HP Laserjet 5 User Manual

4
Printing
Introduction
This chapter explains your printing options and gives common printing
tasks:
•Preparing for Printing
•Selecting Paper and Other Print Media
•Media Input Options
•Loading Tray 2
•Loading Tray 1
•Printing Tasks
•Stopping a Print Job
•Manually Feeding Pages
•Reserving or Locking-out Trays
•Printing on Special Media
•Printing Letterhead and Preprinted Forms
•Printing Envelopes
•Printing Labels and Transparencies
•Printing with Optional Accessories
•Printing from the 500-sheet Tray 3...

Preparing for Printing
Selecting Paper and Other Print Media
HP LaserJet printers produce documents of excellent print quality. You
can print on a variety of print media, such as paper (including recycled
paper), envelopes, labels, overhead transparencies and custom sized
media. Properties such as weight, grain, and moisture content are
important factors affecting printer performance and output quality.
NoteTo achieve the best possible print quality use only high quality, copier-grade
paper. See...

NoteAll media sizes should be inserted lengthwise (vertically) into the
printer. If you want to print horizontally (in landscape mode), make this
selection through your software. Inserting paper horizontally may cause
a paper jam.
Printing on Standard Sizes of Paper
The printer can print on standard sizes and types of media.
Paper Type Dimensions Tray 1 Tray 2 Optional
Paper, Letter 8 1/2 x 11 in216 x 279 mm X X Tray 3
Paper, Legal 8 1/2 x 14 in 216 x 356 mm X Universal Tray 2*,
Tray 3
Paper, Executive...

Media Input Options
The printer comes with two standard paper trays. By default, the printer
draws first from Tray 1.  If Tray 1 is empty, the printer draws from
Tray 2.  (If the optional 500-Sheet Tray 3 is attached to the printer the
print order will change.  See “Printing from the 500-sheet Tray 3.”)
Tray 1
Tray 1 (A) serves as a multipurpose input tray.
•Tray 1 can hold up to 100 sheets of 20 lb. (75 g/m2) paper or up to 10
envelopes.
•Tray 1 adjusts to hold a variety of both paper and envelope...

A gauge on the front left of Tray 2 shows the media level in the tray.
When the gauge is at the top, the tray is full.
Optional Media Inputs
You can also purchase other media inputs for the printer:
AOptional 500-sheet Tray 3 Assembly:
•Includes base unit and a universal paper tray (adjusts to legal, letter,
A4, and executive paper sizes).
BOptional Envelope Feeder
CUniversal Paper Tray for Tray 2
See “Accessories and Options” in Chapter 1 for additional accessories,
part numbers and ordering...

Loading Tray 2
Tray 2 holds about 250 sheets of 20 lb.
(75 g/m2) paper.
To load Tray 2:
1Pull Tray 2 straight out of the printer.
2Slide a stack of paper into the tray
until the paper is in solid contact with
the rear of the tray. Do not fill above
the arrows on the left rear of the tray.
Note
See the sections on letterhead and duplex
printing later in this chapter for proper
media orientation for specific jobs.
3Press down on all four corners of the
paper stack to ensure that the paper
rests flat in...

Loading Tray 1
Tray 1 allows you to automatically feed
up to 100 sheets of paper or manually
feed one sheet at a time. Tray 1 can be
used for standard and odd-sized papers,
envelopes, labels, and transparencies.
To load Tray 1:
1Open Tray 1 by pulling down on the
top center of the door.
2Pull out the tray extension until it
clicks into place.
3Slide the paper width guide to the far
right side of the tray.
4Place paper in the tray.  The paper
should be flush left, under the arrows
on the paper guide...

Printing Tasks
Stopping a Print Job
A print job can be stopped from the[Job Cancel]button or from a
software application.  In either case, the printer prints the pages it
received before you stopped the print job, then cancels the remainder of
the job.
NoteDo not stop a print job from both the printer and the computer. Cancel
the job from only one location.
If the printer experiences an error, such as a paper jam, the error must be
cleared before a print job can be canceled.
To stop a print job from the...

Manually Feeding Pages
Occasionally (such as when printing transparencies), you may want the
printer to pause between printing each page. The Manual Feed feature
allows you to feed paper into the printer by hand rather than
automatically being fed from one of the trays.
Manual Feed should normally be set through a software application.  If
your software does not have this option, set Manual Feed through the
printer control panel.
To turn on MANUAL FEED in your software application
1In your software...

Reserving or Locking-out Trays
You can reserve a tray to hold a designated size or type of media.  For
instance Tray 1 can be reserved to hold letterhead while Tray 2 holds
regular paper. Another example would be to designate Tray 1 to hold
envelopes, while Tray 2 is reserved for letterhead.
Once the tray is reserved it will be locked-out of the automatic selection
during printing.  The printer will not draw from a reserved tray unless
specifically requested to do so. To print from the reserved tray it...