The envelope feeder is an additional input source designed specifically for feeding multiple envelopes. Set this option to Installed if you have the envelope feeder accessory installed on your printer.


The High Capacity Input accessory is an additional input source that is installed under your printer. Select the accessory you have installed or choose Not Installed.


Select Installed if you have this Input Tray under your printer.


Select Installed if you have the hard disk accessory installed in your printer.


Specifies the amount of memory installed in your printing device.


If you have a Duplex Unit installed in your printer, you can print on both sides of the paper. Set this option to Installed if you have the Duplex Unit accessory installed on your printer.

Caution: The duplex unit will not duplex certain paper sizes and types. Never try to duplex labels, transparencies, envelopes, odd-sized pages, or paper heavier than 24 pounds (90 g/m2). This could result in jamming or damage to your printer.

If the Duplex Unit is installed, you can select any one of the following options.  To select these options in your application, select File, Print, and Properties.

  None (the default) - The job will be printed on only one side of the page.

  Flip on Long Edge - In portrait orientation, this layout is used when the pages will be flipped like a book.  In landscape orientation, this layout is used when the pages will be flipped at the top like a calendar (every other page is oriented upside-down).

 Flip on Short Edge - In portrait orientation, this layout is often used for clipboards (every other page is oriented upside-down).  In landscape orientation, this layout is used when the pages will be flipped like a book.


This setting must be set to match the current mailbox mode of the printer. The printer’s Mailbox Mode can be set from the control panel or through a HP printer utility. This can only be selected if a mailbox-capable Output Bin is installed (see Accessory Output Bin under Installable options).

Mailbox - When operating in this mode, jobs can be sent to individual mailboxes (bins) by selecting the Output Bin desired.  To select a default destination mailbox, right-click your printer icon in the Printers folder, select Printer Preferences, click the Advanced button, select Output Bin, and choose your desired mailbox.  To select a destination mailbox for your current print job, select File, Print, and then Properties in your application.  Click the Advanced button, select Output Bin, and choose your desired mailbox.

This mode is useful in a workgroup environment where bins can be assigned to one or more users, just as mailboxes are used in an office environment. Clicking the Edit Names button can modify the name of each mailbox. Edit your mailbox names to match the way your printer’s Mailbox unit has been set up.

NOTE:  the multi-bin mailbox is not designed to support the following Media type:

  *  Transparencies

  *  Cardstock (paper heavier than 28 pounds / 105 g/m2)

  *  Labels

  *  Envelopes

Stacker - This mode is useful for those who need a single, high volume output bin to perform paper stacking.  All jobs are sent face down to the lowest output bin.  As the bins fill, the jobs are sent to the next higher output bin.

Job Separator - This mode is used to clearly separate print jobs.  Each job is sent to a different output bin.

Collator - This mode is used when printing multiple copies. Each copy is sent to a different output bin.


Use this setting to control Economode (Save Toner); allows the printer to use less toner on each page.  Selecting this option will extend the life of your toner cartridge and reduce your costs per page, but it will also reduce your print quality.


Use this setting to control RET: Resolution Enhancement Technology.

•	On refines the print quality of characters by smoothing out jagged edges that can occur on the angles and curves of a printed image.

•	Choose Off if graphics, particularly scanned images, are not printing clearly.


Use this setting to tell your printer to send printed pages to a particular output bin. The available settings depend upon which Accessory Output Bin is installed on your printer and on the Mailbox Mode setting. To select an Accessory Output Bin or to change the Mailbox Mode setting, right-click your printer icon in the Printers folder, select Properties, and select the Device Settings tab.

Top Face-down - The top output bin is the default setting. Use the Top Face-down setting when you want pages to exit the printer face down in the bin on top of your printer. Pages sent to this output bin will stack in the order that they are printed (correct-order output).

Face-up or HCO Face-up - Use this setting when you want pages to exit the printer face up. This uses the straight-through paper path and can also be used for media that doesn’t bend easily such as cardstock.  Pages sent to the Face-up bin may stack in reverse order (last page sent to the printer will be on top; first page will be on bottom).  You can select Back to Front page order on the printer driver Layout Tab (select File, Print, and Properties from your application to get to the printer driver) if you want your print job to come out in the correct order.

Mailbox - Use this setting when you want pages to stack face down in a particular mailbox. The actual name of these mailboxes may be edited; to edit your names, right-click your printer icon in the Printers folder, select Properties, select the Device Settings tab, select Mailbox Mode and click on Edit Names. Remember that Mailbox Mode is only enabled if a Mailbox unit is installed.

Stapler - Use this setting when you want your documents stapled. When stapling, please use the following guidelines:

 Each copy of your document must be 20 pages or less.

 Documents must be on either Letter size or A4 paper.

 Use 16 to 28 pound paper only

 Do not staple labels or transparencies.

 Do not print collated copies with the Stapler unless your printer has a Printer Hard Disk and the disk is installed in the Device Settings. To install a disk in the Device Settings, right-click your printer icon in the Printers folder, select Properties, select the Device Settings tab, select Printer Hard Disk and set it to Installed.

Stacker - This setting sends your documents face down to the lowest bin.  Large jobs may stack up into a higher bin.

Job Separator - This setting sends your documents to the next available (empty) bin.

Collator - This setting sends each copy of your document to a different bin.


Job Retention allows you to store your print job on the printer hard disk so you can access the print job later from the printer’s control panel. Jobs are identified on the control panel with the Job Retention User ID number.

Job Retention is found under the Destination tab in the printer driver.  To access the printer driver, select File, Print, and Properties.

Note: Printers have different requirements in order to support Job Retention functionality.  Generally, a Printer Hard Disk or additional Printer Memory must be installed in the printer and configured in the Device Settings tab.  To access the Device Settings tab, right-click your printer icon and select Properties.


Use this setting to indicate which Accessory Output Bin is installed on the printer.

Once a particular Output Bin is installed, you can tell your printer to send printed pages to a particular output bin. To select a default output bin right-click your printer icon in the Printers folder, select Printer Preferences, click the Advanced button, select Output Bin and choose the bin.


The Job Retention User ID allows you to attach a user identification number to each print job.  This number is used on the printer control panel to retrieve jobs sent to the printer using one of the three job retention settings. Jobs sent with the same user identification number are overwritten.


Use this setting to tell your printer to send printed pages to a particular output bin. The available settings depend upon which Accessory Output Bin is installed on your printer and on the Mailbox Mode setting. To select an Accessory Output Bin or to change the Mailbox Mode setting, right-click your printer icon in the Printers folder, select Properties, and select the Device Settings tab.

Top Face-down - The top output bin is the default setting. Use the Top Face-down setting when you want pages to exit the printer face down in the bin on top of your printer. Pages sent to this output bin will stack in the order that they are printed (correct-order output).

Left Face-up or HCO Face-up - Pages printed Face-Up go through the printer's straight-through paper path.  This feature is useful when printing cardstock or transparencies or any other media that does not bend easily. Pages sent to the Face-up bin may stack in reverse order (the last page of your document may be on top).  If you wish the pages to be in the correct order, select Back to Front for Page Order on the printer driver Layout Tab.  You can access your printer driver by selecting File, Print and Properties from your application.

Mailbox - Use this setting when you want pages to stack face down in a particular mailbox. The actual name of these mailboxes may be edited; to edit your names, right-click your printer icon in the Printers folder, select Properties, select the Device Settings tab, select Mailbox Mode, and click on Edit Names. Remember that Mailbox Mode is only enabled if a Mailbox unit is installed.

Stapler - Use this setting when you want your documents stapled by the 5-Bin Mailbox with Stapler. When stapling, please use the following guidelines:

  *   Each copy of your document must be 20 pages or less.

  *   Documents must be on either Letter or A4 sized paper.

  *   Use 16 to 28 pound paper only

  *   Do not staple labels or transparencies.

  *   Do not print collated copies with the Stapler unless your printer has a Printer Hard Disk and the disk is installed in Device Settings. To install a disk in Device Settings, right-click your printer icon in the Printers folder, select Properties, select the Device Settings tab, select Printer Hard Disk and set it to Installed.

Stacker (stapled)- Use this setting to send your documents to the 3000-Sheet Stacker/Stapler for stapling.  To set the stapling option, select Stapler and choose the desired option.  When stapling with the 3000-Sheet Stacker/Stapler, please use the following guidelines:

  *   The maximum number of pages to staple is 50 with 20-pound paper; documents with more than 50 pages might not be stapled.

  *   Only network administrators can define the Custom staple options.

  *   One Staple Angled will not work with some paper sizes; in these cases One Staple will be used.

Stacker - This setting sends your documents face down to the lowest bin.  Large jobs may stack up into a higher bin.

Job Separator - This setting sends your documents to the next available (empty) bin.

Collator - This setting sends each copy of your document to a different bin.


Use this setting to indicate which Accessory Output Bin is installed on the printer.

Once an Output Bin Accessory is installed, you can tell your printer to send printed pages to a particular output bin.  Some printers support Accessory Output Bins that provide additional features such as stapling or folding.

To select a default output bin, right-click your printer icon in the Printers folder, select Printer Preferences, click the Advanced button, select Output Bin, and choose the bin.  To select an output bin for each print job, select Print from the File menu of your application, select Properties, click the Advanced button, select Output Bin, and choose the bin.


Use this setting to select the stapling option for your document. This option is only visible when the Accessory Output Bin installed on the printer is the 3000-Sheet Stacker/Stapler.  When stapling please use the following guidelines:

•	Stapling will only occur when the Output Bin selected is the Stacker (stapled).

•	The maximum number of pages to staple is 50 with 20-pound paper; documents with more than 50 pages might not be stapled.

•	Only network administrators can define the Custom staple options.

•	One Staple Angled will not work with some paper sizes; in these cases One Staple will be used.


Select the kind of paper or media you want to use.  This setting adjusts the printer speed and fuser temperature for the media that you select.

Caution

Using inappropriate media settings can cause damage to the printer.  For example, using paper settings to print on transparency film could cause the film to be damaged and could jam the printer.

Plain Paper, Envelopes, Thin Paper, Transparencies	less than 24 lb.

Bond Paper, Cardstock, Heavy Paper, Labels, Rough Paper	more than 24 lb.


Specifies where the paper is located in the printer.  Different printer models support different paper sources, such as upper tray, envelope feed, cassette, and manual feed.

If you click Automatically Select, the printer uses the paper tray that supports the paper size you have selected.  If you choose a paper source other than Automatically Select, make sure that the correct form (paper size) is assigned to the paper source and that the paper tray has the correct sized paper.

To define a Custom Paper Size, right-click on the Printers Folder and select Server Properties.  Select Create a New Form and define its width and height.  Click OK.  This new form (paper size) will now show up in all your paper size lists.

All other options are printer dependent.  Consult the operating manual for your printer to determine what these settings do and which settings are appropriate for the task you want to perform.


Select an available Destination feature. For example, Job Retention appears as an available destination feature in the drop-down list if it is selected on the Device Settings tab.


Displays options for the selected Destination feature.


Prints only the first copy of a print job and holds additional copies until they are requested from the control panel.


Sets the Job Retention mode to Off.


Stores a print job on the printer.  Only by those who know the print job's personal identification number (PIN) can print this job. The print job is deleted from memory after it prints.


Allows additional copies of a print job to be printed from the printer control panel without resending the job from the computer.


Stores a print job on the printer so that it is available to be printed.  The print job is stored on the printer's hard drive (or in memory if available) until it is deleted using the printer's control panel.


Specify a user name for a print job. The name may be up to 16 alphanumeric characters long.


Specify a job name for a print job. The name may be up to 16 alphanumeric characters long.


Allows setting a personal identification number (PIN) for a print job.


Specifies the paper size (form) to use for your print job.  Paper sizes include Letter, Legal, Envelope, and so on.  The paper sizes supported by printers varies.

A form defines both paper size and margins.  Many printers support more than one paper source, such as upper and lower trays.  You can assign forms to any of your printer’s paper sources.  Once a form is matched to a source, you can select the form when you print from your programs.

To define a Custom Paper Size, right-click on the Printers Folder and select Server Properties.  Select Create a New Form and define its width and height.  Click OK.  This new form (paper size) will now show up in all your paper size lists.


Lists the form-to-tray assignments.

Many printers support more than one source of paper, such as upper and lower trays.  You can assign a form (which defines the paper size and margins) to each of your printer’s paper sources.  Once a form is matched to a source, you can select the form when you print from your programs.  The printer pulls paper from the tray to which that form is assigned.

To define a Custom Paper Size, right-click on the Printers Folder and select Server Properties.  Select Create a New Form and define its width and height.  Click OK.  This new form (paper size) will now show up in all your paper size lists.


Expands the print area to allow printing within 1 mm from the edge of the page.  You must select this option for each print job; this setting does not remain after the job is printed.


Color Setup allows you to choose the way color settings are controlled: either through HP Automatic Color Settings or manually.

HP Automatic Color Settings technology is a set of defaults that automatically tune your color printer output. HP Automatic Color Settings defaults provide high-quality output for most color printing needs. HP Automatic Color Settings is the easiest way to maximize your color output while maintaining printer performance.

Click the Manual button to turn HP Automatic Color Settings off and access the Options button for setting color options.


Depending on the document, one graphics mode may print faster than the other.

•	HP-GL/2 accelerates printing of documents containing graphics elements such as lines, circles, rectangles, and pie and bar charts.

•	Raster improves print speed for bitmapped images such as clip art, photos, Internet images, and scanned images.


Select List Printer Fonts if you want fonts that are installed on the printer to be available from within Windows applications.

Clear the List Fonts feature in your application’s font menu if fonts are listed twice in your Windows applications.


Color Mode specifies whether to print in Black and White or color.

Use Black and White mode to sharpen details in graphics or to speed up the printing of your color document.

Use the Color mode, even for monochrome printers, when saving your printer driver output to a file when you want the color information included.


The Color Treatment settings allow you to choose the way color settings are controlled: either through HP Automatic Color Settings or manually.

HP Automatic Color Settings technology is a set of defaults that automatically tune your color printer output. HP Automatic Color Settings defaults provide high-quality output for most color printing needs. HP Automatic Color Settings is the easiest way to maximize your color output while maintaining printer performance.

Click the Manual button to turn HP Automatic Color Settings off and access the Options … button for setting color options.


HP Automatic Color Settings technology is a set of defaults that automatically tune your color printer output. HP Automatic Color Settings defaults provide high-quality output for most color printing needs. HP Automatic Color Settings is the easiest way to maximize your color output while maintaining printer performance.


Click the Manual button to turn HP Automatic Color Settings off and access the Options… button for setting color options.

Manual selections are used to solve unique workflow issues.  Use it to modify color (RGB), halftones, neutral axis treatment, and imaging edge enhancements from their default, automatic, settings.


Click the Options… Button to adjust color control and halftone settings independently for text, graphics, and photographs. Manual Color Options are available when HP Automatic Color Settings is turned off.


Click the About... Button to display printer driver version information.


Click the Defaults Button to restore the default settings.


Color Control is a Manual Color Option that controls the type of color produced by the printer. Color Control options can be changed when HP Automatic Color Settings is turned off.

Vivid Color uses the full range of the printer’s capabilities, producing colors that are more deeply saturated than those on your screen. If you use Vivid Color, blues and greens will likely appear darker in print than on your monitor. Vivid color is useful for business graphics and other documents that require deep, rich colors.

Screen Match (sRGB) (standard red-green-blue) prints colors that are close to those you see on your screen. Screen Match (sRGB) can be useful with images that have been scanned in by an sRGB scanner or created with any sRGB input device. It is also helpful when you are retouching photographs or when you have created colors on your screen that you wish to reproduce, such as special colors for a company logo.

Note that factors such as the type of monitor you use, the monitor’s settings, and the room's lighting can affect the appearance of colors on your screen.


Halftoning is the method by which the printer mixes the four primary colors (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) in varying proportions to create millions of colors. The Halftone options affect the resolution and clarity of your color output. You can select halftone settings for text, graphics, and photos independently.

The Detail halftone option is useful for images that require sharp distinctions among lines or colors, such as images that contain a pattern or a high level of detail. Detail is useful for text, in which crisp, distinct lines are more important than an even distribution of color.

The Detail halftone setting prints more lines per inch than the Smooth setting.

The Smooth halftone option is useful for images in which an even distribution of color is more important than crisp, distinct lines. For example, use Smooth when you are printing a graph or photograph in which a large area, such as the sky, is colored in a single color. Use it also when you are printing an image that contains a gradation of a single color, such as a background for a transparency in which a light shade of a color progresses to a dark shade of the same color.

The Smooth halftone setting prints fewer lines per inch than the Detail setting.


In some applications, colored, filled, or rotated text is treated as a graphic or as a photo. If your text is not as crisp as you would like it to be, change your graphics and photos halftone setting to Detail.


Graphics include items such as bar graphs, pie charts, and tables.


Photos can be in the form of raster images, bitmaps, and device-independent bitmaps (DIBs). Some examples of photos are pictures from a CD-ROM, pictures taken by a digital camera, and images that are scanned by a desktop scanner.


Vivid Color uses the full range of the printer’s capabilities, producing colors that are more deeply saturated than those on your screen. If you use Vivid Color, blues and greens will likely appear darker in print than on your monitor. Vivid color is useful for business graphics and other documents that require deep, rich colors.


Screen Match (sRGB) (standard red-green-blue) prints colors that are close to those you see on your screen. Screen Match (sRGB) can be useful with images that have been scanned in by an sRGB scanner or created with any sRGB input device. It is also helpful when you are retouching photographs or when you have created colors on your screen that you wish to reproduce, such as special colors for a company logo.

Note that factors such as the type of monitor you use, the monitor’s settings, and the room's lighting can affect the appearance of colors on your screen.


The Detail halftone option is useful for images that require sharp distinctions among lines or colors, such as images that contain a pattern or a high level of detail. Detail is useful for text, in which crisp, distinct lines are more important than an even distribution of color.

The Detail halftone setting prints more lines per inch than the Smooth setting.


The Smooth halftone option is useful for images in which an even distribution of color is more important than crisp, distinct lines. For example, use Smooth when you are printing a graph or photograph in which a large area, such as the sky, is colored in a single color. Use it also when you are printing an image that contains a gradation of a single color, such as a background for a transparency in which a light shade of a color progresses to a dark shade of the same color.

The Smooth halftone setting prints fewer lines per inch than the Detail setting.


Gloss Print Finish applies a glossy finish to documents that are printed on non-glossy paper.  The Gloss Print Finish option also improves print quality when you are printing on rough or heavy media.

Because documents print more slowly when Gloss Print Finish is clicked, be sure to clear this option after you finish printing the current document.


Colors are optimized for overhead transparency quality.


Neutral Grays - This sets the method of creating neutral gray colors.  This can be set for each object type:  text, graphics and photographs.  Note that some applications convert text or graphics to raster.  In these cases, the Photographic settings will also control text and graphics.

  *  Black Only - This generates neutral colors (grays and black) using only the black toner.  This guarantees that neutral colors do not have a color cast.

  *  4-Color - This generates the neutral colors (grays and black) by combining all four printer toners.  This method produces smoother gradients and transitions to non-neutral colors, and also produces the darkest possible black.


Your job will be printed but not stored on the printer's hard disk.


When multiple copies are requested the first copy will be printed. The remaining copies will be held on the printer's hard disk until you release them via the printer's control panel.


Your job will be stored in the printer, and nothing will be printed until you request the job from the printer's control panel. Private print jobs are secured by the 4-digit personal identification number you specify.


After your job prints, you can use the printer's control panel to print more copies of your job.


Your job will be stored in the printer as if it is an electronic file cabinet. Nothing will be printed until your job is requested from the printer's control panel. Use this storage for forms and other common or shared documents.


Stores a print job on the printer.  It will be available to those who have the print job's personal identification number (PIN). The print job is stored on the printer's hard drive until it is deleted using the printer's control panel.


Lists output bins and handling options for a print job.


Lists operation modes available to the output bin (for example, stacking or job separation).


Select Print in Grayscale to print a document in shades of gray (black and white). This option is useful for previewing preliminary copies of slides and hardcopy output quickly or for color documents that will be photocopied or faxed.


HP Automatic Color Settings technology is a set of defaults that automatically tune your color printer output. HP Automatic Color Settings defaults provide high-quality output for most color printing needs. HP Automatic Color Settings is the easiest way to maximize your color output while maintaining printer performance.


Click the Manual button to turn HP Automatic Color Settings off and access the Options … button for setting color options.


Click the Options… button to adjust color control and halftone settings independently for text, graphics, and photographs. Manual Color Options are available when HP Automatic Color Settings is turned off.


This control provides output similar to the selected offset press ink set. If color management is active in an application or operating system, the ink emulation selected must be the same as when the printer was profiled.


Select this option to enable the printer's PANTONE Spot Name color matching utility.

PANTONE has certified the printer and has mapped the PANTONE Spot Color names to the printer's CMYK values. This color matching utility uses the certified mapping to provide the best PANTONE color matching for the printer.

For the color matching utility to function, applications must pass the PANTONE names to the printer. Some applications substitute CMYK values to the printer if they cannot provide PANTONE names. If your application does not pass the PANTONE names to the printer, then the utility will be bypassed and color matching will depend on proper ink emulation. Selection of the proper ink emulation depends on the source of the palette: (e.g., FAST, SWOP, EuroScale, DIC, or Device). The palette used for obtaining PANTONE CMYK values and the driver emulation mode setting should match.


Vivid Color uses the full range of the printer’s capabilities, producing colors that are more deeply saturated than those on your screen. If you use Vivid Color, blues and greens will likely appear darker in print than on your monitor. Vivid color is useful for business graphics and other documents that require deep, rich colors.


Screen Match (sRGB - standard red-green-blue) prints colors that are close to those you see on your screen. Screen Match (sRGB) can be useful with images that have been scanned in by an sRGB scanner or created with any sRGB input device. It is also helpful when you are retouching photographs or when you have created colors on your screen that you wish to reproduce, such as special colors for a company logo.

Note that factors such as the type of monitor you use, the monitor’s settings, and the room's lighting can affect the appearance of colors on your screen.


Transparency prints colors that are optimized for overhead transparency quality.


The Detail halftone option is useful for images that require sharp distinctions among lines or colors, such as images that contain a pattern or a high level of detail. Detail is useful for text, in which crisp, distinct lines are more important than an even distribution of color.

The Detail halftone setting prints more lines per inch than the Smooth setting.


The Smooth halftone option is useful for images in which an even distribution of color is more important than crisp, distinct lines. For example, use Smooth when you are printing a graph or photograph in which a large area, such as the sky, is colored in a single color. Use it also when you are printing an image that contains a gradation of a single color, such as a background for a transparency in which a light shade of a color progresses to a dark shade of the same color.

The Smooth halftone setting prints fewer lines per inch than the Detail setting.


Determines if the neutral colors are to be created using process black (mixing CMYK to reproduce neutral gray) or black only.


Vivid Color uses the full range of the printer’s capabilities, producing colors that are more deeply saturated than those on your screen. If you use Vivid Color, blues and greens will likely appear darker in print than on your monitor. Vivid color is useful for business graphics and other documents that require deep, rich colors.


Screen Match (sRGB) (standard red-green-blue) prints colors that are close to those you see on your screen. Screen Match (sRGB) can be useful with images that have been scanned in by an sRGB scanner or created with any sRGB input device. It is also helpful when you are retouching photographs or when you have created colors on your screen that you wish to reproduce, such as special colors for a company logo.

Note that factors such as the type of monitor you use, the monitor’s settings, and the room's lighting can affect the appearance of colors on your screen.


Transparency prints colors that are optimized for overhead transparency quality.


The Detail halftone option is useful for images that require sharp distinctions among lines or colors, such as images that contain a pattern or a high level of detail. Detail is useful for text, in which crisp, distinct lines are more important than an even distribution of color.

The Detail halftone setting prints more lines per inch than the Smooth setting.


The Smooth halftone option is useful for images in which an even distribution of color is more important than crisp, distinct lines. For example, use Smooth when you are printing a graph or photograph in which a large area, such as the sky, is colored in a single color. Use it also when you are printing an image that contains a gradation of a single color, such as a background for a transparency in which a light shade of a color progresses to a dark shade of the same color.

The Smooth halftone setting prints fewer lines per inch than the Detail setting.


Determines if the neutral colors are to be created using process black (mixing CMYK to reproduce neutral gray) or black only.


Vivid Color uses the full range of the printer’s capabilities, producing colors that are more deeply saturated than those on your screen. If you use Vivid Color, blues and greens will likely appear darker in print than on your monitor. Vivid color is useful for business graphics and other documents that require deep, rich colors.


Screen Match (sRGB) (standard red-green-blue) prints colors that are close to those you see on your screen. Screen Match (sRGB) can be useful with images that have been scanned in by an sRGB scanner or created with any sRGB input device. It is also helpful when you are retouching photographs or when you have created colors on your screen that you wish to reproduce, such as special colors for a company logo.

Note that factors such as the type of monitor you use, the monitor’s settings, and the room's lighting can affect the appearance of colors on your screen.


Transparency prints colors that are optimized for overhead transparency quality.


The Detail halftone option is useful for images that require sharp distinctions among lines or colors, such as images that contain a pattern or a high level of detail. Detail is useful for text, in which crisp, distinct lines are more important than an even distribution of color.

The Detail halftone setting prints more lines per inch than the Smooth setting.


The Smooth halftone option is useful for images in which an even distribution of color is more important than crisp, distinct lines. For example, use Smooth when you are printing a graph or photograph in which a large area, such as the sky, is colored in a single color. Use it also when you are printing an image that contains a gradation of a single color, such as a background for a transparency in which a light shade of a color progresses to a dark shade of the same color.

The Smooth halftone setting prints fewer lines per inch than the Detail setting.


Determines if the neutral colors are to be created using process black (mixing CMYK to reproduce neutral gray) or black only.


Adaptive Halftoning attempts to locate ragged looking halftoned edges and smooth them out by filling in some of the missing pixels.


Color Trapping moves edges of the individual Cyan, Magenta and Yellow planes in order to reduce white gaps between colors, and halo around small objects such as text due to misregistration, edge development effects and scatter.


If you have a duplexer installed in your printer, you can print on both sides of the paper.


Lists optional paper destinations that may be available such as stapler/stackers or multibin mailboxes.


Lists operation modes available to the output bin (for example, stacking or job separation).


Specify any paper source option that is installed on the printer (for example, HP 500-Sheet Paper Tray).


Click Update Now to query the printer for installed paper handling options and printer configuration. If Update Now is not available, select the appropriate configuration options for your printer on the Device Settings tab.

To enable Update Now, run the HP LaserJet Software Installer and install the Bi-directional Communication option.


Indicates that a hard disk is installed in the printer.


The mopier is an additional feature that produces multiple collated copies from a single job.


Overrides collation options selected within an application's print options. This feature allows the printer driver to collate most appropriately for the job. The performance of this feature is dependent upon the application.


Try selecting Send TrueType as Bitmaps if you are getting unexpected results with some of your text characters.


Enables printing from paper sizes that are larger than the printer supports. These jobs are automatically scaled to a size that the printer supports. When enabled, you can choose additional larger paper sizes from your application.


Select the Font DIMM check box when Font DIMMs are installed in the printer.


Click Configure to open the Configure Font DIMMs window and specify which fonts are on the DIMM.


Specifies that the printer should create the printed page in memory before printing. This ensures that the printer has enough memory to print complex pages completely.


Select the quality of printing that you desire. The options can vary from printer to printer.

•	Best Quality prints documents at the optimal resolution of your printer. This option provides the best print quality. Changing resolution may change the formatting of your text documents.

•	Normal Printing prints faster than Best Quality and better quality than Fast printing.

•	Fast printing prints faster than Best Quality but with slightly lower quality.

•	600 dpi prints using standard 600 dpi resolution to ensure document layout with previous generation printers.

•	300 dpi prints using standard 300 dpi resolution to ensure document layout with previous generation printers.


Use one of the following ways to find information on a specific feature

   Right-click on the feature

   Select the feature and press F1

   Select the “?” in the upper-right corner then click on the feature

         Additional features such as Page protection, Copies, Paper Size and PostScript Options may be found in the Advanced section. Select the Advanced button on the Layout tab.

        The features displayed are dependent upon your printer’s configuration. If you cannot find a particular feature, you may need to update your printer software to correctly represent your printer. For instance, if you installed a Duplex Unit on your printer, you will need to update your printer software to reflect this change so the Duplex functionality will be added.

          To update your printer software, go to the Printers folder (left-click on the Start button, select Settings, select Printers).   From the Printers folder, right-click on your printer icon and select Properties.  On the Device Settings tab, look under Installable Options.  Select the options that correctly represent your printer’s configuration.

          Application settings (if they exist) will overwrite driver settings.   If you select Portrait orientation in your application and then select Landscape orientation in the printer driver, your document will be printed in Portrait orientation.  However, if you select Media Type in the printer driver, your settings will not be affected by any setting in your application because the application doesn’t have a Media Type setting.

        To create a custom paper size, click on Start, Settings, and then Printers.  Then select File, Server Properties and click on Create a New Form.  Give your paper size a name and dimensions, then click on Save Form.  This new paper size will now be included in any list of paper sizes.


Shows how a sample document will print with the currently specified printer driver settings. The Page Preview Image changes as you select new settings.


Prints up to 16 pages on one sheet of paper.


Prints a border around each page on the sheet. You can select Print Page Borders when more than one page per sheet is selected.


When printing more than one Page per Sheet, select the order and placement of the pages on the sheet here.


Allows you to format a document as a booklet. In Booklet Printing, your pages are reordered and printed two-up on each side of a sheet of paper. This allows you to fold the paper in the middle, forming a booklet, and have the pages in the correct order with no page shuffling. This option requires 2 Pages per Sheet, Print on Both Sides (Duplex) and Flip on Short Edge or Flip on Long Edge to be selected (automatic).

Use the Print Document On feature on the Effects tab to print a booklet on another size paper – such as printing a letter size booklet on 11x17 paper.


Select to rotate the document image on the paper 180 degrees. If the return address on an envelope is smudged, try this setting and feed the envelope so the return address area is fed first into the printer.


Manually Print on Both Sides allows you to print on both sides of media that is not supported in the automatic duplexer accessory or for a printer that is not configured with an automatic duplexer accessory.


Select this check box to enable the printer's stapling option.

Note

•	Staplers may vary in the number of pages they can accommodate.

•	Staplers may vary in the paper sizes they can accommodate.

•	Staplers typically can’t staple heavy media.

•	Probably you don’t want to staple labels or transparencies.


Click this button to set stapling options.


Prints documents at the optimal resolution of your printer. This option provides the best print quality. Changing resolution may change the formatting of your text documents.


Prints faster than Best Quality and better quality than Fast Printing.


Prints faster than Best Quality but with slightly lower quality.


Prints using standard 600 dpi resolution to ensure document layout matches previous generation printers.


Prints using standard 300 dpi resolution to ensure document layout matches previous generation printers.


Economode (Save Ink) allows the printer to use less ink on each page. Selecting this option will extend the life of your ink cartridge and reduce your costs per page but will reduce print quality.


Check this box to print all text characters as black, regardless of the document's text color setting.


With this box checked the printer would perform an extra cleaning cycle. This reduces printing speed.


Prints your document on a paper size that is different from the one for which it is formatted. This option is useful if your document is formatted for a paper size that you do not have. For example, if you have a document formatted for letter-sized paper and you do not have that size, you can choose to print on paper of a different size.

Print document On is NOT supported if Pages per Sheet is set to more than one.


Select the target paper size. Only the paper sizes supported by the printer appear in this list. This option is only available when Print Document On is selected.


This feature scales your document to fit on the selected paper size.  If you do not want your document reduced or enlarged to fit , clear this option.


Specifies the percentage of normal size by which to enlarge or reduce the document on the page. Normal size refers to the document page size (check your application's page size settings).


Drag the control to change the percentage of normal size by which to enlarge or reduce the document on the page. Normal size refers to the document page size (check your application's page size settings).


Specifies the watermark text that will be printed. Click Edit to modify or create a watermark.


Select to print the specified watermark on the first page only. No watermarks will be printed on the second and subsequent pages.


Click Edit to modify or create a watermark.


Displays the list of available watermarks. Click New to create a new watermark. Click Delete to remove a selected watermark.


Click New to create a new watermark.


Click Delete to remove a selected watermark from the list of available watermarks.


Type the watermark message that you would like printed.


The watermark appears in a diagonal layout on the printed page.


The watermark appears in a horizontal layout on the printed page.


Select this option to set the angle of the watermark on the printed page.


Type the custom angle of the watermark in this field.


Select the font for the selected watermark.


Select the color for the selected watermark.


Select the shading for the selected watermark.


Select the color for the selected watermark.


Select the font size for the selected watermark.


Select the font style for the selected watermark.


Click Use different paper to enable settings that allow you to select a different paper source and type settings for the first page, other pages, and back cover in the print job.

Paper SIZE settings should be made within your application.  Some applications allow you to specify different paper sizes within the same print job.

To create a custom paper size, select the Printers folder, select File, then Server Properties.   In Server Properties, select the Forms tab and Create a New Form to create a custom paper size.  Once a custom paper size has been created, it will be available for selection within your applications.


Select the tray that has the paper you want to use. If the paper size of the print job does not match the size of paper loaded in the tray selected, you may get unexpected results. If a paper tray is not listed, verify that the correct paper handling options are selected on the Device Settings tab. The application settings override the settings in the driver.

To update your printer software, go to the Printers folder (left-click on the Start button, select Settings, select Printers).   From the Printers folder, right-click on your printer’s icon and select Properties.  On the Device Settings tab, look under Installable Options.  Select the options that correctly represent your printer’s configuration.

Paper SIZE settings should be made within your application.  Some applications allow you to specify different paper sizes within the same print job.

To create a custom paper size, select the Printers folder, select File, then Server Properties.   In Server Properties, select the Forms tab and then Create a New Form to create a custom paper size.  Once a custom paper size has been created, it will be available for selection within your applications.


Select the kind of paper or media you want to use.  Some printers will automatically locate the paper tray with the correct type of paper.   To configure your paper trays, see the printer’s user guide.  This setting also adjusts the printer speed and fuser temperature for the media that you select.

Caution

Using inappropriate media settings can cause damage to the printer. For example, using paper settings for heavy paper to print on transparency film could cause the film to be damaged and could jam the printer.

Paper SIZE settings should be made within your application.  Some applications allow you to specify different paper sizes within the same print job.

To create a custom paper size, select the Printers folder, select File, then Server Properties.   In Server Properties, select the Forms tab and then Create a New Form to create a custom paper size.  Once a custom paper size has been created, it will be available for selection within your applications.


This feature inserts a blank back cover from the selected paper source.


The envelope feeder is an additional input tray designed specifically for feeding multiple envelopes.


Economode (Save Toner) allows the printer to use less toner on each page. Selecting this option will extend the life of your toner cartridge and reduce your costs per page, but will reduce print quality.


Job Retention allows you to store your print job on the printer's hard disk so you can access the print job later from the printer's control panel. If this option is enabled, the Job Retention features appear on the Destination tab.

Note

When a hard disk is not installed, some or all the Job Retention options will be disabled depending upon your printer model. A Printer Hard Disk must be installed to provide full Job Retention support.


Use this setting to tell your printer to send printed pages to a particular output bin. The available settings depend upon which Accessory Output Bin is installed on your printer. To select an Accessory Output Bin, right-click your printer’s icon in the Printers folder, select Properties, and select the Device Settings tab.

Face-Down - The face-down output bin is the default setting.  Pages sent to this output bin will stack in the order that they are printed (correct-order output).

Face-Up - Pages sent to the Face-Up bin may stack in reverse order (the last page of your document may be on top).  Pages printed Face-Up go through the printer's straight-through paper path.  This feature is useful when printing cardstock or transparencies or any other media that does not bend easily.  If you would like your job to print in the correct order for this bin, select Back to Front on the Layout tab of your printer driver.  Access the printer driver by selecting File, Print and then Properties from your application.

Stacker - This setting sends your documents to the lowest bin.  Large jobs may stack up into a higher bin.


Use this setting to select the type of stapling / folding options to apply to your document.

The Stapling / Folding options are only available when the Accessory Output Bin installed on your printer has a stapler.  The specific folding / stapling options available are dependent upon which Accessory Output Bin is installed.

When stapling please use the following guidelines:

  *  The maximum number of pages to staple is 50 with 20-pound paper; documents with more than 50 pages might not be stapled.

  *  The Custom staple option can only be defined by the network administrator.

  *  One Staple Angled will not work with some paper sizes; in these cases One Staple will be used.

When selecting a stapling / folding option, pages will always be printed to the Stapler Bin on the printer.

For some paper sizes, the printer may assume a specific paper feed orientation (that is, which edge goes into the printer first). If you encounter unexpected results in staple placement, try using a different feed orientation.


Enlarges or reduces your document from normal.  Your document will be printed on the paper size selected in your application.  If your document is enlarged some of each page may be cut off.


Enlarges or reduces your document from normal using a slider.  Your document will be printed on the paper size selected in your application.  If your document is enlarged some of each page may be cut off.


Displays general Help topics for your printer driver.


Type your watermark message.


Select the color of the text of the selected watermark.


Select the point size for your watermark’s font.


Set this option to Installed if you have a multifunction peripheral (MFP) device on your printer.  Multifunction peripheral devices can provide scanning and copying functionality.


FastRes1200 changes 600 dpi from 600 dpi x 600 dpi to 1200 dpi x 600 dpi.  600 dpi Resolution must first be selected.  If 300 dpi Resolution is selected, FastRes1200 does nothing.


Standard levels of gray uses information supplied by Adobe and works for all printers.

Enhanced levels of gray fine-tunes the levels of gray for your printer.

Your printer’s default setting uses the levels of gray most suited to your printer.


Your printer requires special memory settings to print on larger sized-paper such as legal.

  *  The LEGAL setting requires more memory but will allow your printer to print near the edges of legal-sized paper.   At     300 dpi, 3 Mbytes of memory is required for this setting.  At 600 dpi, 6 Mbytes of memory is required.

  *  The AUTO setting requires less memory to print on larger sized paper but may cut off the outside edges of the image.


Depending on the document, one graphics mode may print faster than the other.

  *  Select Send Graphics as Vector to send graphics to the printer as a combination of HP-GL2 and raster images.  This setting may produce higher quality graphics output.

  *  Select Send Graphics as Raster to send all graphics to the printer as images composed of individual dots.  This setting may improve printing speed in some cases.


Enable the use of compression which results in some loss of information.  This allows images to be printed using less memory and in most cases the loss of information is not visible.  ON enables the use of this compression.  AUTO causes the printer to evaluate other compression alternatives first before using Lossy compression.  OFF disables the use of this compression.


Determines the darkness of printing.  Possible values are 1 – 5 with 3 set as the default.