HP Color LaserJet 2700 User Manual

1 Printer basics
This chapter contains basic information about the printer features:
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Printers at a glance
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Features at a glance
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Walkaround
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Printer software
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Print-media specifications
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Selecting print media
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Printing and storage environment
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Printing on special media
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Printers at a glance
HP Color LaserJet 2700 printerHP Color LaserJet 2700n printer
●Prints up to 20 pages per minute (ppm) on letter-size
media or 20 ppm on A4-size media in monochrome (black
and white), and 15 ppm in color
●100-sheet multipurpose tray (tray 1) and 250-sheet input
tray (tray 2)
●Hi-Speed universal serial bus (USB) 2.0 port
●64 megabytes (MB) of random access memory (RAM)HP Color LaserJet 2700 printer, plus:
●Built-in networking to connect to 10Base-T/100Base-TX
networks
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Features at a glance
FeatureHP Color LaserJet 2700 Series printer
Performance●300 MHz processor
User interface●Two-line LCD display
●The HP ToolboxFX (a status and troubleshooting tool)
●Windows® and Macintosh printer drivers
●Embedded Web server to gain access to support and to order supplies (administrator tool for
network-connected models only)
Printer drivers●HP PCL 6
●HP Postscript level 3 emulation
Fonts●80 internal fonts available for both PCL and PostScript 3 emulation
●80 printer-matching screen...

Walkaround
Figure 1-1  Front view (shown with optional 500-sheet input tray)
1Output bin extender
2Output bin
3Top cover
4Printer control panel
5Front door
6Tray 1 (holds 100 sheets of standard paper)
7Tray 2 (holds 250 sheets of standard paper)
8Tray 3 (optional; holds 500  sheets of standard paper)
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Figure 1-2  Back and side view
1On/off (power) switch
2Power connection
3Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port
4Network port (available on the HP Color LaserJet 2700n printer only)
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Printer software
The printing-system software is included with the printer. See the getting started guide for installation
instructions.
The printing system includes software for end users and network administrators, and printer drivers for
access to the printer features and communication with the computer.
NOTEFor a list of the network environments that the network-administrator software
components support, see 
Network configuration (HP Color LaserJet 2700n only).
For a list of printer drivers and...

Opening the printer drivers
Operating SystemTo change the settings for all
print jobs until the software
program is closedTo change the default settings
for all print jobsTo change the product
configuration settings
Windows 2000, XP,
and Server 20031.On the File menu in the
software program, click
Print.
2.Select the driver, and then
click Properties or
Preferences.
The steps can vary; this
procedure is most common.1.Click Start, click Settings,
and then click Printers or
Printers and Faxes....

Software for Windows
The HP ToolboxFX
The HP ToolboxFX is a software program that you can use for the following tasks:
●Checking the printer status
●Checking the supplies status and ordering supplies online
●Setting up alerts
●Setting up e-mail notification for certain printer and supplies events
●Viewing and changing printer settings
●Viewing printer documentation
●Gaining access to troubleshooting and maintenance tools
You can view the HP ToolboxFX when the printer is directly connected to your...

Software for networks
HP Web Jetadmin
HP Web Jetadmin is a browser-based management tool for network-connected printers within your
intranet. It should be installed only on the network administrator’s computer.
To download a current version of HP Web Jetadmin and for the latest list of supported host systems,
visit 
www.hp.com/go/webjetadmin.
When installed on a host server, any client can gain access to HP Web Jetadmin by using a supported
Web browser (such as Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6.x or...

Print-media specifications
For optimum results, use conventional 75 g/m2 to 90 g/m2 (20 to 24 lb) photocopy paper. Verify that the
paper is of good quality and is free of cuts, nicks, tear s, spots, loose particles, dust, wrinkles, curls, or
bent edges.
Tray 1 and tray 2 
Media typeDimensions1WeightCapacity2
Paper (includi ng postcards)Minimum: 76 x 127 mm
(3 x 5 inches)
Maximum: 216 x 356 mm
(8.5 x 14 inches)60 to 163 g/m2 (16 to 43 lb)
Up to 176 g/m
2 (47 lb) for
postcards
Tray 1: up to 100 sheets...