HP Color LaserJet 1600 User Manual

To print from Windows
1.Make sure that print media is loaded in the printer.
2. On the  File menu, click  Page Setup or a similar command. Make sure that the settings are correct
for this document.
3. From the  File menu, click  Print, Print Setup , or a similar command. The  Print dialog box opens.
4. Select this printer and change settings as necessary. Do not change any settings, such as page
size or orientation, that you set in the  Page Setup dialog box.
5. If this print job is for a standard size...

Operating SystemTemporarily change settings for
jobs that are printed nowPermanently change default
settings1Change configuration settings
(For example, to add an optional tray
or to enable or disable a driver feature
such as Allow manual duplexing)
Windows XPOn the File menu, click  Print, select
this printer, and then click
Properties  or Preferences . (The
actual steps can vary; this is the
most common method.)Click  Start, click  Printers and
Faxes , right-click the printer name
or icon, and then...

Printing on both sides
To print on both sides of the paper, you must send the paper through the device twice.
CAUTIONDo not print on both sides of labels or transparencies.
Print on both sides of the paper
1.Insert enough paper into Tray 2 or optional Tray 3 to accommodate the print job.
NOTE In Windows,  Print on both sides (manually)  must be enabled to complete these
instructions. To enable duplexing, in the printer driver, select  Properties, and then click on
the  Configure  tab. Under Paper...

3.After the job is finished printing, remove any blank paper from Tray 2 or optional Tray 3. Lift the
printed stack from the output bin and insert the printed stack without rotating or turning the stack
over into the printer tray that was used for the first part of the job.
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4.
Press  (Select ) to continue printing on the second side.
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Canceling a print job
A print job can be canceled from a program, from a print queue, or from the  (Cancel Job ) button on
the printer.
● If the printer has not started printing, first try to cancel the job within the program that sent the print
job.
● If the print job is waiting in a print queue or print spooler such as the 
Printers folder in Windows
( Printers and Faxes  in Windows XP), try to delete the job from there next.
● If the print job is already printing, press 
 (Cancel Job ) on the...

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4 Color
This chapter describes how the printer provides great color printing. This chapter also describes ways
to produce the best possible color prints. The following topics are covered:
●
Using color
●
Managing color options
●
Matching colors
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Using color
This printer offers great color as soon as you set it up. It provides a combination of automatic color
features to generate excellent color results for the general user, plus sophisticated tools for the
experienced color user.
The printer provides carefully designed and tested color tables to provide smooth, accurate color
rendition of all printable colors.
HP provides free online tools to help businesses of all sizes with their color printing. HPs Office Color
Printing Center (...

The latest versions of Adobe® PhotoShop®, CorelDRAW™, Microsoft Office, and many other
applications use sRGB to communicate color. Most importantly, as the default color space in Microsoft
operating systems, sRGB has gained broad adoption as a way to exchange color information between
software programs and devices by using a common definition that assures that typical users will
experience greatly improved color matching. The sRGB standard improves your ability to match colors
between the printer, the...

Managing color options
Setting color options to Automatic typically produces the best possible print quality for color documents.
However, in some situations, you might want to print a color document in grayscale (black and shades
of gray) or to change one of the printers color options.
● Using Windows, print in grayscale or change the color options by using the settings on the 
Color
tab in the printer driver.
Print in Grayscale
Selecting the  Print in Grayscale  option from the printer driver prints a...