HP Color LaserJet 3600 User Manual

2 Control panel
This chapter contains information about the printer control panel, which provides controls for printer
functions and communicates information about the printer and print jobs.
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Control-panel overview
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Using the control-panel menus
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Retrieve Job menu
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Information menu
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Paper Handling menu
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Configure Device menu
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Diagnostics menu
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Changing printer control-pa nel configuration settings
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Using the printer control panel in shared environments
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Control-panel overview
The control panel provides controls for printer functions and shows messages about the printer, print
jobs, and supplies status.
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Figure 2-1  Control panel buttons and lights
NumberButton or lightFunction
1Stop  buttonHalts the current job, presents a choice to resume or cancel the
current print job, clears media from the printer, and clears any
continuable errors that are associated with the halted job. If the printer
is not printing a job, pressing  Stop pauses...

You can perform most routine printing tasks from the computer through th e printer driver or any software
program. Use the control panel to access printer features not supported by the printer driver or software
program. Any changes that  you make from the computer will overri de the printer control-panel settings.
For information about using the printer driver, see 
Printer software.
Control-panel indicator lights
IndicatorOnOffFlashing
Ready
(green)Printer is online (can accept
and process...

The supplies gauge shows the consumption levels of print cartridges (black, cyan, magenta, and yellow).
When a non-HP print cartridge is installed, a ?  might appear instead of the consumption level. The
supplies gauge appears whenever the printer shows the  Ready state, and whenever the printer shows
a warning or error message concerning a cartridge.
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Using the control-panel menus
To gain access to the control-panel menus, complete the steps below.
To use the menus
1.Press  Menu.
2. Press 
 or  to navigate the listings.
3. Press 
 to select the appropriate option.
4. Press 
 to return to the previous level.
5. Press  Menu to exit the menu.
6. Press 
 to see additional information about a menu.
The main menus are shown in the table below.
Main menus RETRIEVE JOB (HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers
only)
INFORMATION
PAPER HANDLING
CONFIGURE...

Retrieve Job menu
NOTEThis feature is available for  the HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only.
NOTEThis menu appears only if the printer has a hard disk installed.
Use the RETRIEVE JOB  menu to print or delete stored jobs from the control panel.
Menu itemValueDescription
 ALL PRIVATE JOBS
ALL PRIVATE JOBS  appears if you have more than one
stored job protected by a per sonal identification number
(PIN).
  will be the name assigned to the print job when
you sent it from your computer.
Once...

Information menu
Use the INFORMATION  menu to gain access to and prin t specific printer information.
Sub-menuDescription
PRINT MENU MAPPrints the control-panel menu map, which s hows the layout and current settings of the
control-panel menu items. See 
Using printer information pages .
PRINT CONFIGURATIONPrints the printer configuration page.
PRINT SUPPLIES STATUS PAGEPrints information about toner level, page count, and estimated pages remaining.
SUPPLIES STATUSShows the supplies status in a scrollable...

Paper Handling menu
Use the PAPER HANDLING  menu to configure trays by size and type.
NOTETo configure the trays correctly, use this  menu before you print for the first time.
Menu itemValueDescription
TRAY 1 SIZEA list of available sizes
appears.Configures the paper size for tray 1. The default is  ANY SIZE. See Supported
media sizes  for a complete list of available sizes.
TRAY 1 TYPEA list of available types
appears.Configures the paper type for tray 1. The default is  ANY TYPE. See Supported
media...

Configure Device menu
Use the CONFIGURE DEVICE  menu to change or reset the default print settings, to adjust the print
quality, and to change the system c onfiguration and I/O options. The five  CONFIGURE DEVICE sub-
menus are described in the sections below.
Printing sub-menu
These settings affect only jobs that do not have id entified properties. Most jobs identify all of the
properties and override the values that are set from  this menu. This menu can also be used to set the
default paper size and...

Menu itemValuesDescription
PRINT PDF ERRORS
(HP Color LaserJet
3000 and 3800 Series
printers only)OFF
ONSelect ON to print portable document format (PDF) error pages. The
default is  OFF.
PCL FORM LENGTH
ORIENTATION
(HP Color LaserJet 3000
and 3800 Series printers
only)
FONT SOURCE
(HP Color LaserJet 3000
and 3800 Series printers
only)
FONT NUMBER
(HP Color LaserJet 3000
and 3800 Series printers
only)
FONT PITCH
(HP Color LaserJet 3000
and 3800 Series printers
only)
FONT POINT SIZE
(HP Color LaserJet...