HP 5SI User Manual

HP LaserJet 5Si Mopier User’s Guide

English

HP LaserJet 5Si Mopier

User’s Guide

Publication number C4077-90904

First edition, September 1996

Warranty

The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice.

Hewlett-Packard makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

Hewlett-Packard shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material.

Trademark Credits

Adobe™, PostScript™ , and PostScript II

™

are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions.

Arial, Times New Roman, and Monotype

are registered trademarks of the Monotype Corporation. Bi-Tronics™, PCL5™ , and REt™ are trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company. Helvetica and Univers are trademarks of Linotype AG and/or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and other countries. Macintosh computer is a product of Apple Computer, Inc.

Microsoft® and Windows® are U.S.

registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Novell™ is a trademark of Novell, Incorporated. TrueType™ is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.

Hewlett-Packard Company 11311 Chinden Boulevard Boise, Idaho 83714

Conventions

This manual uses the following conventions: Italics are used for emphasis or to refer to another document. COMPUTER FONT indicates text visible on a computer screen. DISPLAY FONT indicates text visible on the printer control panel display. The cursive letter l is used in examples to distinguish the letter l from

the numeral 1 (one). The character 0 is used in examples to distinguish the numeral 0 from the letter O.

[Key]Face] indicates keys (such as [On]Line] ) on the printer control

panel. [Key]Face] indicates keys (such as [Insert] ) on your computer

keyboard.

Note Notes contain important information about a topic in the text. CAUTION Caution messages appear before procedures which, if not observed,

could result in loss of data or in damage to equipment.

WARNING Warning messages alert you to a specific procedure or practice

which, if not followed correctly, could cause serious personal injury.

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Supplementary Documents

The technical reference guides listed below are designed for programmers. The Paper Specification Guide is useful for purchasing agents and paper buyers. These documents are available in English only.

You can order these documents through HP Direct Distribution or by contacting your authorized HP dealer. (See Appendix E for a list of HP sales and service offices.) There is a charge for some documents.

Documentation Available for the HP LaserJet 5Si Mopier

Title Part Number

The

PCL/PJL Technical Reference Package

documents:

•

PCL 5 Printer Language Technical Reference Manual

Explains the PCL 5 printer language for experienced users and

programmers.

•

Printer Job Language Technical Reference Manual

Explains HP’s Printer Job Language (PJL) for experienced users and programmers.

•

PCL/PJL Technical Quick Reference Guide

contains the following

5010-3997

•

PCL Comparison Guide

Describes the different implementation of commands and extensions across the printer family supporting PJL and PCL 5.

HP LaserJet Printer Family Paper Specification Guide HP JetDirect Print Server Software Installation Guide

The following related documents provide further information about the PostScript printer language:

• The PostScript Language Reference Manual (Adobe)

• PostScript Language Supplements (Adobe)

Also check the README files that come with the software.

5961-0920 5963-6599

Table of Contents

1 About Your Mopier

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Features of the HP LaserJet 5Si Mopier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Paper Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Memory Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Printing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Input/Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Networking Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

HP TRANSMIT ONCE Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Energy Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

EconoMode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

PCL Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

PostScript Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10

Mopier Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

Accessories and Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13

2 Memory and Memory Management

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Storing Print Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Saving Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Determining Memory Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Improving Performance with I/O Buffering . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

3 Mopier Software

Printing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

What is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

HP LaserJet 5Si Mopier Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Software Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

End-User Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Network Administrator Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

4 Mopier Control Panel

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Control Panel Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Control Panel Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Control Panel Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Settings and Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Control Panel Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

Selecting a Menu Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

Tray Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

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Job Control Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

Test Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

PCL Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23

Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24

Print Quality Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26

PostScript Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27

Input/Output (IO) Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28

5 Print Tasks

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Print Source and Media Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Media Selection Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Media Use Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5

Paper Trays 1, 2, 3, and 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

Loading Media Into Tray 1 (Multi-purpose) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8

Loading Paper into Tray 2 or Tray 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11

Loading Paper into Tray 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14

Envelopes in Tray 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17

Loading Envelopes into Tray 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18

Printing Envelopesfrom YourSoftware Application . . . . . 5-19

Optional Envelope Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20

Printing from the Optional Envelope Feeder . . . . . . . . . . 5-20

Changing Media Type and Size from the Control Panel . . . . . 5-22

Output Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23

Selecting the Left Output Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25

Adjusting the Paper Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26

Printing to the Mailbox with Stapler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27

Stapling Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29

Different First Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30

Custom-Size Paper in Tray 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31

Printing on the Smallest-Sized Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31

Printing Bleeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32

Two-Sided Printing with the Duplex Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33

Binding Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34

Selecting Two-Sided Printing from the Control Panel . . . . . 5-34

Stopping a Print Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35

6 Print Quality

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Print Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

Changing the Print Resolution Setting from the

Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

Print Density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Adjusting Print Density from the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Resolution Enhancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

Activating REt from the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

Solving Print Quality Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

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EconoMode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9

Turning on EconoMode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10

7 Maintenance and Troubleshooting

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

Cleaning Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

Cleaning the Mopier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

Toner Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

Extending Toner Cartridge Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

Storing and Installing the Toner Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

HP Policy on Use of Non-HP Toner Cartridges . . . . . . . . 7-3

Redistributing Toner in the Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

Clearing the TONER LOW Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5

Stapler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6

Loading Staple Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6

Clearing Staple Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7

Troubleshooting Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8

Mopier Response Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8

Software, Computer, and Mopier Interface Problems . . . . . 7-10

Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23

Repeated Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34

Mopier Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35

Calling for Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-47

A Specifications

Location Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

Mopier Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Regulatory Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

FCC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

Canadian DOC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

VCCI Statement (Japan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

Laser Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

Laser Statement for Finland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6

B PCL Printer Commands (Escape Sequences)

PCL Printer Command Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

Escape Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2

Setup Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3

PCL Font Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3

C Memory and Personality SIMM Installation

Installing a SIMM Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2

Testing a SIMM Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4

Verifying a Memory SIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4

Verifying a PostScript SIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5

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D Warranty and Software License

HP Maintenance Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1

On-Site Service Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1

Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2

One-Year On-Site Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2

Exclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2

Warranty Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3

Service During the Warranty Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3

Service After the Warranty Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3

Repacking Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-4

HP Software Product License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-5

E HP Customer Services and Sales

HP Support, Sales, and Service Information . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1

Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1

Sales and Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-4

Index

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About Your Mopier

Introduction

Hewlett-Packard is pleased to introduce you to the industry’s first mopier – a printer designed to produce multiple, collated, duplexed (two-sided), and stapled print jobs, with the reliability, print quality, network compatibility, and performance that you expect from an HP LaserJet printer. The HP LaserJet 5Si Mopier enables you to create, control, manage, and finish your documents from your desktop, and reduce or eliminate the extra step of going to a photocopier.

The term “MOPy” is an acronym for Multiple Original Prints. A mopier produces mopies, whereas a photocopier produces copies.

Table 1-1 lists the mopier’s standard features.

Table 1-1 Standard Mopier Features

Feature Description

Speed/Performance

Print Resolution

Memory

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•24 pages per minute

•40 Megahertz AMD processor

•New HP TRANSMIT ONCE

feature

•600 x 600 dots per inch with

Resolution Enhancement technology (REt)

•More than 120 levels of gray

•Microfine toner

•12 Mbytes of RAM (standard)

•420 Mbyte internal disk

Feature Description

Languages/Fonts

Paper Handling (Input)

Paper Handling (Output)

•HP PCL 5e

•Adobe PostScript Level 2

•Auto language switching

•Printer Job Language (PJL)

•Printer Management Language

(PML)

•45 scaleable PCL fonts

(plus 65 additional fonts with HP FontSmart)

•39 scaleable PostScript fonts

•Four Input Sources:

* A 100-sheet multipurpose tray with straight-through paper path. * Two 500-sheet input trays with auto size sensing. * A 2000-sheet input tray with auto size sensing.

•Seven output destinations:

* A 100-sheet multipurpose output bin. * A 500-sheet output bin. * Five 250-sheet addressable output mail bins

•One staple destination

* 350-sheet stapled output bin * 20 pages per printed document * Staple cartridge capacity of 2000 staples

•Duplexer support for a variety of

paper sizes.

Software

•Full-functionprinter drivers (PCL

and PostScript) for all major operating systems

•HP JetAdmin network printer

software for all major operating systems

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Feature Description

Software, continued

•Improveddocument production

and monitoring capability

•Transparentaccess to printer

capabilities and information in Windows 95 and Windows 3.1

•Support for HP TRANSMIT

ONCE feature

•Electronic collation – the ability

to electronically collate a multipage mopy document using the 420 Mbyte disk

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Connectivity

Environmental features

Duty Cycle Optional Accessories

•HP JetDirect Print Server

(Ethernet/LocalTalk)

•Bidirectional parallel port with

ECP and MLC support

•One available MIO slot for

optional I/O.

•EconoMode

•Power Save setting that meets

Energy Star guidelines.

•High content of recyclable

components and materials

•15,000-pagetoner cartridge

capacity (average)

•100,000pages per month

•100 Envelope Feeder

•HP JetDirect Print Server (Token

Ring)

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Figure 1-1

The HP LaserJet 5Si Mopier is shown in Figure 1-1.

HP LaserJet 5Si Mopier

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Features of the HP LaserJet 5Si Mopier

Below are summaries of some of the mopier’s most prominent features.

Paper Handling

HP JetAssist, Hewlett Packard’s trademark for an accessible paper-handling architecture, is a standard feature in the HP LaserJet 5Si mopier and available in the HP LaserJet 5Si and 5Si MX printers. It enables intelligent, friendly communication with paper-handling devices, making them easy to use.

Table 1-2 identifies each tray and bin with the specific capacity and the media each supports. Tray 1, the multi-purpose tray, accommodates all media types and sizes. Trays 2 and 3 are equipped with sensors that automatically detect the size of paper you have loaded and the amount of paper in the tray. Tray 4 is a high-capacity tray that holds up to 2000 sheets of paper.

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Table 1-2

Tray or Bin Capacity Media

Input Trays

Output Bins

Tray 1 (multi-purpose)

Tray 2 up to 500

Tray 3 up to 500

Tray 4 up to 2,000

Top Output Bin (face-down)

Left Output Bin (face-up)

Addressable Mailbins (5 bins)

Stapler Bin up to 350

Paper Handling

up to 100 sheets

sheets

sheets up to 500

sheets up to 100

sheets up to 250

sheets per bin

sheets

Paper:Letter,ISO A4, Executive,Legal, 11 x 17 in (279 x 432 mm), ISO A3, JIS B5, JIS B4

Maximum size: 11.7 x 17.7 in (297 x 450 mm) Minimum size: 3.9 x 7.5 in (99 x 191 mm)

Other media: transparencies and sheets of labels Envelopes:Commercial #10, C5, DL, Monarch,

ISOB5 Paper:Letter,ISO A4, Legal, JIS B4

Paper:Letter, ISO A4, Legal, JIS B4, ISO A3, 11 x 17 in (279 x 432 mm)

Paper:Letter,ISO A4, Executive,Legal, 11 x 17 in (279 x 432 mm), ISO A3, JIS B5, JIS B4

Paper:Letter,ISO A4, Executive,Legal, 11 x 17 in (279 x 432 mm), ISO A3, JIS B5, JIS B4 No envelopes, transparencies, or labels

Paper:Letter,ISO A4 ONLY

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Memory Management

The mopier comes with 12 MBytes of memory and can be expanded to 76 MBytes. The mopier has two available single inline memory module (SIMM) slots for additional 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32-MByte SIMMs. A 420-MByte hard disk is standard for storing downloaded fonts. The hard disk can be used to permanently store downloaded fonts and forms in the mopier. Unlike standard printer memory, permanently downloaded items from disk or CD ROM remain in the mopier even when the mopier is powered off.

Macintosh users can use the HP LaserJet Utility, and Windows users can use the HP printer driver to download fonts. The mopier’s hard disk can also be write-protected through software for additional security. Refer to the online help associated with your HP software for more information.

If you are a PostScript language programmer, refer to Adobe’s PostScript Language Reference Manual for information about downloading forms and patterns to the disk. For the Macintosh environment, refer to the HP LaserJet Utility Guide online help included with the HP LaserJet Utility software. For the Windows environment, refer to your HP Windows driver online help. For more information about memory management, see Chapter 2, “Memory and Memory Management.”

HP Memory Enhancement technology

Memory Enhancement technology (MEt), a standard Hewlett-Packard mopier feature, allows most documents to print using the mopier’s standard amount of memory. MEt automatically compresses data to print complex pages.

Printing System

The Printing System includes software designed for end users operating in the following environments:

• Microsoft Windows 3.1x

• Microsoft Windows 95

• Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0

• IBM OS/2 version 2.0 or greater

• Apple Macintosh System 7 or greater

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It also includes software for network administrators using the following network operating systems:

• Novell NetWare 3.x or 4.x

• Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0

• IBM LAN Server 3.0 or greater

• Apple AppleTalk

For more information about software and drivers, see Chapter 3,

“Mopier Software.”

Input/Output

Automatic I/O switching between all installed network I/O ports allows you to connect multiple computers or even multiple networks to the mopier simultaneously. If serial connection is required, contact an authorized HP dealer for information about an optional serial MIO card or a serial-to-parallel converter. The standard built-in Bi-Tronics parallel interface allows high-speed two-way communication between the mopier and your computer.

Networking Capabilities

The mopier includes HP JetDirect Print Server hardware for Ethernet and LocalTalk and network configuration software to connect your mopier directly to your local area network (LAN). HP JetDirect automatically switches among networked protocols, so a single mopier can serve many networks at once or be moved to a new network without purchasing additional hardware. One additional MIO port on the mopier can be used for optional HP JetDirect Print Server hardware for Token Ring networks.

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The HP LaserJet 5Si mopier supports the following network operating systems:

• Novell NetWare 286 v. 2.15c and beyond; 386 v. 3.11, 3.12, 4.0,

4.01, and 4.1

• Microsoft LAN Manager for OS/2, v. 2.1

• IBM LAN Server for OS/2, v. 3.0

• Microsoft Windows and Windows for Workgroups, v. 3.1, 3.11

• Apple EtherTalk

• Apple LocalTalk

• Microsoft Windows NT, v. 1.0, 3.51, and 4.0

• Microsoft Windows 95

• HP-UX v. 8.0, 9.0, 10

• SunOS v. 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3

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• SCO UNIX V/386 v. 3.2.2, 3.2.4

• Solaris v. 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4

• IBM/AIX v. 3.2.5

Clients can be DOS, Windows, Windows NT, OS/2, Macintosh, or UNIX.

HP TRANSMIT ONCE Feature

With the introduction of the HP LaserJet 5Si Mopier, Hewlett-Packard also introduces the new HP TRANSMIT ONCE feature. When you send multiple copies of your document to the mopier, the driver will transmit only one request to the mopier for the total number of copies you have requested of a single document. Without this feature, the driver would transmit one request to the mopier for each copy you requested of a single document. This smart new feature requires less transmitting time, freeing-up your workstation to tend to other tasks, and does not increase network traffic.

Energy Efficiency

The mopier’s Power Save feature conserves electricity by substantially reducing power consumption when idle for a user-specified length of time. As an EPA Energy Star partner, Hewlett-Packard has determined that this product meets the Energy Star guidelines for energy efficiency.

You may change the POWER SAVE DELAY from the default of 1 hour. This item is located in the CONFIGURATION MENU on the mopier control panel.

EconoMode

EconoMode reduces the amount of toner applied to the printed page and is ideal for printing document drafts. When EconoMode is on, the print on the page appears significantly lighter but is still readable. (EconoMode has no effect on the speed of the mopier or the amount of energy the mopier uses—it only conserves toner.)

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PCL Fonts

The mopier comes with 35 scaleable fonts, as well as 10 TrueType fonts. You can scale TrueType fonts within the mopier. You also receive matching TrueType screen fonts for true WYSIWYG, short for “what you see is what you get.” These internal fonts are part of the PCL language. PCL font samples appear in Figure 1-2.

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Figure 1-2 PCL Fonts

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PostScript Fonts

The mopier is configured with Adobe’s PostScript Level 2 language and includes 35 scaleable PostScript fonts. Adobe’s PostScript Level 2 is compatible with earlier versions of the language. PostScript font samples are shown in Figure 1-3.

Times Roman

Courier

Courier Oblique

Courier Bold

Courier Bold Oblique

Figure 1-3 PostScript Fonts

Times Italic

Times Bold

Times Bold Italic

Symbol Σψµβολ ITC Zapf Dingbats

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Mopier Parts

Figures 1-4 and 1-5 show the locations and names of key mopier parts.

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Figure 1-4 KeyMopier Parts: Front View

1. Left Output Bin 10. Front door

2. Control Panel 11. Tray 2

3. Top Output Bin 12. 2000-Sheet Input Tray (Tray 4)

4. Adjustable paper stop 13. Tray 3

5. Top cover 14. Mailbox with Stapler

6. Envelope Feeder (optional) 15. On/Off switch

7. Tray 1 (multi-purpose) 16. Duplexing Unit (internal)

8. Tray 1 extensions 17. Stapler Unit

9. Tray 1 paper width guides

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Figure 1-5 KeyMopier Parts: Rear View

1. Mopier Circuit Assembly (formatter board)

2. Mopier’s Hard Disk

3. HP JetDirect Print Server

4. Bi-Tronics parallel port

5. External Paper Handling Controller Board

6. SIMM slots

7. Power connector

8. Print engine serial number

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Accessories and Options

As your printing and networking needs grow, you can increase your mopier’s capabilities by adding accessories and options. These options are described in Table 1-3. Ordering information can be found in Appendix E, “HP Sales and Customer Service.” Look for information about using the accessories in Chapter 5, “Print Tasks.”

Table 1-3 Accessories and Options

Option Part Number Description

Toner Cartridge C3909A Replacement toner cartridge Stapler Cartridges C3772A 3-packof staple cartridges. Each cartridge

contains 2000 staples and should last about two months, depending on use.

Memory upgrades 2MByte—C3131A

4 MByte—C3132A 8 MByte—C3133A 16 MByte—C3146A

Optional Envelope Feeder

HP parallel printer cable (2 meter)

HP parallel printer cable (3 meter)

Modular I/O and Network Cards

110V Maintenance Kit

220V Maintenance Kit

C3765A Attaches to mopier above Tray 1; holds up to

C2950A HP-recommended IEEE-1284 Cable, with A

C2951A HP-recommended IEEE-1284 Cable, with A

J2550A HP JetDirect Multi-protocol Network Card

J2555A HP JetDirect Multi-protocol Network Card

C3971A Maintenance kit that contains replacement

C3972A Maintenance kit that contains replacement

Upgrade to a total of 76 MBytes. Third-party 32-MByte memory SIMMs are

also available.

100 envelopes.Supports Commercial #10, C5, DL, Monarch, ISO B5.

and B connectors

with Ethernet/IEEE802.3 10Base-T

with Token Ring (DB9 and RJ45)

rollers and fuser for 110V printers and mopiers.May be purchased through an HP-authorized dealer.

rollers and fuser for 220V printers and mopiers.May be purchased through an HP-authorized dealer.

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Memory and Memory Management

Introduction

The HP LaserJet 5Si print engine comes with 4 MBytes of internal memory and a pre-installed 8-MByte single inline memory module (SIMM) for a total of 12 MBytes.The print engine has two available SIMM slots for additional memory. Memory is added in increments of 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 MBytes. You can add up to 64 MBytes of additional memory for a total of 76 MBytes. (Note that 32-MByte SIMMs are not available from HP; contact third-party providers.)

The SIMM slots can also hold optional languages, fonts, and other SIMM-based products. Your print engine comes with a SIMM for the PostScript language installed in one of the slots.

Memory Enhancement technology (MEt), a standard HP LaserJet printer feature, allows most documents to print using the standard amount of memory. MEt automatically compresses data to print complex pages.

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Storing Print Data

The print engine memory receives, holds, and processes data from incoming print jobs. It manages downloaded resources, including PCL language, soft fonts, symbol sets, macros, and patterns. The print engine also stores PostScript fonts, forms, patterns, and dictionaries.

If you download a large number of fonts, the 420-MByte hard disk optimizes the functionality of your print engine.

When two or more personalities (such as PCL and PostScript) are installed, the print engine reserves a portion of memory for each personality’s resources. This feature is called Resource Saving. It enables the print engine to keep downloaded resources (such as fonts, forms, and macros) in memory under most conditions.

Saving Resources

Resource Saving is automatically available on the print engine. By default, the print engine allocates resources to each print engine personality, based on the amount of memory each personality needs. Most users do not need to customize the Resource Saving configuration, but you can change the amount of memory allocated to each print engine personality.

See Chapter 4, “Mopier Control Panel,” to learn how to configure memory for your print engine.

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Determining Memory Requirements

The amount of memory you need depends on the types of documents you print. Your print engine can print most text and graphics at 300 or 600 dpi without additional memory.

Add memory to your print engine if you:

• Commonly print complex graphics.

• Use many temporarily downloaded fonts.

• Print complex documents.

• Print duplexed PostScript documents.

• Use advanced functions (such as I/O Buffering and Resource Saving).

You can add up to 64 MBytes of additional memory for a total of 76 MBytes.

Table 2-1 presents the amount of memory required for the most common print jobs using 600-dpi printing.

Table 2-1 Minimum Memory Requirements

Memory

Management

PCL Minimum Memory

Print Job Paper Size

single-sided printing Letter,A4, Legal 4 MBytes 9 MBytes

11 x 17 in, A3 4 MBytes 12 MBytes

two-sided printing Letter,A4 4 MBytes 12 MBytes

Legal 4 MBytes 14 MBytes 11 x 17 in, A3 10 MBytes 22 MBytes

Requirements

PostScript Minimum Memory Requirements

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Improving Performance with I/O Buffering

When you select a print command from your software application, the software sends your request to the print engine. To help you get back to work more quickly, the print engine reserves a portion of its memory to hold the file or page to be printed in an I/O buffer until it is the next to be printed.

For each MByte of memory you add to your mopier, 10 KBytes is automatically reserved to hold print jobs in progress. The more memory that is reserved, the greater the number of files or pages the mopier can store.

In most cases, it is to your advantage to let the mopier automatically reserve memory for I/O buffering. However, you may change the amount of the I/O buffer by increments of 100 KBytes up to a maximum of 10,000 KBytes.

See Chapter 4, “Mopier Control Panel,” to learn how to use the mopier’s Input/Output (I/O) Menu to change the I/O buffer.

Note When you change the I/O buffer setting, all downloaded resources are

deleted, unless they are stored on the mopier’s hard disk.

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Mopier Software

Printing System

Included with your HP LaserJet 5Si Mopier is a CD containing the HP LaserJet 5Si/5Si MX/5Si Mopier Printing System. On the Printing System CD are software components and drivers that benefit end users and network administrators. The CD has two partitions, one for Intel-based systems and one for Apple Macintosh systems. When you insert the CD, the partition that corresponds to your operating system is automatically made available to you. The other partition will be hidden.

The Printing System includes software designed for end users operating in the following environments:

• Windows 3.1x

• Windows 95

• Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0

• IBM OS/2 version 2.0 or greater

• Apple Macintosh System 7 or greater

Additional drivers for Apple Macintosh GX System 7.5 or greater and DOS WordPerfect 5.x and 6.x are available through your Hewlett-Packard distributor or through electronic BBS channels.

The Printing System also includes software for network administrators using the following network operating systems:

• Novell NetWare 3.x or 4.x

• Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0

• IBM LAN Server 3.0 or greater

• Apple AppleTalk

Network administration software for UNIX and Microsoft LAN Manager is available through your Hewlett-Packard distributor or through electronic BBS channels.

The drivers and software components for end users and administrators using the environments listed above are described in the following sections.

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Drivers

What is a Driver?

A driver is a software program that enables your software applications to access your mopier’s features. For example, when you print a document, the application sets up your print job with formatting commands such as page breaks, font selections, paper tray selections, and number of copies. The driver takes these commands, translates them into a printer language (such as Hewlett-Packard’s Printer Control Language (PCL) or PostScript), and then sends the job to the printer or mopier. The driver’s interface allows you to select various mopier features that other software applications don’t support directly, like automatic stapling.

Typically, a driver must be installed on your computer for each printer or mopier you are using. Each operating system needs a different printer driver. For example, a Windows 3.11 user can user the CD-ROM Install Utility to install the Windows PCL and PostScript drivers. The exception is UNIX, in which there is no operating system driver; instead each application must support the printer directly.

Most applications allow you to access the printer driver through the Properties, Print, Print Setup, or Page Setup commands. Print job settings selected through your application typically override equivalent settings made through the printer driver. Printer settings made in the application or printer driver typically override the corresponding setting made on the mopier control panel.

In some environments, the mopier can send status information back to the operating system. This capability is called bidirectional communication, since information is sent to and from the mopier. In a bidirectional environment, the optional printer accessories are detected and enabled in the driver automatically. In non-bidirectional environments, accessories that are installed in your mopier need to be set manually in your driver. For example, to use the duplexing feature in a non-bidirectional environment, you must enable this feature in the driver.

You must install the complete printing system to get bidirectional communication. In bidirectional environments, the driver automatically detects the existence of those accessories. Drivers must be installed for clients. In some environments, drivers are downloaded automatically to clients.

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Drivers for the HP LaserJet 5Si Mopier

Overview

The drivers for the HP LaserJet 5Si Mopier allow you to select mopier features that may not be supported directly in your software applications. These features allow you to:

• Staple documents.

• Print watermarks.

• Print multiple page images on a single page (n-Up).

• Print the first page of a document on one type of media and the

remaining pages on another type of media.

• Select the paper on which to print (by source or type).

• Select which output bin to send output to.

• Download fonts to the mopier’s hard disk.

The drivers included with your mopier also support the HP TRANSMIT ONCE feature. This capability frees your workstation for your use while multiple copies of your document are printed. The job is only transmitted once for the requested number of copies, instead of once for each copy.

Access the drivers directly from your application. The steps needed to access the drivers will vary from application to application. Typically, it is accessed from the application’s File menu by selecting Print, then Printer Options.

Mopier Software

To add options to your selected driver, enable them from within the driver. Accessories must appear in the installed list on the Accessories tab. For example, if you have physically installed the optional Envelope Feeder, you still need to make sure it appears in the installed list on the Accessories tab.

Note To ensure the best mopier performance, and to avoid holding up your

PC or creating network traffic, turn off the collation feature in your application and turn it on in the driver.

Note If you cannot access an installed accessory in your driver, click the

Accessories tab and make sure the accessory appears in the installed accessories list. (If you are a Windows 3.1 or 95 client on NetWare 3.x and your driver is operating bidirectionally, the Accessories tab will not appear. The driver will automatically detect installed accessories. You won’t have to manually enable them in the driver.)

To use the Mailbox with Stapler, you need to indicate the operating mode that was chosen by the administrator. To do this, click the Accessories tab, select the Mailbox with Stapler from the list of installed

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