HP Color LaserJet 3600 User Manual

							Envelopes
NOTEEnvelopes can be printed only from tray 1.  Set the tray media size to the specific
envelope size. See 
Printing envelopes from tray 1 .
Adhere to the following guidelines to help ensure proper  printing on envelopes and to help prevent printer
jams:
● Do not load more than 10 envelopes into tray 1.
● The weight rating of envelopes should not exceed 90 g/m
2 (24 lb bond).
● Envelopes should be flat.
● Do not use envelopes with windows or clasps.
● Envelopes must not be wrinkled, nicked, or otherwise damaged.
● Envelopes with peel-off adhesive strips must us
e adhesives that can withstand the heat and
pressures of the printer’s fusing process.
● Envelopes should be loaded face-down with the top of the envelope to the left, and the short edge
feeding into the printer first.
NOTE
In high humidity environments, envelopes should be printed long-edge first to prevent
them from sealing during printing. For long-edge printing, envelopes should be loaded long edge
first, face down. See 
Printing envelopes from tray 1 .
Labels
NOTEIn either the application or  the printer driver, select Labels  as the media type, or configure
tray 1 for labels. See 
Configuring trays .
●Verify that the labels’ adhesive material can tolerate temperatures of 190° C (374° F) for 0.1 second.
● Verify that there is no expose
d adhesive material between the  labels. Exposed areas can cause
labels to peel off during printing, which can ca use paper jams. Exposed adhesive can also cause
damage to printer components.
● Do not re-feed a sheet of labels.
● Verify that labels lie flat.
● Do not use labels that are wrin
kled, bubbled, or otherwise damaged.
Heavy paper
●Any tray will print most heavy m
edia that does not exceed 105 g/m2 (28 lb bond).
● Use cardstock (135 g/m
2 to 176 g/m2 (36 to 47 lb bond)) only in tray 1.
● In either the software application or the printer driver, select 
Heavy (106 g/m
2 to 163 g/m2 (28 to
43 lb bond)) or  Cardstock (135 g/m2 to 176 g/m2 (36 to 47  lb bond)) as the media type, or print
from a tray that is configured for heavy paper.  Because this setting affects all print jobs, it is
important to return the printer back to its original settings once the job has printed. See 
Configuring
trays .
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							CAUTIONIn general, do not use paper that is heavier than the media specification
recommended for this printer. Doing so can cause misfeeds, paper jams, reduced print quality,
and excessive mechanical wear. Ho wever, some heavier media, such as HP Cover Stock, can
be safely used.
HP LaserJet Tough paper
● Use only HP LaserJet Tough paper with this printe
r. HP products are designed to work together
for optimum printing results.
● Handle HP LaserJet Tough paper using the edges. 
Oils from your fingers deposited on HP LaserJet
Tough paper can cause print quality problems.
● In either the software application or the printer driver, select 
Tough Paper as the media type, or
print from a tray that is config ured for HP LaserJet Tough paper.
CAUTIONTransparent media that are no t designed for LaserJet printing will melt in the printer,
causing damage to the printer.
Preprinted forms and letterhead
● Forms and letterhead must be printe
d with heat-resistant inks that will not melt, vaporize, or release
hazardous emissions when subjected to the printer’s fusing temperature of approximately 190° C
(374° F) or 0.1 second.
● Inks must be nonflammable and should not
 adversely affect any printer rollers.
● Forms and letterhead should be sealed in a moisture-proof wrapping to prevent changes during
storage.
● Before loading preprinted paper, verify that the 
ink on the paper is dry. During the fusing process,
wet ink can come off of preprinted paper.
● When 2-sided (duplex) printing, load preprinted fo
rms and letterhead into tray 2 and tray 3 face-
down with the top edge at the back of the tray. To  load preprinted forms and letterhead into tray 1,
load them face-up with the bottom edge feeding in first.
● When 1-sided (simplex) printing, load preprinted forms and letterhead into tray 2 or tray 3 face-up
with the top edge of the page at the front of the tray. To load preprinted forms and letterhead into
tray 1, place them in the tray with the side 
to be printed face-down with the bottom edge feeding
in first.
Recycled paper
This printer supports the use of recycled paper. Rec ycled paper must meet the same specifications as
standard paper. See the  HP LaserJet Printer Family Print Media Specification Guide . Hewlett-Packard
recommends that recycled paper contain no more than 5 percent ground wood.
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							Using 2-sided (duplex) printing
NOTETwo-sided printing is available for the HP  Color LaserJet 3000dn, 3000dtn, 3600dn,
3800dn, and 3800dtn printers.
The printer can print on both sides of the paper. If the printer is not equipped with automatic 2-sided
printing, see 
Manual 2-sided printing.
Automatic 2-sided printing
NOTE You must specify automatic 2-sided printing options in your software program or in the
printer driver as well in order to print on both sides of the page.
Perform the following steps to use automatic 2-sided printing:
● Verify that the printer driver is 
configured for 2-sided printing. (For instructions, see the online Help
for the printer driver.)
● Select the appropriate 2-sided printing options in the printer driver software, including page and
binding orientation.
● For certain media types, including transparencies
, labels, cardstock, and glossy film, 2-sided
printing is not supported.
● For best results, avoid 2-sided printing
 on rough-textured, heavy-weight paper.
● When using 2-sided printing, load pre-printed form
s and letterhead into tray 1 face-up with the
bottom edge of the page feeding first. Load preprint ed forms and letterhead into tray 2 and tray 3
face-down with the top edge  at the back of the tray.
NOTELoading pre-printed forms and letterhead  for 2-sided printing is different than
loading for 1-sided printing.
NOTE When duplexing, the printer prints on the first side of the page and then moves the page
into the output bin momentarily. The printer then pulls the page back into the printer to print the
second side of the page. Make sure that the p age is complete before taking a page from the
output bin. Pulling a page from t he bin while the printer is trying to pull the page back into the
printer can cause a jam.
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							Control-panel settings for automatic 2-sided printing
Many software programs include 2-sided printing setti ngs. If your software program or printer driver
does  not include 2-sided printing options, you can adjust these settings through the control panel. The
factory default setting is  OFF.
CAUTION Do not use 2-sided printing when printing on labels, transparencies, or glossy paper.
Serious damage to the printer can result.
To turn 2-sided printing on or  off from the control panel
NOTEChanging settings for 2-sided printing from th e printer control panel affects all print jobs.
Whenever possible, change settings for 2-sided pr inting in your software program or printer
driver.
To select 2-sided printing from the printer driver, the driver must be co nfigured correctly. For
instructions, see the online Help for the printer driver.
1. Press  Menu.
2. Press 
 to highlight  CONFIGURE DEVICE , and then press .
3. Press 
 to select PRINTING .
4. Press 
 to highlight  DUPLEX, and then press .
5. Press 
 or  to select ON  to turn on 2-sided printing or  OFF to turn off 2-sided printing, and
then press 
.
6. Press  Menu to return to the Ready state.
Options for binding 2- sided printing jobs
Before printing a 2-sided  document, use the printer driver to specify the edge on which you will bind
your finished document. Long-edge or book binding is  the conventional layout used for books. Short-
edge or tablet binding is the typical calendar binding.
NOTE The default setting is to bind on the long edge for pages in portrait orientation. To change
to short-edge binding, select the  Flip Pages Up check box.
Manual 2-sided printing
To print a duplexed document on media other than the supported sizes or weights (see Print-media
specifications), or if your printer does not support automati c 2-sided printing, go to the printer and reinsert
the paper manually after the first side has printed.
NOTE Damaged or reused media can cause jams and should not be used.
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							To manually print on two sides (duplex)
1.For tray 1, load letterhead paper face- up, with the bottom edge feeding first.
For tray 2 (250-sheet tray) or tray 3 (500-sheet tray), load letterhead paper face-down, with the top
edge at the back of the tray.
2. Open the printer driver.
3. Select the appropriate size and type.
4. On the  Finishing  tab, select  Print on Both Sides (Manually) .
5. Click  OK.
6. Go to the printer. When the  MANUAL FEED prompt appears, remove any blank paper from tray 1.
Remove the printed stack from the output bin and  insert the stack with the printed side up, bottom
edge feeding  first. You  must print the second side from tray 1.
NOTE Do not discard any blank sheets from the printed stack.
7.If prompted by a message at the control panel, press .
NOTE If total sheets exceed the tray 1 capaci ty for manual duplex jobs, feed the top
100 sheets first and press 
. When prompted, feed the next 100 sheets and press .
Repeat as necessary until all of the sheets from the printed stack have been loaded into
tray 1.
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							Managing special printing situations
Printing a different first page
Use the following procedure to print the first page of a document on a different media type than the rest
of the document. For example, you can print the first page of a document on letterhead paper and the
rest on plain paper.
1. From your software program or pr inter driver, specify a tray for the first page and another tray for
the remaining pages.
2. Load the special media into the tray that you specified in step 1.
3. Load the media for the remaining pages of the document into another tray.
4. Print the document.
You can also print on different media by using the printer control panel or printer driver to set the types
of media that are loaded in the trays and then se lecting the first and remaining pages by media type.
Printing on custom-size media
The printer supports single-sided printing and manual  duplexing on custom-size media. Tray 1 supports
media sizes from 76 x 127 mm (3 x 5 inches) to 2 16 x 356 mm (8.5 x 14 inches). Tray 2 and tray 3
support media sizes from 148 x 210 mm (5.83 x 8.27 inches) to 215.9 x 355.6 mm (8.5 x 14 inches).
When printing on custom-size media, if tray 1  is configured in the printer control panel as TRAY X TYPE=
ANY TYPE  and TRAY X SIZE= ANY , the printer will print on whatever media is loaded  in the tray.
Some software programs and printer drivers allow  you to specify custom media-size dimensions. Be
sure to set the correct media size in both the page  setup and print dialog boxes. If your software does
not allow this, specify the custom  media-size dimensions in the PAPER HANDLING control-panel menu.
See 
Paper Handling menu  for more information.
If your software program requires you to calculat e margins for custom-size media, see the online Help
for that program.
Stopping a print request
You can stop a print request by using the printer co ntrol panel or using your software program. For
instructions on how to stop a print request from a  computer on a network, see the online Help for the
specific network software.
NOTE It can take some time for a ll printing to clear after you have canceled a print job.
To stop the current print job fr om the printer control panel
1.Press  Stop on the printer control panel.
2. Press 
 to highlight  Cancel Current Job , and then press  to cancel the job.
If the print job is too far into the printing proc ess, you might not have the option to cancel it.
To stop the current print job from the software program
A dialog box will appear briefly on the screen, gi ving you the option to cancel the print job.
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							If several requests have been sent to the printer through your software, they might be waiting in a print
queue (for example, in Windows Print Manage r). See the software documentation for specific
instructions about canceling a print request from the computer.
If a print job is waiting in a print queue (computer  memory) or print spooler (Windows 98, 2000, XP, or
Me), delete the print job there.
For Windows 98 or Windows Me, click Start , click Settings, and then click Printers. For Windows 2000
and Windows XP, click  Start and then click Printers. Double-click the  HP Color LaserJet 3000, 3600,
or 3800 printer icon to open the print spooler. Sele ct the print job that you want to cancel, and then
press  Delete . If the print job is not cancelled, you might need to shut down and restart the computer.
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							Managing stored jobs
NOTEThis feature is available for  the HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only.
NOTEThis feature is available only for pr inters with installed hard drives.
To store print jobs on the printer, use the  Job Storage tab in the printer driver  Properties dialog box.
After a job is stored, you can print it or  delete it from the printer control panel.
To print a stored job
1. Press  Menu.
2. Press 
 to highlight  RETRIEVE JOB , and then press .
A list of users appears. If no jobs are stored , then the message  NO STORED JOBS appears.
3. Press 
 to highlight your user name, and then press .
● If you have more than one stored job that is
 protected by a personal identification number
(PIN), the  ALL PRIVATE JOBS  menu item appears. If you want to print one of the PIN-
protected jobs, highlight ALL PRIVATE JOBS , and then press 
.
4. Press 
 to highlight the correct print job, and then press .
5. Press 
 to highlight  PRINT, and then press .
● If the job is 
not PIN-protected, go to step 7.
6. If prompted, provide a PIN by pressing 
 or  to change the number. Press  after you have
specified each number of the four-digit PIN.
7. Press 
 and  to specify the number of copies, and then press  to print the job.
To delete a stored job
1. Press  Menu.
2. Press 
 to highlight  RETRIEVE JOB , and then press .
A list of users appears. If there ar e no stored jobs, then the message  NO STORED JOBS appears.
3. Press 
 to highlight your user name, and then press .
● If you have more than one stored 
job that is PIN-protected, the ALL PRIVATE JOBS menu
item appears. If you want to delete  one of the PIN-protected jobs, highlight  ALL PRIVATE
JOBS , and then press 
.
4. Press 
 to highlight the correct print job, and then press .
5. Press 
 to highlight  DELETE, and then press .
If the job is not  PIN-protected, the printer deletes the job.
6. If prompted, provide a PIN by pressing 
 or  to change the number. Press  after you have
specified each number of the four-digit PIN.
The printer deletes the job after you set the fourth PIN digit and press 
.
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							Managing memory
The HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers support up to 512 MB of memory. You can add
additional memory by installing a dual inline memo ry module (DIMM) in the DIMM slot, which accepts
128, 256, or 512 MB of RAM. For in formation about installing memory, see 
Working with memory.
The printer uses 200-pin, nonparity, synchronous DRAM memory modules. Extended data output (EDO)
DIMMs are not supported.
NOTE If memory problems occur when you are printing complex graphics, you can make more
memory available by removing downloaded fonts, style sheets, and macros from printer memory.
Reducing the complexity of a print job from  within an application can help avoid memory
problems.
NOTE Be sure to update the printer configuratio n in the printer driver after adding memory.
See 
Enabling memory .
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