HP LaserJet P3005 User Manual

Printing and paper-storage environment
Ideally, the printing and paper-storage environment should be at or near room temperature, and not too
dry or too humid. Remember paper is hygroscopic; it absorbs and loses moisture rapidly.
Heat works with humidity to damage  paper. Heat causes the moisture in paper to evaporate, while cold
causes it to condense on the sheets. Heating systems  and air conditioners remove most of the humidity
from a room. As paper is opened  and used, it loses moisture, causing...

Load media
Load special print media, such as envelopes, labels, and transparencies, in tray 1 only. Load only paper
in tray 2 or optional tray 3. 
Load tray 1 (multipurpose tray)
Tray 1 holds up to 100 sheets of pa per, up to 75 transparencies, up to 50 sheets of labels, or up to 10
envelopes. For information about loading special media, see 
Load special media .
1. Open tray 1 by pulling  the front cover down.
2.Slide out the plastic tray extender. If the media th at is being loaded is longer than 229...

3.Slide the media-width guides slightly wider than the media.
4.Place media into the tray (short-edge in, prin t-side up). The media should be centered between
the media-width guides and under the tabs on the media-width guides.
5. Slide the media-width guides inward until they lightly touch the media stack on both sides without
bending it. Make sure that the media fits under the tabs on the media-width guides.
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NOTEDo not add media to tray 1 while the device is  printing. This could cause a jam. Do not
close the front door when the device is printing.
Customize tray 1 operation
The device can be set to print from tray 1 if it is loaded, or to print only from tray 1 if the type of media
that is loaded is specifically requested. See 
Paper Handling menu .
SettingExplanation
TRAY 1 TYPE=ANY
TRAY 1 SIZE=ANYThe device usually pulls media from tray 1 fi rst unless it is empty or closed. If you
do not keep media in...

2.On the rear paper-length guide, press the tab and  slide it so that the pointer matches the paper
size that you are loading. Make sure  that the guide clicks into place.
3.Adjust the side media-width guides outward so th at the pointer matches the paper size that you
are loading.
4. Place the paper in the tray and make sure that it  is flat at all four corners. Keep the paper below
the height tabs on the paper-lengt h guide in the rear of the tray.
5.Push down on the paper to lock the metal paper-lift...

6.Slide the tray into the device.
Load special media
The following table provides guidelines for loading sp ecial media and configuring the printer driver. Use
the correct media-type setting in th e printer driver to obtain the best print quality. For some types of
media, the product reduces the print speed.
NOTE In the Windows printer driver,  adjust the media type on the Paper tab in the  Type is
drop-down list.
In the Macintosh printer driver,  adjust the media type on the Printer features pop-up...

Media typeMaximum amount
that can be loaded
into tray 2 or optional
tray 3Printer-driver settingTray 1 media
orientationTray 2 or tray 3 media
orientation
Letterhead (single-
sided printing)Up to 500 sheetsLetterheadSide to be printed
facing up, top edge
toward the productSide to be printed
facing down, top edge
at the front of the tray
Letterhead (2-sided
printing)Up to 500 sheetsLetterheadSide to be printed
facing down, top edge
away from the productSide to be printed
facing up, top edge at
the back...

Control print jobs
In  Windows, three settings affect how the printer driver pulls media when you send a print job. The
Source , Type , and  Size settings appear in the  Page Setup, Print , or Print Properties  dialog boxes in
most software programs. If you do not change these  settings, the device automatically uses the default
device settings to select a tray.
CAUTION Make device setup changes through the  software program or the printer driver
whenever possible, because changes that you make at the...

NOTEIf all of the tray ty pe settings are set to  ANY, and if you do not select a specific tray
(source) in the printer driver, the device pulls  media from the lowest tray. For example, if you
have an optional tray 3 installed, the device pulls me dia from that tray first. However, if the tray 1
size and type settings are set to  ANY and if media is loaded in th e tray, then the device prints
from tray 1 first. If tray 1 is closed , the device prints from the lowest tray.
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Select output bins
The device has two output bins into which it places finished print jobs:
●Top (face-down) output bin: This it
 the default output bin at the top of the device. Print jobs exit the
device face-down into this bin.
● Rear (face-up) output bin: Print jobs exit the device
 face-up into this bin at the rear of the device.
NOTEYou cannot use automatic duplex printing  when printing to the rear output bin.
Print to the top output bin
1.Make sure that the rear output bin is closed. If  the...