HP Color LaserJet 8550, Color LaserJet 8550DN, Color LaserJet 8550GN, Color LaserJet 8550MFP, Color LaserJet 8550N User Guide

8550, 8550N, 8550DN, 8550GN,
8550MFP Printer

User Guide

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HP Color LaserJet 8550, 8550N,
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Customer support options worldwide

Customer Support and Product Repair Assistance for
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PortuguesePortugal: (351) (1) 441-7199

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In-country/region support numbers

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HP Customer Care Centers

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Hong Kong SAR (852) 800-96-7729

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Turkey (90) (1) 2245925

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Asia Pacific Countries/Regions

Australia + 61 3 8877 8000
China+ 86 10 6564 5959
Hong Kon SAR 800 96 7729
India+ 91 11 682 6035
Indonesia+ 62 21 350 3408
Japan+ 81 3 5346 1891
Korea+ 82 2 3270 0805

Outside Seoul only 080 999 0700
Malaysia+ 60 3 295 2566
New Zealand+64 (9) 356 6640
Penang1 300 88 0028
Philippines+ 63 2 867 3551
Singapore+ 65 272 5300
Taiwan+ 886 2 2717 0055
Thailand+ 66 2 661 4000
Viet Nam+84 8 823 4530

North & Latin America

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Argentina(54 11) 4778 8380
Brazil [phone]
Canada 905-206-4663
Chile 800 360 999
Mexico 800 427 6684
United States [phone]
Venezuela 800 47 888

Caracas 207 8488

Europe, Middle East, and Africa

Austria + 43 (0)7114 201080
Belgium

Dutch + 32 (0)2 626 8806

French + 32 (0)2 626 8807
Denmark + 45 39 29 4099
English International + 44 (0)171 512 52 02
Finland + 358 (0)203 47 288
France + 33 (0)1 43 62 34 34
Germany + 49 (0)180 52 58 143

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Ireland + 353 (0)1 662 5525
Israel

Tel. + 972 (0)9 9524848

Fax + 972 (0)9 9524849
Italy + 39 02 264 10350
Netherlands + 31 (0)20 606 8751
Norway + 47 22 11 6299
Poland + 48 22 519 06 00

+ 48 22 519 06 01
Portugal + 351 (0)1 318 00 65
Russian Federation + 7 095 916 98 21

+ 7 095 916 98 35
South Africa [phone]
Spain + 34 902 321 123
Sweden + 46 (0)8 619 2170
Switzerland + 41 (0)848 80 11 11
Turkey + 90 212 224 59 25
United Kingdom + 44 (0)171 512 52 02

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Contents

1 The HP Color LaserJet 8550 Printer

Features 17
Printer Information 20

Configurations 20

Locating the Printer's Parts 22

Optional Paper Handling Accessories and Status Lights 24

2 Using the Printer Control Panel

Overview 27

Printer Control Panel Keys and Indicator Lights 28

When to Use the Printer Control Panel Menus 30

Using the Printer Control Panel in Shared Environments 30
Resetting the Printer 31
Factory Defaults 32
Printing Menu Maps 37

Changing Settings in the Printer Control Panel 38

Configuring Menu Selections 38
Auto Continue 39
Tray 1 Auto 39
Configuring Media Type and Size 40
Selecting an Output Bin 42
Setting Media Type and Size Overrides 43
Selecting the A4 Override 44
Selecting Toner Low Response 45
Setting the Power Save Mode 46
Selecting Parallel Advanced Function 46
Selecting the Default Printer Personality 47
Setting the I/O Timeout 48
Locking the Printer Control Panel 49
Selecting the Display Language 50

Printing Internal Pages 51

Interpreting the Configuration Page 52
Duplex Registration 54

Managing Memory 56

Resource Saving 57
Configuring the Printer for the Network 57

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3 Common Printing Tasks

Selecting Media 59

Supported Media Weights and Sizes for Input Trays 60
Supported Media Weights and Sizes for the Optional Multi-bin Mailbox 63
Supported Media Weights and Sizes for the Optional Duplexer 65
Supported Media Weights and Sizes for the Optional 3000-sheet

Stapler/Stacker and Optional 3000-sheet Stacker 66
Preprinted Forms and Letterhead 68
Recycled Media 69
Envelopes 69
Transparencies 70
Heavy Paper Stock 70
Labels 71
Colored Media 72
Media to Avoid 72

Controlling Your Print Job 73

Changing Page Orientation 73

Printing from Tray 1 74

Printing Tips for Tray 1 77
Orienting Media 78

Printing from Trays 2 (some printer models only) and 3 80

Printing Tips for Trays 2 and 3 83

Printing from Tray 4 (some printer models only) 84

Printing Tips for Tray 4 (some printer models only) 86

4 Advanced Printing Features

Overview 87
Using the HP TonerGauge 88
Printing by Type and Size of Paper 89

Benefits of Printing by Type and Size of Paper 89

Different First Page 91

Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet of Paper 92

Creating and Using Quick Sets 93
Quick Copying a Job 95

Printing Additional Copies of a Quick Copy Job 95
Deleting a Stored Quick Copy Job 96

Proofing and Holding a Job 97

Printing the Remaining Copies of a Held Job 97
Deleting a Held Job 97

Printing a Private Job 99

Specifying a Private Job 99
Releasing a Private Job 99
Deleting a Private Job 100

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Storing a Print Job

Printing a Stored Job 101
Deleting a Stored Job 101

Variable Data Printing 102
Booklet Printing 103
Print on Backside of Heavy Media 104
HP JetSend Communications Technology 105

How the JetSend Communications Technology Works 105

Managing Fonts and Forms on Disk 106

HP LaserJet Resource Manager (Windows) 106
HP LaserJet Utility (Macintosh) 107

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5 Using Color

Controlling Color Output with Printer Drivers 109

Using Color 110
Manual Mode 111
ICC/CMS 112
Black and White 112
Automatic PANTONE® Matching 113
CMYK Ink Set Emulation 113
Adjusting the Print Color and Quality Settings 114

Selecting Colors 115

PANTONE Colors 115
Color Swatch 115

Resolution Considerations for Graphics, Images, and Photographs 116

Using Digital Cameras 116
Using Scanners 117

Adjusting the Color Balance 118

6 Maintaining the Printer

Making Room for Printer Maintenance 123
Replacing Printer Consumables 124

Locating Printer Consumables 124
Frequency for Replacing Printer Consumables 125
Recycling Consumables 127
Resetting the HP TonerGauge 127

7 Printer Control Panel Messages

Printer Messages 129

Using the Printer Online Help System 129

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8 Solving Printer Problems

Performing Basic Troubleshooting Steps 161

Working with Toner 162

Media Jam Locations 163
Media Handling Problems 165
Printer Response Problems 173
Printer Control Panel and Configuration Problems 179
Application Problems 181
Incorrect Printer Output 183
Color Printing Problems 185
Print Quality Problems 187

Cleaning the Transfer Drum 198

Accessories, Options, and Related Products 204

A DIMM Installation

Supported DIMMs 207

Installing DIMMs 207

B Specifications

Electrical Specifications 211

Operating Environmental Specifications 212

Environmental Product Stewardship Program 213

Protecting the Environment 213

Regulatory Statements 217

FCC Regulations 217
Canadian DOC Regulations 217
Declaration of Conformity 218
VCCI Statement (Japan) 224
Korean EMI Statement 224

Safety Information 225

Laser Safety 225
Product Information Sheet 225
Laser Statement for Finland 226

C Warranty Information

Hewlett-Packard Limited Warranty Statement 229

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The HP Color

1

Performance

LaserJet 8550 Printer

Features

Congratulations on your purchase of the HP Color LaserJet
8550, 8550N, 8550DN, 8550GN, or 8550MFP printer. This
printer is designed to produce high-quality, high-speed color
printouts for business environments.

This printer provides the quality and reliability of Hewlett-Pac kard
printers as well as these specific features:

24 pages per minute (ppm) black and white printing

z

6 ppm color printing

z

Provides the ability to mopy (multiple original prints)

z

Approximate Print
Speeds

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Letter-, A4-sized media:

6 ppm color

z

Legal-, Executive-, 11-by-17 inch sized media:

12 ppm black and white; 3 ppm color

z

Transparencies:

color

z

Labels:

12 ppm black and white; 3 ppm color

2.8 ppm black and white; 2.1 ppm

24 ppm black and white;

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Paper Handling Note: See “Printer Information” for printer configurations.

z Prints on up to 12-by-18.50 inch

(304.80-by-469.90 mm) sized media

z Printing on heavy media up to 58 lb (216 g/m
z A 500-sheet input tray (tray 3) that supports letter-,

2

) bond

legal-, A4-, 11-by-17 inch and A3-sized media

z A 500-sheet input tray (tray 2) that supports letter-,

legal-, and A4-sized media; standard on some printer
models

z 2,000-sheet input tray (tray 4); standard on some

printer models

z Optional duplexer, which provides two-sided printing;

standard on some printer models

z A 100-sheet multipurpose tray that supports letter-,

legal-, executive-, A3-, A4-, B4-, 11-by-17 inch, B5-,
and custom-sized media, as well as envelopes, labels,
and card stock

z Face-down (top) output bin
z Printer driver selectable face-up (left) output bin with

straight-through paper path

Font and Memory z 32 MB minimum DIMM (dual inline memory module)

memory, expandable to 512 MB

z HP LaserJet 45 TrueType font set and 65 additional

TrueType fonts for Microsoft® Windows 3.1,
Windows 9x, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and
Macintosh

z Supports forms and fonts on the disk using

HP Resource Manager

Printer Personality
Support

User Interface and
EIO

z PCL 5 color extension support in the printer
z PostScript 3™ support (includes PDF)
z Automatic printer personality switching

z Standard ECP or bidirectional parallel cable interface

(IEEE-1284 compliant)

z 2 enhanced input/output (EIO) slots
z Automatic I/O (input/output) switching
z HP Web JetAdmin software

z

HP LaserJet Utility (Macintosh only)

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Accessories

See “Printer Information

Note:

Printer hard disk, which provides storage for fonts and

z

” for printer configurations.

macros as well as proof and hold, private jobs, quick
copy jobs, and mopying capabilities

Optional ROM (read-only memory) or synchronous

z

DRAM (dynamic random-access memory) DIMM
device memory

Optional multi-bin mailbox, which provides multiple

z

output destinations
Optional 3000-sheet Stapler/Stacker

z

Optional 3000-sheet Stacker

z

Optional HP JetDirect internal print server for network

z

connection

For more information on supported media, see “Selecting Media

” in

chapter 3.
The approximate print speeds offered by this printer might vary from

those listed above because the following factors affect processing
time:

Complex graphics or large graphics

z

I/O configuration

z

Type of computer

z

Computer configuration

z

Amount of printer memory

z

Network operating system

z

Network configuration

z

Print media

z

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Printer Information

Configurations

This printer is available in five configurations, as described below:

HP Color LaserJet 8550

The HP Color LaserJet 8550 comes standard with a 100-sheet tray 1,
a 500-sheet tray 3, a printer stand, and 32 MB RAM.

HP Color LaserJet 8550N

The HP Color LaserJet 8550N comes standard with a 100-sheet
tray 1, a 500-sheet tray 2, a 500-sheet tray 3, a printer stand, 32 MB
RAM, an HP JetDirect print server (10/100 Base-TX), and an internal
hard disk.

HP Color LaserJet 8550DN

The HP Color LaserJet 8550DN comes standard with a 100-sheet
tray 1, a 500-sheet tray 2, a 500-sheet tray 3, a (tray 4) 2000-sheet
input tray, a duplexer, 64 MB RAM, an HP JetDirect print server
(10/100 Base-TX), an internal hard disk, and five stabilizing legs.

HP Color LaserJet 8550GN

The HP Color LaserJet 8550GN comes standard with a 100-sheet
tray 1, a 500-sheet tray 2, a 500-sheet tray 3, a (tray 4) 2000-sheet
input tray, a duplexer, 128 MB RAM, an HP JetDirect print server
(10/100 Base-TX), an internal hard disk, five stabilizing legs, and a
higher performance processor.

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HP Color LaserJet 8550MFP

The HP Color LaserJet 8550MFP comes standard with a 100-sheet
tray 1, a 500-sheet tra y 2, a 500-sheet tra y 3, a duple xer, 64 MB RAM,
an HP JetDirect print server (10/100 Base-TX), an internal hard disk,
a printer/copy module stand, and a copy module.

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Printer Information

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Locating the Printer's Parts

The following figures show the locations of the printer's parts.
(HP Color LaserJet 8550 shown below.)

Figure 1

A Printer Control Panel
B Left Output Bin (face up)
C Front Door
D Power Button
E Input Tray 3
F Top Output Bin (face down)
G Upper Right Door
H Input Tray 1
I Lower Right Door
J Printer Stand

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Figure 2

Note

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Air Filter Door

A

EIO Slot 2

B

Tray 4 Connector (C-Link Connector)

C

Parallel Connector

D

Upper Left Door

E

Lower Left Door

F

EIO Slot 1 (shown with optional HP JetDirect internal print server)

G

Po wer Connector

H

For information on the locations of printer consumables, see
“Locating Printer Consumables” in chapter 6.

Locating the Printer's Parts

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Figure 3

Optional Paper Handling Accessories and Status Lights

The following figure shows the locations of optional or packaged
accessories and their status lights (if applicable).

A Multi-bin Mailbox
B Multi-bin Mailbox Status Light
C Duplexer (some printer models only)
D Tray 2 (some printer models only)
E Tray 4 (some printer models only)
F Tray 4 Status Light
G Media Transfer Door
H 3000-sheet Stapler/Stacker (optional) or 3000-sheet Stacker

(optional)

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Use the following table to interpret the status lights on tray 4 and the
multi-bin mailbox.

Light Tray 4 Multi-Bin Mailbox

Solid Green The accessory is on and

ready.

Solid Amber The accessory is

experiencing a hardware
malfunction.

Flashing Amber The accessory has a media

jam or a page needs to be
removed from tray 4, even if
the page is not jammed.

The lower right door might be
open.

Off The printer might be in Power

Save mode. Press G

.

O

The accessory is not
receiving power. Check both
the power supply and the
power cables.

The accessory is on and
ready.

The accessory is
experiencing a hardware
malfunction.

The accessory has a media
jam or a page needs to be
removed from the multi-bin
mailbox, even if the page is
not jammed.

The accessory is not correctly
attached to the printer.

The printer might be in Power
Save mode. Press GO.

The accessory is not
receiving power. Check both
the power supply and the
power cables.

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Using the Printer

Note

2

Unless otherwise specified,
on the printer. Keys on the printer control panel are indicated by the

KEY font.

Control Panel

Overview

The most convenient way to control the printer is through your
application or the printer driver. The commands in your
application override the printer control panel settings. For more
information on changing the printer settings from within an
application or printer driver, see the associated online help files.

Use the printer control panel to configure the default settings for
the printer or to obtain printer status information. Also, use the
printer control panel to access printer features not supported by
the application.

control panel

refers to the control panel

Note

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For more information on controlling the printer in a network
environment, see the HP JetDirect software installation guide and the
HP Web JetAdmin online help.

Overview

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Figure 4

Printer Control Panel Keys and Indicator Lights

The following figure shows the locations of printer control panel
features.

AGo

Brings the printer online or offline, and exits menus.

B Menu

Accesses the printer control panel menus to set the printer
defaults. This key permits both forward and backward movement
through the list of available menus.

CDisplay

Presents data about the printer (such as printer status, required
actions, or data and print errors) in one or two lines of characters.

D-Value+

Steps through the value choices for a particular menu item using

-/+. This key permits both forward and backward movement
through the values.

E Cancel Job

Stops the currently printing job from printing. If no job is printing
and the display indicates that a job is processing, C
cancels the currently processing job and the next job begins
printing. While the job is being canceled, CANCELING JOB is
displayed.

ANCEL JOB

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FItem

Steps through the items in a particular menu. This key permits
both forward and backward movement through the available
items. The I

key also steps through the control panel help

TEM

messages.

G Ready Indicator

(green)

• On—The printer is online and able to accept and process data.

• Off—The printer is offline and unable to process data.

• Flashing—The printer is going from online to offline, or from
offline to online.

H Data Indicator

(green)

• On—Data is in the printer buffer, or the printer is processing
data.

• Off—The printer buffer is empty.

• Flashing—The printer is receiving or processing data.

I Attention Indicator

(amber)

• On—An error has occurred in the printer.

• Off—The printer does not require attention.

• Flashing—The printer requires attention.

J Select

Selects the item or value currently shown on the printer control
panel display. An asterisk (*) is displayed when an item has been
selected.

For information on the status lights for the multi-bin mailbox and
tray 4, see “Optional Paper Handling Accessories and Status Lights
in chapter 1.

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