HP Color LaserJet 3600dn User Manual
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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. ● Control-panel overview ● Using the control-panel menus ● Retrieve Job menu ● Information menu ● Paper Handling menu ● Configure Device menu ● Diagnostics menu ● Changing printer control-pa nel configuration settings ● Using the printer control panel in shared environments ENWW 17
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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. ? 1011129 87654321 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 the printer. 2Menu buttonOpens and closes menus. 3Ready lightIndicates that the printer is online or offline. See Control-panelindicator lights . 4Data lightIndicates whether or not the printer is receiving data. See Control- panel indicator lights . 5Attention lightIndicates that a critical error has occurred. See Control-panelindicator lights. 6Back arrow () buttonNavigates backward in nested menus. 7Up arrow () buttonNavigates menus and text, and increases the values of numerical items in the display. 8Select () buttonMakes selections, resumes printing after continuable errors, and overrides a non-HP print cartridge. 9Help () buttonProvides detailed information about printer messages or menus. 10Down arrow () buttonNavigates menus and text, and decr eases the values of numerical items in the display. 11Supplies gaugeShows the print cartridge-consumption levels. See Display. 12DisplayShows status information, menus, help information, and error messages. See Display . The printer communicates through the display and the lights on the lower part of the control panel. The display shows status information, as well as menus, help information, and error messages. The Ready, Data, and Attention lights provide at-a-glance information about the printer state. 18 Chapter 2 Control panel ENWW
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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 data).Printer is offline (paused), or is turned off.Printer is attempting to stop printing and go offline. This usually results from a users request to pause the current job. Data (green)Processed data is present in the printer, but more data is needed to complete the job, or the job is paused or waiting for errors to be cleared.Printer is not processing or receiving data.Printer is processing and receiving data. Attention (amber) A critical error has occurred. Printer requires attention. No conditions exist that require attention.An error has occurred. Printer requires attention. Display The printer display gives you complete, timely info rmation about the printer and print jobs. Graphics illustrate levels of supplies. Menus provide access to printer functions and detailed information. The top-level screen on the display has two areas: message/prompt and supplies gauge. 12 3 Figure 2-2 Printer display 1Message/prompt area 2Supplies gauge 3Print cartridge colors from left to right: black, yellow, cyan, and magenta The message and prompt areas of the display alert you to the state of the printer and tell you how to respond. ENWW Control-panel overview 19
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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. 20 Chapter 2 Control panel ENWW
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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 DEVICE DIAGNOSTICS SERVICE ENWW Using the control-panel menus 21
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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 you have selected a print job, you can print or delete it. For more information about stored jobs, see Managing stored jobs . 22 Chapter 2 Control panel ENWW
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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 list. PRINT USAGE PAGE (HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only)Prints a count of all media sizes that have passed through the printer; lists whether they were one-sided (simplex) , 2-sided (duplex), monochrome (black and white), or color; and reports the page count. PRINT COLOR USAGE JOB LOG (HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only)Prints a report that shows the user name, application name and color usage information on a job-by-job basis. PRINT DEMOPrints a demonstration page. PRINT RGB SAMPLESPrints an RGB color palette that can be used for color matching. PRINT CMYK SAMPLES (HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only)Prints a CMYK color palette that can be used for color matching. PRINT FILE DIRECTORY (HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only)Prints the names and directory of files stored in the printer. PRINT PCL FONT LIST (HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only)Prints the available PCL fonts. PRINT PS FONT LIST (HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only) Prints the available PS (emulated PostScript) fonts. ENWW Information menu 23
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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 sizes for a complete list of available types. TRAY 2 SIZE TRAY 3 SIZEA list of available sizes appears.Configures the paper size for tray 2 or tray 3. The default size is letter or A4, depending on the country/region. See Supported media sizes for a complete list of available sizes. TRAY 2 TYPE TRAY 3 TYPE A list of available types appears. Configures the paper type for tray 2 or tray 3. The default is PLAIN. See Supported media sizes for a complete list of available types. 24 Chapter 2 Control panel ENWW
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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 type. Menu itemValuesDescription COPIES1-32,000Sets the default number of copies. The default number of copies is 1. DEFAULT PAPER SIZEA list of available sizes appears.Sets the default paper size. DEFAULT CUSTOM PAPER SIZEUNIT OF MEASURE X DIMENSION Y DIMENSIONSets the default size for any custom job without dimensions. Available for tray 1. DUPLEX (HP Color LaserJet 3000dn, 3000dtn, 3600dn, 3800dn, and 3800dtn printers only)OFF ONEnables or disables the duplex func tion (automatic 2-sided printing). The default is OFF . You can override this setting in the printer driver. DUPLEX BINDING (HP Color LaserJet 3000dn, 3000dtn, 3600dn, 3800dn, and 3800dtn printers only)LONG EDGE SHORT EDGEDefines whether a duplex job will be flipped on the long edge or the short edge. You can override this setting in the printer driver. OVERRIDE A4/ LETTERNO YESSets the printer to print an A4 job on letter-size paper when no A4 paper is loaded, or to print a letter-size job on A4 when no letter-size paper is loaded. The default is NO. MANUAL FEEDOFF ONThe default is OFF. Setting it to ON makes MANUAL FEED the default for jobs that do not select a tray. You can override this setting in the printer driver. COURIER FONT (HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only).REGULAR DARKSelects a version of the Courier font. The default is REGULAR. WIDE A4 (HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only)NO YESSets the printable area of A4 paper so that eighty 10-pitch characters can be printed on a single line. The default is NO. PRINT PS ERRORS (HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only) OFF ON Select ON to print emulated PostScript (PS) error pages. The default is OFF . ENWW Configure Device menu 25
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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 3000 and 3800 Series printers only) SYMBOL SET APPEND CR TO LF SUPPRESS BLANK PAGES (HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only) MEDIA SOURCE MAPPING (HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only) Configures settings for the printer control language. FORM LENGTH sets the number of lines per page. The default is 60. ORIENTATION determines long-edge versus short-edge page layout. The default is PORTRAIT. FONT SOURCE selects the source of the font used on the printer control panel. The default is INTERNAL . FONT NUMBER is the number of the font you select. If this font is a contour font, use FONT PITCH to set the pitch of a fixed-space font. The default is 10.00. FONT POINT SIZE sets the size of fixed-space fonts. The default font is 12 points. SYMBOL SET sets the symbol set used by the printer control panel. The default is PC-8. APPEND CR TO LF sets whether a carriage return is appended to each line feed in a backward-compatible PCL job. The default is NO. SUPPRESS BLANK PAGES sets whether jobs using PCL that include blank form feeds will automatically suppress the blank pages. YES indicates that form feeds will be ignored if the page is blank. The PCL5 MEDIA SOURCE MAPPING command selects an input tray by a number that maps to the various available trays. 26 Chapter 2 Control panel ENWW