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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
•Printing with the Duplex Unit (2-Sided Printing)
•Printing with the Envelope Feeder
•Printing with the Infrared Serial Port
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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 Appendix A for more detailed paper specifications.
NoteAlways test a sample of paper before purchasing large quantities.
Your paper supplier should understand the requirements specified in the
HP LaserJet Printer Family Paper Specifications Guide(HP part
number 5961-0920).  See the HP Support pages at the front of the
manual for ordering information.
Hewlett-Packard neither warrants nor recommends the use of a
particular brand of print media.  Media properties are subject to change
by the manufacturer and HP has no control over these changes.
Printing on Custom Sizes of Paper
Custom sized paper can be printed from Tray 1. Minimum and
maximum sizes are shown below.
Minimum to Maximum Paper Sizes
Figure 4-1
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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 7.25 x 10.5 in 191 x 267 mm X Universal Tray 2*,
Tray 3
Paper, A4 8.27 x 11.69 in 210 x 297 mm X X Tray 3
Paper, A5 5.83 x 8.27 in 148 x 210 mm X
Transparencies Letter, A4 X
Labels Letter, A4 X
Envelopes X Envelope Feeder
* A Universal Tray 2 is an optional accessory. See “Accessories and Options” in Chapter 1 for ordering
information.
Table 4-1Paper and Media Specifications
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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 sizes.
•Tray 1 can be reserved or locked out of the paper selection order (see
“Reserving or Locking-out Trays” later in this chapter).
CautionHeavy-weight papers, labels, and transparencies should be printed from
Tray 1 only. Load only one size of paper at a time in Tray 1.
Tray 2
Tray 2 ( B) holds about 250 sheets of 20 lb. (75 g/m2) paper.
Figure 4-2 Standard Media Input Options
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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 information.
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Figure 4-4 Optional Media Inputs
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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 the tray and fits under the
front left corner tab.
4Slide Tray 2 back into the printer.
Caution
Do not remove the tray while the printer
is printing.  This could cause a paper jam.
Note
If paper curls or skews excessively when
printed, turn over the stack of paper in
Tray 2.
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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 tabs.
Note
See the sections on letterhead, envelope,
and duplex printing later in this chapter
for proper media orientation for specific
jobs.
5Slide the paper width guide to the left
until it lightly touches the stack of
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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 printer:
Press [Job Cancel] to stop the print job.  The message CANCELING \bOB
is displayed until the current job is canceled. The printer waits until the
computer stops sending data and then cancels the job.
NotePressing [Job Cancel] will cancel only the current job in the printer.  If
more than one print job is in printer memory [Job Cancel]must be
pushed once for each job.
CautionIf you are hooked up to a network, be sure that the job you are canceling
is your own!
To stop a print job from a software application:
If many jobs have been sent to the printer, they may be waiting in a print
queue (like Windows Print Manager, for example).  See your software
instruction manual for instructions on canceling a print job from your
software application.
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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 application selectPrintorPrint Setup .
2In theSource option select Manual Feed .
3Print the document.
To turn on MANUAL FEED in the printer control panel
1Press[Menu] untilP\fINTING MENU is displayed.
2Press[Item] untilMANUAL FEED= settingis displayed.
3Press[- Value +] untilMANUAL FEED=ON is displayed.
4Press[Select] to save your selection.
5Press[Go]to return to the \fEADYmessage.
When the Manual Feed option is turned ONthe printer will respond in
the following ways when a job is received:
•When Tray 1 is configured as the primary tray ( T\fAY1=FI\fST):
•The printer will automatically print on media that is loaded into
Tray 1.  The printer will not pause between pages.
•If Tray 1 is empty the printer will display the message MANUALLY
FEED [media size ].  Once the media is loaded the printer will
automatically print the sheet. The printer will then pause, waiting
for additional pages to be loaded.
•When Tray 1 is not configured as the primary tray in the printing
order ( T\fAY1=CASSETTE ):
•The printer will display the message, MANUALLY FEED[media
size ].  Load the desired media.  The printer will start printing.  If
the desired media is already in Tray 1 press Go. The printer will
continue to print from Tray 1 until the end of the print job or until
Tray 1 becomes empty.
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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 must
be selected from your software application.
NoteReserving or locking out trays helps prevent unwanted printing on
special media.
Media Size Designations
Tray 1 does not have the ability to sense the size of the installed media.
When Tray 1 is reserved or locked out a size needs to be assigned
through the control panel. Table 4-2 lists the sizes available. See the
procedure on the following page for assigning a size to Tray 1.
Paper Size SupportedExecutive
Letter
A4
A5 (from Tray 1 only)
Legal
Envelope Size Supported Com10
Monarch
C5
DL
B5
Table 4-2
Media Size Designations Available for Tray 1
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