HP Color LaserJet 3800n User Manual

ItemDescription
IP SettingsChanges the printer network settings and provides access to the embedded Web server.
Additional SettingsProvides access to the embedded Web server.
E-mail AlertsConfigures the printer to send e-mail notices for certain events.
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6Color
This chapter describes how to produce the best possible color printing:
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Using color
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Managing color
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Matching colors
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Using color
The HP Color LaserJet 3000, 3600, and 3800 Series printers provide automatic color features that
generate excellent color results.  Carefully designed and tested color tables provide smooth, accurate
color rendition of all printable colors.
The printers also provide sophisticated  tools for the experienced professional.
HP ImageREt
HP ImageREt is a technology that provides the best  color print quality without having to change printer
driver settings or make trade-offs between print  quality,...

The sRGB standard improves your ability to match colors between the printer, the computer monitor,
and other input devices automatically, and eliminates the need to become a color expert.
Printing in four colors (CMYK)
NOTE This feature is available for the HP Color  LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only.
Cyan, magenta, yellow, and black (CMYK) are the inks  that a printing press uses in four-color printing.
Graphic arts (printing and publishing) environment s typically use CMYK data files to...

Managing color
Setting color options to Automatic typically produces the best possibl e print quality for color documents.
However, you sometimes might want  to print a color document in grayscale (black and white) or change
one of the printer color options.
● In Windows, use the settings on the 
Color tab in the printer driver to  print in grayscale or change
the color options.
● When using a Macintosh computer, use the 
Color Matching pop-up menu in the Print  dialog box
to print in grayscale or...

Setting descriptionSetting options
Neutral Grays
The Neutral Grays  setting (available for the HP Color
LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only)
determines the method for creating gray colors used
in text, graphics, and photographs.● Black Only generates neutral colors (grays and black) by using
only black toner. This guarantees
 neutral colors without a color
cast.
● 4-Color
 generates neutral colors (grays and black) by combining
all four toner colors. This method produces smoother gradients
and...

The HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers include a RESTRICT COLOR USE setting for
networked printers. A network administrator can use th e setting to restrict user access to the color
printing features in order to cons erve color toner. If you are unable to  print in color, see your network
administrator.
1. Press  Menu.
2. Press 
 to select PRINT QUALITY , and then press .
3. Press 
 to select SYSTEM SETUP, and then press .
4. Press 
 to select RESTRICT COLOR USE, and then press .
5. Press...

Matching colors
The process of matching printer output color to your computer screen is complex, because printers and
computer monitors use different meth ods of producing color. Monitors display colors by using light pixels
that use an RGB (red, green, blue) color process, but printers  print colors by using a CMYK (cyan,
magenta, yellow, and black) process.
Several factors can influence your ability to match printed colors to those on your monitor:
● Print media
● Printer colorants (inks or toners, for...

Use the following procedure to print color samples from the printer control panel:
1. Press  Menu.
2. Press 
 to highlight  INFORMATION , and then press .
3. Press 
 to highlight PRINT CMYK SAMPLES  (HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers
only) or  PRINT RGB SAMPLES , and then press 
.
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