HP Color LaserJet 2600n User Manual

Printing on custom-sized print media or cardstock
Postcards, 3-x-5-inch (index) cards, and other custom-sized print media can be printed on
from Tray 1 or Tray 2. The minimum size is 76 x 127 mm (3 x 5 inches) and the maximum
size is 216 x 356 mm (8.5 x 14 inches).
● Always insert the short edge first into Tray 1  or Tray 2. To print in landscape mode,
make this selection through your program.  Inserting the media long-edge-first might
cause a jam.
● In your program, set margins at least 6.4 mm  (0.25...

Controlling print jobs
This section provides basic printing instructions. When making changes to printing settings,
follow the hierarchy of how changes are prioritized.  (Note that the names of commands and
dialog boxes might vary depending  on your software program.)
● Page Setup  dialog box . This dialog box opens when you click  Page Setup or a similar
command on the  File menu in your software program. This  dialog box is part of the
program in which you are working.  Settings that are changed here...

Features in the printer driver
Some printer drivers and some operating systems do not support all of these printer features.
● Setting a custom paper size
● Printing in grayscale
● Changing the color settings
● Creating and using watermarks
● Printing multiple pages on one sheet of paper (N-up printing)
● Creating and using Quick Sets
● Reducing or enlarging
● Printing on different paper for the first page
● Changing the print quality
● Restoring the default printer-driver settings
For printing using...

NOTEIf you are using Windows 2000 or XP, you must have Administrator privileges to create
watermarks. You do not need Administrator privileges  to add existing watermarks to
documents.
● Windows: Gain access to the  Watermark options on the  Effects tab in your printer driver.
● Mac: Gain access to the Watermark  options on the watermark/overlay pull-down menu
in the  Print dialog box. (Note that OS X might not support Watermarks.)
Printing multiple pages on one sheet of paper (N-up printing)
N-up...

Printing on different paper for the first page
Printing on different paper for the first page is useful if, for example, you are printing a letter
that uses letterhead on the first page and  plain sheets for the subsequent pages. The size
for all pages of the print job  must be the same in the printer driver.
● Windows: Try to set this setting from  one of these locations, in this order: the  Page
Setup  dialog box in the program, the  Print dialog box in the program, or the
Paper/Quality  tab in the...

To print from the Macintosh OS
1. Make sure that paper is loaded in the printer.
2. On the File menu, click  Page Setup.
3. Make sure that this printer is selected on the  Format for pop-up menu.
4. Select the size of paper onto which you are printing.
5. Select the  Orientation and Scale , if necessary, and click  OK.
6. On the  File menu, click  Print.
7. Use the following method to select the Source (tray) from which you wa\
nt to print or select the Type of media onto which you want to print....

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)
Macintosh OS X
v10.2 and laterOn the File menu, click  Print.
Change settings as necessary
on the various pop-up menus.On the  File menu, click  Print.
To change settings as
necessary, use the various
pop-up menus, and then on
the  Presets  pop-up menu,...

Printing on both sides
To print on both sides of the paper, you have to return to the printer and reinsert the paper
manually after the first side has printed.
CAUTION
Do not print on both sides of labels or  transparencies. Damage to the printer and jams might
result.
To print on both sides (manually)
1. Insert enough paper into Tray 2 or  optional Tray 3 to accommodate the print job.
NOTEIn Windows, Print on both sides (manually)  must be enabled to complete these
instructions. To enable duplexing, in...

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 or faxes  in Windows 2000 or Windows XP) or  Print Center Queue
in Mac, try to delete the job from there next.
● If the print job is already...