HP 8150 N, 8150 MFP, 8150 DN, 8150 HN User Manual

HP LaserJet 8150, 8150 N,
8150 DN, 8150 HN, and
8150 MFP Printers

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Copyright and License

Copyright Hewlett-Packard Company 2001
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of the Hewlett-Packard printer associated with
this user guide.

Second Edition, April 2001

Warranty

The information contained in this document is
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HP Customer Care

Thank you for your purchase. Along with your product, you receive a variety
of suppor t ser vices from Hewlett-Packard and our support par tners. These
services are designed to give you the results you need, quickly and
professionally.

Online Services:

For 24-hour access to information over your modem, we suggest these
services:

World Wide Web

Printer drivers, updated HP printer software, plus product and suppor t
information may be obtained from the following URLs:

in the U.S. http://www.hp.com
in Europe http://www2.hp.com

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Printer drivers may be obtained from the following sites:
in China http://www.hp.com.cn

in Japan http://www.jpn.hp.com
in Korea http://www.hp.co.kr
in Taiwan http://www.hp.com.tw
or the local driver website http://www.dds.com.tw

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Obtaining software utilities and electronic information:

For U.S. and Canada:

Phone:

[phone]

Fax:

[phone]

Mail:

HP Distribution
P.O. Box 907
Santa Clarita, CA
91380-9007
U. S.A

For Asia-Pacific countries/regions:

Contact Mentor Media at (65) 740-4477 (Hong K
Philippines, Malaysia, or Singapore). For Korea, call (82) (2) 3270-0805
or (82) (2) 3270-0893.

ong SAR, Indonesia,

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For Australia, New Zealand, and India:

For Australia, call (61) (3) 8877-8000. For New Zealand,
call (64) (9) 356-6640. For India, call (91) (11) 682-6035.

For European English:

Call [phone].

HP direct ordering for accessories or supplies:

Call 1-800-538-8787 (U.S.) or 1-800-387-3154 (Canada).

HP Support Assistant compact disc:

This support tool offers a comprehensive online infor mation system designed
to provide technical and product inform ation on HP products. To subscribe to
this quarter ly service in the U.S. or Canada, call 1-800-457-1762. In Hong
Kong SAR, Indonesia, Malaysia, or Singapore, call Fulfill Plus at (65) 740-4477.

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HP Service Information:

To locate HP-Authorized Dealers, call 1-800-243-9816 (U.S.) or
1-800-387-3867 (Canada).

HP Service Agreements:

Call 1 [phone] (U.S.) or [phone] (Canada). For extended
service, call 1-800-446-0522.

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Customer support options worldwide

Customer Support and Product Repair Assistance for
the U.S. and Canada

Call [phone] Monday through Fr iday from 6 am to 6 pm, (Mountain
Time) free of charge during the warranty period. However, your standard
long-distance phone charges still apply. Have your system nearby and your
serial number ready when calling.

If you know your printer needs repair, call 1-800-243-9816 to locate your
nearest HP-Authorized service provider, or call [phone] for HP
centralized service dispatch.

Post-warranty telephone assistance is available to answer your product
questions. Call [phone] ($2.50* per minute, U.S. only) or call
1-800-999-1148 ($25* per call, Visa or MasterCard, U.S. and Canada) Monday
through Friday from 6 am to 6 pm (Mountain Time). Charges begin only when

you connect with a support technician. *Prices subject to change.

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European Customer Support Center Language and
In-Country Options Available

Open Monday through Friday 8:30–18:00 CET
HP provides a free telephone support ser vice during the warranty period. By

calling a telephone number listed below, you will be connected to a responsive
team waiting to help you. If you require suppor t after your warranty has
expired, you can receive support for a fee through the same telephone nu mber.
The fee is charged on a per-incident basis. When calling HP, have the following
information ready: product name and serial number, date of purchase, and
description of the problem.

English Ireland: (353) (1) 662-5525

U.K.: (44) [phone]
International: (44) [phone]

Dutch Belgium: (32) (2) 626-8806

Netherlands: (31) (20) 606-8751

French France: (33) (01) 43-62-3434

Belgium: (32) (2) 626-8807
Switzerland: (41) (84) 880-1111

German Germany: (49) [phone]

Austria: (43) (1) 0660-6386
Norwegian Norway: (47) 2211-6299
Danish Denmark: (45) 3929-4099

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Finnish Finland: (358) (9) 0203-47288
Swedish Sweden: (46) (8) 619-2170
Italian Italy: (39) (2) 264-10350
Spanish Spain: (34) (90) 232-1123
Por tuguese Por tugal: (351) (1) 441-7199

In-country/region support numbers

Argentina 787-8080
Australia (61) (3) 272-8000
Brazil 022-829-6612
Canada [phone]
Chile 800-360999
China (86) (10) 65053888-5959
Czech Republic (42) (2) 471-7321
Greece (30) (1) 689-6411
Hong Kong SAR
Hungary (36) (1) 343-0310
India (91) (11) 682-6035

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(852) 800-96-7729

(91) (11) 682-6069

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Indonesia (62) (21) 350-3408
Korea (82) (2) 3270-0700
Korea outside Seoul (82) [phone]
Japan (81) (3) 3335-8333
Malaysia (60) (3) 295-2566
Mexico (Mexico City) 01 800-22147
Mexico (outside Mexico City) 01 800-90529
New Zealand (64) (9) 356-6640
Philippines (63) (2) 894-1451
Poland (48) (22) 37-5065
Por tugal (351) (1) 301-7330
Russia (7) (95) 923-5001
Singapore (65) 272-5300
Taiwan (886) [phone]
Thailand [phone]
Turkey (90) (1) 224-5925

Contents

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Introduction

Navigation Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Text Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Additional Features of Acrobat Reader 21

Tips for Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

1 Printer Basics

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Printer Features and Benefits . . . . . . . 26

Printer Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Printer Parts and Locations . . . . . . 35

Accessories and Supplies . . . . . . . . . 37

Suggested Accessories . . . . . . . . . 38

Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Control Panel Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Control Panel Lights . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Configuration Page . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Control Panel Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Control Panel Menus . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Paper Handling LED Status

Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Printer Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Software for Windows . . . . . . . . . . 71

Installing Windows Printing Software

(CD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Installing Macintosh Printing

Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Software for Macintosh Computers. 80

Software for Networks . . . . . . . . . . 83

2 Printing Tasks

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Loading the Input Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Loading Tray 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Loading Trays 2, 3, and the Optional
2 x 500-sheet Input Tray

(Trays 4 and 5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Loading the Optional 2000-sheet Input

Tray (Tray 4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Selecting the Output Bin . . . . . . . . . 101

Printing to the Standard Output

Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Printing to the Face-up Bin . . . . . 105

Printing to a Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . 106

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Using the Stapler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Loading Staple Cartridges (5-bin

Mailbox with Stapler) . . . . . . . . . . 113

Stapling Documents (5-bin Mailbox with

Stapler). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Printing Both Sides of Paper (Optional

Duplex Printing Accessory) . . . . . . . 117

Printing Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Feeding Envelopes Automatically

(Optional Envelope Feeder) . . . . . 123

Inserting the Envelope Feeder . . 125

Loading Envelopes into the Envelope

Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Changing Fuser Levers for Printing

Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Printing Envelopes from Tray 1 . . 130

Loading Envelopes in Tray 1 . . . . 132

Printing Envelopes from Your

Software Application . . . . . . . . . . 133

Printing Special Paper . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Printing Letterhead, Preprinted Paper,

or Prepunched Paper. . . . . . . . . . 134

Printing Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Printing Transparencies . . . . . . . 137

3 Advanced Printing Tasks

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Using Features in the Printer Driver 146

Different First Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Blank Back Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet

of Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Customizing Tray 1 Operation . . . . . 154

Tray 1 Mode=First . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Tray 1 Mode=Cassette . . . . . . . . . 155

Manually Feeding Paper from

Tray 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Printing by Type and Size of Paper . 157

Benefits of Printing by Type and Size of

Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Changing the Variable Fuser Mode . 160

Loading Custom-size Paper . . . . . . 163

Job Retention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Quick Copying a Job . . . . . . . . . . 167

Proofing and Holding a Job . . . . . 170

Printing a Private Job . . . . . . . . . 173

Storing a Print Job . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Custom-size Paper in Tray 1 . . . . 139

Printing Cards, Custom-size, and

Heavy Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

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Printing with the Optional HP Fast

InfraRed Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Setting Up to Print with

Windows 3.1x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Setting Up to Print with

Windows 9x. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Printing a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Interrupting and Resuming Printing 184

Edge-to-Edge Printing . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Duplex Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

4 Printer Maintenance

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Printer Maintenance Kit . . . . . . . . . . 190

Managing the Toner Cartridge . . . . . 191

HP Policy on Non-HP Toner

Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Toner Cartridge Storage . . . . . . . 191

Toner Cartridge Life Expectancy . 192

Checking the Toner Level . . . . . . 192

Resetting the HP TonerGauge . . . 193

Continue Printing When Toner is

Low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Cleaning the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

5 Problem Solving

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Clearing Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Clearing Jams from the Input Tray

Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Clearing Jams from the Optional

Duplex Printing Accessory . . . . . . 213

Clearing Jams from the Top Cover

Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Clearing Jams from the Output

Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Clearing Jams from an Optional HP

Output Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Clearing Jams from the Stapler (5-bin

Mailbox with Stapler) . . . . . . . . . . 222

Solving Repeated Paper Jams . . . 224

Understanding Printer Messages . . . 226

Using the Printer Online Help

System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Correcting Output Quality Problems 254

Correcting Wrinkles on Envelopes 260
Determining Printer Problems . . . 262

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Software, Computer, and Printer

Interface Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Cabling Configurations . . . . . . . . 292

Selecting an alternate PPD . . . . . 308

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Communicating with an Optional

HP JetDirect EIO Print Server . . . 310
Checking the Printer’s Configuration 313

Configuration Page . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Menu Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

PCL or PS Font List. . . . . . . . . . . 318

File Directory Page . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Event Log Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Paper Path Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

6 HP Digital Copy

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

HP Digital Copy Installation . . . . . . . 325

Installation Checklist . . . . . . . . . . 325

Step 1. Locate HP Digital Copy

Parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Step 2. Prepare Printer and HP Digital

Copy Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Step 3. Install the HP Digital Copy 332

Step 4. Test HP Digital Copy

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Troubleshoot the HP Digital Copy . 345
HP Digital Copy Operating

Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

HP Digital Copy Features and

HP Digital Copy Settings . . . . . . . 362

Loading documents into the Automatic

Document Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Loading documents onto the

Flatbed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Loading documents larger than the

Document Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Reading a page from a thick book 368

Foreign Interface Harness . . . . . . 369

Paper Specifications . . . . . . . . . . 370

Document Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

HP Digital Copy Maintenance . . . . . 373

Clean the Document Cover, the
Document Holder, and the

Flatbed Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Cleaning the Automatic Document

Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Pad and Roller Maintenance . . . . 376

HP Digital Copy Problem Solving . . . 377

Temporary Error . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378

Equipment Error . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

7 Service and Support

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

Hewlett-Packard limited warranty

Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

HP Digital Copy Control Panel . . . 347

statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

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Service During and After the Warranty

Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Limited Warranty for Toner Cartridge

Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

HP Software License Terms . . . . . . 386

A Specifications

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389

Paper Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . 390

Supported Sizes of Paper for Input and

Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Supported Types of Paper . . . . . . 397

Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

Transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406

Card Stock and Heavy Paper . . . . 410

Printer Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . 412

Physical Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . 412

Environmental Specifications . . . . 417

B Control Panel Menus

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420

Private/Stored Jobs Menu . . . . . . . . 423

Information Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424

Paper Handling Menu . . . . . . . . . . . 427

Print Quality Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

Printing Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

Configuration of MBM Menu . . . . . . . 456

I/O Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457

EIO Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

Duplex Registration Menu . . . . . . . . 464

Resets Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465

C Printer Memory and Expansion

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467

Determining Memory Requirements . 470

Installing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

Checking Memory Installation . . . . . 475

Adjusting Memory Settings . . . . . . . 476

Installing EIO Cards/Mass Storage . . 479

D Printer Commands

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480

Understanding PCL Printer Command

Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483

Combining Escape Sequences. . . 484

Selecting PCL Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . 485

Common PCL Printer Commands. . . 486

E Regulatory Information

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494

FCC Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495

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Environmental Product Stewardship

Protecting the Environment . . . . . 497

Material Safety Data Sheet . . . . . . . 502

Environmental Conformity . . . . . . . . 503

Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . 504

Safety Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508

Laser Safety Statement . . . . . . . . 508

Canadian DOC Regulations . . . . . 509

VCCI Statement (Japan) . . . . . . . 510

Korean EMI statement . . . . . . . . . 511

Laser Statement for Finland. . . . . 512

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Introduction 18

Introduction

This section explains some of the features of this online user guide as well as
tips and tricks to help you use it to its greatest potential. It provides an
overview of the following information:

! Navigation Features
! Text Conventions
! Additional Features of Acrobat Reader
! Tips for Use

Additional features can be accessed through your Acrobat Reader menus and
toolbars.

Introduction 19

Navigation Features

Button Button Name Function

Page Up and Down
Arrows

Table of Contents Icon This Table of Contents Icon calls up the table of

Introduction Icon The Introduction Icon calls up this introduction to

Index Icon The Index Icon calls up the online user guide text

The Page Up and Down arrows allow you to scroll
page-by-page through the online user guide. The
Page Up arrow allows you to go back one page,
while the Page Down arrow allows you to move
forward one page.

contents for the online user guide.

the guide.

Navigation Features

index. The index entries are linked to their related
topics.

Introduction 20

Text Conventions

Some text is formatted differently to indicate specific meanings or functions.
Below is a table that defines the different text formats and what they indicate.

Text Format Style Meaning or Function

K

EY CAP

Hypertext

DISPLAY PANEL This format is used to indicate text that is displayed on the control

Input This format indicates that the text is typed by the user at a

This format is used to represent buttons on the printer, as well as
keys on the computer keyboard.

This format is used to indicate that the text is linked to another
page of the document. Clicking on the underlined text takes you
to that page. Sometimes, a page number and section heading are
included in the blue underlined text, but any text formatted this
way indicates the presence of a link.

panel.

command prompt or into a dialog box.

Text Conventions

Introduction 21

Additional Features of Acrobat Reader

In addition to the navigation buttons provided on the right side of the page,
Adobe Acrobat Reader has a number of other features that you may find
useful.

Button Button Name Function

Actual Size This button sets the document view to the page’s actual

size.

Fit Page This button changes the document view so the page

fits in the window.

Fit Visible Width This button changes the document view so the visible

content and page width fit in the window.

Pag e On ly This button displays the page only with no bookmarks

or thumbnails.

Pag e Wi t h
Bookmarks

Additional Features of Acrobat Reader

This button displays the page and bookmarks to the
different sections of the document in a window to the
left of the screen.

Introduction 22

Button Button Name Function

Pag e Wi t h
Thumbnails

Back This button allows you to go to the previous link or to

Find This button calls up the Find dialog.

Zoom This button allows you to change the page size.

This button displays the page and small images of each
page in a window to the left of the screen.

undo your last change.

Additional Features of Acrobat Reader

Introduction 23

Tips for Use

Use bookmarks to navigate between chapters.
When reading large amounts of text, turn off bookmarks and change the page

view to full screen.
Use the find function under the Tools menu to find specific ter ms.
Use the back button (page 22

previous page when jumping from link to link.
To print this document - For best quality and quickest printing, always print

using a compatible PostScript Level 3 emulation printer driver.
Due to the size of these print files, it is recommended that you print portions of

this document rather than printing the whole document at one time.
To save paper when you are printing this online user guide, you can create a

quick set to print 2 pages of the online user guide (N-up printing) on both sides
of the paper (duplex printing). See the printer driver help for details on these
feat ur es .

) in Adobe Acrobat Reader to return to the

Tips for Use

Chapter 1 Printer Basics 24

Printer Basics

1

Overview

Congratulations on your purchase of an HP LaserJet printer. If you have not
done so, see the getting started guide provided with the printer for setup
instructions.

For detailed informatio n on the HP Digital Copy (that comes with the
HP LaserJet 8150 MFP), see the section on page 324

or the getting started

Overview

guide provided with the HP Digital Copy.
Now that the printer is set up and ready to use, take a few moments to get to

know the printer. This chapter introduces the following:

! Printer Features and Benefits
! Printer Information
! Accessories and Supplies

Continued on next page.

Chapter 1 Printer Basics 25

! Control Panel Layout
! Paper Handling LED Status Inter pretation
! Printer Software

Overview

Chapter 1 Printer Basics 26

Printer Features and Benefits

Speed and Throughput

! Transmit Once, RIP ONCE technology
! 32 pages per minute (ppm) on Letter or ISO A4 paper
! Duty Cycle: 150,000 pages per month on Letter or ISO A4 paper
! 250 MHz microprocessor

Resolution

! 600 dots per inch (dpi) with Resolution Enhancement technology (REt)
! FastRes 1200 provides 1200 dpi quality at full speed
! More than 220 levels of gray

Printer Features and Benefits

Chapter 1 Printer Basics 27

Memory

! 32 MB (8150/8150 N/8150 DN/8150 HN) of RAM, expandable (up to

160 MB) using industr y standard 100-pin DIMMs (Dual In-Line Memory
Modules)

! 64 MB (8150 MFP) of RAM, expandable (up to 160 MB) using industr y

standard 100-pin DIMMs (Dual In-Line Memory Modules)

! Memory Enhancement tech nology (MEt) automatically compresses data to

use RAM more efficiently

! 3.2 Gigabyte hard disk (8150 MFP)

Enhanced Productivity (8150 MFP)

! Fast, convenient walk up digital copying
! Advanced paper handling including electronic collation, dual scan heads,

and automatic stapling

! Digital Sender module that easily conver ts and sends paper documents to

email

Printer Features and Benefits

Chapter 1 Printer Basics 28

Language and Fonts

! HP PCL 6
! HP PCL 5e for compatibility
! Printer Job Language (PJL)
! Printer Management Language (PML)
! 45 scalable Tr ueType typefaces
! PostScript Level 3 Emulation standard

Paper Handling Options

! Input

" Tray 1: A multipurpose tray for paper, transparencies, labels, and

envelopes. Holds up to 100 sheets of paper.

" Trays 2 and 3: Two 500-sheet trays. These trays automatically sense

paper sizes.

" Optional 2 x 500-sheet Input Tray (Trays 4 and 5): Two 500-sheet trays.

These trays automatically sense paper sizes.

" Optional 2000-sheet Input Tray (Tray 4): One 2000-sheet tray. This tray

automatically senses paper sizes.

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" Optional Duplex Printing Accessory: Provides two-sided printing (both

sides of paper).

" Optional Envelope Feeder: Automatically feeds up to 100 envelopes.
" Optional Custom Paper Trays: Allows printing on custom-size paper. Holds

up to 500 sheets of paper. (Used in place of trays 3 or 5.)

! Output

" Standard Output Bin (face-down bin): Holds up to 500 sheets of paper.

Automatically senses when full.

" Face-up Bin: Holds up to 100 sheets of paper. Provides the best results

when printing transparencies, labels, and envelopes.

" Optional 5-bin Mailbox with Stapler: Each of the 5 bins holds up to

250 sheets of paper. Provides job separation by stapling jobs.

" Optional 8-bin Mailbox: Each of the 8 bins holds up to 250 sheets of

paper.

" Optional 7-bin T abletop Mailbo x: Each of the 7 bins holds up to 120 sheets

of paper. Designed for tabletop printing.

" Optional 3000-sheet Stacker: One 3000-sheet stacking device.
" Optional 3000-sheet Stapler/Stacker: One 3000-sheet stacking device

which provides multi-position stapling for up to 50 sheets of paper per
document.

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! Input/Output

" HP Digital Copy: The flatbed and the automatic document feeder have the

abil ity to c opy up to A3 or 1 1 x 1 7 si ze original doc uments . Th e au tom ati c
document feeder holds up to 50 sheets of paper.

Connectivity

! 3 EIO (enhanced input/output) slots
! HP JetDirect EIO cards, Ethernet (10Base-T, 10Base2), Token Ring, Fast

Ethernet 10/100Base-TX, USB, Serial, and Local Talk

! Parallel
! HP Fast InfraRed Connect (fast infrared connection)
! Foreign Interface Harness (HP LaserJet 8150 MFP or any model of

HP LaserJet 8150 printer with an HP Digital Copy attached)

Environmental Features

! EconoMode uses approximately 50% less toner, which extends the life of

the toner cartr idge (HP does not recommend full-time use of EconoMode)

! PowerSave setting saves energy (meets E
! High content of recyclable components and materials in the printer

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NERGY STAR

guidelines)