l are a vailable: z Maximum is the most a ggressive trapping s ettin g. Adap tive halftonin g is o n fo r this setting. z Normal is th e default trappin g setti ng. T rapping is at a medi um le vel and ada ptive halftoning is o n. z Light set s trapping at a mi nimal lev el, and ada ptive halfton ing is on. z[...]

116 ENWW Matching colors The pro cess of m atchi ng pr in ter output c olor to your compu ter s creen is qu ite co mplex because pr inter s and compu ter mo nitor s use diff e rent m ethods of pr oduci ng color . Monitor s dis play colors by light pixe ls using an RGB (red, gr een, blue) color process, but pri nters pri nt col ors using a CMYK (cya[...]

ENWW 117 Some s watch books a re c reated from spot co lors. Spo t colo rs are spec ially create d col orants. Many of these spo t colo rs a re out side of the gamut of the pr in ter . Mos t spot color sw a tch bo oks h a ve compa nion proc ess s watch bo oks t hat provide CM YK app ro x imati ons to the s pot c olor . Most p rocess s wa tch boo ks[...]

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ENWW 11 9 5 Maintenance This cha pter d escri bes way s to mai ntain your pri nter . The following topics are cov e re d: z Managi ng the prin t car tr idge z Changi ng pr in t car tr idges z Replacin g sup pli es z Config ur ing al er ts[...]

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ENWW 121 Managing the p rint car tridg e HP print car tridges When y o u u se a genuine new HP pr i nt car tri dge ( par t numbe r C9720A , C9721A , C9722 A, C972 3A), you can obtain the f oll owing suppl ies i nfor mat ion: z percent age of s uppli es rema ining z estim ated numbe r of p ages r emai ning z number of pa ges pr inte d Non-HP print c[...]

122 ENWW Y our p rint car tr idge m ight no t be a g enuine HP pr i nt car tri dge if you notic e the following: z Y ou ar e e xper ienc ing a high numb er of p roblems with the pr in t car tr id ge. z The car tr idg e does not lo ok like it us uall y does ( f o r e xam ple, the orange pul l tab i s missing , or th e packaging d iffers from HP pack[...]

ENWW 123 Using the embed ded W eb ser ver 1. In your browser , enter the IP address f or the pr i nter home page. This ta kes y ou to th e pr inte r status page. See Using the embedd ed Web s er v er . 2. On the le ft sid e of the screen click Su ppl ies St atu s . This takes you to the supp lies status page, whic h pr ovides pr int car trid ge inf[...]

124 ENWW Ch ang ing print car tri dg es When a pr int car tr idg e appr oache s the e nd of i ts useful life , the control panel disp lays a mess age rec ommend ing that you order a replac ement. Th e pr inte r can c ontinue to prin t usi ng the c urrent pr int car tr idge until the co ntrol pa nel disp la ys a me ssag e i nstr uctin g you to repla[...]

ENWW 125 4 Remov e the new pr int car tri dge from the bag. Place th e used pr int car tr id ge in the bag f or recy clin g. 5 Grasp bo th sides of the c ar tridg e and di str ibute the tone r by gently roc kin g the c artridge from si de to side. 6 Remov e the oran ge shippi ng lock from the new print car tridge. Disca rd the lo c k. 7 Remov e the[...]

126 ENWW Replacing sup plies Locating supp lies Suppl ies a re id entifi ed by their la belin g an d their blue plasti c hand le s. The follo wing figur e illus trates t he loc ation o f each su pply ite m. Suppl y item locations 1. fuser 2. pri nt car tri dges 3. transfer unit Supply re p lacement guid elines T o f ac ilitat e the re place ment of[...]

ENWW 127 CA UTION Hewlett- P ackard rec ommen ds the use of HP produ cts i n this pri nter . Use of non-H P produc ts may cause p roblems re quir ing s er vic e that is not covered b y the Hewlett- P ackard warranty or s er vi ce agreemen ts. Making r oom around the printer f or replacin g supplies The fo llo wing i llus tr a ti on sho ws th e cle [...]

128 ENWW Appro ximate replacement interv als f o r supplies The follo wing table lis ts the e stima ted re place ment i nter v als f o r suppl ies an d the cont rol pan el messa ges that pro mpt wh en to replac e each item . 1 Approximate average A4-/l etter-size pa ge count b a sed on 5 pe rcent coverag e of individ ual colors. Usage c ondit ions [...]

ENWW 129 Configuring aler ts Y ou can use H P Web Jeta dmin o r the prin ter ’ s em bedded Web ser ver to conf igure th e system to aler t you of problems w ith the pr in ter . The aler ts take the f or m of e-mail messages to the e-ma il acco unt or accounts that you s pecify . Y ou can configur e the f o llowing: z the pr inter (s) you want to [...]

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ENWW 13 1 6 Prob lemsolving This cha pter d escri bes wha t to do i f pro b lems a r ise with your pr i nter . The follo wing topic s are c ov e red: z Basi c tro ublesh ooti ng ch ecklis t z Contro l pane l mes sages z Pa p e r j a m s z Me dia- handl ing prob lems z Print er res ponse pr oble ms z Pri nte r contr ol pan el pr oblems z Colo r prin[...]

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ENWW 133 Basic tr oubleshooting chec k list If you are e xperien cing problems with the pri nter , th is checklist ma y help iden tify t he cau se of th e problem. z Is the pr in ter conn ected to power? z Is the pr in ter i n the READY st ate? z Are all ne cess ar y c ables con nected ? z Are any mes sage s displ a yed o n the c ontrol pa nel? z W[...]

134 ENWW Contr o l panel m essages Status m essa g es Status mess ages r eflect the cu rren t state of the p r inter . T hey inf or m you of nor mal pr inter o peration and r equire n o intera ction to clea r them. They cha nge as th e state of the pr inter chang es. Whenev er the pri nter is r eady , not busy , and has no pendin g war ning message[...]

ENWW 135 Contr ol panel messages Mess age D escript ion Action Access denie d men us locked An atte mpt h as been made to modify a menu item while the contro l panel security m echani sm is enab led by the printer adm inistr ator . The mes sage will dis appea r shor tly , and the printer will retu r n to READY or BUSY sta te. Conta ct the printer a[...]

136 ENWW CPR SE NSOR O UT OF RANGE The CP R Sensor is not beha ving properly . 1. F orce a c alibration by eit he r se lec tin g Cali brate Now from the menu s or tu r n the printer off a nd then ba ck on. 2. If the m essage p ersists, contac t HP Suppor t. DATA RECEIVED To print last p age pr ess ✔ The printer r eceiv ed data and i s waiti ng fo[...]

ENWW 137 DISK F ILE SY STEM IS FULL alternates with Ready For me nus p ress ✔ The printer rece iv ed a PJL file syste m command that attempte d to st ore somet hin g on the fi le s ys tem b ut was unsuc cessful because the file system is full. 1. Use t he HP W eb Jetadm in sof t w are to dele te files fro m the EIO dis k drive and try again. 2. T[...]

138 ENWW FLASH FILE O PERAT ION FAILED alternates with Ready For me nus p ress ✔ The printer rece iv ed a PJL file syste m command that attempte d to perf or m an ill ogical op eration (f or e xampl e, to down load a file to a non -ex istent directo r y). 1. Pr in tin g m ay co nti nue. 2. T ur n the printer off and then back on. 3. If th e messa[...]

ENWW 139 INCORR ECT SUPPLIES For status press ✔ At least one supp ly item is inc orrectly positione d in the printer an d another su pply ite m is mi ssin g, inco rr ec tly pl aced , ou t, or l ow . 1. Pre ss ✔ and then pres s V f or help . 2. Follow th e i nst ru ctio ns on th e di sp la y to loca te and repl ac e the inco r re ct supp ly . 3.[...]

140 ENWW INSTAL L TRAN SFER UNIT For he lp pre ss V The tra nsfer un it is either not in stalled or not co rrec tly ins tal le d in the p r inter . 1 . Inser t the t rans f er unit or ma k e sure the install ed tr ansf e r un it i s full y sea ted. 2. Pre ss V f or detailed inf ormation. 3. Pre ss  and  to ste p throu gh the instr u cti ons. [...]

ENWW 141 If no pa per in tra y: MANUAL LY FEE D [TY PE] [SIZE] For h elp p ress V alternates with MANUAL LY FEE D [TY PE] [SIZE] To us e ano ther tray p ress ✔ A job sent requires a sp ecific paper type a nd siz e that is no t curren tly ava il a ble. 1. Pre ss V f or detailed inf ormation. 2. Pre ss  and  to ste p throu gh instructio ns. N[...]

142 ENWW ORDER <COLOR > CARTRI DGE altern ates w ith To con tinue press ✔ The ide ntifie d print car tridge is nearing the end of its usef ul lif e and the SUPPLIES L O W setting in the SYSTEM SETUP SUBMENU is s et to ST O P . Ove rr i de by p ressi ng ✔ . 1. Ord er the identi fied print car tridge . 2. Pre ss ✔ to contin ue. 3. Pre ss [...]

ENWW 143 ORDER FUSER KIT X XXX PAGES LEFT T o ent er menus press ✔ The fus er is nea r end of life . The printer is ready and will conti n ue f or the estimate d number of pages in dica te d. 1. Or der the im ag e fuse r kit. 2. Printi ng ca n cont in ue unti l supp lie s out is reached . 3. Pre ss V f or detailed inf ormation. 4. Pre ss  and [...]

144 ENWW ORDER SUPPLI ES For st atus p ress ✔ More tha n one s upply item i s lo w and the SUPPLIES L O W setting is se t to ST OP . 1. Pre ss ✔ to identif y which supplie s sho uld be or d e r ed. 2. Ord er the iden tified supp lie s. 3. Pre ss ✔ twice to cont i nue p r int ing . Printing c an conti nue unti l supp lie s out is reached . 4. [...]

ENWW 145 OUTPUT BIN FULL Remove all pa per fr om bi n The out put bin is fu ll and m ust be em pti ed for pr i nti ng t o co nti nue. Remo ve media from t he out pu t bi n. Paused To re turn to ready press RESUM E key The printer i s pau sed, and t here are no error mes sages pend ing at the displ a y . The I/O contin ue s rece iv ing data un til m[...]

146 ENWW Printi ng... PQ TROUBL ESHOOT ING The printer is gener ati ng the print qualit y trouble s hooting pa ges. The printer will return to the READY s tate when the pages are printed . F ollo w the in structi ons on the printed pag es . Printi ng... REGIST RATION PAGE The printer is gener ati ng the registr ation page . The printer wil l return[...]

ENWW 147 RAM DI SK FIL E OPERAT ION FA ILED alternates with Ready For me nus p ress ✔ The printer rece iv ed a PJL file syste m command that attempte d to perf or m an ill ogical op eration (f or e xampl e, to down load a file to a non -ex istent directo r y). 1. Pr in tin g m ay co nti nue. 2. T ur n the printer off and then back on. 3. If th e [...]

148 ENWW REPLAC E <COL OR> CARTRI DGE alternates with For he lp pre ss V The ide ntifie d print car tridge h as reache d the end o f lif e. Printing will not contin ue unt il the car tr idge is re place d. 1. Repl ac e th e ide nti fie d supp lie s to cont i nue pr in tin g. 2. Pre ss V f or detailed inf ormation. 3. Pre ss  and  to ste[...]

ENWW 149 REPLAC E TRAN SFER KIT For he lp pre ss V The tr ansfe r unit is at e nd of l if e . 1. Repla ce the ident ified sup ply to co ntinue pr in tin g. 2. Pre ss V f or detailed inf ormation. 3. Pre ss  and  to ste p throu gh instructio ns. 4. Supp lies orde r ing inf ormation is a lso a v ailable from the emb edded W eb ser ve r . See Us[...]

150 ENWW Settin g save d A m enu sele cti on h as been sav ed. No act ion nece s s a r y . SIZE M ISMATC H TRA Y XX=<SI ZE> Fo r hel p press V alternates with Ready For me nus p ress ✔ The tr ay is load ed with m edia longer or shor ter in th e f eed direc tion than the si ze co nfigured f or the tr a y . 1. Adj ust the si de an d rear med [...]

ENWW 151 TRAY X X OPEN For help press V alternates with Ready For me nus p ress ✔ The sp ecifie d tra y is open o r not cl osed comp let ely . Close th e tra y . TRAY X X SIZE = <XX XX SIZE> For he lp pr ess V alternates with TRAY X X SIZE = <XX XX SIZE> To change, move switch in tr ay XX A non-de tectab le media s iz e wa s selected [...]

152 ENWW TRAY X X (TYP E) (S IZE) Size s pecifi ed by user alternates with TRAY X X (TYP E) (S IZE) To change type press ✔ The printer i s reporting the curre nt config urati on of t ra y XX. The tr ay s witch is in the C UST OM position . 1. T o change me dia type , pre ss ✔ . Use  and  to hi ghlight th e type, then press ✔ to se lec t[...]

ENWW 153 Wait f or pri nter to reinit ialize RAM Di sk se ttings ha v e been chang ed bef ore the printer au tom ati call y resta r ts, or exter nal de vice m odes ha v e changed. No actio n necessary . Warmin g up Th e pr int er is co mi ng ou t of pow ersav e mode . Pr inting wil l co nti nue as soon as war mup is complete d. No actio n necessary[...]

154 ENWW 13.XX. YY.JAM IN DUPLEX PATH F or hel p pre ss V There is a jam i n the duple x path. 1. Press V f or detailed inf ormation abou t clea ri ng t he ja m. 2. Pre ss  and  to ste p throu gh the instr u cti ons. 3. If the me ss age pe rsi sts after cle ar ing all pa ges, contac t HP Suppor t. 13.XX. YY.JAM IN P APER INPUT PATH F or he lp[...]

ENWW 155 20 INSUFFICIE NT MEMORY For he lp pre ss V alternates with 20 INSUFFICIE NT MEMORY To con tinue press ✔ The printer h as recei ved more d ata from the c omputer than f its in av ail able memo r y . 1. Pre s s ✔ to resume pr in tin g. NO TE: A lo ss of data w ill occu r . 2. Re duc e the co mpl e xity of th e print job to a v oid this e[...]

156 ENWW 41.3 U NEXPEC TED S IZE IN TRA Y XX F or he lp press V alternates with LOAD T RAY XX : [TY PE] [SIZE] For h elp p ress V Media is loade d which is lo nger or shor ter in the f ee d direc ti on than the siz e config ured f or the tra y . 1. If the inco rr ect size was sel ected, cancel the jo b or pr ess V t o ac cess hel p . 2. Pre ss  [...]

ENWW 157 52.X PRINTER ERRO R For help p ress V alternates with 52.X P RINTER ERRO R To contin ue turn off then on A pr inter error has occ urred . 1 . Press ✔ to co ntin ue. 2. T ur n the printer off and then back on. 3. If the p r oblem pe rsi s ts, contac t HP Suppor t. 53.X0. ZZ PRINTER ERROR To con tinue turn off then o n An error has occu rr[...]

158 ENWW 58.X PRINTER ERRO R For help p ress V alternates with 58.X P RINTER ERRO R To contin ue turn off then on A memo r y tag error w as detecte d. 1. T urn the printer off and then back on. 2. If the p r oblem pe rsi s ts, contac t HP Suppor t. 59.X PRINTER ERRO R For help p ress V alternates with 59.X P RINTER ERRO R To contin ue turn off then[...]

ENWW 159 68.X PERMANEN T STORAGE FULL F or hel p pre ss V alternates with 68.X PERMANEN T STORAGE FULL To con tinue press ✔ A non-v olatile stor age de vice is fu ll. Pressin g the ✔ bu tton should clear the message . Printing can continue , but there ma y be un expec ted beha vior . XD e s c r i p t i o n 0 f or onb oard NVRAM 1 f or rem o v a[...]

160 ENWW Pa p e r j a m s Use th is illu stratio n to tr oubleshoot p aper jams in the p rin ter . For ins tructions on cleari ng pap er jams , see Cl earing jam s . P aper jam locations (shown withou t optional Tray 3) 1. to p co v er ar ea 2. duplex path 3. paper pa th 4. input path 5. tra ys 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 4 1 5[...]

ENWW 161 P aper j am reco very This p r inter automa tical ly provide s pape r jam rec ov er y , a feature tha t allows you to set whether th e pr inte r sho uld at tempt to automat icall y repr int jamm ed pages. The op tions are: z AUTO Pr i nter will atte mpt to rep rint jam med pages . z OFF Printer wi ll no t attemp t to reprint ja mmed pages.[...]

162 ENWW Common causes of paper jams The following table lis ts com mo n causes of pap er ja ms and sugge sted s oluti ons for resolvi ng them. Cause Solution Print media does not me et HP- recomme nded media s pecific ations. Us e only med ia that me ets HP speci fications . See Suppo r ted m edia we ights and siz e s . A suppl y item is ins talle[...]

ENWW 163 Note If the pr inte r sti ll continues to jam , conta ct HP Customer Suppor t or your author ized HP ser v ice provider . For more in f o r mati on, se e http://www .hp .com/s uppor t/lj4 600 . Printer supp ly items ha v e reached the end of the ir useful lif e. Chec k the printer co ntrol panel f or mess ages prompti ng you t o replace su[...]

164 ENWW Clearing j ams Each sect ion bel ow corr espon ds with a jam message that might appear o n the c ontrol pa nel. Us e thes e proce dures to clear the j am. Jam in T ra y 1, T r ay 2, or T ray 3 1 Using the side han dles, open the top cov er . 2 Grasp the green ha ndle on th e transfer unit and pull d own. The front cover will op en as t he [...]

ENWW 165 6 Cl ose t he top c ov er . Note It is a goo d idea to inspec t the input trays when clear i ng jams. Howe ver , openi ng and cl osing input tra ys has n o eff ect o n clea rin g jam m essa ges. 7 Pul l out t he t r a y and plac e it on a fl at sur f ace . 8 Remo v e an y par ti a lly f ed me dia. Gr as p the med ia b y both co rner s and [...]

166 ENWW Jam s i n t he to p cover Jams in the to p cov e r occur i n of the area s indic ated in the fig ures below . U se the procedu res i n this sect ion to clear a ja m in th is area . 1. Jammed paper 2. Crum ple d paper i n the fu ser W ARNING! Do n ot touc h the fu ser . I t is ho t and coul d cau se bur ns! T he fuser ’ s operating te mpe[...]

ENWW 167 1 Using the side han dles, open the top cov er . 2 Fir mly lift th e two green h andles on either s ide o f the fu ser to diseng age the fuser rollers. 3 Gr as p the med ia b y both co rner s and pu ll to rem ov e it. Note If the media tears, make sure th at all m edia fragme nts are r emov ed from the paper pat h before resumi ng pri ntin[...]

168 ENWW 6 Open th e fu ser cover and remove any medi a that is cr u mpled in the fuser . Note If the me dia tea rs, make sure that all m edia fr agme nts are r em o v ed f rom the paper p ath bef ore resum ing p r inting . Do no t reach i nto the fuser un til it has cool ed. 7 Fir m ly pres s down on the two gre en hand les on either s ide o f the[...]

ENWW 169 Jam in paper input path or paper path 1 Using the side han dles, open the top cov er . 2 Grasp the green ha ndle on th e transfer unit and pull d own. The front cover will op en as t he transfer unit is pulled down. CA UTION Do not pl ac e any t hi ng on th e transfer unit whil e it i s open . If the transfer unit is punctu red, p rin t qu[...]

170 ENWW Jam in duplex path 1 Using the side han dles, open the top cov er . 2 Open the front c ov er . 3 Grasp the paper by both co r ner s and pu ll down. Note If the media tears, make sure th at all m edia fragme nts are r emov ed from the pap er pa th bef ore r esumi ng pr intin g. 4 Grasp the green ha ndle on th e transfer unit and pull d own.[...]

ENWW 171 5 Grasp the paper by both co r ner s and pu ll up . 6 If the m edia cann ot be ac cesse d from this locati on, clos e the transfer unit. 7 Gr as p the med ia b y both co rner s and pu ll. 8 Cl ose t he fro nt co ve r . 9 Cl ose t he top c ov er . 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9[...]

172 ENWW Media-handlin g prob lem s Use only media tha t meets the spec ificati ons ou tlined in the HP LaserJ et Pr inter F amily P a per Spec ific ation G uide . F or orde ring inf or m ati on, se e Supp li es and acce ss or i es . F or medi a spec ific ations for this p r inter , see Su ppo r ted media weig hts and sizes . Print er feeds multipl[...]

ENWW 173 The cu stom/sta ndard s witch in the tra y is not in the correc t posi tion . V er ify that t he sw itch is in the correct posi tion f or the me dia siz e . Pri nte r feeds incorr ect pa g e size Printer pulls from incorrect tray Cause Solution Y ou are usin g a driver f or a diff erent printer . Use a driv er f or this printer . The sp ec[...]

174 ENWW Media does not fe ed from input T rays 2 or 3 Cause Solution Man ual f eed is selected in the softw are applic ation . Load T ra y 1 with medi a, or , if the media is loaded , press ✔ . The co rrect siz e media i s not loa ded. Load th e corre ct siz e media. The inp ut tra y is empty . Load medi a in the inpu t tra y . The co rrect medi[...]

ENWW 175 Media in ano ther in put tr ay is the s ame siz e as the transpa renci es, an d the printer is def aulting to th e other tr a y . Mak e sure that the input tr a y conta i ning the trans parenc ies o r gloss y paper i s selected in the sof tware application or printer drive r . Use the printer control panel to configu re the tra y to the me[...]

176 ENWW Y ou are printi ng large , solid-fill ed areas. Large , solid- filled area s can cause e xcessiv e curl. T r y using a diff erent pattern. Media used was not st ored correctly and ma y hav e absorbed mo ist ure . Remo ve me dia and repla ce it with media from a fresh, unopened packa ge. Media has poorly cut edg es . Remo v e medi a, fl e x[...]

ENWW 177 Printer response prob lems No display messag e Cause Solution The printer ’ s on/of f button i s in the sta ndby positi on. V er ify that the printe r is on. F ans ma y r un whil e the printer i s in stan dby mo de (off). The printer ’ s mem or y DIMM s are def ectiv e or instal led in correct ly . V er ify that t he printer ’ s memo[...]

178 ENWW The co rrect driv er is not selecte d in the softw are applica tion or printer driv er . Select the driv er f or P ostScript Em ulation f or this printe r in the softw are a pplication o r printer driv er . The printer i s not properly conf igured. See Ch anging printer co ntrol panel config ur ation settin gs . The co mputer por t is not [...]

ENWW 179 Unabl e to select th e printer fr om the computer Cause Solution If y ou are us ing a s witch bo x, the printe r may not be select ed f or the co mpute r . Select the correct printer through the s witch bo x. The printer ’ s Ready indicator li ght is no t lit. Press P AUSE /R ES UME to re tur n the printe r to the READY state. A printer [...]

180 ENWW Prin ter contr ol pan el pr oblem s Contr o l panel settings work incorrectly Cause Solution The printer c ontrol panel di splay is bl ank or is not lit , e ven when th e fan i s r unning . F ans m a y run whil e the printer is i n standb y mode (o ff). Press th e printer ’ s on/off button to tur n the printer on. Printer settings in the[...]

ENWW 181 Color printing pr o blems Note F or more informa tio n about color qu ality problems s ee P rin t qu ality troublesh ooting . Printing black instead of color Cau se Solution Col or m ode is n ot selected i n the softw are applicati on or printer driv er . Select color mode instea d of gr aysc ale or monoc hrome mod e in the softw are ap pl[...]

182 ENWW Note Se veral f act ors c an in flu ence your ab ility to match pr inted colo rs to those on your scree n. The se f actors i nclude p r int me dia , ov erhead light ing, s oftware app licat ions, operatin g sys tem pa lettes, mon itors, and v ideo car ds an d dri vers. Inconsistent colors after instal ling a print car tridg e Cause Solutio[...]

ENWW 183 Incorre ct printer o utput Incorr ect fonts are printed Cause Solution The f ont ha s not bee n cor rectly select ed in the softw are applica tion. Re-selec t the f ont in the so ftware a pplication. Th e font is not av aila ble to t he p r int er . Down loa d th e font t o th e pr i n ter o r us e a not her f ont. (In Windo ws, the dr iv [...]

184 ENWW Guidel ines for printin g wi th di fferent fonts z The 80 i nter n al fonts are available in P ostS cri pt Emula tion ( PS) and PC L mode. z T o conser v e pr inter memor y , d ownload onl y thos e f onts that are needed . z If you requir e sev eral downloaded f o nts, cons ider insta lling additi onal p r inter memor y . Some software ap [...]

ENWW 185 Software app lication p rob lem s Unable to c ha nge s ystem selections thr ough software Cause Solution System s oftware c hange s are l ock ed out b y the printer c ontrol panel. Cons ult with your net work administ rator . The so ftware applicatio n does not s uppor t syste m cha ng e s . See the software appli cation docu mentat ion. T[...]

186 ENWW Print q uality troub lesho oting Pri nt qu ality pr obl ems assoc iated with media Some pr int qu ality problems ar ise from u se of i napprop ri ate me dia. z Use paper that m eets HP paper s pecif ications. S ee S uppor ted media weight s and sizes . z The surf ace of t he medi a is to o smoot h. • Use media th at meet s HP pape r spec[...]

ENWW 187 Note Allow transpar enci es to coo l at least 3 0 second s be f o re han dling them. z In the p r inter dr i v er ’ s Pa p e r tab , select T r anspar ency as the media ty pe. Also , m ake sure that the tra y is cor rectl y config ured f o r transpa re ncies. z Check that t he transpar enci es meet th e spec ific ations for this pri nter[...]

188 ENWW Print qual ity tr oubleshooting p ages Use the built- in pr int qu ality trou b leshoo ting pa ges to help d iagnos e and s olve print qua lity problems. 1. Press ✔ t o enter th e MENUS . 2. Press  to hi ghlig ht DIAGNOSTICS . 3. Press ✔ to sele ct DIAGNOSTICS . 4. Press  to hi ghlig ht PQ TROUBLESHOOTING . 5. Press ✔ t o pri n[...]

ENWW 18 9 A Ser vice and suppor t He wlett-P ac k ar d lim ited warranty statem ent 1. HP warrants to you, the end-user custom er , tha t HP hard ware and ac cesso ries will be fre e from defects in mater ials and wor kmansh ip after the date of purc hase, f o r the per i od spe cified a bov e. If HP recei v es no tice of s uch d efects duri ng the[...]

190 ENWW WRITT EN OR ORAL, IS EXPR ESSE D OR IMPL IED AND HP SP ECIFI CALL Y DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED W A RRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANT ABILITY , SA TISF ACT OR Y QU ALITY , AND FITNESS FOR A P A RT ICULA R PURPO SE. Some c ountr ie s, states or province s d o not al low limitati ons on the dura tion of an imp lied warranty , so the abov e limita[...]

ENWW 19 1 Limi ted w arranty f or print car tridge lif e This H P pro duct is warranted t o be free from defects in m ateri als and workma nship dur ing its u seful lif e (end of life is ind icated by a pr inte r control panel low-life message) . This warran ty does n ot cover product s t hat hav e been modif ied, refurbi shed, remanufactured, mis [...]

192 ENWW T ransfer unit and fuser warranty This H P pro duct is warranted t o be free from defects in m ateri als and workma nship for one year or until the pr inte r co ntrol panel indica tes a low-lif e messa ge, whichev er occurs fi rst. This warran ty does n ot cover product s t hat hav e been modif ied, refurbi shed, remanufactured, mis used, [...]

ENWW 193 HP maintenance agreements HP has s ev eral type s of ma intena nce agr eements that m eet a wi de range of su ppo r t needs. Maint enance agreeme nts ar e not p ar t of the stand ard warranty . Supp or t ser vices may v ar y b y area . Check with your local HP dealer to det er mine th e ser vices av ailab le to you. On-site servi ce a gree[...]

194 ENWW[...]

ENWW 19 5 B Specifications and regulator y inf or mation Printer specifi cations Ph ysical dimensi ons Elect rical speci fications W ARNING! P ower require ments a re based o n the cou ntr y /region where th e pr inter is sold. Do not c onv er t operating v oltag es. This ma y damage the pr inter and void the product warranty . Dimensio ns HP La se[...]

196 ENWW Note These values a re su bject to cha nge. See http://www .hp .com/s uppor t/lj4 600 for current infor mati on. P owerSav e default act ivation time is 30 minutes. Operating en vironment speci fications Acoustic emissions Note These values a re su bject to cha nge. See http://www .hp .com/s uppor t/lj4 600 for current infor mati on. Elec [...]

ENWW 197 FCC regul ations This e quipme nt has been te sted an d found to comp ly wit h the l imits f o r a Clas s B digi tal device, pursuant t o P ar t 15 of t he FCC rul es.These l imits ar e design ed to pr ovide rea sonable pr otection again st har mful in terference in a res ident ial in st allati on. Th is equip ment gen erates, uses, and ca[...]

198 ENWW En vir onment al pr oduct s te war dshi p pr ogram Pr otecting th e en vironment Hewlett-P ackard Comp any is committe d to providing quali ty prod ucts in an e n viron mental ly so und man ner . Thi s produc t has been des igne d with s e veral attr ibutes to minimi ze impac ts on t he environ ment. Ozone pr oduction This p roduct g enera[...]

ENWW 199 and free takeback program is av ailable in over 48 cou ntri es/regi ons. Multi-l ingua l pro gram inf or m ation a nd ins truc tions are include d in e v er y new HP LaserJ et pr int car tr idge a nd sup plies pa ckage. HP Printing Supplies Ret urns and Recycli ng Program Inf ormation Since 199 0, the HP Pr inting Suppli es Retur ns and Re[...]

200 ENWW Material Sa fety Data Sheet (MS DS) Mater ial S af ety Data S heets (MSDS) can be ob tained by contactin g the HP LaserJ et Supp lies web site at ht tp:// www .hp.com/go/msds . Extended warranty HP Sup por tPac k provides cov erage f or the HP hardware pr oduct and all HP- suppl ied in ter na l com ponents. The hardwa re mainte nan ce cov [...]

ENWW 201 Dec l aration of C onf ormity accordi ng to ISO/ IEC Guid e 22 and EN 45014 Man ufacturer ’ s Name: Man ufacturer ’ s Address: He wlett-P ackard Company 11311 Chinde n Boule v ard Boise , Idaho 83714 -1021 USA dec lares that the produc t Produ ct Name: Model Nu mber: Produ ct Options: HP Col or LaserJ et 4600 /4600n /4600dn/4 600dtn/46[...]

202 ENWW Safety statements Laser safe ty The Cente r f o r De vices a nd Radi ological He alth (CDRH) of the U . S. F oo d a nd Dru g Ad minist ration h as imple mented regul ations f or la ser product s m anuf a ctur ed sinc e A ugus t 1, 1976 . Compl iance is mandat or y for produ cts m ar keted in the Un ite d States. The pr inter i s cer tified[...]

ENWW 203 VCCI st atement (Ja pan) Laser Statement f or Finland Luokan 1 laserlaite Klass 1 Laser Apparat HP Col or LaserJ et 4600 , 4600n, 4600dn , 46 00dtn, 4 600hdn las erkirjoit in on k ä ytt ä j ä n kannal ta tur v alli nen luo kan 1 laser lai te. Normaali ssa k ä yt ö ss ä kir joi ttimen suojak otel o inti est ää la sers ä teen p ää[...]

204 ENWW VA R O ! Mik ä li ki rjoitti men suoj akotelo av ata an, olet al ttiina n ä kym ä tt ö m ä ll el asers ä teilylle laitt een oll ess a toimi nnass a. Ä l ä kats o s ä teeseen. V ARNING ! Om las er pr inte r ns skydds h ö lje ö ppnas d å ap paraten ä r i funktio n, uts ä ttas anv ä ndaren f ö r osynli g lase rstr å lning. Be[...]

ENWW 20 5 C Pr int media specifications Suppor ted media weigh ts and siz es F or opti mum resul ts, use co n ventional 75 g/m 2 (20 lb) ph otocopy paper . V er ify that the pape r is of good qu ality and is free of cut s, nicks, tears, spot s, loose par ticl es, dust, wr inkl es, cur ls, or be nt edges. T ray M edia type and size Me dia weight Cap[...]

206 ENWW Tr a y 1 , conti nue d Gloss y pap er Sta ndard: Letter/A4 L egal Ex ecutiv e JIS B5 A5 Custom: Minimum si ze: 76 b y 127 mm (3 by 5 inch es ) Maximum size: 21 6 b y 356 m m (8.5 b y 14 inches ) 75 g/ m 2 to 120 g /m 2 (20 l b to 32 lb) Maxi mum sta ck heigh t: 10 mm (0 .6 inches) T ransparenc ies Le tter A4 Thi ckness: 0.1 3 m m (5 mi l. [...]

ENWW 20 7 Tr a y 1 , conti nue d Labe l Stan dard: Le tter/A4 Le gal Ex ecutiv e JIS B5 A5 Custom : M inim um size : 7 6 by 127 mm ( 3 by 5 i nches) M axim um siz e: 2 16 b y 356 mm ( 8.5 by 1 4 inch es) Maxi mum sta ck heigh t: 10 mm (0 .6 inches) T ray M edia type and size Me dia weight Capacity[...]

208 ENWW T ra y 2 an d optio nal Tr a y 3 P aper Stan dard: Le tter/A4 Le gal Ex ecutiv e JIS B5 A5 Custom : M inim um size : 1 48 b y 210 mm ( 7.16 by 8.17 in ches) M axim um siz e: 2 16 b y 356 mm ( 8.5 by 1 4 inch es) 60 g/ m 2 to 105 g /m 2 (16 l b to 28 lb) 500 she ets of 75 g/m 2 (20 lb ) paper Maximum sta ck heigh t: 50 mm (2 inches) Gloss y[...]

ENWW 20 9 *Trays 2 and 3 use “ Custom ” size spec ifically for B5 ISO. Tray s 2 and 3 do no t support the range o f cust om size s available in Tray 1. T ra y 2 an d optio nal Tr a y 3 Labe l Stan dard: Le tter/A4 Le gal Ex ecutiv e JIS B5 A5 Custom : M inim um size : 1 82 b y 210 mm (7.16 b y 8.17 inch es) Maximum size: 2 16 b y 356 mm ( 8.5 b[...]

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ENWW 21 1 D W or king with memor y and pr int ser v er cards Printer memory The pr in ter ha s five dual in-line memor y modu le (DI MM) s lots. Note F or maximum flexibility in DIM M sup por t, the for matter is de signe d with f o ur 168- pin DIMM s lots an d a f ifth 10 0-pi n DIMM slo t. Due to tec hnical limitati ons, only f our DI MMs can be [...]

212 ENWW Note Single in- line memor y modules (SIM Ms) us ed on pre v ious HP LaserJet pri nters ar e not c ompati ble with the pr inter . Note T o orde r DI MMs , see Supplie s and acces sor i es . Bef ore order ing additi ona l memo r y , se e how much is c urrentl y insta lled by pr inti ng a confi guratio n page. Printing a configuration page 1[...]

ENWW 21 3 Installing mem ory and f ont DIMMs Y ou can in stall more mem or y for the pr inter , and you can also install a f o nt DIMM to allow the pr inter to pr int cha racters for languag es such as Chines e or the Cyr ill ic a lphabe t. CA UTION Sta tic e lectr ici ty ca n damag e DIMMs. W hen han dling DIMMs, eith er wear an a ntista tic wr is[...]

214 ENWW 4 Remo v e the ei ght scre ws hol ding the boa rd in pl ace, and s et them asid e. 5 Slid e out th e f ormat ter bo ard and set i t on a c lean, flat , grounde d sur f ac e. 6 Release the locks on e ach sid e of the DIMM slot. 7 Remov e the DIMM from the antis tatic package. Lo cate th e align ment no tches on the bottom edge o f the DIMM [...]

ENWW 21 5 8 Holding t he DIMM by the edges, align the notc hes on the DIMM with the bars in the DIMM s lot. Note If you hav e d iffic ulty ins er ting the DIMM or c losing the latches, make su re the not ches on the b ottom of the DIMM are alig ned with the bar s in th e slot. If th e DIMM sti ll do es not g o in, make sure you are usi ng the cor r[...]

216 ENWW Enab ling memory If you installed a mem or y DIMM, set the pr int er dr iver to recognize the newly added me mor y . T o enable memory for W indow s 1. On the Start menu, poin t to Settings , and clic k Pr inters or Print ers and Faxes . 2. Selec t this pr inte r and selec t Prop erties . 3. On the Configure tab , cl ic k More . 4. In the [...]

ENWW 21 7 Chec king DIMM install ation Check that t he DIMMs are in sta lled corr ectly and wor king . T o chec k DIMM installation 1. T ur n the p r inter on. Check that th e Ready ligh t is on aft er the pri nter h as gon e through the star tup se quenc e. If an error message app ears, a DIMM may ha ve been in correc tly installe d. 2. Pri nt a c[...]

218 ENWW Installing an H P Jetdi re ct print ser ver card Y ou can insta ll an HP Je tdire ct pr int s er ver card in the base model pri nter , wh ich com es wit h an ope n EI O slot. T o i nst all a n HP Jet dir ect print ser ver c ard 1 T ur n the p r inter off . 2 Disconn ect al l power and inte rface cables. 3 Locat e an emp ty EIO s lot. L oos[...]

ENWW 21 9 5 Connect th e networ k cable. 6 Reconnec t the power cable, and tur n the pr in ter on. 7 Pri nt a c onfigura tion pa ge (see Pri nting a confi guratio n page ). In additi on to a pri nter c onfigu ration page a nd a Su pplie s St atus page, an HP Je tdirec t con figurati on page that c ontains n etwor k con fig uration and s tatus infor[...]

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ENWW 22 1 E Glossar y T erm Definition bidirect ional commu nication T wo-way data tr ansm issi on. bin A rece ptacle f or holding pri nted pages . BOO TP A bbreviat ion for "Bo ots tra p Pr oto col , " a n I n te r n et pr o t oc o l tha t allo ws a compute r to find i ts o wn IP ad dress. choos er A Maci nto sh ac cess or y that al lows[...]

222 ENWW Emulate d P ostScript Softw are that emul ates Adobe P ostScript, a p rogr a mming lang uage th at descri bes the a ppearance of the printed p age . EPS Abb re via tion f or " Encaps ulated P ostScrip t": a type o f gra phics file . FIR Abb re viatio n f or "F ast Infra Red." Infr aRed wireless pr inting. fir mw are Pro[...]

ENWW 22 3 mop y The HP ter m fo r "multipl e original prints" c apabi lity . network A sy stem of c omputers int erconnec ted by te lephone wires or othe r means i n order to share info r m ation. network a dministr ator A person who manages a n etwork. page b uff er T empor ary printer memo r y us ed to hold p age data w hile the printer[...]

224 ENWW RJ- 45 A type of co nnector used for da ta trans mission o ver s tandard tele phone wi re. ROM Abbre viatio n f or "read-on ly memory ," a type of com pu ter m emory use d to st ore data tha t should not be chang ed. suppl ies Mate rials used b y the printe r that are used up and mu st be repla ced. Supply items f or the HP Color[...]

ENWW 22 5 Inde x Numerics 2-sided printing 79 binding options 81 control panel set tings 79 A acc essor ies 9 hard disk 9 ordering 57 part numbers 58 alerts configuring 129 e-mail 104 Printer Status and Alerts 106 auto continue 37 C cables ordering 59 clearable warnings setting display time 36 color adjusting 113 edge control 114 halftone options 1[...]

226 ENWW M maintenance agreements 193 media colored paper 76 envelopes 76 glossy paper 75 heavy paper 7 7 labels 77 letterhead 78 loading in Tray 1 70 loading Tray 2 a nd Tray 3 72 maximum size 9 ordering 59 preprinted form s 78 recycled pap er 78 selecting 65 size 205 transparencies 75 type 9, 205 weight 9, 205 memory 8 adding 93, 211 enabling 216[...]

ENWW 22 7 supplies low configuring alerts 129 reporting 37 supplies out configuring alerts 129 supplies status page description 23 printing 98 system s etup menu 27 T troubleshooting checklist 133 color printing problems 181 control panel problems 180 duplexing 176 incorrect printer output 183 jams 160 media handling problems 172 overhead transpare[...]

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