HP Officejet K7100 User Manual

							For Macintosh
1.Load the appropriate paper (see 
Loading media in the input tray on page 36).
2.Click File, and then click Print.
3.Open the Two-Sided Printing panel.
4.Select Print Both Sides.
5.Select the desired binding orientation by clicking the appropriate icon.
6.Change any other desired print settings and click Print.
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							Printing posters
You can enlarge your document from a single page to multiple tiles that can be pasted together into
a poster. You can use this feature to enlarge a single-page document to many tiles depending on the
size of your document.
NOTE:You can also access this feature from the Printing Shortcuts tab. Open the printer driver,
select the Printing Shortcuts tab, and select the feature from the What do you want to do? drop-
down list.
For Windows
1.Load the appropriate media into the input tray (see 
Loading media in the input tray on page 36).
2.Open the printer driver (see 
Printing a document on page 49).
3.Click the Advanced tab.
4.In the Poster Printing drop-down list, select the number of sheets for your poster.
5.To print specific tiles in the poster, click Select Tiles.
6.Change any other desired print settings and click OK.
7.Print your document.
After the sections of a poster have been printed, trim the edges of the sheets, then tape the
sheets together.
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							Printing banners
You can print large images and bold, oversized fonts on continuous feeds of paper. Following are
some guidelines for printing banners:
●Use HP banner paper for great results.
●Remove any perforated strips from the banner paper before loading it in the input tray.
●Input tray capacity: up to 20 continuous sheets.
For Windows
1.Load the appropriate media (see 
Loading media in the input tray on page 36).
Make sure the unattached edge is on top of the paper stack pointing towards the printer.
2.If your software program includes a banner-printing feature, follow the instructions provided with
the software program. Otherwise, follow the instructions below.
3.Open the printer driver (see 
Printing a document on page 49).
4.Click the Features tab.
5.Select the required banner size.
6.Select HP Banner Paper from the Paper Type drop-down list.
7.Change any other desired print settings and click OK.
8.Print your document.
For Macintosh
1.Load the appropriate media (see 
Loading media in the input tray on page 36).
Make sure the unattached edge is on top of the paper stack pointing towards the printer.
2.If your software program includes a banner-printing feature, follow the instructions provided with
the software program. Otherwise, follow the instructions below.
3.Click File, and then click Page Setup.
4.Select the correct banner paper size and click OK.
5.Click File, and then click Print.
6.Change any other desired print settings and click Print to print your document.
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							Printing labels
Following are guidelines for printing labels:
●Use only paper labels that are designed specifically for your printer.
●Use only full sheets of labels.
●Verify that the labels are not sticky, wrinkled, or pulling away from the protective backing.
●Do not use plastic or clear labels. The ink will not dry on these labels.
●Input tray capacity: up to 20 continuous sheets.
For Windows
1.Fan the edges of the label sheets to separate them, and then align the label edges.
2.Load up to 20 label sheets, label side down, in the input tray (see 
Loading media in the input
tray on page 36).
3.Open the printer driver (see 
Printing a document on page 49).
4.Click the Features tab.
5.Select A4 or US Letter paper size.
6.Select HP Labels, Glossy, or HP Labels, Matte.
7.Ensure the option to print on both sides is cleared.
8.Change any other desired print settings and click OK.
9.Print your document.
For Macintosh
1.Fan the edges of the label sheets to separate them, and then align the label edges.
2.Load up to 20 label sheets, label side down, in the input tray (see 
Loading media in the input
tray on page 36).
3.Click File, and then click Page Setup.
4.Select A4 or US Letter paper size and click OK.
5.Click File, and then click Print.
6.Open the Paper Type/Quality panel.
7.Select Automatic or the appropriate paper type.
8.Change any other desired print settings and click Print.
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							Printing iron-on transfers
Following are guidelines for printing iron-on transfers:
●Use HP iron-on t-shirt transfer paper for great results.
●When printing a mirror image, the text and pictures are horizontally reversed from what appears
on the computer screen.
●Input tray capacity: up to 20 sheets.
●Iron-on transfers are available in Windows only.
To print iron-on transfers
1.Load iron-on transfer paper in the input tray print-side down (see 
Loading media in the input tray
on page 36).
2.If your software program includes an iron-on transfer feature, follow the instructions provided
with the software program. Otherwise, follow the instructions below.
3.Open the printer driver (see 
Printing a document on page 49).
4.Click the Features tab.
5.Select HP Iron-On Transfer from the Paper Type drop-down list.
6.Click the Advanced tab.
7.Set Mirror Image to On.
8.Change any other desired print settings and click OK.
9.Print your document.
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							Printing on both sides (duplexing)
This section contains guidelines and procedures for printing on both sides of the media.
Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper
●Always use media that conforms to the printer specifications. See Understanding specifications
for supported media on page 27 for sizes and types of media supported by the duplex unit. For
unsupported media types, print on both sides manually.
●Increasing the dry time may prevent ink smudges when printing on both sides.
For Windows, adjust the ink drying time on the Advanced tab in the printer driver.
For Macintosh, adjust the ink drying time by clicking the Ink tab in the Paper Type/Quality panel.
●
For best results, do not print on paper heavier than 135 g/m
2 (36 lb bond), on both sides of
labels or transparencies, or on both sides of pages that are covered densely with ink. Jams can
occur when using these types of media for printing on both sides, and damage to the printer can
occur when printing on both sides of labels.
●Specify duplex options in your application or in the printer driver.
●Do not print on both sides of transparencies, banner media, envelopes, photo paper, glossy
media, or paper lighter than 16 lb bond (60 g/m
2) or heavier than 24 lb bond (90 g/m2). Jams
might occur with these media types.
●Several kinds of media require a specific orientation when you print on both sides of a page,
such as letterhead, preprinted paper, and paper with watermarks and prepunched holes. When
you print from a computer running Windows, the printer prints the first side of the media first.
When you print from a computer using the Macintosh, the printer prints the second side first.
Load the media with the front side facing down.
●When printing finishes on one side of the media, the printer holds the media and pauses while
the ink dries. Once the ink dries, the media is pulled back into the printer and the second side is
printed. When printing is complete, the media is dropped onto the output tray. Do not grab it
before printing is complete.
●You can print on both sides of supported custom-sized media by using the printers manual
duplex capabilities. (For a list of supported custom-sized media, see 
Understanding
specifications for supported media on page 27.)
NOTE:You can also access this feature from the Printing Shortcuts tab. Open the printer driver,
select the Printing Shortcuts tab, and select the feature from the What do you want to do? drop-
down list.
See the following sections for printing instructions:
●
Performing manual duplexing on page 66
●
Performing auto-duplexing on page 67
Performing manual duplexing
You can print on both sides of a sheet of paper by manually turning the paper over and feeding it into
the printer again.
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							For Windows
1.Load the appropriate paper (see 
Loading media in the input tray on page 36).
2.Open the printer driver (see 
Printing a document on page 49).
3.Click the Features tab.
4.On the Two-sided printing drop-down list, select Manual.
5.Select Flip Pages Up to change the page orientation, if desired.
6.Select a booklet layout from the Booklet Layout drop-down list, if you want one.
7.Print your document.
8.After one side of the page is printed, follow the onscreen instruction to reload the printed pages
to print on the other side of the paper. If you are printing from the rear manual feed slot, ignore
the onscreen instruction and go to step 10.
9.If you are printing from the rear manual feed slot, maintaining the order of the printed pages,
reinsert the pages one at a time, last printed page first, with the printed side facing down, and
press the Resume button.
NOTE:The direction to reload the printed pages depends on whether you have selected the
Flip Pages Up option.
1If you have selected Flip Pages Up, reinsert one page at a time, printed side down and reversed, with the
blank side facing up.
2 If you have not selected Flip Pages Up, reinsert one page at a time, printed side down and forward, with the
blank side facing up.
Performing auto-duplexing
You can print on both sides of a sheet of paper automatically if a duplex unit is installed on the printer
(see 
Installing the optional automatic two-sided printing accessory (duplex unit) on page 25).
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							NOTE:The duplex unit is an optional accessory that is available for the HP Officejet K7100 series
printer. It may be purchased separately in some countries/regions (see 
HP supplies and accessories
on page 109.)
To make automatically printing on both sides the default setting for your printer, see 
Changing print
settings on page 39.
You can also access this feature from the Printing Shortcuts tab. Open the printer driver, select the
Printing Shortcuts tab, and select the feature from the What do you want to do? drop-down list.
For Windows 2000 and Windows XP, verify that the duplex unit is installed and that the auto-duplex
feature is enabled. Open the print driver, select Properties, and then select Device Settings. Be
sure Allow Manual Duplexing is disabled.
Advantages of using the duplex unit
●Print on both sides of a page without manually reloading the page.
●Print long documents quickly and efficiently.
●Use less paper by printing on both sides of paper.
●Create professional-looking brochures, reports, newsletters, and other special items.
NOTE:After the first side of the page is printed, the printer pauses while the ink dries. Once the ink
is dry, the paper is pulled back into the duplex unit and the reverse side of the page is printed.
For Windows
1.Load the appropriate paper (see 
Loading media in the input tray on page 36).
2.Open the printer driver (see 
Printing a document on page 49).
3.Click the Features tab.
4.In the Two-sided printing drop-down list, select Automatic.
5.To automatically resize each page to match the documents onscreen layout, select Preserve
Layout. Clearing this option may result in unwanted page breaks.
6.Select Flip Pages Up to change the page orientation, if desired.
7.Choose a booklet layout from the Booklet Layout drop-down list, if desired.
8.Change any other desired print settings and click OK.
9.Print your document.
For Macintosh
1.Load the appropriate paper (see 
Loading media in the input tray on page 36).
2.Click File, and then click Print.
3.Open the Two-Sided Printing panel.
4.Select Print Both Sides.
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							5.Select the desired binding orientation by clicking the appropriate icon.
6.Change any other desired print settings and click Print.
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							Cancelling a print job
You can cancel a print job using one of the following methods:
●Control panel: Press the Cancel button. This will clear the job that the printer is currently
processing. It does not affect jobs waiting to be processed.
●Windows: Double-click the printer icon that appears in the lower right corner of the computer
screen. Select the print job, and then press the Delete key on the keyboard.
●Macintosh: Click the Printer Setup Utility icon, and then double-click the printer icon. Select
the print job and click Delete.
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