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Copyright and License
© Copyright Hewlett-Packard Company, 2002
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without prior written permission is prohibited, except as allowed under the copyright laws.
Part number: C9660-90912
First edition: April 2002
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Warranty
The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Hewlett-Packard makes no warranty of any kind with respect to this information.
HEWLETT-PACKARD SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Hewlett-Packard shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or other damage alleged in connection with the furnishing or use of this information.
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Trademark Credits
Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
Arial is a U.S. registered trademark of the Monotype Corporation.
Energy Star and the Energy Star logo are U.S. registered service marks of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
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TrueType is a U.S. trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
UNIX is a registered trademark The Open Group.
Windows ® , MS Windows ® , and Windows NT ® are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
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1 Printer basics
Quick access to printer information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 World Wide Web links. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 User guide links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Where to look for more information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Setting up the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Using the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Printer configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 HP Color LaserJet 4600 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 HP Color LaserJet 4600n (Europe only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 HP Color LaserJet 4600dn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 HP Color LaserJet 4600dtn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 HP Color LaserJet 4600hdn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Printer features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Factors affecting printer performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Walk around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Control panel overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Accessing the control panel from a computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Control panel buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Interpreting control panel indicator lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Control panel menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Getting started basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Menu hierarchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Retrieve job menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Information menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Paper handling menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Configure device menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Diagnostics menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Retrieve job menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Information menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Paper handling menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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Configure device menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Printing menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Print quality menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 System setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 I/O menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Resets menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Diagnostics menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Changing printer control panel configuration settings . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Job storage limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Job held timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Tray behavior options: use requested tray and manually feed . 33 PowerSave Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Personality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Clearable warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Auto continue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Supplies low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Jam recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Using the printer control panel in shared environments . . . . . . . . . 40 Printer drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Printer software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Software for networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 HP Web Jetadmin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 UNIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Embedded Web server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Other components and utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Network configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Configuring Novell NetWare frame type parameters . . . . . . . . 47 Configuring TCP/IP parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Disabling network protocols (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 To disable IPX/SPX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 To disable DLC/LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Parallel configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Enhanced I/O (EIO) configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 HP Jetdirect print servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Available enhanced I/O interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 NetWare networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Windows and Windows NT networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 AppleTalk networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 LocalTalk configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 LocalTalk network configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 UNIX/Linux networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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Supplies and accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Ordering directly through the embedded Web server
(for printers with network connections) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Ordering directly through the printer software
(for printers directly connected to a computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
2 Printing tasks
Controlling print jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Print setting priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Selecting print media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Media to avoid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Media that may damage the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Configuring input trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Configuring Tray 1 media type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Configuring Tray 1 media size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Tray 2 and Tray 3 media type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Tray 2 and Tray 3 media size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Tray 2 or Tray 3 custom media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Printing from Tray 1 (multipurpose tray) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Printing envelopes from Tray 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Printing from Tray 2 and Tray 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Loading standard-sized media into Tray 2 and Tray 3 . . . . . . . 72 Loading custom-sized media into Tray 2 and Tray 3 . . . . . . . . 74 Printing on special media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Glossy paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Colored paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Heavy paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Preprinted forms and letterhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Recycled paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 2-sided (duplex) printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Control panel settings for 2-sided printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Options for binding 2-sided printing jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Manual 2-sided printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Special printing situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Printing a different first page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Printing on custom-size media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Stopping a print request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Job retention features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Storing a print job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Quick copying a job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Proofing and holding a job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Private jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Printing with the optional HP Fast InfraRed Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . 90
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Setting up to print with Windows 95, 98, 2000,
NT, ME, and XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Setting up to print with Macintosh computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Printing a job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Interrupting and resuming printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Managing memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
3 Managing the printer
Printer information pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Menu map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Configuration page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Supplies status page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Usage page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 File directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 PCL or PS font list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Event log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Print quality troubleshooting pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Using the embedded Web server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 To access the embedded Web server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Information tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Using Printer Status and Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
4 Color
Using color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 HP ImageREt 2400. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Paper selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Color options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 sRGB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Managing color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Print in Grayscale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Automatic or manual color adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Matching colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 PANTONE® * color matching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Swatch book color matching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
5 Maintenance
Managing the print cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 HP print cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Non-HP print cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Print cartridge authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Print cartridge storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Print cartridge life expectancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Checking the print cartridge life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Changing print cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
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Replacing supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Locating supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Supply replacement guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Making room around the printer for replacing supplies. . . . . . 127 Approximate replacement intervals for supplies . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Configuring alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
6 Problemsolving
Basic troubleshooting checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Control panel messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Warning messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Critical error messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Paper jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Paper jam recovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Common causes of paper jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Clearing jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Jam in Tray 1, Tray 2, or Tray 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Jams in the top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Jam in paper input path or paper path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Jam in duplex path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Media-handling problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Printer response problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Printer control panel problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Color printing problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Incorrect printer output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Guidelines for printing with different fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Software application problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Print quality troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Print quality problems associated with media. . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Overhead transparency defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Print quality problems associated with the environment. . . . . 187 Print quality problems associated with jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Print quality troubleshooting pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Appendix A Service and support
Hewlett-Packard limited warranty statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Limited warranty for print cartridge life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Transfer unit and fuser warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 HP maintenance agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 On-site service agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
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Appendix B Specifications and regulatory information
Printer specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Physical dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Electrical specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Operating environment specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Acoustic emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
FCC regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Environmental product stewardship program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Protecting the environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Safety statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Laser safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Canadian DOC regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 EMI statement (Korea) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 VCCI statement (Japan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Laser Statement for Finland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Luokan 1 laserlaite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Appendix C Print media specifications
Supported media weights and sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Appendix D Working with memory and print server cards
Printer memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Installing memory and font DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 To install memory and font DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Enabling memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Enabling the language font DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Checking DIMM installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Installing an HP Jetdirect print server card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 To install an HP Jetdirect print server card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Appendix E Glossary
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This chapter contains information on setting up your printer and becoming familiar with its features. The following topics are covered:
zQuick access to printer information
zWhere to look for more information
zPrinter configurations
zPrinter features
zWalk around
zControl panel overview
zControl panel buttons
zInterpreting control panel indicator lights
zControl panel menus
zMenu hierarchy
zRetrieve job menu
zInformation menu
zPaper handling menu
zConfigure device menu
zDiagnostics menu
zChanging printer control panel configuration settings
zUsing the printer control panel in shared environments
zPrinter drivers
zPrinter software
zSoftware for networks
zEmbedded Web server
zOther components and utilities
zNetwork configuration
zParallel configuration
zEnhanced I/O (EIO) configuration
zSupplies and accessories
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Printer drivers, updated HP printer software, and product information and support may be obtained from the following URLs:
http://www.hp.com/support/lj4600
Printer drivers may be obtained from the following sites:
In China: ftp://www.hp.com.cn/support/lj4600 In Japan: ftp://www.jpn.hp.com/support/lj4600 In Korea: http://www.hp.co.kr/support/lj4600
In Taiwan: http://www.hp.com.tw/support/lj4600 or the local driver website:
http://www.dds.com.tw
To order supplies:
United States: http://www.hp.com/go/ljsupplies
Worldwide: http://www.hp.com/ghp/buyonline.html
To order accessories:
http://www.hp.com/go/accessories
zWalk around
zReplacing supplies
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WWWSeveral references are available for use with this printer. See http://www.hp.com/support/lj4600.
Getting Started Guide
Step-by-step instructions for installing and setting up
the printer.
HP Jetdirect Print Server
Administrator’s Guide
Instructions to configure and troubleshoot the HP Jetdirect print server.
Accessory and Consumable
Installation Guides
Step-by-step instructions, supplied with the printer’s optional accessories and consumables, for installing the printer’s accessories and consumables.
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CD User Guide
Detailed information on using and troubleshooting the printer. Available on the CD-ROM that came with the printer.
Online Help
Information on printer options that are available from within printer drivers. To view a Help file, access the online Help through the printer driver.
HTML (Online) User Guide
Detailed information on using and troubleshooting the printer. Available at http://www.hp.com/support/lj4600. Once connected, select Manuals.
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Thank you for purchasing the HP Color LaserJet 4600 series printer. This printer is available in the configurations described below.
The HP Color LaserJet 4600 printer is a four-color laser printer that prints 17 pages per minute (ppm) for letter size paper and 16 ppm for A4 size paper.
zTrays. The printer comes with a multipurpose tray (Tray 1) that holds up to 100 sheets of various print media or 20 envelopes; 500-sheet paper feeder (Tray 2) that supports letter, legal, executive, JIS B5, A4, and A5-sized and custom media. Supports an optional 500-sheet paper feeder (Tray 3) that supports letter, legal, executive, JIS B5, A4, and A5-sized and custom media.
zConnectivity. The printer provides parallel and network ports for connectivity. The printer also contains three enhanced input/output (EIO) slots, an FIR connection, and a standard bidirectional parallel cable interface (IEEE-1284 compliant).
zMemory. The printer contains 96 megabytes (MB) of synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM). To allow for memory expansion, the printer has three 168-pin DIMM slots that accept 64, 128, or 256 MB RAM each. This printer can support up to 512 MB of memory. 416 MB is available for additional SDRAM. An optional hard disk drive is available.
The HP Color LaserJet 4600n printer includes the features of the 4600, plus automatic 2-sided printing.
The HP Color LaserJet 4600dn includes the features of the 4600n plus an HP Jetdirect 610N printer server EIO network card.
The HP Color LaserJet 4600dtn includes the features of the 4600dn, additional 500-sheet paper feeder (Tray 3), and a total of 160 MB of SDRAM.
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This printer combines the quality and reliability of Hewlett-Packard printing with the features listed below. For more information on printer features, see the Hewlett-Packard website at http://www.hp.com.
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Several factors affect the time it takes to print a job. Among these is maximum printer speed, measured in pages per minute (ppm). Other factors that affect printing speed include the use of special media (such as transparencies, glossy media, heavy media, and customsize media), printer processing time, and download time.
The time required to download a print job from the computer and to process the job depends on the following variables:
zthe complexity and size of graphics
zthe printer’s I/O configuration (network versus parallel)
zthe speed of the computer you are using
zthe amount of printer memory installed
zthe network operating system and configuration (if applicable)
zprinter personality (PCL or PostScript 3 emulation)
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1.output bin
2.printer control panel
3.top cover
4.front cover (contains Tray 1)
5.Tray 2 (500 sheets of standard paper)
6.Tray 3 (optional; 500 sheets of standard paper)
7.on/off switch
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1.output bin
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3.Tray 3 (optional)
4.EIO connection (quantity 3)
5.FIR (Fast infrared) connection
6.parallel connection
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The control panel provides control of printer functions and communicates information about the printer and print jobs. Its display provides graphic information about printer and supplies status, making it easy to identify and correct problems.
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1.Pause/Resume button
2.Cancel Job button
3.Ready light
4.Data light
5.Attention light
6.Help ( ) button
7.Back arrow ( ) button
8.Down arrow ( ) button
9.Select ( ) button
10.Up arrow ( ) button
11.Display
The printer communicates via the display and the lights on the lower left side of the control panel. The Ready, Data, and Attention lights provide at-a-glance information about the state of the printer and alert you to printing problems. The display shows more complete status information as well as menus, help information, animations, and error messages.
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The top-level screen on the display has three areas:
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4.Print cartridge colors from left to right: black, magenta, yellow, and cyan.
The message and prompt areas of the display alert you to the state of the printer and tell you how to respond.
The supplies gauge shows the consumption levels of print cartridges (black, magenta, yellow, cyan). When a non-HP print cartridge is installed, a ? appears instead of the consumption level. The supplies gauge appears whenever the printer shows the READY state and whenever the printer shows a warning or error message concerning a supply item.
You can also access the printer control panel from a computer by using the setting page of the embedded Web server.
The computer shows the same information that the control panel shows. From your computer, you can also perform control panel functions such as checking supplies status, viewing messages, or changing tray configuration. For more information, see Using the embedded Web server.
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Use the buttons on the control panel to perform printer functions and to navigate and respond to menus and messages in the display.
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1.Ready
2.Data
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