HP LaserJet 1018 User Manual

							
HP LaserJet 1018
User Guide
 
						

							
HP LaserJet 1018 printer
User Guide
 
						

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Edition 2, 04/2009
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Table of contents
1 Printer basics
Quick access to more information .............................................................................................2Web links for drivers, software, and support ................ ......................................... .............2
User guide links ..................... ....................................................... .................................. ....2
Where to look for more information ..................... .............................................. .................2
Printer configuration ........................................................................\
................................. .........3
HP LaserJet 1018 printer ....................................................................................................3
Walkaround ........................... ......................................................... ................................ ...........4
Printer control panel .......................................................................\
.................................. .........5
Media paths ................................................................................................................... ............6
Priority feed slot ...................................................................\
......................................... ......6
Main input tray ........... .........................................................................................................6
Output bin .......................... ............................................ ............................... ......................7
Printer connections .............. ................................................. ....................................................8
Connecting the USB cable ............. ............................................................... .....................8
Printer software ........................................... ................................................................... ...........9
Supported operating systems ................................................................\
.............................9
Printer software for Windows computers ............................................................................9
Printer drivers ............................. ..................................................................... ...................9
Printer properties (driver) ..................................................................................................1 0
Printer properties online help ............................................................................................10
Print setting priorities ......................... ............................................................................. ..11
Printer information page ...................................................................................................... ....12
Printer Test page ............................. .............................................................. ...................12
Printer media considerations ................... ....................................................... ........................13
Supported media sizes .......................................................................\
..............................13
2 Printing tasks
Manual feed ................................................................................................................... ..........16
To print using manual feed ..................................................................\
.............................16
Canceling a print job ................. .............................................................. .......................... ......17
Understanding print quality settings ...................................\
.....................................................18
Optimizing print quality for media types ........................................................................\
..........19
Guidelines for using media ................ ................................... ..................................................20
Paper ........................... ............................................. ............................ ............................20
Labels .................. ...................................................................................................... .......21
Transparencies .......................................................................\
......................................... .2 1
Envelopes ..............................................................\
....................................................... ....21
Cardstock and heavy media ..............................................\
...............................................22
Letterhead and preprinted forms ................................... ...................................................23
Choosing paper and other media ............................................................................................24 HP media ........................................................................\
.............................................. ....24
Media to avoid ............ ................................................................................... ...................24
Media that might damage the printer ................................................................................24
Loading media into the input trays ........................................................................\
..................26
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Priority feed slot ...................................................................\
.............................................26
150-sheet main input tray ..............................................\
...................................................26
Printing an envelope ...................... .............................................................. ...........................27
Printing multiple envelopes .................... ............................................... ..................................29
Printing on transparencies or labels ........................................................................................31
Printing on letterhead and preprinted forms ..... ............................ ..........................................32
Printing on custom-size media and cardstock .................. ......................................................33
Printing on both sides of the paper (manual two-sided printing)  ....................... .....................34
Printing multiple pages on a single sheet of paper (N-up printing) .........................................36
Printing booklets ............................................................................................................. .........37
Printing watermarks ................... ....................................................................... ......................39
3 Maintenance
Cleaning the printer ...................................................\
....................................................... .......42
Cleaning the print cartridge area ............ ..........................................................................42
Cleaning the printer media path ......... ............................................................. .................43
Changing the pickup roller ................. ................................................................................... ..45
Cleaning the pickup roller .................................................................................................... ....48
Changing the printer separation pad .......................................................................................49
Redistributing toner ...................................................\
....................................................... .......51
Changing the print cartridge .................................................................................................. ..53
4 Problem solving
Finding the solution ........................................................................\
.........................................56
Step 1: Is the printer set up correctly? ..... .........................................................................56
Step 2: Is the Ready light on? .. .......................................... ........................................ ......56
Step 3: Can you print a Printer Test page? .....................................................\
.................56
Step 4: Is the print quality acceptable? .. ....................................................... ...................57
Step 5: Is the printer communicating with the computer? ... .............................................57
Step 6: Does the printed page look like you expected?  ...................................................57
Contact HP support ........................ ............................................................ ......................57
Status light patterns ............. ............................................. ......................................................58
Paper handling problems ........................... .................................................... .........................60
Media jam ................... .................................................................................................. ....60
Print is skewed (crooked) .......... .......................................................................................60
More than one sheet of media feeds through the printer  at one time ..............................60
Printer does not pull media from the media input tray ......................................................60
Printer curled the media ...... ......................................................... ....................................61
Print job is extremely slow ......................................................\
..........................................61
Printed page is different than what appeared on screen  ........................................................62
Garbled, incorrect, or incomplete text .......... ....................................................................62
Missing graphics or text, or blank pages .......... ............................................... .................62
Page format is different than on another printer ...............................................................63
Graphics quality .......................................................\
....................................................... ..63
Printer software problems .......... ........................................................................................... ..64
Improving print quality ........................................................................\
............................... ......66
Light or faded print .......................................................................................................... ..66
Toner specks ........................ .......................................................................................... ..66
Dropouts ........................... .......................................................................... .................
.....66
Vertical lines ...................... .................................................................... ...........................67
Gray background ........................................ ............................................................... .......67
Toner smear ........................... ....................................................................... ...................67
Loose toner .............................................. ..................................................................... ....68
Vertical repetitive defects ...................... ................................................... ........................68
Misformed characters ................................................... ....................................................68
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Page skew .................................................................................... ....................................69
Curl or wave .............................................. .................................................................... ....69
Wrinkles or creases ..................................... .....................................................................69
Toner scatter outline ........................................................\
................................................. 70
Water droplets on bottom edge ............... ...................................................... ...................70
Clearing jams ........................... .................................................... ...........................................71
Typical media jam locations ........ .....................................................................................71
Removing a jammed page ................................................................................................71
Appendix A Printer specifications
Environmental specifications ........................ ................................... ....................................... 76
Acoustic emissions ............................................................................................................ ......77
Electrical specifications ..............................................\
....................................................... ......78
Physical specifications ..................................... ................................... .................. ..................79
Printer capacities and ratings ............................... ...................................................................80
Memory specifications ......................................................................................................... ....81
Appendix B Regulatory information
FCC compliance ......................................................................................................................83
Declaration of Conformity statement .......................................................................................84
Regulatory statements ............ ............................................. ................................................ ...85
Laser safety statement ........................... ..........................................................................85
Canadian DOC regulations ...............................................................................................85
Korean EMI statement ...................................................\
...................................................85
Laser statement for Finland ............................................\
..................................................86
Environmental product stewardship program .......... .................................................... ...........87
Protecting the environment ...............................................................................................87
Ozone production .................. ...........................................................................................8 7
Energy consumption ........................................................................\
.................................87
Toner consumption ........................................................................\
...................................87
Paper use ........................ ............................................ .....................................................87
Plastics ................ .............................................................................................................87
HP LaserJet printing supplies ....................................... ....................................................88
HP printing supplies returns and recycling  program information .....................................88
Paper ........................... ............................................. ............................ ............................88
Material restrictions ................ ......................................... ................................. ................88
Disposal of Waste Equipment by Users in Private Household in the European Union ....................... .................................. ................................... .................................89
For more information ............. ...........................................................................................89
Material safety data sheet .............................................\
....................................................... ...90
Appendix C Warranty and licensing
Hewlett-Packard limited warranty statement ........................................................... ...............91
Hewlett-Packard software license agreement ........... .............................................................93
Print cartridge limited warranty .............. ..................................... ........................................... .94
Appendix D HP parts and accessories
Ordering supplies .......................................................................\
...................................... .......96
Using HP print cartridges ........................ ..................................... ............................. ..............98
HP policy on non-HP print cartridges ................... ...................................................... ......98
Storing print cartridges ..................... ......................................... .......................................98
Print cartridge life expectancy ............. ...................................... ...................... .................98
Saving toner .................................................................................................................. ....98
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Appendix E Service and support
Availability of support and service .........................................................................................100
HP Care Pack™ Services and Service Agreements ......................................................100
Guidelines for repacking the printer ........................................................................\
..............101
How to contact HP ............. ................................................................................................ ...102
Index
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Printer basics
This chapter provides information on the following topics:
●
Quick access to more information
●
Printer configuration
●
Walkaround
●
Printer control panel
●
Media paths
●
Printer connections
●
Printer software
●
Printer information page
●
Printer media considerations
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Quick access to more information
The following sections provide resources for additional information about the
HP LaserJet 1018 printer.
Web links for drivers, software, and support
If you need to contact HP for service or support, use one of the following links.
HP LaserJet 1018 printer
●In the United States, see  http://www.hp.com/support/lj1018/ .
● In other countries/regions, see  http://www.hp.com/.
User guide links
●Walkaround (location of printer components)
●
Changing the print cartridge
●
Problem solving
●
Ordering supplies
Where to look for more information
● CD user guide : Detailed information on using and troubleshooting the printer. Available
on the CD-ROM that came with the printer.
● Online Help : Information on printer options that are available from within printer drivers.
To view a Help file, access the online Help through the printer driver.
● HTML (online) user guide : Detailed information on using and troubleshooting the
printer. Available at  http://www.hp.com/support/lj1018/ . Once connected, select Manuals.
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