HP OfficeJet Pro L7400 User Manual

To configure the trays
1.Make sure the device is turned on.
2.Perform one of the following:
•Print driver (Windows): Click the Printer services button on either the
Features or Color tab, and then select Paper Handling.
•Toolbox (Windows): Click the Services tab and click Paper Handling.
•HP Printer Utility (Mac OS): Click Paper Handling from the Printer Settings
panel.
•Control panel: Press the Setup button, select Preferences, and then select
Default Tray or Tray Lock.
3.Click OK or Apply after...

c. In the Width and Height boxes, type the dimensions and set the margins, if
desired.
d. Click Done or OK, and then click Save.
5.On the File menu, click Page Setup, and then select the new custom size.
6.Click OK.
7.On the File menu, click Print.
8.Open the Paper Handling panel.
9.Under Destination Paper Size, click the Scale to fit paper size tab, and then
select the customized paper size.
10.Change any other desired settings, and then click OK or Print.
Print borderless
Borderless printing lets you...

To print a borderless document (Mac OS)
1.Load the appropriate media. For more information, see 
Load media.
2.Open the file that you want to print.
3.Click File, and then click Page Setup.
4.Select the borderless media size, and then click OK.
5.Click File, and then click Print.
6.Open the Paper Type/Quality panel.
7.Click the Paper tab, and then select the media type from the Paper type drop-
down list.
8.If you are printing photos, select Best from the Quality drop-down list.
Alternatively, select...

4 Print
This section contains the following topics:
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Change print settings
•
Print on both sides (duplexing)
•
Cancel a print job
Change print settings
You can change print settings (such as paper size or type) from an application or the
printer driver. Changes made from an application take precedence over changes
made from the printer driver. However, after the application is closed, the settings
return to the defaults configured in the driver.
NOTE:To set print settings for all print jobs, make the...

3.On the File menu, click Print to open the print driver.
4.Change the settings that you want (such as media type), and then click OK or Print.
Print on both sides (duplexing)
You can print on both sides of a sheet of media either manually, or automatically using
the optional duplexer.
NOTE:Duplexing is available with some models of the device.
•Guidelines for printing on both sides of a page
•
Perform duplexing
Guidelines for printing on both sides of a page
• Always use media that conforms to the...

7.Choose a booklet layout from the Booklet Layout drop-down list, if you want.
8.Change any other settings, and then click OK.
9.Print your document.
To print manually on both sides of a page (Mac OS)
1.Load the appropriate media. For more information, see 
Guidelines for printing on
both sides of a page and Load media.
2.With the document open, click Print on the File menu.
3.From the drop-down list, select Paper Handling, click Print: Odd numbered
pages, and then press Print.
4.Flip the paper over, and...

Cancel a print job
You can cancel a print job using one of the following methods.
Control panel: Press 
 (Cancel button). This clears the job that the device 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.
Mac OS: Double-click the printer in the Printer Setup Utility. Select the print job, click
Hold, and then...

5 Copy
You can produce high-quality color and grayscale copies on a variety of paper types
and sizes.
This section contains the following topics:
NOTE:Copying from the HP photo and imaging software is only available on the
Mac OS.
•Make copies from the control panel
•
Change the copy settings
•
Set the number of copies
•
Set the copy paper size
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Set the copy paper type
•
Change copy speed or quality
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Resize an original to fit onto letter or A4 paper
•
Copy a legal-size document onto letter paper
•...

When you change copy settings, the changes are for the current copy job only. You
must set the changes as defaults for the settings to apply to all future copy jobs.
To save the current settings as defaults for future jobs
1.Make any necessary changes to the settings in the Copy Menu.
2.Press Copy Menu, and then press the arrow keys until Set New Defaults appears.
3.Press the arrow keys to select Yes, and then press OK.
Set the number of copies
You can set the number of copies that you want to print by...

To set the paper type for copies from the control panel
1.In the Copy area, press Copy Menu repeatedly until Paper Type appears.
2.Press 
 until the appropriate paper type appears.
3.Press START COPY Black or START COPY Color.
Refer to the following table to determine which paper type setting to choose based on
the paper loaded in the input tray.
Paper typeControl panel setting
Copier paper or letterheadPlain Paper
HP Bright White PaperPlain Paper
HP Premium Plus Photo Paper, GlossyPremium Photo
HP...