HP (Hewlett-Packard) 5Si NX manual

Copyright© 1996 Hewlett-Packard Co. Printed in USA 12/96 Manual Part No. C3166-90969 HP LaserJet 5Si/5Si MX/5Si NX Printer Getting Started Guide Printed on Recycled Paper English[...]

Getting Started Guide HP LaserJet 5Si / 5Si MX / 5Si NX Printer[...]

© Copyright H e wlett-Pa ckard Company , 1996 All Righ ts Re serve d. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation withou t prior w ritten permission is prohibited, except as allowed under the copyright laws. Publication number C3166-90969 First edition, D ecember 1996 W arranty The information con tained in this document is subj ect to change without[...]

Installation Checklist Congratulations on your purchase of the HP LaserJet 5Si/ 5Si MX/5Si NX printer! This Getting Started Guide will help you set up and install your new printer . Com plete, in order , the steps in the checklist. Each step is detailed on the follo wing pages with easy-to-follow directions. Step 1. Preparing a L ocation for the Pr[...]

Step 1. Pr eparing a Location f or the Printer Y our Location Requirements are: • • Sturdy, level floor surface for placement. • • Space allowance around printer, as shown above. • • A well-ventilated room. • • Room temperature: 50 to 90.5 F/ 10 to 32.5 C. • • Relative humidity: 20% to 80%. • • A stable environment with no a[...]

Step 2. Removing the Inter nal Packaging CAUTION This printer weighs 106 pounds/48.1 kg. We recommend four people to move it. 1 Remove all external packing tape from the printer. 2 Remove packing material from top output bin and protective film from display. 3 Open the top cover. 4 Remove packing material and tape, then close top cover. 5 Open left[...]

Step 3. Checking the Package Contents Locate each item in the list below: 1 Printer 2 Left Output Bin (face-up) 3 Control P an el Ov e r la y (fo r non-Eng lis h lan gua ge use rs onl y) 4 T oner Cartridge (in a ba g) 5 Po w e r Cord 6 Getting Starte d Guide (this bookle t) 7 User’ s Guide 8 HP JetDirec t Print Serv er Softwa re Instal lation Gui[...]

Step 4. Installing the P ower Cord 1 Locate the power cor d shipped with the printer. 2 Locate the power switch on the front of the printer. 3 Make sure all printer doors are closed and the power swtich is OFF ( out). EN Getting Started Guide - 7[...]

4 Open the left door and verify the fuser voltage rating is correct for the intended voltage application. 5 Insert the power cord into the power connector plug on the back of the printer. 6 CAUTION: Insert the other end of the power cord only into a pr oper AC power outlet. Turn the printer ON. NOTE The printer displays READY afte r warming up. If [...]

Step 5. Installing the T oner Cartridge 1 Locate the toner cartridge packaged in Box 1 and use scissors to cut open the bag. 2 Distribute the toner by rotating the cartridge back and f orth 5 to 6 times. 3 Locate the sealing tape tab on the left end of the cartridge. 4 Carefully bend the ring back and forth until it separates from the cartridge. 5 [...]

6 If the ring separ ates from the tape, grasp the tape itself and pull it out. 7 Open the printer’s top cove r. 8 Insert the cartridge into the pri nter. 9 Slide the cartridge into the printer until it stops. 10 Close the top cover. 10 - Getting Started Guide EN[...]

Step 6. Changing or Installing the Contr ol Panel Ov erlay To change the overlay to a language other than English: 1 If you need to change the control panel overlay, locate the overlay in Box 1 and remove from its bag. 2 Make sure the power switch is off. Gently lift up on the left and right sides of the installed overlay. 3 Insert your thumbnail o[...]

Step 7. Conf iguring the Display Language (Optional) Skip this step if you want English as the dis play language. 1 Press and hold [Select*] while simultaneously pushing the power switch ON ( In ). Hold [Select*] until CONFIG LAN GUAGE appears. 2 Release [Select*] . INTERNAL TEST appears briefly. Wait for LANGUAGE=ENG LISH to appear. 3 Press [+] re[...]

Step 8. Loading the Paper T r ays For more information on paper tray configuation, (changing size and type) see chapter 5 of th e User’ s Guide. 1 Top Output Bin ( face-down) 2 Left Output Bin (face-up ) 3 Paper Tray 2 4 Paper Tray 3 5 Paper Tray 1 (multi-purpose) 1 Open Tray 2 and r emove the packing spacer and tape. 2 Turn tray lock to the unlo[...]

3 Slide front tray guide to desired paper size. 4 Lock front tray. 5 Push in and lift, then remove left-s ide paper guide. 6 Move the left-side guide to the desired position and reinstall. Ensure guide is secure at front of tray. 14 - Getting Started Guide EN[...]

7 Insert paper as shown. P ress along the edges to make sure it lies underneath the tabs. 8 Do NOT over fill the paper tray. Fill to bottom of arrows shown on indicator. 9 Push the paper tray into the printer. Load Tray 3 using steps 1 through 9. EN Getting Started Guide - 15[...]

Step 9. Setting P ower Sa ve (Optional) Power Save reduces power consumption when the printer is not in use. To change or turn off the Power Save: 1 Press [Menus] repeatedly until CONFIGURAT ION MENU appear s. 2 Press [Items] repeatedly until POWER SAVE DELAY=1 HOUR * appears. Default is one hour. 3 Press [+] repeatedly to see other time setting ch[...]

Step 10. T esting Printer Operation Note For a detailed description of the PCL configuration page, refer to Chapter 4 “Using the Control Panel” in your user’s guide. 1 Press [Menus] repeatedly until TEST MENU appears. 2 Press [Items] unti l PC L CONFIGURAT ION PAGE appea rs. 3 Press [Select*] to print the PCL configuration page. PRINTIN G CON[...]

Step 11. T esting Printer Operation (P ostScript) Note PostScript is installed HP LaserJet 5Si MX printers. Test PostScript operation for the HP LaserJet 5Si MX printer by printing a PostScript configuration page. Skip this section for HP LaserJet 5Si printers unless you have purchased and installed PostScript separately. 1 Press Menus until TEST M[...]

Step 12. Selecting Bi-T r onics P arallel or Network Connection HP LaserJ et 5Si, 5Si MX, and 5Si NX Printers Both the HP LaserJet 5Si, 5Si MX, and 5Si NX printers come with a Bi-T ronics parallel port. Bi-T ronics parallel is a standard port on most DOS-based system s. For information about configuring your printer with: • • Bi-Tronics paralle[...]

Step 13. Selecting Bi-T r onics P arallel Interface A computer communicates with a printer through an interface cable. Your printer supports a Bi-Tronics parallel cable which is fully compatible with the Centronics parallel interface. This cable is connected to the back of your printer and connects to your computer. The illustrations below show you[...]

Step 14. Installing a Bi-T r onics Parallel Cable 1 Make sure the printer and computer are OFF (Out). 2 Plug the cable into your computer and your printer. 3 Use the wire clips on the printer to secure the cable to your printer. 4 Turn your computer and printer ON (In). EN Getting Started Guide - 21[...]

Step 15. V erifying Communication with a Bi-T r onics Connection To make sure your printer and compu ter are set up correctly to communicate to each other, print out a director y list. 1 Make sure your computer and printer are ON, and your printer is online. (Online indicator is lit.) 2 At the DOS root directory (A:> or C:>) type DIR>LPT[...]

Step 16. Connecting the Printer to the Network A computer communicates with your printer through an inter face cable. Y our H P LaserJet 5Si MX/5Si NX printer supports up to four dif ferent interf ace cables: BNC (ThinLAN), 10Base-T (RJ-45), DIN- 8 (LocalT alk), and Bi-Tronics parallel. Select the appropriate interface port from those shown belo w [...]

Connecting the Printer to the Network (continued) 10Base-T Interface 1 Plug the connector of your twisted-pair network cable into the 10Base-T port (RJ-45) on the HP JetDirect print server. The other end of the cable should be attached to a twisted-pair hub/concentrator. 2 If you are not connecting other network cables, go to Step 18. DIN-8 (LocalT[...]

Step 17. Optional Network Conf iguration The f ollowing is f or HP LaserJ et 5Si MX/5Si NX printer only . Certain network parameters for No vell NetW are, UNI X (HP-UX, Solaris, or SunOS), a nd EtherT alk networks might need to be set depending upon your network configuration. Refer to the HP JetDir ect Print Server Softwar e Installation G uide fo[...]

Optional Network Conf iguration (continued) Conf iguring No v ell NetW ar e Frame T ype Parameters Normally , selecting a NetW are frame type is not required. The HP JetDirect print server automatically selects a NetW are frame type, and only when this selection is incorrect do you have to set the NetW a re frame type through the printer’ s contr[...]

Optional Network Conf iguration (continued) Conf iguring TCP/IP Pa rameters The HP JetAdmin utility for UNIX (pro vided separately) may be us ed to configure TCP/IP parameters. If you don’t ha ve the software that you need to configure your printer , see Step 21 for sources. • • Usage of the bootp file for config uration parameters (the de fa[...]

Optional Network Conf iguration (continued) 10 Press [Items] to continue. Re peat steps 8 and 9 to configure the remaining bytes of the IP address. 11 Repeat steps 8 through 10 to configure the subnet mask bytes ( SM ) , syslog server IP addr ess ( LG ), default gateway ( GW ), and timeout ( TIMEOUT ). 12 After completing this guide refer to the HP[...]

Step 18. Disabling Network Pr otocols (Optional) 1 Press [Menus] repeatedly until HP MIO 1 MENU appears. 2 Press [Items] . CFG NETWORK=NO * appears. 3 Press [+] . CF G NETWORK=Y ES appea rs. 4 Press [Select*] . CFG NETWORK =YES * appears. 5 Press [Items] to scroll through each network protocol. NOVELL = ON * appears. T o Di sab l e N ovel l N et W [...]

T o Disable TCP/IP a Press [+] to change to TCP/IP = OFF . b Press [Select*] to change and save the new status. TCP/IP = OFF * a ppears. c Press [Items] to continue configuring. ETALK = ON * appears. T o Disable Apple EtherT alk and LocalT alk a Press [+] to change to ETALK = OFF. b Press [Select*] to change and save the new status. ETALK = OFF * a[...]

Step 19. Network Security (Optional) The HP LaserJet 5Si, 5Si MX, and 5Si NX Printers allow you to lock out other users’ ability to change most printer control panel settings. This is done by setting a password and enabling the control panel lock. T o verify , the message ACCESS DENIED appears when you attempt to change a setting using the printe[...]

ASCII PJL Escape Sequence The follo wing commands mu s t be cre ated usin g a DOS or W indo ws ASCII editor . They must also be sent to the printer using a DOS COPY command or an ASCII file do wnloader utility . Note In the following examples, ? represents the escape character . For more information on using escape c haracters, see the user’ s gu[...]

Step 20. Installing the Softwar e Driv ers Before you use this printer with your software applications, you must install printing software. The HP LaserJet 5Si MX Printer software is included with the printer on CD-R OM and contains the software for running the printer in v arious en vironments. Instructions for installing the printer software foll[...]

4 In W indows Program Manager , select the F i le menu. 5 Choose Run . 6 Click Bro wse . 7 Select the SETUP .EXE program file in the root directory on the CD-R OM dri ve. 8 Click OK . 9 V erify the SETUP .EXE is entered in the Command Line in the Ru n window . 10 Click OK. 11 Click Continue to install the automatically detected printing software fo[...]

If a printer was selected during OS/2 installation: 1 Point to the printer object. 2 Click mouse button 2. 3 Select Settings. 4 Select the Printer driver tab . 5 Point to one of the printer driver objects. 6 Click mouse button 2. 7 Select Install. 8 Select Other OS/2 print er dr i ve r . 9 Insert the CD-R OM containing the printer dri v e rs into t[...]

For e xample, from the [E:OS2W ARPENGLISH] prompt, enter: JETINST E: C: HP W ait for the system to respond. Read and follow the instructions provided. Note PMSPL.DLL must be a version dated May 4, 1995 or later . 7 Installation is complete. Refer to the HP JetDir ect Softwar e Installation Guide to configure your printers. Macintosh The Macintosh[...]

Disk Imaging Y ou may copy the software disk images to a network dri ve or floppy disks. For example, locate the disk image subdirectories for your operating system and language, and copy the entire directory (or directories) using File Manager , XCOPY , or another f ile management tool. Use the follo wing CD-R OM Directory Structure to determine t[...]

CD-ROM Directory Structure Subdirectory 1 Subdirectory 2 Subdirectory 3 Subdirectory 4 WIN95 (for Windows 95) Dansk (Danish) Subdirectory of eac h disk NA Deutch (German) Subdirectory of eac h disk NA Dutch (Dutch) Subdirectory of ea ch disk NA English Subdirectory of each disk NA Espanol (Spanish) Subdirectory of ea ch disk NA F r ancais (F renc [...]

T o Obtain Software Not Included W ith This Printer The following operating systems are supported by the HP LaserJet 5Si Printer , b ut the software must be ordered se parately: • • Microsoft LAN Manager for OS/2, v. 2.1 • • Microsoft Windows NT , v. 1.0 • • HP-UX v. 3.0, 9.0, 10 • • SunOS v. 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3 • • SCO UNIX V/3[...]

What if I ha ve problems with my s oftwar e ? • • If your CD-ROM is damaged or lost, or you need disks, call the HP Distribution at (970) 339-7009. US Only. • • For 24-hour automated support answers to common problems regarding HP software, call HP Audio T ips at (800) 333-1917. US Only. • • For assistance with technical questions regar[...]

T r oubleshooting Checklist • • Is the control panel blank? Make sure all power cables are securely attached and plugged into a grounded power outlet. Make sure the printer power switch is ON. • • Does the control panel display OFFLINE ? Press [Online] . • • Does the control panel display HP MIO 1 INITIALIZING ? No cable, a bad cable, o[...]

F or Additional Assistance... Consult your user’ s guide. Call th e HP Deal e r fr om whom you purchased y our pr in te r . Call the Hewlett-P ackard Customer Support C enter . Write your HP dea le r’ s telephone number he re: 42 - Getting Started Guide EN[...]