HP Color LaserJet 8550 User Manual

8550MFP

Copy Module
User Guide

English

HP Color LaserJet 8550MFP

Copy Module User Guide______

Copyright Information

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Second Edition, Marchl 2001

Warranty

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How to use this online user guide

This user guide is provided online in an Adobe® Acrobat® portable
document format (PDF). This section will help familiarize you with
using PDF documents in Acrobat Reader version 4.0. For complete
instructions on how to view PDF documents, see the documentation
included with Acrobat Reader.

Features of Acrobat Reader 4.0

Finding topics in the online user guide

There are two primary ways to navigate to the information you need:

! click the topic you want to read about in the Bookmarks section

of the screen

! click Contents or Index in the Bookmarks section of the screen,

then click the topic you want to read about from the list of items
displayed on the page

Finding words

Use the Find command to find part of a word, a complete word, or
multiple words in the document.

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Click the Find button, or choose Find from the Edit menu.

How to use this online user guide 5

Magnifying the page view

Acrobat Reader offers several magnification choices that control how
the page fits on-screen.

the zoom-in tool

!

! the Magnification button in the status bar
! the toolbar buttons

Once you zoom in on a document, y ou can select the hand tool or use
the scroll bars to move the page.

To increase magnification: Select the zoom-in tool and click on t he
document page to double the current magnification.

To decrease magnification: Select the zoom-in tool while holding
down Ctrl (Windo ws and UNIX) or Option (Macintosh), and clic k the
center of the area you want to reduce.

Click the Magnification button to select how large or small to make
the page. Select from preset magnification levels and page views.

Actual Size scales the page to fit within the main window.

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Fit in Window fills the window with the page’s content area only.
Fit Width scales the page to fit the width of the main window.

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Paging through a document

The following options are available for paging through a document.

To go to the next page: Click the Next P a ge b utton in the to olbar or
status bar, or press Page Up or Page Down on your keyboard.

To return to the previous page: Click the Previous Page button in
the toolbar, or press the Left Arrow or Up Arrow.

To go to the first page: Click the First Page button in the toolbar.
To go to the last page: Click the Last Page button in the toolbar.

To jump to a specific numbered page: Click the page number box

in the status bar at the bottom of the main window, type the page
number, and click OK.

Browsing with thumbnails

A thumbnail is a miniature view of each docume nt page. Click a page
in the Thumbnails section of the window to jump quic kly to t hat page .

Printing the document

T o print select ed pages: From the File menu, choose Print. Choose
Pages. In the From and To boxes type the r ange of pages y ou wish to
print. Then click OK.

To print the whole document: From the File menu, choose Print.

Choose All n pages (n represents the total number of pages in the
document), and then click OK.

Note Go to http://www.adobe.com/ for the latest versions and additional

languages of Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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Where to look for more info rmation. . .

Several references are available for use with the system. For
additional copies of the guides below, contact HP Direct at
[phone] (U.S.) or contact your HP-authorized dealer.
Additional information is available at http://www.hp.com.

Setting up the system (the copy module and the printer unit)

System Getting Started Guide

Step-by-step instructions for installing
and setting up the system.

Printer Getting Started Guide

Contains basic tips for installing and
setting up the printer unit.

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Using the system

System Ready Reference Guide

Tips and quick information in a booklet
to keep by the system. See your
network administrator for the copy that
came with the system.

Printer Quick Reference Guide

Tips and quick information in a booklet
to keep by the printer unit. See your
network administrator for the copy that
came with the printer unit.

Copy Module Online User Guide

Detailed information on using and
troubleshooting the copy module.

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Printer Online User Guide

Detailed information on using and
troubleshooting the printer unit.

Paper Handling Addendum

Detailed information on using the
optional 1,000-sheet side input tray
(Tray 4).

Where to look for more information. . . 9

HP Customer Care service and support

Online services

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

World Wide Web

Printer drivers, updated HP printer software, plus product and support
information may be obtained from the following URLs:
in the U.S. http://www.hp.com/go/support

Printer drivers may be obtained from the following sites:
in China ftp://www.hp.co m.cn/go/support
in Japan ftp://www.jpn.hp.com/go/suppo rt
in Korea http://www.hp.co.kr/go/support
in Taiwan http://www.hp.com.tw/go/support

or the local driver website
http://www.dds.com.tw

Obtaining software utilities and electronic information for the U.S.:

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Monday - Friday: 6:00 am - 10:00 pm MST
Saturday: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm MST

Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

HP website: http://www.hp.com /
Mail:

Hewlett-Packard Co.
P.O. Box 907
Santa Clarita, CA 91380-9007
U.S.A.

For Canada:

Phone: [phone]

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For Europe:

HP Distribution Europe

The languages supported are listed beside the telephone numbers.
Hours of operation are 7:30 am GMT (8:30 am CET) to 17:00 pm

GMT (18:00 p.m. CET).

Within UK Internationally
English speaking line 01429 865511 [phone]
French speaking line [phone]
German speaking line [phone]
Italian speaking line [phone]
Spanish speaking line [phone]
Portuguese speaking line [phone]

For Asia Pacific Countries/Regions:

Australia [phone]
China (Beijing) [phone]
Hong Kong SAR [phone]
India [phone]
Indonesia [phone]
Japan [phone]
Korea [phone]
Malaysia [phone]
New Zealand 0800-445-543 (toll free) or [phone]
Philippines [phone]
Singapore [phone]
Taiwan [phone]
Thailand [phone] ext 3224

For Latin America:

Argentina

Buenos Aires: 787-8080

8:30 to19:30 hrs.

Brazil

São Paulo: 011-829-6612

8:00 to19:00 hrs.

Chile

8:30 to18:30 hrs. 800-360999

Colombia

* Local dealers provide technical assistance

Mexico “HP Contigo”

8:00 to18:00 hrs. 01-800-4726684

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01-800-4720684

HP Customer Care service and support 11

Venezuela

Caracas: 207-8488

8:00 to18:00 hrs. 800-47-888

Note Technical assistance for other Latin American countries is provided

by local dealers.

HP Direct Ordering for accessories or supplies:

Call [phone] (U.S.) or [phone] (Canada).

HP Direct Ordering for genuine HP parts:

In the U.S., call [phone]

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Customer support options worldwide

HP Customer Care and Product Repair Assistance for the U.S. and Canada

Note If you purchased y our HP Color LaserJet 8550MFP with a

reseller-provided service contract, please see your reseller for
technical support, service, and warranty specifics.

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

If you know y our printer unit needs to be repaired, ca ll [phone]
to locate your nearest authorized HP service provider.

Post-warranty telephone assistance is available to answer your
product questions. Call (900) 55 5-1500 ($ 2.50* per min ute , U.S. only)
or call [phone] ($25* per call, Visa or MasterCard, U.S. and
Canada) Monday t hrough Friday from 7 am to 6 pm (Mountain Time).

Charges begin only when you connect with a support technician.

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*Prices subject to change.

Customer support options worldwide 13

European HP Customer Care Center language
and in-country/region options available

Note If you purchased y our HP Color LaserJet 8550MFP with a service

contract included, please see your reseller for warranty specifics and
technical support.

Open Monday through Friday 8:30 - 18:00 Central European Time
(CET).

HP provides a free telephone support service during the warranty
period. When you call one of the telephone n umbers listed belo w, you
will be connected to a responsive team waiting to help you. If you
require support after your warranty has expired, you can receive
support for a fee throug h the same telephone number. 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) 7114-201080
Norwegian Norway: (47) 2211-6299
Danish Denmark: (45) 3929-4099
Finnish Finland: 358 (0) 203-47288
Swedish Sweden: (46) (8) 619-2170
Italian Italy: (39) (2) 264-10350
Spanish Spain: (34) (90) 232-1123
Portuguese Portugal: (351) (1) 317-6333

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In-country/region support numbers

Argentina [phone]
Australia (61) (0) 3 8877 8000
Brazil 011-829-6612
Canada [phone]
Chile 800-360999
China (86) (10) 65053888-5959
Czech Republic (420) (2) 613 07310
Greece (30) (1) 689-6411
Hong Kong SAR 800 96 7729
Hungary (36) (1) 382-1111
India (91) (0) 11 682 6035
Indonesia (62) (0) 21 350 3408
Korea (Seoul) (82) (0) 2 3270 0700
Korea outside Seoul 080 999 0700
Japan (81) (3) 3335 8333
Malaysia (60) (0) 3 295 2566
Mexico (Mexico City) 01 800 4726684
Mexico (outside Mexico City) 01 800-90529
New Zealand (64) (0) 9 356 6640
Philippines (63) (0) 2 867 3551
Poland (48) (22) 519 0600
Portugal 351 (0) 1 3176333
Russian Federation 7 (95) 7973520
Singapore [phone]
Switzerland 41(0) 848 8011 11
Taiwan 886 (0) 2 717 0055
Thailand [phone]
Turkey (90) [phone]
Vietnam 84 (0) 8 823 4530

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Customer support options worldwide 15

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Contents

How to use this online user guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Features of Acrobat Reader 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Where to look for more information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Setting up the system (the copy module and the printer unit). . . 8

Using the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

HP Customer Care service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Online services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

World Wide Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Obtaining software utilities and

electronic information for the U.S.: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Customer support options worldwide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

HP Customer Care and Product Repair Assistance for the

U.S. and Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

European HP Customer Care Center language and in-country/

region options available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

In-country/region support numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

1 Product introduction

Copy module features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Identifying the copy module parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Main copy module parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Optional accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Copy module control panel features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Interpreting status lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Help key function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Touch panel display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Adjusting the brightness of the touch panel display . . . . . . . . . 38

Basic Features screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Special Features screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Entering characters on the touch panel display . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Legal limitations of color copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

2 Basic copy module functions

Turning the copy module on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Turning the copy module off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Additional features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Energy-saving features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Automatic functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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3 Common copying tasks

Selecting media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Media specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Loading media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Loading the system input trays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Selecting the copy media size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Using Automatic Paper Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Selecting copy media size in Tray 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Selecting envelope sizes in Tray 1 (stack bypass). . . . . . . . . . 70

Selecting copy media size using Tray 1 for double-sided

copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Selecting paper manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Making copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Basic copying operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Placing the original on the glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Placing the original in the optional ADF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Adjusting copy exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Manually adjusting the exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Selecting Automatic Exposure Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Enlarging or reducing originals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Using preset copy ratios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Using Automatic Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Using the manual Zoom feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Using Entire Image reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Using the Zoom Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Using Zoom mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Using XY Zoom mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Using Multi-page Enlargement mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Selecting original type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Making double-sided copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Using 1  2-SIDED mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Using 2  2-SIDED mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Using 2  1-SIDED mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Making copies of a book or magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Additional basic copying features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Interrupt mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Entering the department ID (identification) and password . . . 123

Using Automatic Color Selection (ACS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Making black and white copies of originals containing color. . 125

Confirming, canceling, or changing the mode settings . . . . . . . . . 126

Canceling or changing the mode settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

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4 Special image adjustments

Separating pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

To make copies of facing pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

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Shifting images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Shifting images to the edge, corner, or center . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Shifting images to a designated position on the copy media . 134

Shifting images to create margins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Erasing frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Erasing shadows or dark borders from copies . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Erasing shadows from the edges of copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Erasing the center line or dark border from the copies of

bound documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Erasing binding holes on copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Combining images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Separating images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Copying from special-media originals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

5 Image manipulation

Framing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Designating image areas to copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Editing an already defined image area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Clearing designated image areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Blanking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Designating image areas to exclude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Editing an already defined image area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Clearing designated image areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Negative/positive (Nega/Posi). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Making negative images from positive originals. . . . . . . . . . . 175

Repeating images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Making copies with repeated images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Mirroring images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Making mirror-image copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Slanting images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Copying images at a slant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Sharpening contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

High. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Modifying the sharpness of the copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

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6 Color balance and color creation

Color settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Color Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Color Density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Storing color settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

One Touch Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Making single-color copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Background color adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Adjusting the background color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Second Side Elimination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

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7 Stored copy job settings

Mode Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Using Mode Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Storing copy job settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Recalling copy job settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Erasing stored copy settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Recall feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Recalling copy job settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

8 Administration Functions

Administration Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Using Administration Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Administration Functions settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Custom Common settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Audible tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Tray Eligibility for APS/ADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Black Text Automatic Exposure Adjustment priority. . . . . . . . 236

Text/Photo Priority in Black mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Energy Saver Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Inch Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Copy Tray setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Heavy Paper tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

System Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Setting Department ID Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Initialize Custom Common settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Custom Copy settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Standard Key settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Changing Standard Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Timer settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Automatic Clear Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Automatic Energy Saver mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Low-power mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Automatic Power-off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Adjustment/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Zoom Fine Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Exposure Recalibration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Automatic Gradation Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Cleaning the optional ADF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Counter Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

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Loading media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Replacing toner cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Replacing the drum cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

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Clearing media jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Messages when media jams occur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Media jam locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Service-call message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Service-call message procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Self-diagnostic messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Routine cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Cleaning guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Cleaning the glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Cleaning the copy module cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Cleaning the ADF feeding belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

10 Optional Automatic Document Feeder (ADF)

Operating the optional ADF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Avoiding media jams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Basic parts of the optional ADF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Clearing media jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Clearing media jams in the input tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Clearing media jams in the original output bin . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

A Specifications

Electrical Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Operating environment specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

Copy module specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

ADF specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Environmental Product Stewardship Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Protecting the Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Regulatory Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

FCC Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Canadian DOC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

VCCI Statement (Japan). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Korean EMI Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Laser Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Product Information Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Laser Statement for Finland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

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B Warranty and support information
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Product introduction

Overview

This chapter provides an ov erview of the HP Color LaserJet 8550MFP
system, including the follo wing:

! Copy module features
! Identifying the copy module parts
! Copy module control panel features
! Legal limitations of color copying

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Copy module features

This system brings you the quality and reliability of Hewlett-Packard
products. Below are some specific features of the copy module.

Features of the HP Color LaserJet 8550MFP

Image Quality

Performance

Media Handling/
Magnification

! Uses 600 dpi optical resolution
! 256 colors

! Copies 24 pages per minutes (ppm) in black and white
! Copies 6 ppm in color
! Time to first copy: 18 seconds for black and white, 34

seconds for full color

! 2 500-sheet input trays
! 1 bypass tray with 100-sheet capacity
! Multiple copies up to 100

! Adjusts image to the size of the media using preset or

manual adjustments

! Reduces or enlarges images from 25% to 400%

Supports the following media sizes:

! Letter – 216 by 279 mm (8.5 by 11 in)
! Executive – 184 by 267 mm (7.25 by 10.5 in)
! Legal – 216 by 365 mm (8.5 by 14 in)
! Ledger – 279 by 432 mm (11 by 17 in)
! A4 – 210 by 297 mm (8.3 by 11.7 in)
! A3 – 297 by 420 mm (11.7 by 16.5 in)
! A5 – 148 by 210 mm (5.8 by 8.3 in)
! Minimum (custom sizes): 99 by 190.5 mm

(3.9 in by 7.5 in)

! Maximum (custom sizes): 305 by 470 mm

(12 by 18.5 in)

Maximum size of the original is Ledger/A3.

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Features of the HP Color LaserJet 8550MFP (continued)

Media Types Supports the following media types:

! paper
! prepunched media

transparencies (4 to 5 mils or 0.1 to 0.13 mm thick)

!

! envelopes
! labels

Tray 1 supports 60 to 216 g/m

2

(16 to 58 lb) media
Other input tra ys supp ort 60 to 105 g/m
For more information on supported media, see “Selecting

media” on page 56.

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(16 to 28 lb) media

Accessories

! Optional Automatic Document Feeder (ADF)
! Optional 1,000-sheet side input tr ay (Tray 4) for printing

only

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Identifying the copy module parts

Main copy module parts

The following fi gure shows the locations of the copy module parts.

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5

Figure 1 Copy module parts

1 Copy module cover
2 Glass
3 Control panel
4 Control panel menu map
5 System stand

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Optional accessories

The following figure shows the optional copy module accessories.

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2

Figure 2 Optional accessories

1 Optional Automatic Document Feeder (ADF)
2 Optional 1,000-sheet side input tray (Tray 4) for printing only

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Copy module control panel features

The front portion of the copy module, shown below, is called the
control panel. From here you can control all copying functions, enter
copy quantities or department ID numbers, determine the status of
the copy module , and troubleshoot copying errors using the display
panel Help feature.

Figure 3 Copy module control panel in its entirety

Note The system control panel is used to configure the copy module mode

settings or to obtain status information. Unless otherwise specified,
“control panel” refers to the control panel on the copy module. Keys

font. Mode

on the copy module cont rol panel are in dicated b y the K
settings on the touch panel display are indicated by the

font.

PANEL

EY

DISPLAY

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The following fi gures show each element of the copy module control
panel.

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Figure 4 Right-side view of copy module control panel

1Menu map: Provides brief descriptions of control panel keys.
2 Paper clip tray: Store removed paper clips here.
3Power button: Press to turn the power on or off. (There is also a

power switch, which is located on the right side of the copy
module.)

4 Pilot light: A green light indicates that the copy module is

turned on.

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Figure 5 Left-side view of the copy module control panel

1 Touch panel display: Adjust the copy module’s features using

the touch panel display.

OPY

2 C

key: Press to switch to the copy feature or to take the copy

module out of Energy Saver mode.

YSTEM

3 S

key: Displays system and printer unit information on the

touch panel display.

4 Status lights: These four lights indicate the status of the system.

(See page 34 for a description of how to interpret the colors and
behavior of the status lights.)

5 Display contrast dial: Turn to adjust the contrast on the touch

panel display. (See page 38 for instructions on adjusting the
contrast on the touch panel display.)

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