HP Color LaserJet 2605 User Manual

							
HP Color LaserJet 2605, 2605dn, 2605dtn
User Guide
 
						

							HP Color LaserJet 2605, 2605dn, and
2605dtn Printer
User Guide
 
						

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Table of contents
1   Printer basicsQuick access to printer information ........................................................................\
................... .............2
Printer configurations ......................... ............................................................................... ......................3
HP Color LaserJet 2605 printer .............................................................................................3
HP Color LaserJet 2605dn printer .........................................................................................3
HP Color LaserJet 2605dtn printer ........................................................................................4
Printer features .......................................................\
....................................................... .........................5
Walk around ................................................................................................................... .........................7
Software ...................................................................................................................... ............................9
Software and supported operating systems ..........................................................................9
Software tips ................................................................................................................. .........9
How do I gain access to the printer features? ......................................................9
How do I get the latest printing software? ...........................................................10
What other software is available? .......................................................................10
Print-media specifications ...................... .............................................................................. .................11
General guidelines .......................................................................\
..................................... ...11
Paper and print media ......................................................................................................... 11
Printing and storage environment ........................................................................\
................12
Envelopes ..................................................................................................................... .......12
Labels ........................................................................................................................ ...........14
Transparencies .......................... ...................................................................................... ....15
HP LaserJet glossy paper and HP LaserJet Photo paper .....................................\
..............15
Letterhead or preprinted forms ............................................................................................15
HP LaserJet Tough paper ....................................................................................................15
Custom-sized print media or cardstock ...............................................................................16
Supported media weights and sizes .................................................................\
...................16
2   Software for Windows Printer drivers ............................................................................................................... ........................20
Using Help .................................................................................................................... .......20
HP ToolboxFX .................................................................................................................. ....................21
Embedded Web server (EWS) ..................................................................................................... ........22
HP Web Jetadmin ............................................................................................................... ..................23
Uninstalling the printing software ............................................................................................ .............24
Uninstalling software for Windows ........................................................................\
...............24
Uninstalling software for Windows by using Add or Remove Programs .............................24
3   Software for Macintosh Software for Macintosh computers ...................................................\
........................................... .........26
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Installing Macintosh printing system software for networks ................................................26
Installing Macintosh printing system software for direct connections (USB) .......................27
To remove software from Macintosh operating systems ....................\
.................................27
Printer drivers for Macintosh computers ....................................................................................... ........28
Supported printer drivers ..................................................................................................... 28
Gaining access to the printer drivers ...................................................................................28
Using features in the Macintosh printer driver ................................................................................ ......29
Creating and using presets in Mac OS X ............................................................................29
Printing a cover page .......................................................................\
.................................. ..29
Printing multiple pages on one sheet of paper ....................................................................30
Printing on both sides of the paper .............................................................\
.........................30
Setting the color options ..................................................................................................... .31
Enabling memory ........................................................................\
....................................... ..32
Managing printer color options on Macintosh computers ....................................................................33 Print Color as Gray ........................................................................................................... ...33
Advanced color options for text, graphics, and photographs ..............................................33 Halftone options ..................................................................................................33
Neutral Grays ......................................................................................................33
RGB Color ..............................................................\
.............................................34
Edge Control .......................................................................................................34
Using Macintosh Configure Device .............................................................................................. ........35
Macintosh Configure Device (Mac OS X V10.3 and Mac OS X V10.4) ..............................35
Troubleshooting common Macintosh problems ...................................................................................36
Solving problems with Mac OS X ........................................................................................36
4   Control panel Control panel features ........................................................................................................ ..................40
Display ....................................................................................................................... ..........40
Control panel menus ........................................................................................................... .41
Using the control panel menus ...........................................................................41
Control panel menu map ........................................................................\
.............41
Understanding Supplies Status .................................. .........................................................42
Black, Yellow, Cyan, and Magenta Supplies Status gauges ..............................43
Understanding Printer Status ....................... ........................................................................43
Cancel Job button ...............................................................................................43
Attention light .......................................................................................................43
Ready light  ..........................................................................................................43
Left and Right arrow buttons .......................................................................\
........43
5   Printing tasks Loading trays .................................................................\
................................................ .......................46
Loading Tray 1 .........................................................\
....................................................... .....46
Loading Tray 2 .........................................................\
....................................................... .....47
Printing on special media ..................................................................................................... ................52
Controlling print jobs ............................................................\
............................................ .....................53
Settings for selecting print media .........................................................................................53 Features in the printer driver .......................................................................\
........54
Setting a custom paper size ...............................................................54
Printing in grayscale ...........................................................................54
Changing the color settings ................................................................54
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Creating and using watermarks .........................................................54
Printing multiple pages on one sheet of paper (N-up printing) ..........55
Creating and using Quick Sets ......................................................\
.....55
Reducing or enlarging ........................................................................55
Printing on different paper for the first page .......................................55
Restoring the default printer-driver settings .......................................56
To print from Windows ........................................................................................56
Gaining access to printer driver settings .............................................................................56
Printing on both sides .................................................\
....................................................... ...................58
Canceling a print job .............................................................\
............................................ ....................60
6   Color Using color ................................................................................................................... .........................62
HP ImageREt 2400 .......................................................................\
....................................... 62
Media selection ........................................................\
....................................................... .....62
Color options ..........................................................\
....................................................... .......62
Standard red-green-blue (sRGB) .................. .......................................................................62
Managing color options ........................................................................................................ ................64
Print in Grayscale ............................................................................................................ .....64
Automatic versus Manual color adjustment .......................................................................\
..64
Change color options ...................................................\
....................................................... .6 4
Halftone options ..................................................................................................65
Edge Control .......................................................................................................65
RGB Color ........................................................................\
...................................65
Neutral Grays ......................................................................................................66
Matching colors ............................................................................................................... ......................67
7   Photo Inserting a memory card ............................................................\
........................................... ................70
Changing memory card default settings .......................................................\
.................................. ......72
Changing memory card settings for the current job ............................................................................. 73
Printing photos directly from the memory card ................................................................................. ....74
Printing a memory card index .................................................................................................. .............75
8   Networking Set up the printer and use it on the network .................................................................................. ......78
To configure a network port-connected printer configuration (direct mode or peer-to-
peer printing) ........................................................\
........................................................ ........78
To configure a direct-connected shared printer (client server printing) ...............................79
To change from a direct-connected shared printer to a network port-connected
printer configuration ..................... .................................................................................... ....79
Managing the network .......................................................................................................... ................80
Viewing network settings .....................................................................................................8 0
Changing network settings ..................................................................................................80
Set my network password ....................................................................................................80
Using the printer control panel ............................................................................................... ..............81
Network configuration page ........................................................................\
.........................81
Configuration page .................................. .......................................................................... ...81
IP configuration ........................................................................\
...................................... ......81
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Configure a static IP address for my printer .......................................................81
Automatic configuration .......................................................................................82
Link speed and duplex settings ...........................................................................................82
Supported network protocols ................................................................................................... .............84
TCP/IP ........................................................................................................................ ..........................86
Internet Protocol (IP) ........................................................................................................ ....86
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) .......................................................................\
...........86
User Datagram Protocol (UDP) ...........................................................................................86
IP address .......................................................................\
............................................. ........86
IP address: network portion ................................................................................87
IP address: host portion ......................................................................................87
IP address structure and class ............................................................................87
Configuring IP parameters ........................................................................\
...........................88 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) ...................................................88
BOOTP ..................................................................\
.............................................. 88
Subnets ................................................................\
....................................................... .........88
Subnet mask .......................................................................................................88
Gateways .......................................................................\
............................................... .......89
Default gateway ..................................................................................................89
TCP/IP configuration .................................... ........................................................................89
Server-based, AutoIP, and manual TCP/IP configuration ..................................89
Server-based TCP/IP configuration ....................................................................90
Default IP address configuration (AutoIP) ..........................................................90
TCP/IP configuration tools ......................... .........................................................90
Troubleshooting .......................................................................\
........................................ .....................91
Verifying that the printer is on and online ............................................................................91
Resolving communication problems with the network .........................................................91
9   How do I? Print: How do I? .......................................................................\
....................................... ......................94
Set the printer for high-quality output ..................................................................................94
Print on both sides of the paper .............................................................\
..............................95
Select paper type for special media ....................................................................................97
Change the device print settings, such as print quality, in HP ToolboxFX ..........................97
Print color documents from my computer in black and  white only ......................................98
Change color options ...................................................\
....................................................... .9 8
Halftone options ..................................................................................................98
Edge Control .......................................................................................................98
RGB Color ..............................................................\
.............................................99
Neutral Grays ......................................................................................................99
Network: How do I? ............................................................................................................ ................100
Set up the printer and use it on the network ......................................................................100
Set my network password ..................................................................................................100
Find my network IP address ..............................................................................................100
Configure a static IP address for my printer ......................................................................100
Add memory: How do I? ........................................................................\
................................. ............102
Installing memory and font DIMMs ....................................................................................102
Other: How do I? .............................................................................................................. ..................105
Changing print cartridges ...................................................................................................10 5
To change the print cartridge ............................................................................105
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10   Managing the printerDevice pages and reports ...................................................................................................... .............110
Demo page ..................................................................................................................... ...110
Configuration page .................... ........................................................................................ .110
Supplies Status page .......................................................................\
..................................1 11
Networking page .......................................................................\
........................................ .113
Fonts pages ................................................................................................................... ....113
Usage page .................................................................................................................... ....113
Menu map ...................................................................................................................... .....................114
HP ToolboxFX .................................................................................................................. ..................115
To view HP ToolboxFX ......................................................................................................115
Status .................................................................\
....................................................... .........116
Event log ...........................................................................................................116
Alerts .................................................................\
....................................................... ..........117
Set up status alerts ...........................................................................................117
Set up e-mail alerts ...........................................................................................117
Help .......................................................................................................................... ..........117
Device settings ............................................................................................................... ....118
Device information ............................................................................................118
Paper handling ..................................................................................................119
Printing ..............................................................................................................119
PCL5e ...............................................................................................................119
PostScript .............................................................\
.............................................120
Print quality  ........................................................................................................120
Print density .......................................................................................................120
Paper types .......................................................................................................121
Memory card (HP Color LaserJet 2605dtn) ......................................................121
System setup ....................................................................................................122
Service ..............................................................................................................122
Network settings .............................................................................................................. ..122
Using the embedded Web server ........................................................................\
......................... ......123
To access the embedded Web server using a network connection ..................................123
Information tab ........................................................\
....................................................... ....124
Settings tab ...........................................................\
....................................................... ......124
Networking tab .........................................................\
....................................................... ...125
Other links found in HP ToolboxFX ...................................................................................125
11   Maintenance Managing supplies ............................................................................................................. .................128
Supplies life ................................................................................................................. .......128
Checking and ordering supplies ........................................................................................128 To check status and order using the control panel ...........................................128
To check and order supplies using HP ToolboxFX ..........................................128
To check and order using HP Web Jetadmin ...................................................129
Storing supplies .............................................................................................................. ...129
Replacing and recycling supplies ......................................................................................129
HP policy on non-HP supplies ...........................................................................................129 Resetting the printer for non-HP supplies .........................................................129
HP anti-counterfeit website ...............................................................\
.................................130
Cleaning the printer .......................................................................................................... ..................131
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To remove toner build-up ...................................................................................................131
To clean the paper path using HP ToolboxFX ..................................................................133
Cartridge out override .......................................................................\
................................. .................134
Configuration ................... .............................................................................................. .....134
On-going operation ............................................................................................................ 134
Changing print cartridges ..................................................................................................... ..............135
To change the print cartridge .......................................................................\
......................135
Calibrating the printer ....................................................................................................... ..................138
To calibrate the printer at the printer .................................................................................138
To calibrate the printer from the HP ToolboxFX ................................................................138
12   Problem solving Troubleshooting process ................................. ...................................................................................140
Troubleshooting checklist ....................................... ...........................................................140
Control panel messages ........................................................................................................ .............142
Alert and warning messages .............................................................................................142
Critical error messages ................................................\
......................................................1 45
Clearing jams ................................................................................................................. .....................148
Where to look for jams ...................................................................\
....................................1 48
To clear jams from inside the printer .................................................................................149
To clear jams from the duplex area (HP Color LaserJet 2605dn and 2605dt\
n models
only) ......................................................................................................................... ..........150
To clear jams from the top bin (HP Color LaserJet 2605) .................................................152
To clear jams from the top output area (HP Color LaserJet 2605dn and 26\
05dtn
models only) .................................................................................................................. .....153
To clear jams from Tray 2 or optional Tray 3 .....................................................................155
Print problems ................................................................................................................ .....................156
Print quality  problems ........................................................................................................ 156
Identifying and correcting print defects .............................................................156 Print-quality checklist .......................................................................\
.156
General print  quality issues ..............................................................156
Solving issues with color documents ...............................................161
Media-handling problems ..................................................................................................162
Print-media guidelines .......................................................................................162
Solving print-media problems ...........................................................................163
Performance problems ......................................................................................................164
Troubleshooting tools ......................... ................................................................................ ................165
Device pages and reports .......................................................................\
...........................165 Demo page ........................................................................................................165
Configuration page .......................................................................\
.....................165
Supplies Status page ........................................................................................165
HP ToolboxFX .................................................................................................................. ..165
To view HP ToolboxFX .....................................................................................165
Troubleshooting tab ..................... .....................................................................165
Service menu .......................................................................\
........................................... ...166
Restoring the factory-set defaults .....................................................................166
Cleaning the paper path .......................................................................\
.............166
Calibrating the printer .......................................................................\
.................166
13   Working with memory
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