HP Color LaserJet 3600n User Manual
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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 . ENWW Printing on special media 77
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. 78 Chapter 4 Printing tasks ENWW
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. ENWW Using 2-sided (duplex) printing 79
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. 80 Chapter 4 Printing tasks ENWW
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. ENWW Using 2-sided (duplex) printing 81
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. 82 Chapter 4 Printing tasks ENWW
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. ENWW Managing special printing situations 83
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 . 84 Chapter 4 Printing tasks ENWW
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 . ENWW Managing memory 85