HP 1000W User Guide

hp LaserJet 1000

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HP LaserJet 1000 Series Printer

User Guide

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Content

1 Getting started

Review the package contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Prepare the location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Regulate the environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Install the printer software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Prepare the toner cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Install the toner cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Load the input tray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Connect the USB cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Connect the power cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Troubleshooting the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Installation is complete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2 Getting to know the printer

Identifying the printer’s components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Status lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Printer input tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Printer media guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Printer output paths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Toner door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Turning the power off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Understanding voltage conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

3 Media

Choosing paper and other media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Optimizing print quality for media types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Loading media into the input tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Specific types of media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Printing transparencies and labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Printing envelopes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Printing letterhead and preprinted forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Printing custom-sized media and card stock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

4 Printing tasks

Accessing the printer properties (driver) and help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Printer properties (driver) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Printer properties online help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Printing watermarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Printing multiple pages on a single sheet of media (N-up printing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Canceling a print job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Understanding print quality settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Using EconoMode (Save Toner) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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5 Managing the toner cartridge

Using HP toner cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

HP policy on non-HP toner cartridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Storing toner cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Toner cartridge life expectancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Recycling toner cartridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Saving toner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Redistributing toner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Changing the toner cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

6 Troubleshooting the printer

Finding the solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Pages did not print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Pages printed, but there was a problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Software is installed, but pages did not print. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Status light patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Error messages on the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Media handling problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Printed page is different than what appeared on screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Printer software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Improving print quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Cleaning the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Cleaning the printer media path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Clearing printer media jams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Changing the pickup roller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Cleaning the pickup roller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Changing the printer separation pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Printing an engine test page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

7 Service and support

Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Hardware service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Extended warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Guidelines for repacking the printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Service information form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Hewlett-Packard Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Customer Support and product repair assistance (U.S. and Canada) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

European Customer Support Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

In-country/region support numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Online services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Obtaining software utilities and electronic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Hewlett-Packard direct ordering for accessories or supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Hewlett-Packard Support Assistant compact disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Hewlett-Packard service information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

HP SupportPack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Worldwide sales and service offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

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Appendix A Printer specifications

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

FCC compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Environmental Product Stewardship Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Protecting the environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Material safety data sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Regulatory statements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Laser safety statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Canadian DOC regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Korean EMI statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Japanese EMI statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Laser statement for Finland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Appendix B Media specifications

Printer media specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Supported media sizes (printer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Guidelines for using media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Card stock and heavy media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Appendix C Warranty and licensing

Hewlett-Packard software license agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Hewlett-Packard limited warranty statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Limited warranty for toner cartridge life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Appendix D Accessories and ordering information Appendix E Installing shared printers

Installing a shared printer on Windows 98 and Millennium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Installing a shared printer on Windows 2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Installing a shared printer on Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

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Getting started

This chapter provides the following instructions for installing the software and setting up the printer:

● Review the package contents

● Prepare the location

● Regulate the environment

● Install the printer software

● Prepare the toner cartridge

● Install the toner cartridge

● Load the input tray

● Connect the USB cable

● Connect the power cord

● Troubleshooting the print er

● Installation is complete

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Review the package contents

486 mm (19.1 in.)

253 mm (10.0 in.)

Make sure that all of the parts are included.

1 printer 2 toner cartridge (in protective bag) 3 Getting Started Guide 4 software and electronic user guide (on one CD-ROM) 5 power cord 6 input tray 7 USB cable with pod

Prepare the location

Place the printer on a sturdy, level surface. Allow space for ventilation. Allow space behind the printer for output from the straight-through output door.

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Regulate the environment

Do not place the printer in direct sunlight. Make sure that the environment is free from abrupt temperature or humidity changes.

● Temperature – 50° to 91° F (10° to 32.5° C)

● Relative humidity – 20% to 80%

Install the printer software

To install the printer software from the CD 1 Select Install from the autorun screen. If autorun does not occur, in the Windows system

tray, click Start, click Run, type x:\setup (where x is the letter of your CD-ROM drive),

and click OK. 2 Follow the instructions on the screen.

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Prepare the toner cartridge

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Remove the toner cartridge from the plastic bag. To remove the mylar tape, break the tab on the left and pull the tape completely out.

Install the toner cartridge

Insert the toner cartridge into the printer, making sure that the toner cartridge is in position.

Load the input tray

1 Slide the input tray in and down at an angle until it fits securely in the printer. 2 Slide the media guides out and back to accommodate the media. 3 Place the media in the input tray. Slide the media guides until they are flush with the media. 4 Install the input tray cover.

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Connect the USB cable

Plug the pod on the USB cable into the printer (A). Plug the USB cable into the PC (B).

Connect the power cord

Plug the power cord into the printer (A). Plug the power cord into the power receptacle (B).

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Troubleshooting the printer

If the top status light is on, the printer is ready to print.

If no status lights are on, check the power cord and the USB cable connections.

CAUTION Before you connect the cable to the printer, always unplug the printer. Otherwise, the printer might

be damaged.

Installation is complete

Congratulations! Your HP LaserJet 1000 Series Printer is ready to use. If you had any problems,

see Troubleshooting the printer

http://www.hp.com/support/lj1000

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or go to HP’s support Web site at

Getting to know the printer

This chapter provides information on the following topics:

● Identifying the printer’s components

● Turning the power off

● Understanding voltage conversions

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Identifying the printer’s components

1. status lights

2. input tray

3. long media support for the input tray

4. side media guides for the input tray

5. toner door

6. output bin

7. media jam release levers

8. straight-through output door

9. power receptacle

10. port for the USB cable pod

11. engine test button

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Status lights

Ready light (green)

Attention light (amber)

The status lights produce patterns that identify your printer’s status.

● Ready light: Indicates that the printer is ready to print or the printer is processing data.

● Attention light: Indicates that the input tray is empty, the toner door is open, the toner

cartridge is missing, or another type of error occurred.

Note See Status light patterns for a description of the light patterns.

Printer input tray

The enclosed input tray, located in front of the printer, holds up to 250 sheets of 20 lb (75 g/m2) paper, multiple envelopes, or other media.

See Media specifications

for more information about media types.

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Printer media guides

The input tray has a long media support and side media guides. Media guides ensure that the media is correctly fed into the printer and that the print is not skewed (crooked on the media). When loading media, adjust the media guides to match the width and length of the media that you are using.

Printer output paths

Output bin

The output bin is located on the top of the printer. Printed media is collected here in the correct sequence when the straight-through output door is closed. Use the output bin when printing normal and large, collated documents.

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Straight-through output path

The straight-through output path is useful when you are printing envelopes, transparencies, heavy media, or any media that tends to curl when printed. Printed media exits in reverse order when the straight-through output door is open.

Note Printed media does not stack when you use the straight-through output path. The media drops to the

surface below unless you remove each sheet as it exits the printer.

Toner door

The toner door is located on the front of the printer. You must open the toner door to access the toner cartridge, clear jams, and clean the printer. To open the toner door, firmly grasp the left and right sides and pull the toner door toward you.

Note You will feel some resistance when you open the toner door. Opening the toner door conveniently lifts

the toner cartridge for easy removal.

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Turning the power off

You must unplug the printer to turn the power off.

WARNING! To ensure your safety when working inside the printer for any reason, unplug the printer.

Understanding voltage conversions

Because of the different specifications, Hewlett-Packard does not offer a voltage conversion or support the voltage conversion of the U.S. version of the HP LaserJet family of printers for foreign use. If you plan on using the equipment outside of the United States, Hewlett-Packard advises you to purchase the products in the country or region where you will use them.

CAUTION Check your printer’s voltage requirement before you plug it in. If you plug a printer that requires 110-127

volts of power into a 220-240 voltage outlet, it will damage the printer.

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Media

This chapter provides information on the following topics:

● Choosing paper and other media

● Optimizing print quality for media types

● Loading media into the input tray

● Printing transparencies and labels

● Printing envelopes

● Printing letterhead and preprinted forms

● Printing custom-sized media and card stock

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Choosing paper and other media

HP LaserJet printers produce excellent print quality documents. You can print on a variety of media, such as paper (including up to 100% recycled fiber content paper), envelopes, labels, transparencies, and custom-sized media. The following are the supported media sizes:

● Minimum: 76 by 127 mm (3 by 5 in.)

● Maximum: 216 by 356 mm (8.5 by 14 in.)

Properties such as weight, grain, and moisture content are important factors that affect printer performance and quality. To achieve the best possible print quality, only use high-quality media designed fo r laser printers. See Printer media specifications specifications.

Note Always test a sample of the media before you purchase large quantities. Your media supplier should

understand the requirements specified in the Guidelines for Paper and Other Print Media (HP part number 5963-7863). See Printer media specifications for more information.

for detailed paper and media

Optimizing print quality for media types

The temperature of the printer’s engine fuser affects the quality of your printed documents. Different types of media require different engine fuser temperatures to optimize the print quality. You can specify the type of media that you are using to print in the printer driver. This changes the engine fuser to the temperature that is appropriate for that media.

To change the media type in the printer driver 1 Access the printer properties. See Printer properties (driver) 2 Click the Paper tab. 3 Select the media type from the Optimize for drop-down list. 4 Click OK.

Note Printing speeds are automatically reduced when printing special-sized media.

for instructions.

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Loading media into the input tray

The input tray holds up to 250 pages of 20 lb paper or fewer pages of heavier media (25 mm or less stack). Load media with the top forward and the side to be printed facing up. To prevent jams and skewing, always adjust the side media guides and long media support.

CAUTION If you try to print on media that is wrinkled, folded, or damaged in any way, a jam might occur. See Printer

media specifications for more information.

Note When you add new media, make sure that you remove all of the media from the input tray and straighten

the stack of new media. This helps prevent multiple sheets of media from feeding through the printer at one time, reducing media jams.

Specific types of media

● Transparencies and labels: Load transparencies and labels with the top forward and the

side to be printed facing up. See Printing transparencies and labels

● Envelopes: Load envelopes with the narrow, stamp side forward and the side to be printed

facing up. See Printing envelopes

● Letterhead and preprinted forms: Load letterhead and preprinted forms with the top forward

for more information.

and the side to be printed facing up. See Prin ting letter he ad and pr eprinted forms

information.

● Custom-sized media and card stock: Load custom-sized media and card stock with the

narrow side forward and the side to be printed facing up. See Printing custom-sized media

and card stock for more information.

for more information.

for more

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Printing transparencies and labels

Only use transparencies and labels that are recommended for laser printers, such as HP transparency film and HP LaserJet labels. See Printer media specifications information.

CAUTION Inspect the media to make sure that it is not wrinkled or curled and that it does not have any torn edges

or missing labels.

CAUTION Do not use labels that have exposed backing. Labels can peel off of sheets that have spaces between

the labels, causing serious jams.

To print transparencies or labels

1 Open the straight-through output door. 2 Load the media in the input tray. Make sure that the top of the media is forward and the side to

be printed (rough side) is facing up. 3 Adjust the media guides.

for more

4 Access the printer properties. See Printer properties (driver)

tab, select Transparency or Labels from the Optimize for drop-down list, and click OK. 5 Print the document. To prevent the media from sticking together, remove the media from the

back of the printer as it prints and place the printed pages on a flat surface.

for instructions. Click the Paper

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Printing envelopes

Only use envelopes that are recommended for laser printers. See Printer

media specifications for more information.

1 To prevent the envelopes from curling as they print, open the

straight-through output door.

2 Before loading the envelopes, slide the media guides outward so that

they are slightly wider than the envelopes.

3 Place the envelopes with the stamp end forward and the side to be

printed facing up.

Note

If the envelopes have a flap on the short edge, feed that edge into the printer first.

4 Adjust the media guides to the length and width of the envelopes.

Access the printer properties. See Printer properties (driver) instructions. Click the Paper tab, select Envelope from the Optimize

for drop-down list, and clic k OK.

5 Replace the input tray cover.

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Printing letterhead and preprinted forms

To print letterhead or preprinted forms

1 Load the media with the top forward and the side to be printed facing up. Adjust the media

guides to fit the width of the media.

2 Access the printer properties. See Printer properties (driver)

Paper tab, select the appropriate media from the Op t im i z e fo r drop-down list, and click OK. 3 Print the document.

Note To print a single-page cover letter on letterhead followed by a multiple-page document, load the standard

media in the input tray. Place a sheet of letterhead on top of the standard media. The printer automatically prints the letterhead first.

for instructions. Click the

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Printing custom-sized media and card stock

The HP LaserJet 1000 Series Printer can print on custom-sized media or card stock between 76 by 127 mm (3 by 5 in.) and 216 by 356 mm (8.5 by 14 in.).

CAUTION Make sure that the media is not stuck together before you load it.

To print on custom-sized media or card stock

1 Open the straight-through output door. 2 Load the medi a with the n arrow sid e forward and the s ide to be p rinted f acing up.

Adjust the media guides to fit the media. 3 Select the correct media size in the printer settings. (Software settings can override printer

properties.) 4 Access the printer properties. See Printer properties (driver)

tab, select the appropriate media from the Optimize for drop-down list, and click OK. 5 Print the document.

for instructions. Click the Paper

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Printing tasks

This chapter provides information on the following topics:

● Accessing the printer properties (driver) and help

● Printing watermarks

● Printing multiple pages on a single sheet of media (N-up printing)

● Canceling a print job

● Understanding print quality settings

● Using EconoMode (Save Toner)

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Accessing the printer properties (driver) and help

This section provides information on the following topics:

● Printer properties (driver)

● Printer properties online help

Printer properties (driver)

Printer properties control the printer. You can change the default settings, such as media size and type, printing multiple pages on a single sheet of media (N-up printing), resolution, and watermarks. You can access the printer properties in the following ways:

● Through the software application that you are using to print. This only changes the settings

for the current software application.

● Through the Windows

print jobs.

Note Because many software applications use a different method of accessing the printer properties,

the following section describes the most common methods used in Windows 98, 2000, Millennium, and Windows XP.

To only change the settings for the current software application

operating system. This changes the default settings for all future

Note Although the steps can vary between software applications, this is the most common method.

1 From the File menu in the software application, click Print. 2 On the Print dialog, click Properties. 3 Change the settings, and click OK.

To change the default settings for all future print jobs in Windows 98, 2000, and Millennium

1 In the Windows system tray, click Start, select Settings, and click Printers. 2 Right-click the HP LaserJet 1000 printer icon. 3 Click Properties. 4 Change the settings, and click OK.

Note In Windows 2000, many of these features are available from the Print in g Pref ere nces menu.

To change the default settings for all future print jobs in Windows XP

1 In the Windows system tray, click Start, and click Control Panel. 2 Double-click Printers and Other Hardware. 3 Click Printers and Faxes. 4 Right-click the HP LaserJet 1000 printer icon. 5 Click Properties. 6 Change the settings, and click OK.

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