HP Color LaserJet 4600, Color LaserJet 4600hdn, Color LaserJet 4600n User Guide

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4600, 4600dn,

4600n,

4600dtn, 4600hdn

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hp color LaserJet 46 0 0 series printer

User Guide

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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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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. Microsoft ® is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Netscape Navigator is a U.S.trademark of Netscape Communications PANTONE®* PANTONE® Colors generated may not match

PANTONE-identified standards. Consult current PANTONE Publications for accurate color. PANTONE® and other Pantone, Inc. trademarks are the property of Pantone, Inc. © Pantone, Inc., 2000.

PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems. 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 Cor poration.

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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 Index

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Printer basics

This chapter contains information on setting up your printer and becoming familiar with its features. The following topics are covered:

z Quick access to printer information z Where to look for more information z Printer configurations z Printer features z Walk around z Control panel overview z Control panel buttons z Interpreting control panel indicator lights z Control panel menus z Menu hierarchy z Retrieve job menu z Information menu z Paper handling menu z Configure device menu z Diagnostics menu z Changing printer control panel configuration settings z Using the printer control panel in shared environments z Printer drivers z Printer software z Software for networks z Embedded Web server z Other components and utilities z Network configuration z Parallel configuration z Enhanced I/O (EIO) configuration z Supplies and accessories

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Quick access to printer information

World Wide Web links

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

User guide links

z Walk around z Replacing supplies z Index

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Where to look for more information

WWW Several references are available for use with this printer. See

http://www.hp.com/support/lj4600.

Setting up the printer

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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Using th e printer

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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Printer configurations

Thank you for purchasing the HP Color LaserJet 4600 series printer. This printer is available in the configurations described below.

HP Color LaserJet 4600

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.

z Trays. 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 (Tr ay 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.

z Connectivity. 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).

z Memory. 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.

HP Color LaserJet 4600n (Europe only)

The HP Color LaserJet 4600n printer includes the features of the 4600, plus automatic 2-sided printing.

HP Color LaserJet 4600dn

The HP Color LaserJet 4600dn includes the features of the 4600n plus an HP Jetdirect 610N printer server EIO network card.

HP Color LaserJet 4600dtn

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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HP Color LaserJet 4600hdn

The HP Color LaserJet 4600hdn includes the features of the 4600dtn, plus a hard disk.

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Printer features

This printer combines the quality and reliability of Hewlett-Packard printing with the features listed below . F or more information on printer features, see the Hewlett-Packard website at http://www.hp.com

Feature Characteristics

Performance z 17 pages per minute (ppm) for letter size paper and

16 ppm for A4 size paper.

z Prints on transparencies and glossy paper. For more

information, see Supported media weights and sizes

Memory

User interface

Supported printer personalities

Storage features

Environmental features

Fonts

z 96 megabytes (MB) of synchronous dynamic random

access memory (SDRAM) (160 MB in the HP Color LaserJet 4600dtn and 4600hdn printers).

z Can be expanded to 512 MB. z Optional hard disk drive (included with the HP Color

LaserJet 4600hdn printer).

z Graphic display on control panel. z Enhanced Help with animated graphics. z Embedded Web server to access support and order

supplies (network-conn ected prin ters ).

z HP PCL 6. z HP PCL 5c. z PostScript 3 emulation. z Automatic language switching.

z Job retention (for printers with hard disks). z Fonts and forms. z Personal identification number (PIN) printing.

z PowerSave setting. z High content of recyclable components and materials. z Energy Star compliant. z Blue Angel compliant.

z 80 internal font s availab l e for both PCL and PostScri pt

emulation.

z 80 printer-matching screen f on ts in TrueType™ format

availa ble with the software solution.

z Supports forms and fonts on the disk using HP Web

Jetadmin.

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Feature Characteristics

Paper handling z Prints on media from 77 mm by 127 mm (3 inche s by 5

inches) up to legal size.

z Prints on media wit h weight s from 60 g/m

(16 lb bond to 44 lb bond).

to 163 g/m2

z Prints on a wide range of media types including

glossy, labels, overhead transparencies, and envelopes.

z Multiple gloss levels. z A 500-sheet paper f eeder (Tray 2) that supp orts letter- ,

legal-, executive-, JIS B5-, A4-, and A5-sized and custom media.

z Optional 500-sheet pape r feeder (Tra y 3) that supports

letter-, legal-, executive-, JIS B5-, A4-, and A5-sized and custom media; standard on HP Color LaserJet 4600dtn and 4600hdn printers .

z Two-sided printing on HP Color LaserJet 4600dn,

4600dtn, and 4600hdn printers.

z 250-sheet face-down output bin.

Accessories

Connectivity

Supplies

z Printer hard disk, which provides storage for fonts and

macros as well as job storage; standard on HP Color LaserJet 4600hdn.

z Dual inline memory modules (DIMM). z Printer stand. z Optional 500-sheet pape r feeder (Tra y 3) that supports

letter-, legal-, executive-, JIS B5-, A4-, and A5-sized media; standard on HP Color LaserJet 4600dtn and 4600hdn printers.

z Flash DIMM. z Fast InfraRed (FIR) pod.

z Optional enhanced input/output (EIO) network card;

standard on HP Color LaserJet 4600dn, 4600dtn, and 4600hdn printers.

z FIR connection. z HP Web Jetadmin software. z Standard bidirectional parallel cable interface

(IEEE-1284 compliant).

z Supplies status page contains information on toner

level, page count, and estimated pages remaining.

z No-shake cartridge design. z Printer checks for authentic HP print cartridges at

cartridge installation.

z Internet-enabled supply-ordering capabilities (using

embedded Web server or printer Status and Alerts).

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Factors affecting printer performance

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:

z the complexity and size of graphics z the printer’s I/O configuration (network versus parallel) z the speed of the computer you are using z the amount of printer memory installed z the network operating system and configuration (if applicable) z printer personality (PCL or PostScript 3 emulation)

Note Adding additional printer memory might resolve memory problems,

improve how the printer handles complex graphics, and improve download times, but it will not increase maximum printer speed (ppm rating).

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Walk arou nd

The following illustrations identify the locations and names of key components of this printer.

Front view (shown with second 500-sheet paper feeder)

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

8. access to print cartridges, transfer unit, and fuser

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Back/side view

1. output bin

2. on/off switch

3. Tray 3 (optional)

4. EIO connection (quantity 3)

5. FIR (Fast infrared) connection

6. parallel connection

7. power connection

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Control panel overview

Introduction

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.

Control panel buttons and lights

1. Pause/Resume button

2. Cancel Job button

3. Ready light

4. Data light

5. Attention light

6. Help (V) 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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Display

The printer’s display gives you complete, timely information about the printer and print jobs. Graphics illustrate levels of supplies, the locations of paper jams, and job status. Menus give access to printer functions and detailed information.

The top-level screen on the display has three areas:

1. Message area

2. Prompt area

3. Supplies gauge

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.

Accessing the control panel from a computer

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

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Control panel buttons

Use the buttons on the control panel to perform printer functions and to navigate and respond to menus and messages in the display.

Button name Function

Select

✔

 Up arrow  Down arrow

 Back arrow Navigates backwar d in nested menus, or q uits

Pause/Resume Temporarily stops and restarts printing , exi ts all

Cancel Job Cancels and halts the current job in progress,

V Help Provides animated graphics and detailed

Makes selections and resumes printing after continuable errors

Navigate menus and text, and increase or decrease the values of numerical items in the display

menus or help

menus

clears paper from the printer, clears any continuable errors associated with the halted job, and is used to override a non-HP print cartridge

information on printer messages or menus

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Interpreting control panel indicator lights

Control panel indicator lights

1. Ready

2. Data

3. Attention

Indicator On Off Flashing

Ready (green)

Data (green)

Attention (amber)

Printer is online (able to accept and process data).

Processed data is present in the printer, but more data is needed to complete the job.

A critical error has occurred. Printer requires attention.

Printer is offline or is turned off.

Printer is not processing or receiving data.

No conditions exist that require attention.

Printer is attempting to stop printing and go offline.

Printer is processing and receiving data.

An error has occurred. Printer requires attention.

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