HP Color LaserJet 3000 User Manual

Print Quality sub-menu
Use this menu to adjust all aspects of print quality, including calibration, registration, and color half tone
settings.
Menu itemValuesDescription
ADJUST COLORHIGHLIGHTS
MIDTONES
SHADOWS
RESTORE COLOR
VALUESModifies the half tone settings for each color. The default for each color
is 0.
SET REGISTRATIONPRINT TEST PAGE
SOURCE
ADJUST TRAY 1
ADJUST TRAY 2
ADJUST TRAY 3Shifts the margin alignment to center the image on the page from top to
bottom, and left to right. You can also align...

Menu itemValuesDescription
3600n, 3800, and
3800n printers only)
PROCESS
CLEANING PAGE 
For duplexing printers, this command creates and processes the
cleaning page. For non-duplexing pr inters, after the cleaning page is
loaded in tray 1, this menu item processes the cleaning page that was
created by the  CREATE CLEANING PAGE  command. The cleaning
process takes a few moments. See 
Cleaning the printer  for more
information.
System Setup sub-menu
Use the  SYSTEM SETUP  menu to make changes to default...

Menu itemValuesDescription
Select MOSTLY COLOR PAGES if nearly all of your print
jobs are color with high page coverage.
Select  MOSTLY BLACK PAGES  if you print mostly
monochrome print jobs, or a combination of color and
monochrome print jobs.
TRAY BEHAVIORUSE REQUESTED TRAY
MANUALLY FEED
PROMPT
PS DEFER MEDIA
USE ANOTHER TRAY
SIZE/TYPE PROMPT
DUPLEX BLANK PAGESSpecifies settings for the tray selection behavior. (Use this
setting to configure the trays to behave like trays in some
previous HP...

Menu itemValuesDescription
OPTIMUM SPEED/ENERGY
USAGE
(HP Color LaserJet 3000 and
3800 Series printers only)FASTER FIRST PAGE
SAVE ENERGYAffects print speed by defining whether the fuser cools
between jobs. When FASTER FIRST PAGE  is selected, the
fuser does not cool, and printing is faster. When  SAVE
ENERGY  is selected, the fuser cools between jobs. The
default is  FASTER FIRST PAGE .
DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS1–10Adjusts the brightness of the printer control panel. The
default is 5. See 
Display Brightness...

Menu itemValuesDescription
RAM DISK
(HP Color LaserJet 3000 and
3800 Series printers only)AUTO
OFFDetermines how the RAM disk feature is configured.
Select  AUTO to allow the printer to determine the optimal
RAM disk size based on the am ount of available memory.
OFF  disables the RAM disk, but  a minimal RAM disk is still
available. The default is  AUTO.
LANGUAGE A list of available languages
appears.Sets the default control-panel language.
See 
Language feature
 for more information.
I/O sub-menu
Use...

Menu itemValuesDescription
RESTORE FACTORY
SETTINGSNoneClears the page buffer, removes all perishable personality data, resets the
printing environment, and returns all default settings to factory defaults. This
menu does not restore HP Jetdirect network settings to factory default values.
SLEEP MODE OFF
ON Enables and disables sleep 
mode. The default is ON.
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Diagnostics menu
Use the DIAGNOSTICS  menu to run tests that can help identify and solve problems with the printer.
Menu itemDescription
PRINT EVENT LOGPrints an event log that shows the last 50 entries in  the printer event log, starting with the most recent.
SHOW EVENT LOGShows the last 50 printer events on the control-panel display, starting with the most recent.
PQ
TROUBLESHOOTINGPrints a series of print-quality assessment pages that help troubleshoot many print-quality problems.
PRINT DIAGNOSTICS...

Changing printer control-panel configuration settings
Use the printer control panel to make changes to default printer configuration settings, such as tray size
and type, sleep delay time, printer personality (language), and jam recovery.
You can also gain access to the printer control panel from a computer by using the  Settings page of
the embedded Web server. The computer shows the same information as the control panel. For more
information, see 
Using the embedded Web server .
CAUTIONConfiguration...

To set the Manually Feed Prompt feature
1.Press  Menu.
2. Press 
 to highlight  CONFIGURE DEVICE, and then press .
3. Press 
 to highlight  SYSTEM SETUP , and then press .
4. Press 
 to highlight  TRAY BEHAVIOR , and then press .
5. Press 
 to highlight  MANUALLY FEED PROMPT , and then press .
6. Press 
 or  to select  ALWAYS or UNLESS LOADED .
7. Press 
 to save the selected behavior, and then press  Menu to return to the  Ready state.
To set the PS Defer Media feature
1.Press  Menu.
2. Press 
 to...

6.Press  or  to select DISPLAY  or DO NOT DISPLAY.
7. Press 
 to save the selected behavior, and then press  Menu to return to the Ready state.
To set the Duplex Blank Pages feature
1.Press  Menu.
2. Press 
 to highlight  CONFIGURE DEVICE , and then press .
3. Press 
 to highlight  SYSTEM SETUP , and then press .
4. Press 
 to highlight  TRAY BEHAVIOR, and then press .
5. Press 
 to highlight  DUPLEX BLANK PAGES , and then press .
6. Press 
 or  to select AUTO  or YES.
7. Press 
 to save the selected...