HP LaserJet 4250 User Manual

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RESOLUTION   300
600
*FASTRES 1200
PRORES 1200Selects the resolution. All values print at the
same speed.
300: Produces draft print quality and can be
used for compatibility with the HP LaserJet III
family of printers.
600 : Produces high print quality for text and can
be used for compatibility with the HP LaserJet 4
family of printers.
FASTRES 1200 : Produces 1200-dpi print quality
for fast, high-quality printing of business text and
graphics.
PRORES 1200 : Produces 1200-dpi...

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TONER
DENSITY1 to 5 (*3)Lighten or darken the print on the page by
setting the toner density. Select a setting ranging
from 1 (light) to 5 (dark). The default setting of 3
usually produces the best results.
NOTE
It is best to change the toner density in the
program or printer driver. (Program and printer
driver settings override control-panel settings.)
SMALL PAPER MODE*NORMAL
SLOWSelect SLOW to prevent jams when printing on
narrow media, as the part of the fuser rollers that
do not...

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DATE/TIMEDATE
DATE FORMAT
TIME
TIME FORMATSets the date and time settings.
JOB STORAGE
LIMIT 1 to 100 (*32)Specifies the number of quick copy jobs that can
be stored on the printer. This item appears only
if an optional hard-disk accessory is installed.
JOB HELD
TIMEOUT*OFF
1 HOUR
4 HOURS
1 DAY
1 WEEKSets the amount of time that held jobs are kept
before being automatically deleted from the
queue.
SHOW ADDRESSAUTO
*OFFDefines whether or not the printer address will
be shown on the...

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TRAY
BEHAVIORUSE REQUESTED
TRAY 
MANUAL FEED
PROMPT
PS DEFER MEDIA
SIZE/TYPE PROMPTDetermines how the printer responds to jobs that
request certain trays.
USE REQUESTED TRAY : Determines whether
the printer tries to pull paper from a different tray
than the one that you selected in the printer
driver.
● EXCLUSIVELY : Sets the printer to pull
paper only from the tray that you selected
and not pull from another tray, even if the
tray that you selected is empty.
● FIRST : Sets the...

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DISPLAY1 to 10 (*5)Controls the brightness of the control-panel
display.
PERSONALITY *AUTO
PDF
PS
PCLSelects the default printer language
(personality). The possible values are
determined by which valid languages are
installed in the printer.
Normally, you should not change the printer
language. If you change it to a specific printer
language, the printer will not switch automatically
from one language to another unless specific
software commands are sent to the printer.
CLEARABLE...

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CARTRIDGE
OUTSTOP
*CONTINUEDetermines how the printer reacts if the print
cartridge is empty.
STOP: The printer stops printing until you
replace the print cartridge.
CONTINUE : The printer continues to print, and
the REPLACE CARTRIDGE message appears
until you replace the print cartridge. HP does not
guarantee print quality if you select CONTINUE
after a REPLACE CARTRIDGE condition.
Replace the print cartridge as soon as possible
to ensure good print quality.
If the end of drum life...

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STAPLES*NONE
ONEDetermines whether print jobs are stapled or not.
NONE: Turns off stapling.
ONE : Turns on stapling.
NOTE
Selecting the stapler at the printer control panel
changes the default setting to staple. It is
possible that all print jobs will be stapled.
For information about selecting the stapler at the
printer control panel, see 
Stapling documents .
STAPLES OUT*STOP
CONTINUEDetermines how the printer behaves if the
stapler runs out of staples, as indicated by the
REPLACE...

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EMBEDDED
JETDIRECT MENUTCP/IP
IPX/SPX
APPLETALK
DLC/LLC
SECURE WEB
DIAGNOSTICSTCP/IP: Select whether the TCP/IP protocol
stack is enabled or disabled. You can set several
TCP/IP parameters.
Select the TCP/IP  CONFIGURE METHOD  to
configure the EIO card. For the  MANUAL option,
set the values for  IP ADDRESS , SUBNET
MASK  , LOCAL GATEWAY , and DEFAULT
GATEWAY .
IPX/SPX : Select whether the IPX/SPX protocol
stack (in Novell NetWare networks, for example)
is enabled or disabled....

CLEAR
MAINTENANCE
MESSAGE  There is no value to
select.Appears after the  PERFORM PRINTER
MAINTENANCE  message. The PERFORM
PRINTER MAINTENANCE  message can be
temporarily cleared for approximately 10,000
pages, and then the message appears again.
When the  PERFORM PRINTER
MAINTENANCE  message first appears, a new
maintenance kit should be installed to maintain
optimum print quality and feed performance.
For more information, see 
Performing preventive
maintenance . To order the printer maintenance
kit,...

Diagnostics menu
Administrators can use this submenu to isolate parts and to troubleshoot jam and print-
quality issues.
The section that follows lists the settings and possible values. In the Values column, the
default value for each setting is the one  that has an asterisk (*) next to it.
ItemValuesExplanation
PRINT EVENT LOGThere is no value to
select.Press  (SELECT button) to generate a list of the
50 most recent entries in the event log. The
printed event log shows error number, error
code, page...