Hp LASERJET 9000MFP software technical reference

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hp LaserJet 9000mfp

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Version 1, March 2002

Warranty

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Java (TM) is a U.S. trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.

HP-UX Release 10.20 and later and P-UX RElease 11.00 and later (in both 32- and 64bit configurations) on all HP 9000 computers are Open Group UNIX95 branded products.

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Table of Contents

List of tables List of figures 1 Purpose and Scope

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

HP LaserJet 9000mfp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2 Software Description

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Supported operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Technology background information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

HP LaserJet user documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Adobe Acrobat Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

HP LaserJet guides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

HP LaserJet product printing-system installation notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

HP LaserJet product printing-system release notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Other HP LaserJet documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Bidirectional communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Driver Autoconfiguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Printer Status and Alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Remote firmware update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Determining the current level of firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Downloading the new firmware from the HP Web site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Downloading the new firmware to the product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Remote firmware update for Windows systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Remote firmware update for UNIX systems:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Remote firmware update using FTP on a direct network connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Using HP Web JetAdmin to download the firmware to the product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Printer messages during firmware upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Troubleshooting a firmware update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

HP Web Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Information tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Device status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Configuration information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Links to off-printer solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Settings tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Remote printer configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Networking tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Network settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Configurable e-mail alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Digital sending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Configuring HP Digital Send from the control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Software Technical Reference 3

Sending to e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Foreign Interface Harness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

E-mail command and response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Euro character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Printing-system components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Printing system and installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

CD browser for Windows systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Installer features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Installable components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Printer drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

PCL 5e, PCL 6, and PS drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Windows 3.1x driver versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, and XP driver versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Macintosh and Macintosh-compatible system driver versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

AutoCAD driver versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Additional driver availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Macintosh components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Additional productivity tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

HP Web Registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Optional software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

HP Web JetAdmin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

3 Driver features

PCL 6 and PCL 5e driver features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Help system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

What's this? Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Context-sensitive Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Constraint messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Bubble Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Quick Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Factory Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Custom Quick Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

HP LaserJet Multifunction Finisher Quick Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Document Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Print on Both Sides option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Flip Pages Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Booklet Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Activating booklet printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Selecting a booklet cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Staple option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Stapling a document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Fold/Saddle Stitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Saddle-stitching a booklet or folding a single sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Pages per Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Print Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Graphics Settings group box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Output Settings group box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Resolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Resolution Enhancement technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Scale Patterns (WYSIWYG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Print all Text as Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Edge-to-Edge Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Font Settings group box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

EconoMode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Effects tab features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

ZoomSmart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Print Document On: setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Scale to Fit option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

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% of Normal Size option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Watermarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Current Watermarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Watermark Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Message Angle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Font Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 8

Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Shading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Paper tab features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Printer image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

All Pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Other Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Back Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Size is: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Custom.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Name drop-down menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Dynamic command button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Width and height controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Custom width and height control limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Paper and envelope icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Measurement Units button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Close button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Source Is: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Type Is: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Printer image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Destination Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Hardware configuration and availability of Job Retention options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Configuring the printer driver for a printer hard disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Job retention modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Quick Copy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Proof and Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Using a PIN for Private Job and Stored Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Private Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Stored Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Document identifiers used in Job Retention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

User Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Job Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Using Job Retention options when printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Releasing stored jobs at the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Deleting a print job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Output Bin Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Printer image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Copies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Image rotation versus stapling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

About. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Driver extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Paper handling options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Duplexing unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Mopier enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

MFP Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Tray 1 installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Optional Paper Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Optional Paper Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

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Other Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Printer Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Ignore Application Collation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Automatic Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Printer image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Configuring the trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Windows PS driver features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

PS 3 Emulation support for the HP LaserJet product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Page Setup tab features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Advanced tab features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Job Retention tab features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Quick Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Proof and Hold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Private Job and Stored Job) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Private Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Stored Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Device Settings tab features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

HP LaserJet software CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

In-box file layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

HP LaserJet software CD-ROM, Windows partition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Directory structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

HP LaserJet software CD-ROM, Macintosh Partition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Availability and fulfillment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

In-box CD-ROMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

9000mfp Web ordering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Web deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Printing-system software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Printer firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Standalone drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Operating system driver bundles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Point-and-print bundles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Other operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Software component availability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Software component localization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

4 Installing Windows printing system components

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Windows 3.1x. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, and XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, and XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Font support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Basic fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Default Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Installation instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

General installation for Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, and XP OSs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Installing from the printing system CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Installing from a network or from downloaded files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Detailed Windows installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Typical Installation dialog box sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Custom installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Product registration (HP WebReg) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Customization Utility for Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Silent installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

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Customized silent installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Command-line silent install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Driver-only installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Point and Print installation for Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, and XP. . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Setting a default printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Windows 3.1x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Printer support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Installing printer drivers on Windows 3.1x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

5 Installation and removal for non-Windows operating systems

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

IBM OS/2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Macintosh component descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

HP LaserJet PPDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

PDEs (Mac OS X). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

HP LaserJet Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Installation notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

HP Auto Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Screen fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Font support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Installing the Macintosh printing system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

To install the HP LaserJet printer software for Macintosh OS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Uninstalling the Macintosh printing system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

In-box disk layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Folders and files added through installation of the H P LaserJet software (Macintosh OS) . . 164

Macintosh (Macintosh OS) installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Main Install dialog box sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Printer setup using AppleTalk Chooser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

HP LaserJet Screen Fonts Installer dialog box sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

IBM OS/2 Warp 3.0 and greater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

OS/2 installation instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Installing a printer in OS/2 when printer object is missing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Installing a printer in OS/2 with pre-existing printer object on desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Font support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Changing a printer driver in the printer object. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Changing the printer properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Changing the job properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

6 Engineering Detail

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Digital Sending Config Applet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

General tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Send to E-mail tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Advanced E-mail Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Addressing tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Advanced Network Addressing Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Preferences tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Log tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

About tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

E-mail Servers That Function as SMTP Gateways. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Exchange 5.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Exchange 2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

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Sendmail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Qmail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Lotus Domino (Notes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

SMTP Gateway Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Telnet to Port 25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Common Abbreviations for LDAP Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

E-mail Servers that support LDAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Media attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Paper-source commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Media types and sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

PCL 5e and PCL 6 custom paper sizes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

Paper Type commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

Printer Status and Alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

HP product models and drivers that support Printer Status and Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

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Table 1. Bidirectional communication support in various operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Table 2. Default alerts selection state for connection type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Table 3. Update messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Table 4. Troubleshooting a firmware update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Table 5. Troubleshooting a firmware update failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Table 6. Page orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Table 7. Selected paper size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Table 8. HP LaserJet 9000mfp EconoMode settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Table 9. Name drop-down menu text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Table 10. Custom width and height limits for the HP LaserJet 9000mfp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Table 11. Close dialog box text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Table 12. Long edge stapling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Table 13. Short edge stapling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Table 14. Printer behavior with Ignore Application Collation settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Table 15. CD-ROM versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Table 16. Software component availability for HP LaserJet 9000 product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Table 17. Software component localization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Table 18. Default Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Table 19. Additional PS 3 fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Table 20. Choose Setup Language dialog box text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Table 21. Setup dialog box text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Table 22. Welcome dialog box text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Table 23. HP Software License Agreement dialog box text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Table 24. Web Update dialog box text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Table 25. Type of Connection dialog box text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Table 26. Select Port dialog box text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Table 27. Network Setup dialog box text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Table 28. Network Printer Configuration dialog box text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Table 29. Identify Printer dialog box text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Table 30. Specify Network Path dialog box text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Table 31. Set Network Communication Mode dialog box text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Table 32. Printer Model dialog box text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Table 33. Installation Type dialog box text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Table 34. Printer Name dialog box text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Table 35. Printer Sharing dialog box text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Table 36. Finish dialog box text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Table 37. Exit Setup dialog box text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Table 38. Custom Installation dialog box text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Table 39. Hewlett-Packard’s Electronic Registration text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Table 40. Welcome to Hewlett-Packard’s Registration dialog box text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Table 41. Hewlett-Packard’s Electronic Registration dialog box text strings (1 of 3) . . . . . . . . . . 148

Table 42. Hewlett-Packard’s Electronic Registration dialog box text strings (2 of 3) . . . . . . . . . . 150

Table 43. Hewlett-Packard’s Electronic Registration dialog box text strings (3 of 3) . . . . . . . . . . 151

Table 44. Exiting registration text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Table 45. Windows servers with Windows clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Table 46. hp LaserJet for Macintosh installer splash screen dialog box text strings . . . . . . . . . . 165

Table 47. HP LaserJet Installer dialog text strings (easy install) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Table 48. HP LaserJet Installer dialog text strings (custom install) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Table 49. Installing dialog text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

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Table 50. Installation successful dialog text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Table 51. Important! dialog box text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Table 52. How do I select my printer? dialog text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171

Table 53. HP LaserJet Screen Fonts splash screen dialog text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Table 54. HP LaserJet Screen Fonts installer dialog text strings (1 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Table 55. HP LaserJet Screen Fonts installer dialog text strings (2 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Table 56. Installation was successful dialog text strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

Table 57. Paper source commands for the HP LaserJet 9000mfp product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Table 58. Supported features and attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Table 59. Input-device supported sizes for the HP LaserJet 9000mfp product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

Table 60. Supported media sizes — duplexing unit, 3000-Sheet Stacker,

and 3000-Sheet Stapler/Stacker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

Table 61. Supported media sizes — HP Multifunction Finisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Table 62. PCL 5e and PCL 6 custom paper sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Table 63. Input-device supported media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

Table 64. Output-device supported media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Table 65. HP Multifunction Finisher supported media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

Table 66. Paper-type commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Table 67. Printer Status and Alert driver support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198

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Figure 1. Printer Status and Alert icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Figure 2. Printer Status and Alert window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Figure 3. Refresh Rate option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Figure 4. Documents Alert option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Figure 5. Device Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Figure 6. Configuration page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Figure 7. Configure Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Figure 8. Networking tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Figure 9. Configurable Alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Figure 10. Installation CD browser main screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Figure 11. A typical constraint message with an OK button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Figure 12. A property page with Bubble Help icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Figure 13. The default appearance of the Finishing tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Figure 14. Document Options group box - stapler only installed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Figure 15. Document Options group box - duplexing unit only installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Figure 16. The Document Options group box - stapler and duplexing unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Figure 17. Activating booklet printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Figure 18. Selecting booklet printing type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Figure 19. Stapling a document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Figure 20. Stapling options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Figure 21. Saddle-stitching a booklet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Figure 22. Page-order preview images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Figure 23. Print Quality Details dialog box showing Best Quality settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Figure 24. Print Quality Details dialog box showing 600 dpi settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Figure 25. Effects tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Figure 26. Preview images - Legal on Letter; Scale to Fit off (left) and on (right). . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Figure 27. Watermark Details dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Figure 28. Paper tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Figure 29. Other Pages mini-tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Figure 30. Back Cover mini-tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Figure 31. Custom Paper Size dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Figure 32. Destination tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Figure 33. Basics tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Figure 34. About This Driver dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Figure 35. Configure tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Figure 36. More Configuration Options dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Figure 37. Configure Font DIMMs dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Figure 38. Driver NT Forms tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Figure 39. Page Setup tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Figure 40. Advanced tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Figure 41. Job Retention tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Figure 42. Device Settings tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Figure 43. Choose Setup Language dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Figure 44. Setup dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Figure 45. Welcome dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Figure 46. HP Software License Agreement dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Figure 47. Web Update dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Figure 48. Type of Connection dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Figure 49. Select Port dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

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Figure 50. Network Setup dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Figure 51. Network Printer Configuration dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Figure 52. Identify Printer dialog box (1 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Figure 53. Identify Printer dialog box (2 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Figure 54. Specify Network Path dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Figure 55. Set Network Communication Mode dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Figure 56. Printer Model dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Figure 57. Installation Type dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Figure 58. Printer Name dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Figure 59. Printer Sharing dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Figure 60. Finish dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Figure 61. Exit Setup dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Figure 62. Components dialog box, Custom Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Figure 63. Hewlett-Packard’s Electronic Registration dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Figure 64. Welcome to Hewlett-Packard’s Registration dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Figure 65. Hewlett-Packard’s Electronic Registration dialog box (1 of 3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

Figure 66. Hewlett-Packard’s Electronic Registration dialog box (2 of 3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Figure 67. Hewlett-Packard’s Electronic Registration dialog box (3 of 3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Figure 68. Exiting registration! dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Figure 69. hp LaserJet for Macintosh installer splash screen dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

Figure 70. HP LaserJet Installer dialog box (easy install) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

Figure 71. HP LaserJet Installer dialog box (custom install) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

Figure 72. Installing dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

Figure 73. Installation was successful dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

Figure 74. Important! dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

Figure 75. How do I select my printer? dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

Figure 76. HP LaserJet Screen Fonts splash screen dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171

Figure 77. HP LaserJet Screen Fonts installer dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172

Figure 78. Installation was successful dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

Figure 79. Digital Sending Config Applet — General tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Figure 80. Digital Sending Config Applet — Send to E-mail tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

Figure 81. Digital Sending Config Applet - Advanced E-mail Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182

Figure 82. Digital Sending Config Applet — Addressing tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Figure 83. Digital Sending Config Applet - Advanced Network Addressing Settings . . . . . . . . . .185

Figure 84. Digital Sending Config Applet — Preferences tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186

Figure 85. Digital Sending Config Applet — the Log tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Figure 86. Digital Sending Config Applet — The About tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

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Purpose and Scope

Introduction

This Software Technical Reference (STR) provides information and troubleshooting tips for the printing system software for the HP LaserJet 9000mfp.

This document is prepared in an electronic format to serve as a quick-reference tool for Customer Care Center (CCC) agents, support engineers, system administrators, management information systems (MIS) personnel, and HP LaserJet product end-users, as appropriate.

The following information is included in this technical reference:

l descriptions of drivers and platforms with system modifications l procedures for installing and uninstalling software components l descriptions of problems that can arise while using the product, and known solutions

to those problems

l descriptions of known software issues and workarounds

A description of the product model or models described in this STR is provided below. The printing system software for each product model accommodates the differences between models.

Note Bundle configurations might vary among geographic regions.

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HP LaserJet 9000mfp

HP LaserJet 9000mfp. This model (model number C8523A) comes with 128 megabytes (MB) random access memory (RAM), expandable to 384 MB; an HP JetDirect print server; copying, HP Digital Sending Software (version 3.0), and wide-format printing capabilities; an enhanced input/output (EIO) network card and EIO hard drive; a 100sheet multipurpose tray; two 500-sheet input trays (trays 2 and 3); a 2000-sheet input tray 4; a duplexing unit (for printing on both sides of paper); and one of three optional paperhandling devices: a 3000-sheet stacker, a 3000-sheet stapler/stacker, or a multifunction finisher.

The HP LaserJet 9000mfp belongs to the HP LaserJet 9000 Series of printers. The behavior of other models in the series is occasionally described in this document. The other models are:

l HP LaserJet 9000, with 64 MB RAM l HP LaserJet 9000n, with 64 MB RAM, HP JetDirect print server, Enhanced Input

Output (EIO) network card, and multi-purpose paper tray (Tray 1)

l HP LaserJet 9000dn, with 64 MB RAM, HP JetDirect print server, EIO network card,

and multi-purpose paper tray (Tray 1), and duplex printing accessory

l HP LaserJet 9000hns, with 64 MB RAM, HP JetDirect print server, EIO network card,

and multi-purpose paper tray (Tray 1), duplex printing accessory 2,000-sheet paper feeder (Tray 4), and HP 3,000-sheet stacker/stapler

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Software Description

Introduction

The product comes with software and installers for Microsoft (R) Windows (R) and Apple Computer, Inc., Macintosh systems. UNIX (R) and OS/2 systems are supported and are available through the Web. For specific information about a system's installer, drivers, and components, locate the section that corresponds to that system.

Supported operating systems

The following operating systems (OSs) support the HP LaserJet printing-system software, including standard printer command language (PCL) drivers and PostScript (R) (PS) emulation drivers. Windows OSs support a full-featured configuration of the HP LaserJet product; other OSs support varying levels of functionality.

l Windows 3.1x (PCL 6 and PCL 5e) for the HP LaserJet 9000 multifunction printer

(mfp) product is supported through the use of the HP LaserJet 8100 printer drivers. The HP LaserJet 8150 driver supports PS.

l Windows 95 and Windows 98. l Windows Millennium Edition (Me). l Windows NT (R) 4.0 (Service packs 3 through 6). l Windows 2000 (Service packs 1 and 2). l Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home Edition (Windows XP). l IBM OS/2 2.0 or later. l Mac OS 7.5.3 or later (supports PS).

Note The HP LaserJet PCL 5e and PCL 6 drivers and the HP LaserJet PS drivers necessary for Windows

3.1x systems are included on the HP LaserJet compact disc - read-only memory (CD-ROM) that came with the product.

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Technology background information

This section addresses the following topics:

l "HP LaserJet user documentation" in HP LaserJet user documentation l "Bidirectional communication" in Bidirectional communication l "Driver Autoconfiguration" in Driver Autoconfiguration l "Printer Status and Alerts" in Printer Status and Alerts l "Remote firmware update" in Remote firmware update l "HP Web Access" in HP Web Access l "Digital sending" in Digital sending l "Foreign Interface Harness" in Foreign Interface Harness l "E-mail command and response" in E-mail command and response l "Euro character" in Euro character

HP LaserJet user documentation

Adobe Acrobat Reader

The HP LaserJet software CD-ROM includes Adobe (R) Acrobat (R) Reader version

5.0 for viewing online documentation. When you click any of the documentation links in the HP LaserJet software CD browser, the installer scans the system for an installed Portable Document Format (PDF) reader. If the installer cannot find a reader, the installer presents the option to install the Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Note Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or later is required to view the documents on the HP LaserJet software CD

browser.

HP LaserJet guides

On the CD-ROM that came with the product, the HP LaserJet 9000mfp start, MFP start, MFP poster, and introduce guides are supplied in Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF

files for viewing on your computer. You can either view the guides from the HP LaserJet CD browser or install them on

your system. To install the online start and introduce guides for the HP LaserJet 9000mfp, select the printer documentation check box during a Custom Installation. The guides are installed in the Manuals folder on the target system.You can also choose to install the guides later.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA),Hewlett-Packard provides a screen-readable version of the HP LaserJet 9000mfp use guide on the HP Web Site at http://www.hp.com/support/lj9000

The online HP LaserJet 9000mfp use guide is available at the http://www/hp.com/

support/lj9000 Web site.

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HP LaserJet product printing-system installation notes

The HP LaserJet 9000 Series Printing System Installation Notes are available on the HP LaserJet software CD-ROM. The installation notes (filename READ9000.WRI for the HP LaserJet 9000mfp ) contain important information about product features, instructions for installing the printing-system software, and technical assistance. You can either view the file from the HP LaserJet software CD browser, or install it on your system. To view this text file from the HP LaserJet 9000 software CD browser, click printer documentation, and then click installation. When you have the file open in Notepad, you can click File, and then click Save As to save a copy of the file to another location. To install the file, select the printer documentation check box during a Custom Installation. You can also choose to install the file later. The HP LaserJet Printing System Installation Notes are installed in the HewlettPackard\LaserJet 9000 folder on the target system for the HP LaserJet 9000mfp product.

HP LaserJet product printing-system release notes

The Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 9000mfp Printing System Release notes, a readme text file with late-breaking information, is available on the HP LaserJet software CDROM. This readme file (filename README.TXT) contains an overview of the printingsystem software components, late-breaking information, and other technical assistance. You can either view the file from the HP LaserJet software CD browser, or you can install it on your system. To view this text file from the HP LaserJet software CD browser, click printer documentation, and then click release notes. When you have the file open in Notepad, you can click File, and then click Save As to save a copy of the file to another location. To install the file, select the printer documentation check box during a Custom Installation. You can also choose to install the file later. The HP LaserJet Printing System Release notes are installed in the Hewlett-Packard\LaserJet 9000 folder on the target system.

For late-breaking information about known issues and workarounds, visit the Web at the following Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address:

http://www.hp.com/go/lj9000_software

Bidirectional communication

Bidirectional communication is the product’s ability to respond to data inquiries from the computer and report back information, such as what type of print media is available or what accessories are connected to the printer. If a product does not have this capability (that is, if it has no bidirectional mode), it can only accept commands from the host and cannot report information back.

Driver Autoconfiguration and Printer Status and Alerts use bidirectional communications software. The Typical Installation installs Driver Autoconfiguration in supported environments that contain the bidirectional software. Use Custom Installation when you do not want these features.

Bidirectional communication depends upon your network operating system and the method used to connect your printer to the network.

The following table provides information about the operating systems and network environments that support bidirectional communication.

Table 1. Bidirectional communication support in various operating systems

Windows 95Windows 98Windows MeWindows

NT 4.0

Windows 2000

Windows XP (32-bit only)

Macintosh

Direct Connect

Network Port

Novell

Jetdirect TCP/IP

Standard TCP/IP

LPR X X X X AppleTalk X NetWare

4.x

NetWare

5.x

IPX/SPX

(HP) TCP/IP

(MS4) IPX/SPX

(HP)

Bindery queue

NDS queue

Bindery queue

NDS queue

XXXXXXX

XXXXXX XXXXXX

XXX

XXXXXX

Microsoft Share

Windows 95, 98, or Me host

Windows NT 4.0, 2000, or XP6 host

TCP/IPXXXXXXX IPX/SPX X X X X X X

TCP/IPXXXXXXX IPX/SPX X X X X X X LPRXXXXXX

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Not supported

Transmission control protocol/Internet protocol

Internet packet exchange/sequences packet exchange

Bidirectional functionality is supported only with the client software from Novell. It is not supported with Microsoft Client

Service for Netware.

Novell Directory Services

Printer Status and Alerts is not installed when the share computer is running Terminal Server.

Driver Autoconfiguration

The HP LaserJet PCL 6 and PCL 5e drivers for Windows feature bidirectional communication technology which, in supported network environments, provides automatic discovery and driver configuration for printer accessories at the time of installation or later, if needed. Some accessories that are supported by Driver Autoconfiguration are duplexing unit, optional paper trays, font dual inline memory modules (DIMMs), and the hard drive.

If the network environment supports bidirectional communication, the installer presents Driver Autoconfiguration as an installable component by default for a Typical Installation, and as an optional installable component for a Custom Installation. The Driver Autoconfiguration component installs the bidirectional communication software. If the installation environment does not support bidirectional communication, the Driver Autoconfiguration option does not appear during installation. However, installed drivers will be configured automatically in accordance with the HP printer bundle selected during installation of the printing-system software.

Parallel, USB, and other direct connections do not support bidirectional communication. Therefore, Driver Autoconfiguration is not available with those types of connections. When other printing systems are installed, direct-connect bidirectional communication might be possible, although performance might not be optimal.

Driver Autoconfiguration works in four ways:

l In environments that support bidirectional communication, the computer

communicates with the product, determines the physical configuration, and then configures the driver accordingly.

l If the configuration of the HP LaserJet product changes after installation, the driver

can be automatically updated with the new configuration in environments that support bidirectional communication. For example, if the base printer model is installed and an optional duplexing unit is added later, you can automatically configure the duplexing unit in the driver by clicking the Update Now button on the driver's Configuration tab. The Update Now button activates the HP Network Registry Agent (HPNRA) and triggers the driver to recheck the registry for new information. The HPNRA automatically updates the registry and changes the configuration information that appears on the Configuration tab in the Printer folder.

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Note The bidirectional communication software necessary for the two methods of Driver Autoconfiguration

described above is included in a Typical Installation when installing a network printer in supported environments. The feature is also a selectable option for a Custom Installation.

l In environments that do not support bidirectional communication, the driver

automatically configures options based on the HP LaserJet product bundle selected during the installation of the printing-system software. For example, if the HP LaserJet 9000dnis selected, the driver automatically configures the optional duplexing unit. There is no communication between the computer and the product. Therefore, configuration is based solely on the definition of the printer bundle. Using the same example, if the HP LaserJet 9000dnis selected during installation, the duplexing unit is configured in the driver whether or not the optional duplexing unit is physically present.

l Enterprise Autoconfiguration (EAC) is a version of bidirectional communication that

provides autoconfiguration functionality for an Add Printer Wizard installation (when you do not use autoselect). An Add Printer Wizard installation that includes EAC is identical to other Add Printer installations, except that when installation is complete, the driver for the supported product is configured with the same settings as the physical configuration of the device. Configuration occurs without user interaction. This also occurs if you do not select Driver Autoconfiguration during installation using a printing software CD-ROM.

If bidirectional communication software has been installed previously, EAC will not be activated, and the Add Printer Wizard uses the pre-existing bidirectional communication to configure the printer. If bidirectional communication software has not been installed, EAC configures the driver to match the device configuration, which it detects automatically. EAC is active only as needed to use the autoconfiguration utility, and is then shut off. The files required to install EAC remain on the user's system.

No EAC is available for the HP LaserJet 9000mfp product if it is using Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Me. It is supported in Windows NT 4.0 for the PCL 5e and PCL 6 drivers, version 4.3.2.178 or later, and in Windows 2000 and Windows XP for the PCL 5e and 6 drivers, version 4.3.2.167 or later.

Printer Status and Alerts

The HP LaserJet printing-system software includes a utility called Printer Status and Alerts that you can use to monitor print jobs and printer status from the desktop. The Printer Status and Alerts feature provides printer and job status information such as printing history, job progress, toner and paper levels, and consumables and supplies reorder information, and presents a simulated view of the product control panel. This utility offers several options for configuring pop-up windows to view the status of the printer and of individual print jobs.

Printer Status and Alerts is a selectable component of Custom Installation. To install Printer Status and Alerts, choose box.

These features are available for printers connected to a network that supports bidirectional functionality. The Printer Status and Alerts feature cannot be installed over infrared (IR), parallel, or serial ports. See “Bidirectional communication.”

Custom Installation and select the appropriate check

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Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP do not support Printer Status and Alerts with terminal servers. In Windows 95, only Internet Explorer 4.0 or later supports printer status. Also, for Windows 95, the Microsoft Winsock2 pa tch must first be installed. To download the Microsoft Winsock2 patch, go to http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/

downloads/contents/WUAdminTools/S_WUNetworkingTools/W95Sockets2/Default.asp.

For other operating systems, the computer must have Internet Explorer version 4.1 or later installed. To check the version number, open Internet Explorer, click Help, and then click About Internet Explorer. The version number is reported as “Version:

5.50.XXXX.XXXX.” HP Printer Status and Alerts communicates with the printer only during an active print job

to minimize network traffic. The following restrictions apply to HP products that use Printer Status and Alerts:

l For Device Status (printer icons in the status window), the computer must have

Internet Explorer version 4.72.X or later installed. To find the version number, open Internet Explorer and click Help, then click About Internet Explorer. No Internet Explorer is necessary for getting status about jobs for network-connected printers. Internet Explorer can be installed after installing Printer Status and Alerts.

l On a few applications, such as Microsoft Excel and Seagate Crystal Reports, multiple

copies of the same document show up in the Printer Status and Alerts window as separate jobs. This is because these applications actually send each copy as a separate job.

l For the JAWS for Windows screen reader, the computer must have Internet Explorer

version 5.0 or later installed. To find the version number, open Internet Explorer and click Help, then click About Internet Explorer. Version 5.0 is reported as Version

5.00.X or later. No Internet Explorer is necessary for getting status about jobs for network-connected printers. Internet Explorer can be installed after installing Printer Status and Alerts.

l When renaming a driver, job and device status will not be tracked until the computer is

restarted.

l Drivers added after Printer Status and Alerts is installed are not recognized until the

computer is restarted.

l Clicking the Cancel button in the Printer Status and Alerts window will not always

cancel a job. This button sends a cancel request to the printer, but if the job has already been processed, it might not be possible to cancel the job (this is commonly the case with smaller jobs).

l The installation software does not allow the user to install Printer Status and Alerts

over a direct connection, such as a parallel connection. If Printer Status and Alerts is tracking a networked product that is subsequently switched to an LPT port, the utility will not be able to track jobs or get device status for that product.

l When using Printer Status and Alerts with Microsoft printer sharing, the following

items apply:

• The Microsoft patch “Vredir” is required if you want to use Printer Status and Alerts on a Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Me computer for a printer that has been shared directly from a computer with Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP installed. Failure to install the patch could cause an intermittent blue screen to appear on the client computer.

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• For Microsoft shared products, the host system must have either Printer Status

and Alerts

or the HP Driver Autoconfiguration option from the HP installer on the computer. Load Printer Status and Alerts on the computer sharing the printer before loading Printer Status and Alerts on the client computer.

• For Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me client computers that have Printer Status and Alerts installed, installing a printer using the Point and Print method will not activate Printer Status and Alerts.

When the Printer Status and Alerts feature is installed, a status icon in the form of a printer is included in the Windows system tray in the lower-right corner of the screen. The printer icon remains unchanged until you send a print job to the HP LaserJet product. When you send a print job, the icon changes to alert you to the status of the print job. Eight icons exist in this feature. The eight icons in the following illustration show current job status. Neither the When the print job is in a receiving or waiting state, the

Receiving nor the Waiting icon ever shows up in the Systray.

Printing icon appears in the

Systray.

Figure 1. Printer Status and Alert icons

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Double-click the status icon to open the Printer Status and Alerts window, shown in the following illustration.

Figure 2. Printer Status and Alert window

Note The appearance on the screen varies according to the HP LaserJet product and its configuration.

The Printer Status and Alerts window consists of two panes. The left pane shows icons for the available products, an icon for each current print job in progress, and an

Options

icon. The right pane provides information based on what is selected in the left pane.

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Click a product icon in the left pane to view information about the product and supplies or to view a history of recent print jobs. The following product information is available:

l Printer Status shows a replica of the product control panel that indicates the current

status of the HP LaserJet product.

l Supplies shows information about the percentage of print-cartridge life remaining. l Media provides information about paper-handling devices and the status of each

device. For example, this section of the window shows the level of media present in each input device, as well as the status of output devices. This section also provides information about the type and size of media loaded in each input device.

l Capabilities provides information about such things as installed trays, paper-handling

devices, and disk storage. Click a print job icon to see information about the progress and status of the print job. Click the Options icon to select options for configuring pop- up status windows that contain document alerts and to set the refresh rate for showing printer status information.

Figure 3. Refresh Rate option

Note The appearance of the screen varies according to the HP LaserJet product and its configuration.

There are six settings for the refresh rate. The default setting is in the center, halfway between

The impact on network traffic. The also has the most impact on traffic. The mechanism for the selected printer. If the refresh rate for a given printer is set to

Less Often and More Often.

Less Often setting specifies the least frequent update intervals, which have minimal

More Often setting updates the status more frequently, but

Never setting disables the job-status monitoring

Never,

then subsequent jobs sent to that printer will not appear in the Printer Status and Alerts window. If the

Never setting is selected when the scope control is s et to All Printers, then

all job-status monitoring will be disabled. However, even when job-status monitoring is disabled, you can still open the status window and view the product status panels.

Changes to the refresh rate settings affect any subsequent jobs submitted to the affected printer. Existing jobs that are already being processed have a fixed refresh rate which was determined (according to the setting in the Refresh Rate panel) when the job was submitted.

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The Alerts options panel has controls to determine when the Printer Status and Alerts window automatically appears for each printer that has an icon in the Left pane. The drop down menu provides a list of available printers for which to make the selection. An option for all printers is included as the default selection. Each of the three, four, or five available selections, depending on the printer connection type, causes the Printer Status and Alerts window to automatically appear when that alert condition arises.

The availability of each alert option and the default selection varies depending on connection type. The following table shows the default state of the alerts panel as it relates to connection type.

Table 2. Default alerts selection state for connection type

Connection type Alerts (first two

options)

All printers Selected and activated Selected and activated Selected and activated Selected and activated Direct connect Selected and activated Selected and activated Selected and activated Selected and activated Network Selected and activated Selected and activated Unselected and grayed

Printer warning condition

Toner low Printer error condition

Selected and activated

out

Printers that are involved with at least one active print job are queried for job status periodically according to the Status Check Rate setting.If an error or a warning condition is detected, the Printer Status and Alerts window will automatically appear according to the Alerts options.

Note Depending upon the options you select, information in the status window changes for each job printed,

each job completed, and each warning condition detected.

Figure 4. Documents Alert option

Note The appearance of the screen varies according to the HP LaserJet product and its configuration.

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Remote firmware update

The HP LaserJet product and optional paper-handling devices feature a remote firmware update capability. The method for downloading remote firmware updates from the http://

www.hp.com/go/lj9000_firmware Web site is similar to that used to download the latest

printing-system software and printer drivers. The Web site features an “E-mail me when new software is available” link, an option that

sends e-mail when a new version of printer firmware is available. Also, if you used HP WebReg to register your HP LaserJet product, HP will send you notification of firmware releases.

The process for remotely upgrading printer firmware involves three steps:

Step 1 Determine the current level of firmware installed on the HP LaserJet 9000mfp. Step 2 Go to the http://www.hp.com/go/lj9000_firmware

latest firmware.

Step 3 Download the new firmware to the product.

Web site and download the

Determining the current level of firmware

Use the touch-screen graphical display on the control panel to determine the current level of firmware installed on the product:

Step 1 Go to the product control panel and touch the Menu tab. Step 2 Touch INFORMATION on the control-panel display. Step 3 Touch PRINT CONFIGURATION on the control-panel display. Step 4 Look in the configuration page section marked “Device Information” for

the Firmware Datecode. The firmware date code will look something like this: 03/14/2002 03.002.0

Downloading the new firmware from the HP Web site

The .RFU (remote firmware update) file and an associated readme file are packaged together as a self-extracting .EXE file. For detailed instructions about how to download the .EXE file, see the http://www.hp.com/go/lj9000_firmware

Web site.

Downloading the new firmware to the product

You can send an .RFU update to a printer as long as the printer is in “ready” state; the printer will wait for all input/output (I/O) channels to become idle before cycling power.

Note If the firmware update involves a change in the format of nonvolatile random-access memory (NVRAM),

any menu settings changed from the default settings will return to default settings, and must be changed again if the user wants settings different from the defaults.

The elapsed time for an update depends on the I/O transfer time, as well as the time that it takes for the printer to reinitialize. The I/O transfer time depends on a number of things, including the speed of the host computer sending the update, the I/O method (Fast InfraRed Connect [FIR], parallel, or network). The reinitialization time will depend on the specific hardware configuration of the printer, such as the number of enhanced input/output (EIO) devices installed, the presence of external paperhandling devices, and the amount of memory installed.

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If the remote firmware update process is interrupted before the firmware update is complete, the HP LaserJet 9000mfp is equipped with fully functional backup copy of firmware. The message RESEND UPGRADE appears on the product control panel.

Finally, any print jobs ahead of the .RFU job in the queue will be printed before the update is processed.

Note The printer automatically power cycles after processing the update.

Remote firmware update for Windows systems

If the printer is shared on the network, then the following command can be issued from a command prompt or MS-DOS window:

copy /b FILENAME \\<SHARENAME>\<PRINTERNAME>

where FILENAME is the name of the .RFU file, <SHARENAME> is the name of the computer from which the printer is being shared, and <PRINTERNAME> is the printer share name (do not type the angle brackets).

The message ONE FILE COPIED SUCCESSFULLY appears on the computer screen.

The MFP control panel will alternately display RECEIVING UPGRADE and PERFORMING UPGRADE. The download takes several minutes. Please be patient. At the end of the download, the message PROCESSING JOB appears on the control panel.

The printer will automatically power cycle after processing the update. The message READY will appear on the control panel.

The download is now complete. Print a configuration page and compare the Firmware Datecode line with the value

previously shown. The value on that line should have increased. If the printer is connected through a local port, then the .RFU file can be sent directly

to the printer with a COPY command from a command prompt or MS-DOS (R) window. At the command prompt, follow the steps below for your operating system.

Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me

From a command prompt or MS-DOS (R) window type the following command:

Mode lpt1:,,p

Note If the printer is attached to a parallel port other than LPT1, then substitute the proper LPT port number

in the Mode command.

The response you receive should be similar to these examples:

> LPT1 Not Rerouted > Infinite retry on parallel printer time-out

The .RFU file can now be sent directly to the printer with a COPY command from a command prompt or MS-DOS (R) window:

copy /b FILENAME PORTNAME

where FILENAME is the name of the .RFU file and PORTNAME is the name of the appropriate printer port (such as LPT 1).

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Remote firmware update for UNIX systems:

Any method that delivers the .RFU file to the printer will work, including:

$cp /home/yourmachine/FILENAME/dev/parallel

where /home/yourmachine/FILENAME contains the .RFU file.

Remote firmware update using FTP on a direct network connection

If your HP LaserJet product uses a direct network connection, you can use file transfer protocol (FTP) to update your HP LaserJet firmware. Complete the following steps.

Step 1 Take note of the TCP/IP address on the EIO X JetDirect page (this is the

second page of the Configuration Page printout. To print a configuration page, see “Determining the current level of firmware”).

Note Before connecting to the printer, make sure that the printer is not in Power Save Mode. Also make

sure that any error messages are cleared from the control panel display.

Step 2 Open a DOS command window on your computer. Step 3 Type

FTP <TCP/IP PRINTER ADDRESS> (for example, if the TCP/IP

address is 192.168.0.90, type

FTP 192.168.0.90).

Step 4 Press ENTER on the keyboard. Step 5 When prompted for user name and password, press ENTER for each. Step 6 Type BIN at the > prompt. Step 7 Press ENTER. Step 8 Type:

put <path>

where <path> is the location where the .RFU file was downloaded from the Web. For example, type:

PUT C:\LJ9000\lj9000FW.RFU

and then press ENTER.

The download process begins and the firmware is updated on the printer. The printer automatically power cycles off and on again to activate the update. This can take about five minutes. Let the process finish without further interaction with the printer or computer.

Step 9 When the printer power-cycles on and READY appears on the control

panel display, close the MS-DOS command window (type press ENTER. Type

EXIT, and then press ENTER). The firmware

BYE, and then

update is complete.

Using HP Web JetAdmin to download the firmware to the product

This procedure requires that Web JetAdmin version 6.5 or later be installed. Complete the following steps to update a single printer through HP Web JetAdmin after downloading the .RFU file from the HP Web site.

Step 1 Start HP Web JetAdmin. Step 2 Type the TCP/IP address or IP hostname of the printer in the

Device Find

Step 3 Locate the

field, and then click Go. The printer Status window appears.

Update button. You m ight ne ed to click the right arrow on the

toolbar to locate this button.

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Quick

Step 4 Click Update. Step 5 When prompted for the type of update to perform, click Update Printers,

and then click Continue.

Step 6 Under

Upload new firmware image:, click Browse to locate the .RFU

file you downloaded from the http://www.hp.com/go/lj9000_firmware Web site, depending on the product.

Step 7 Click Upload to move the .RFU file from your hard drive to the HP Web

JetAdmin server. Step 8 Refresh the browser. Step 9 Select the .RFU file from the

Select new firmware version: drop-down

menu. Step 10 Click Update Firmware. HP Web JetAdmin sends the selected .RFU file

to the printer.

Also, HP Web JetAdmin 6.5 can be used to perform multiple or unattended installations.

Step 1 Start HP Web JetAdmin. Step 2 Create a device group. A simple way to do this is:

a. Click Devices on the b. Click Device Model from the c. In the

3. Criteria (Optional): field, type your model number

1. Choose: drop-down menu.

2. Filter: drop-down menu.

(for example, "9000" [without quotation marks]). d. Click Go.

Step 3 In the

Device List, select the printers you want to include in the group

and click Create Group. Step 4 When prompted, type a name for the new device group, and then click

OK. Step 5 Click Update. Step 6 When prompted for the type of update to perform, click Update Printers,

and then click Continue. Step 7 From the list of HP Devices, select the printers to be updated, or click

Select All. Step 8 Click Update to install the new firmware.

Printer messages during firmware upgrade

The printer shows three messages during a normal update process:

Table 3. Update messages

Printer message Explanation

RECEIVING UPGRADE This message appears from the time the printer

recognizes the beginning of an .RFU update until the time the printer has verified the validity and integrity of the .RFU update.

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Table 3. Update messages (continued)

Printer message Explanation

PERFORMING UPGRADE This message appears while the printer is

actually reprogramming the firmware.

WAIT FOR PRINTER TO REINITIALIZE

This message appears from the time the printer has finished reprogramming until the printer reinitializes.

Note To verify that the firmware update succeeded, print a new configuration page from the product control

panel and verify that the firmware datecode shown on the configuration page is the same as the datecode of the .RFU file you downloaded to the printer.

Troubleshooting a firmware update

The following table lists causes and results of possible interruptions to the firmware update.

Table 4. Troubleshooting a firmware update

Cause Result

Job was cancelled from product control panel

Break in I/O stream during send (for example, parallel cable removed)

Power cycle occurred during RECEIVING UPGRADE

Power cycle occurred during UPGRADING PRINTER

Power cycle occurred during WAIT FOR PRINTER TO REINITIALIZE

No update has occurred

Resend update

Update has been completed

Print jobs sent to the product while an update is in process do not interrupt the update. The following table lists possible reasons for the failure of a remote firmware update

and the corrective action to take for each situation.

Table 5. Troubleshooting a firmware update failure

Reason for firmware update failure

.RFU file is corrupted The printer recognizes that the file

Corrective action

is corrupted and rejects the update. Download the image from the http://

www.hp.com/go/lj9000_firmware

Web site again and send the new file to the printer.

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Table 5. Troubleshooting a firmware update failure (continued)

Reason for firmware update failure

Wrong printer model contained in .RFU file

Upgrade was interrupted See the previous table in this

Flash hardware failure occurred Although it is extremely unlikely,

Note All HP LaserJet products ship from the factory with the latest available firmware version installed in a

backup partition on the EIO hard disk. If a remote firmware update fails, the printer can use the backup firmware to restart the printer. You can then attempt the remote firmware update again.

Corrective action

The printer recognizes the model mismatch and rejects the update. Download the correct image from the http://www.hp.com/go/

lj9000_firmware Web site and send

it to the printer.

section.

the device might have a hardware failure. Call technical support to address the problem.

HP Web Access

The HP Web Access feature, also known as the embedded Web server (EWS), contains the following components:

l Embedded virtual machine for Java (TM) applications l Web pages l storage space

HP Web Access provides a simple, easy-to-use solution for one-to-one printer management. In offices with a limited number of printers, remote management of printing devices can be accomplished without installing any management software, such as HP Web JetAdmin. The only requirement is that the management console have a supported Web browser.

In environments with a larger number of printers, where one-to-one management is impractical, HP Web Access and HP Web JetAdmin work together to provide scalable remote printer management. HP Web JetAdmin is used for consolidated management tasks, where operations are performed on a selected set of printers instead of on individual printers. For such environments, HP has provided hooks between HP Web Access and HP Web JetAdmin so that Web Access features can be configured on multiple printers in one operation. For example, the security password for HP Web Access can be set on a population of printers simultaneously.

For additional information and a copy of the HP Embedded Web Server for HP LaserJet Printers guide, go to the http://www/hp.com/support/lj9000

Web site.

To view information about the printer using HP Web Access, open a supported Web browser and type in the printer IP address or host name. The IP address and host name for the printer are listed under “Protocol Information” on the EIO Jetdirect page. To print a copy of this page from the printer control-panel display, see the instructions for printing a configuration page in the “Determining the current level of firmware” section. You also can view information about an installed HP Jetdirect print server by clicking the Networking tab in the HP Web Access window.

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Information tab

HP Web Access offers the following additional features. To view the information, click on the items in menu on the left of the HP Web Access Information tab:

• Device Status. This page provides current status information about your product.

• Configuration Page. Configuration settings for your product are available on this page.

• Supplies Status. This page provides information about the print cartridge and the total pages printed, and the serial number of the product.

• Event Log. This page provides information about reported printer errors.

• Usage Page. This page provides information about product usage.

• Device Information. This page shows device information, such as the product TCP/IP address and serial number.

• Control Panel. This page shows the layout of the control panel.

Device status

If a printer problem exists, status information (such as whether the printer is online or the toner is low) is available through your Web browser linked directly to the printer. You can view this information without physically going to the printer to identify the status. The following illustration shows how this information is presented on the printer's Web page.

Figure 5. Device Status

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Configuration information

The HP LaserJet printer configuration page is available remotely through HP Web Access. The HP Web Access configuration page provides configuration information about the product in the same way as the configuration page printed from the printer. The following illustration shows an example of a configuration page viewed remotely through HP Web Access.

Figure 6. Configuration page

Links to off-printer solutions

Links within the home page of HP Web Access provide an easy way to locate information or complete tasks.

• HP Instant Support (TM). This link connects you to a set of dynamic web resources that will help you solve specific problems and determine additional services that may be available for your device. Specific status and configuration information about the product is retained and directed to the “Solve a Problem” Web site. This site offers targeted support content and messages to help resolve problems as quickly as possible.

• Order Supplies link. Information about the printer cartridge is linked to an ordering page where you can order print cartridges quickly and easily from the chosen reseller.

• Product Support. This link connects you with an HP product support page from which you can search for information, contact the HP customer care home page, or find additional resources for your product.

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Settings tab

The options on the left of the Settings tab are as follows:

• Configure Device

•Alerts

•Email

•Security

• Other Links

• Device Information

• Language

•Time Services

• Digital Sending

Remote printer configuration

Printer configuration information can be obtained through a Web browser by opening the printer HP Web Access page and changing any of the basic configuration information on the Settings tab. Security and password controls provide management information system managers with the level of control required within their environments. The following illustration shows an example of printer options that can be configured remotely.

Figure 7. Configure Device

Some configuration tasks cannot be performed remotely because printed pages must be examined.

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Networking tab

The menu on the left of the screen contains other networking options under three categories: configuration, security, and diagnostics.

Configuration

• Network Settings

• Other Settings

• Support Info

• Select Language

Security

• Admin Password

• SSL/TLS

•SNMPv3

• Telnet

• Access Control

Diagnostics

• Network Statistics

• Protocol Info

• Configuration Page

• Refresh Rate

Network settings

The following illustration shows the Network Settings option on the HP Web Access Networking tab. From this screen, you can enable and configure the following network services:

• TCP/IP

• IPX/SPX

• AppleTalk

• DLC/LLC

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•SNMP

Figure 8. Networking tab

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Configurable e-mail alerts

The printer can automatically send e-mail alerts about printer problems or job status to specified e-mail addresses. For example, if toner is low, the printer can notify the person responsible for ordering or changing the cartridge. If there is a printer failure, an e-mail alert can be sent directly to the person responsible for fixing the problem. These e-mail alerts can be configured to be sent to any device that can accept e-mail, such as digital phones, pagers, and personal digital assistants. In large environments, administrators can route e-mail addresses to list-servers or URLs for expanded notification.

Figure 9. Configurable Alerts

Digital sending

hpwa_settings_01_alerts_9000mfp_020311 Use the HP MFP Digital Sender embedded solution that is included with the HP LaserJet

MFP to send scanned color or black and white documents to e-mail as a .PDF, .JPEG, .TIF, or .MTIF file. The HP LaserJet MFP scans, compresses, and sends the page scans to the configured mail server.

The digital sending solution is a standard offering for the HP LaserJet MFPs. Settings can be configured either at the control panel or by using the Digital Sending

Config Applet with a Web browser.

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Use the control panel to configure basic settings, and use the configuration applet for access to all available settings.

Configuring HP Digital Send from the control panel

Go to the product control panel and press CONFIGURE DEVICE, press SENDING, and then press E-MAIL.

The following options are available (press the down arrow to see any options that are not visible on the screen):

Scan Preference. You can choose either BLACK AND WHITE or COLOR. File Type. Files can be transmitted to an e-mail address in any of these file formats:

Portable Document Format (PDF) Tagged image file format (TIFF) Multipage TIFF file format (M-TIFF) Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) Find Send Gateways. This option uses the same algorithm as the Find Settings

button in the Addressing tab of the Digital Sending Config Applet. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Gateway. Type the IP address of the e-mail

gateway, using the right and left arrows to move between the fields. Domain Name Service names (for example, company.com) are not supported.

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Gateway. Type the IP address of the e-mail gateway, using the right and left arrows to move between the fields. Domain Name Service names (for example, company.com) are not supported.

Test Send Gateways. This option uses same algorithm as the Find Server button on the Send to E-mail tab in the Digital Sending Config Applet.

Sending to e-mail

To scan and send a document to e-mail, follow these steps:

Step 1 Place your original document face-down on the scanner glass. Step 2 If your original matches the default settings (mixed text and graphics,

default media size, standard resolution, single-sided), proceed to the next step. Otherwise, navigate to the Settings field on the touch screen of the control panel. Here you can select document parameters for color (the options are Black and White or Color) and for file type (the options are PDF, TIFF, M-TIFF, or JPEG).

Step 3 Touch

The Send Options box replaces the Copy Settings box. Step 4 Touch E-mail. Step 5 Touch From: and, using the pop-up keyboard, type your e-mail address.

The From: field must be filled to proceed.

Send Options on the touch screen of the product control panel.

Step 6 Using the same method, type the names of any CC: (copy) and BCC:

(blind copy) recipients, and type the subject of your e-mail in the

Subject: field. Step 7 Touch OK. Step 8 Press the Start button.

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Step 9 When sending is complete, remove the original document from the

scanner glass.

Additional digital sending services are available with the HP MFP Digital Sending Software, version 3. These additional services are send-to-fax, send-to-folder, sendto-application, and Windows NT authentication.

Foreign Interface Harness

The Foreign Interface Harness (FIH) provides a portal on the HP LaserJet product for third-party job accounting vendors to gain access to copy data for the HP LaserJet 9000mfp product

E-mail command and response

The HP LaserJet product can send e-mail messages directly. However, you must configure e-mail information to initiate this capability. One use for this feature is to send diagnostic information to solve a printer problem. An e-mail sent to the printer requests configuration information. The printer automatically sends that information back to the service provider. In many cases, the problem can be identified quickly and solved remotely. For more information about e-mail command and response, see the HP Embedded Web Server for HP LaserJet Printers guide.

To configure your product to send e-mails, follow these steps:

Step 1 Take note of your product’s TCP/IP address on the EIO X JetDirect page (this

is the second page of the Configuration Page printout. To print a configuration

page, see “Determining the current level of firmware”.) Step 2 Launch your web browser. Step 3 In the Address: or Go to: field, type the TCP/IP address assigned to the

product (for example, 192.168.0.20) or the host name (for example: http://

myprinter). The HP Web Access home page appears. Step 4 From the top of the HP Web Access screen, click Device. Step 5 On the navigational bar on the left, click Alerts. Step 6 Under Notification Recipients, click Edit List1. Step 7 Under Add Recipient Address, type your e-mail address (for example,

“name@company.com”). Step 8 Click Apply. Step 9 Click Back to return to the Alerts page. Step 10 Under Select Events, click Media Path. Step 11 Select the List1 check box next to CLOSE DRAWERS/DOORS/COVERS. Step 12 Click Apply. A screen stating that your selections have been accepted should

appear. Click OK. Step 13 In the SMTP Server: field under Outgoing Mail, type the TCP/IP address (for

example, 192.168.0.201). Step 14 In the Domain Name: field under Outgoing Mail, type the domain name. Step 15 Click Apply. Step 16 Click Security

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Step 17 Under Security, select the Outgoing Mail check box. Step 18 Click Apply. Step 19 To test the configuration, open the top cover of the product, then go to your

computer and verify that you have received an e-mail message from the product.

Euro character

The euro is the name for the currency of the European Union (EU). Use of this unit was launched on January 1, 1999. The euro has changed the way business is conducted in Europe and has affected every company and industry in the world. It is vital that companies understand and prepare for the changes the euro brings.

This HP LaserJet product includes euro characters for each of the internal fonts. The printer can print the euro character in the Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP operating systems. Hewlett-Packard is committed to maximizing document portability through supporting and promoting eurosymbol standards.

Printing-system components

Printing system and installer

CD browser for Windows systems

In previous versions of the printing-system software, the installer was started by locating and running the SETUP.EXE file. For the Microsoft Windows environment (Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP), the HP LaserJet software CD-ROM provides an interactive CD browser that you can not only use to install the printer drivers and related components, but also to gain access to online product registration, user documentation, a customization utility, Adobe Acrobat Reader software, and optional HP software.

The HP LaserJet software CD browser or printing-system installer does not support Windows 3.1 use the Printer Manager function on the Windows 3.1

A readme file for the Windows 3.1 the HP LaserJet software CD-ROM. The path is: [root]/[languages]/DRIVERS/WIN3X

x. To install the PCL 6, PCL 5e, or PS printer drivers for Windows 3.1x,

x control panel.

x printing system is available in the root directory of

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The following illustration shows the main screen of the printing system software CD browser, which appears when you insert the printing software CD-ROM in your CDROM drive.

Figure 10. Installation CD browser main screen

The product software CD browser contains the following options for the HP LaserJet product. The text that follows each option listed below is approximately the same text that appears when you put the cursor on the option button.

Note The options on your product may vary.

install printer - This wizard guides you through the installation of your HP LaserJet printing system. Only the necessary software will be installed.

register product - This option can be used to register your HP LaserJet product now and to receive the following information at no cost:

• notification of driver updates

• technical support updates

• news about emerging technologies printer documentation - This option can be used to view the HP LaserJet 9000mfp

documentation. The documents are:

• start guide

• introduce guide

• MFP introduce guide

• MFP poster

• release notes

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accessories documentation - View the HP LaserJet 9000mfp documentation for the following accessories:

• 2000-sheet feeder guide

• duplexer guide

• multipurpose tray guide

• hp jetidirect guide

• stacker/stapler guide

• multifunction finisher guide

Note For sy stems that do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 (or later) installed, you will be g iven the option

to download that software. Clicking any of the links to document ation that is provided in the Adobe Acrobat PDF file format opens a dialog box from which you can install Adobe Acrobat Reader software from the HP LaserJet software CD browser.

customization utility — This utility can be used to create a custom software installer for the HP LaserJet product that can then be copied to other media, such as a local hard drive or a network drive.

optional software — To increase productivity and get the most out of your HP LaserJet product, view a list of optional software available for installation. The The hp

web jetadmin option is available for the HP LaserJet 9000mfp.

Installer features

The common installer is designed to provide a simple and consistent installation method for the product line. The common installer is available for the Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP operating systems.

This HP LaserJet product features a new common installer. This new installer offers the following features:

• The HP LaserJet software CD-ROM features a CD browser. See "CD browser for

Windows systems."

• Acrobat Reader 5.0 is automatically installed.

• The installer is Web-enabled, providing access to the HP Web site for the latest

software components and drivers.

• Network connection is integrated so that you can install drivers and connect to a

network printer in a single process.

• The selection dialog box sets the operating-system language as the default

language (for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP only). Although system language is sensed automatically, you can use the installer to select any of the languages on the HP LaserJet software CD.

• The installer includes the HP LaserJet Uninstaller Utility.

• Product registration is available using the Web and e-mail.

• The Customization Utility is available on the CD browser. All of the Windows system components are installed by using the HP LaserJet

printing-system installer. The installer automatically senses your language of choice and your operating system. It offers selections for each printer model. You can select the type of installation you prefer: Typical Installation or Custom Installation.

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If you have an Internet connection, the installer will sense the connection and provide you with the ability to connect to the HP Web site to download the latest printingsystem software.

The installer compares the versions of the software components on the HP LaserJet software CD-ROM to those on the HP Web site. If newer versions are on the HP Web site, the installer downloads them.

Installable components

This section provides information about the various installable components available either with the HP LaserJet software CD-ROM or from the HP Web site.

Printer drivers

The printing system for the HP LaserJet product includes the following printer drivers.

PCL 5e, PCL 6, and PS drivers

The PCL 5e, PCL 6, and PS drivers are included with the HP LaserJet software CD-ROM. The PCL 5e and PCL 6 drivers feature a graphical user interface that has a shared look and feel.

All three drivers provide access to the printer paper-handling and print-quality features, such as Edge-to-Edge Printing, and Printing All Text as Black. The PS driver, however, supports Edge-to-Edge Printing, but not Printing All Text as Black.

Windows 3.1x driver versions

PCL 5e and PCL 6 support for Windows 3.1x is provided by using the HP LaserJet 8100 printer drivers for the HP LaserJet 9000mfp product. These drivers are available on the HP LaserJet software CD-ROM in the WIN3X directory. An HP LaserJet 8100 PS printer description (PPD) provides PS support for the HP LaserJet 9000mfp product.

For printer driver version numbers, go to the following URL:

http://www.hp.com/go/lj9000_software

Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, and XP driver versions

PCL 5e and PCL 6 support for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP operating systems is provided by using the HP LaserJet 9000 printer drivers for the HP LaserJet 9000mfp product. The HP LaserJet 9000 PS printer description (PPD) provides PS support for the HP LaserJet 9000mfp.

For printer driver version numbers, go to the following URL:

http://www.hp.com/go/lj9000_software

Macintosh and Macintosh-compatible system driver versions

The HP LaserJet printing solution for Macintosh is composed of the Apple LaserWriter driver, which is provided with the operating system, and HP-created PPD files. The driver uses these files to determine the features and PS commands that the printer supports. Bidirectional support in AppleTalk and USB connections allows autoconfiguration of the software. The installable components are:

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• the HP LaserJet Installer for Mac OS 8 and Mac OS 9.

• the HP LaserJet Installer for Mac OS X.

• the HP LaserJet Screen Fonts Installer.

• SYSTEM/EXTENSIONS/PRINTER DESCRIPTIONS (for Mac OS 8 and Mac OS

9).

• LIBRARY/PRINTERS/PPDS/CONTENTS/RESOURCES/LANGUAGE.LPROJ (for

Mac OS X).

• the HP LaserJet Utility, an HP printer utility installed in the HP LaserJet folder of

Macintosh operating systems 8 and 9. It provides configuration and management support for PS and PCL printers.

• online Help, an HTML-based printer and utility help that can be viewed through a

browser or the Macintosh OS Help Center.

• the HP Auto Setup Utility, installed in the Startup Items folder of Mac OS 8 and later

versions. It provides assistance to set up the new printer, then moves itself to Trash.

• installation notes.

AutoCAD driver versions

Printer drivers to support AutoCAD (TM) in MS-DOS, 16-bit Windows, and 32-bit Windows operating environments are available on the Web at the following URL:

http://www/hp.com/support/lj9000

These AutoCAD drivers are supported:

• AutoCAD 10, 11, and 12 for MS-DOS version 4.1b

• AutoCAD 13 and 14 for Windows version 4.1b

• AutoCAD 2000 and 2000LT - HP Windows driver

Additional driver availability

Additional drivers are available from your Hewlett-Packard distributor or from the http:/

/www.hp.com/go/lj9000_software Web site. These drivers are:

• IBM OS/2 drivers.

• UNIX/HP-UX/Linux driver sample scripts. Go to http://www.hp.com/go/linux

for further information about Linux drivers.

Macintosh components

• HP LaserJet PPDs for past projects

• ColorSync profiles

• Screen fonts

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Additional productivity tools

HP Web Registration

You can use this component to register your HP LaserJet product on the HP Web site or through e-mail. After you have successfully installed the software, the installer prompts you to register your HP LaserJet product. Also, you can gain access to HP Web Registration from the HP LaserJet software CD browser by clicking Register Product. You can choose to complete the online registration at that time or later. If you want to register your product later, click WebReg from the HP LaserJet 9000 program group when you decide to complete your registration.

Optional software

The HP LaserJet software CD browser provides links to download and install HP Web JetAdmin as optional software.

HP Web JetAdmin

HP Web JetAdmin allows you to manage HP Jetdirect connected printers within your intranet using a browser. HP Web JetAdmin is a browser-based management tool and should be installed only on the network administrator’s computer. It can be installed and run on a variety of systems:

When installed on a host server, any client can use HP Web JetAdmin through a supported Web browser (such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x or Netscape Navigator 4.x or later) by browsing to the HP Web JetAdmin host. HP Web JetAdmin 6.2 and later have the following features:

• task-oriented user interface, providing configurable views for network managers

• customizable user profiles that can be customized to let network administrators include only the function viewed or used

• routing of instant e-mail notification of hardware failure, low supplies, and other printer problems to different people

• remote installation and management from anywhere by using only a standard Web browser

• advanced automatic discovery of peripherals on the network without manually entering each printer into a database

• simple integration into enterprise-management packages

• capacity to find peripherals based on parameters such as IP address, color capability, and model name

• capacity to organize peripherals into logical groups, with an option that provides virtual office maps for easy navigation

The HP LaserJet software CD browser provides a link to the HP Web site (http://www.hp.com/go/webjetadmin Web JetAdmin software. Click Optional Software from the CD-ROM browser, and then click hp web jetadmin. HP Web JetAdmin is available for the following network operating environments:

) to download the latest version of the HP

• Microsoft Windows 2000

• Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

• HP-UX 10.20 and 11.x

• Sun Solaris 2.5, 2.6, and 7

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• Red Hat Linux 7.1

• SuSE Linux 7.1

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Driver features

PCL 6 and PCL 5e driver features

This section describes the options available on each tab of the PCL 6 and PCL 5e driver interfaces.

Note The Windows 3.1x Print dialog box does not contain a Properties button to open the HP LaserJet

printer driver settings dialog boxes. Use the the settings dialog boxes, and then click Print.

Print Setup command in the File menu to gain access to

Help system

The HP LaserJet PCL 6 and PCL 5e drivers include a full-featured Help system to provide assistance with printing and configuration options.

What's this? Help

In Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP, "What's this?" Help is supported. To use "What's this?" Help:

• Right-click a control and click What's this?, and a pop-up Help window appears.

• Click the ? button at the upper-right corner of the frame, next to the X, to change the cursor to an arrow with a question mark. Use this special cursor to select a control, and the pop-up Help window for that feature appears.

• Press the

Context-sensitive Help

Press the Help button on a driver tab or in a dialog box, and context-sensitive Help appears.

F1 key, and the Help window for the currently selected control appears.

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Constraint messages

Constraint messages are unsolicited messages that appear in response to specific actions you take. These messages alert you to selections that are illogical or impossible given the capabilities of the product or the current settings of other controls. For example, if you click Print on Both Sides and then change the paper type to transparencies, a message appears asking you to resolve this conflict.

Figure 11. A typical constraint message with an OK button

Whenever a constraint message appears with OK and Cancel buttons, the interpretation of the buttons is as follows:

• Clicking OK accepts the change that was just made, and the driver then resets the conflicting control to a setting that is compatible with the new value.

• Clicking Cancel rejects the change that was just made, setting the control back to its previous value.

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Bubble Help

Bubble Help features a graphical icon resembling a cartoon speech bubble with a small i in it, representing the international symbol for information. The following illustration shows Bubble Help icons on a driver tab.

Figure 12. A property page with Bubble Help icons

The bubble typically appears next to a disabled control, although it can also accompany an enabled control if there is an important note concerning its use. Moving the pointer over the bubble changes the arrow to a gloved hand, which indicates that the area underneath the pointer is selectable. When the bubble is selected by using either the mouse or the keyboard, a message box appears with a brief explanation about why the control is disabled and what can be done to enable it. If the control is not disabled, the message is a tip or a precaution to be aware of when using that particular feature.

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Finishing tab features

The Finishing tab is the default tab shown when you click Document Defaults… for the driver or a software application.

Figure 13. The default appearance of the Finishing tab

The options in the Print Quality group box might vary, depending on your HP LaserJet product. For the HP LaserJet 9000mfp, the second option is 600 dpi, and the EconoMode selection indicates that you can save toner only with genuine HP print cartridges.

Finishing tab contains three group boxes:

The

l Quick Sets

l Document Options

l Print Quality

Quick Sets

This group box is present on each tab for the driver. Quick sets are either preset or user-defined printing specifications (such as paper size, pages per sheet, and so on).

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Factory Defaults

The default setting is Factory Defaults. The driver also provides a quick set for printing the use guide (User’s Guide).

Custom Quick Sets

When you change any of the default settings on the Finishing tab or any of the other tabs, the name in the Untitled. If you want to save this configuration as a quick set, highlight the word

Untitled, type the name you want for your new quick set, and click Save. Quick

sets are saved in the system registry. To delete a quick set, select it from the dropdown menu and click Delete.

Quick Set drop-down menu dynamically changes to

HP LaserJet Multifunction Finisher Quick Sets

The HP LaserJet Multifunction Finisher is an optional accessory for the HP LaserJet 9000mfp. It provides stacking capacity for up to 1000 sheets of printmedia, stapling of as many as 50 sheets of paper per document, and folding and saddle stitching of booklets that contain up to 10 sheets of paper.

If the driver is configured to support the HP LaserJet Multifunction Finisher, four additional booklet Quick Sets will appear. Unlike

Manual

maximum of ten user-defined Quick Sets on a particular system. If you attempt to save too many, a message box appears that reads, "There are too many Quick Sets defined. Please delete some before adding new ones."

and the booklet Quick Sets can be deleted. These drivers can store a

Factory Defaults, User's

Note The preset Quick Sets, User's Manual, and booklet count as five towards the Quick Set limit of ten.

The preset booklet quick sets are:

• Booklet on Letter. Settings: Print on Both Sides ON, left binding, image size half letter, Paper size letter, destination Booklet Bin, finishing option Fold/Saddle Stitch.

• Booklet on 11x17. Settings: Print on Both Sides ON, left binding, image size letter, Paper size 11x17, destination Booklet Bin, finishing option Fold/Saddle Stitch.

• Booklet on A4. Settings: Print on Both Sides ON, left binding, image size half A4, Paper size A4, destination Booklet Bin, finishing option Fold/Saddle Stitch.

• Booklet on A3. Settings: Print on Both Sides ON, left binding, image size A4, Paper size A3, destination Booklet Bin, finishing option Fold/Saddle Stitch.

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Document Options

The Document Options group box dynamically sizes itself and positions controls to reflect HP LaserJet product configuration options that affect the controls. Three configurations are possible, depending on whether a duplexing unit or stapler, or both, are installed.

Figure 14. Document Options group box - stapler only installed

Document Options

Figure 15. Document Options group box - duplexing unit only installed

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Figure 16. The Document Options group box - stapler and duplexing unit

Print on Both Sides option

The default setting for the Print on Both Sides option is OFF (not selected). Print

on Both Sides

Type is: on the Paper tab is set to transparency, cardstock, or labels.

•

Paper Size is anything except Letter, Legal, A3, A4, A5, B4, B5 (Japanese

Industry Standard, or JIS), Executive, 11 x 17, or custom sizes greater than or equal to 148 mm by 210 mm (5.8 inches by 8.3 inches) and less than or equal to 312 mm by 470 mm (12.3 inches by 18.5 inches).

is not available when:

When

Paper Size is set to Letter, Legal, or A4, clicking Print on Both Sides

makes the Flip P ages Up and Booklet Printing options available. The default for both of these options is OFF.

Flip Pages Up

The Flip Pages Up check box, enabled only when Print on Both Sides is selected, is used to specify the duplex-binding option. The following table demonstrates the results of selecting this box, depending upon the paper orientation.

T ab le 6. Page orientation

Orientation Flip Pages Up selected Flip Pages Up not selected

Portrait Short-edge binding Long-edge binding Landscape Long-edge binding Short-edge binding

The preview document image shows a spiral binding along either the left or the top edge of the page to indicate how the pages will be flipped when Print on Both Sides is selected. Also, a folded-over corner appears in the lower-right portion of the preview image with an arrow that points in the direction that the page is flipped.

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Booklet Printing

The Booklet Printing drop-down menu, visible when Print on Both Sides is selected, offers eight choices, two of which are based on the current paper size. The list contains the items with the following structure:

•Off

• [paper size] (Left Binding)

• [paper size] (Right Binding) where [paper size] depends on the paper size set on the Paper tab. The following

table shows the appropriate entries in the Booklet Printing drop-down menu for each selected paper size.

Table 7. Selected paper size

Paper size selected Entries in Booklet Printing

Drop-down menu

Letter Off

Letter (Left Binding) Letter (Right Binding) Legal (Left Binding) Legal (Right Binding) 11 x 17 (Left Binding) 11 x 17 (Right Binding) B4 (JIS) (Left Binding) B4 (JIS) (Right Binding)

Legal Off

Legal (Left Binding) Legal (Right Binding)

A4 Off

A4 (Left Binding) A4 (Right Binding) A3 (Left Binding) A3 (Right Binding)

B4 (JIS) B4 (JIS) (Left Binding)

B4 (JIS) (Right Binding)

Booklet printing is disabled when the following paper sizes are selected: Executive, A3, A5, B4, B5, 11 by 17, and envelopes and postcards of any size.

The Booklet Printing drop-down menu appears only when:

• Print on Both Sides is selected.

• Percent of Normal Size (on the Effects tab) is 100.

• Pages per Sheet is 1.

• Paper Size is Letter, Legal, A4, or B4 (JIS).

• Print Document On: (on the Effects tab) is not selected.

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If any except the first of these conditions is not met, a Bubble Help appears next to

Booklet Printing to tell you why it is disabled.

Activating booklet printing

Note The following instructions apply only to PCL drivers. Booklet Printing is supported by HP PS

(PostScript) driver for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Window NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP through applications that provide booklet printing configuration settings.

Step 1 Click File, click Print, and then click Properties.

Figure 17. Activating booklet printing

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Step 2 Click the Finishing tab. On the drop-down menu, select Print on

Both Sides and Booklet Printing Type.

Figure 18. Selecting booklet printing type

Selecting a booklet cover

The booklet cover must be the same size as the inside sheets. Step 1 Click File, click Print, and then click Properties. Step 2 Click the Paper tab, then select the Use different paper for first

page check box.

Step 3 Click the First Page tab. On the Size is:, Source is:, and Type is:

menus, select the size, source, and type settings for your cover.

Step 4 Click the Other Pages tab. On the Size is:, Source is:, and Type is:

menus, select the size, source, and type settings for the inside sheets of your print job.

Step 5 Click the Back Cover tab. The back cover, if there is one, must be the

same size as the booklet cover and the inside sheets. The No back cover is the default setting. If your print job has a back cover that uses the same source and type settings you selected in the First

Page tab, select Use the first page source. If not, select Use an alternate source, and then select the back-cover settings in the Source is:, and Type is: menus.

Staple option

The Staple option is available on the HP LaserJet 9000mfp for all media sizes when the HP Multifunction Finisher or 3000-Sheet Stapler/Stacker is installed. Use the Size is: option on the Paper tab to select the media size.

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Stapling a document

Step 1 Click File, click Print, and then click Properties. Step 2 Click the Finishing tab. Step 3 Select the Staple check box.

Figure 19. Stapling a document

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Click One Staple or Two Staples to modify the staple quantity.

Figure 20. Stapling options

Fold/Saddle Stitch

The Fold/Saddle Stitch option is available on the Finishing tab when HP Multifunction Finisher is selected in the Optional Paper Destination drop- down menu of the Configuration tab.

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Saddle-stitching a booklet or folding a single sheet

The procedure is the same for saddle-stitching a booklet or folding a single sheet:

Step 1 Click File, click Print, and then click Properties. Step 2 Click the Finishing tab. Step 3 Select the Fold/Saddle Stitch check box. This will ensure that the

document is folded.

Figure 21. Saddle-stitching a booklet

Pages per Sheet

The Pages per Sheet drop-down menu provides six settings: 1 (default), 2, 4, 6, 9, and 16. If you type another value into the box (for example, 3), the control will round the value entered to the nearest valid value (in this example, 4).

Related controls that are indented beneath the Pa ges per Sheet edit box are

Print Page Borders and a drop-down menu for selecting the page order. Print Page Borders sets a line around each page image on a printed sheet to

help visually define the borders of each logical page. There are four options for page order:

• Right, then Down

• Down, then Right

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• Left, then Down

• Down, then Left

The preview document image changes to reflect alterations in these settings, as shown by the examples in the following illustration.

Figure 22. Page-order preview images

1 2 pages per sheet 2 4 pages per sheet 3 6 pages per sheet 4 9 pages per sheet, with Print Page Borders selected 5 9 pages per sheet, with Down, then Right page order selected 6 16 pages per sheet

Print Quality

The HP LaserJet printer driver Print Quality group box provides options that control resolution, graphics settings, and font settings. The group box includes the following options:

Best Quality (settings predefined)

•

600 dpi (settings predefined)

•

Custom (automatically selected when any changes are made to Best Quality or

• 600 dpi )

EconoMode (the default setting is OFF).

•

The Print Quality group box also includes a Details button. Clicking this button opens the dialog box. The Print Quality Details dialog box provides options for various print-quality settings. If you select either default settings in the Print Quality Details dialog box, the selected option in the Print Quality group box of the

Finishing tab automatically changes to Custom.

Best Quality or 600 dpi and then change the

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The following illustration shows sample default settings for Best Quality. The menu on your HP LaserJet product might vary.

Figure 23. Print Quality Details dialog box showing Best Quality settings

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The following illustration shows the default settings on the Print Quality Details tab for 600 dpi.

Figure 24. Print Quality Details dialog box showing 600 dpi settings

Graphics Settings group box

The Graphics Settings group box includes two options for Complex Graphics. Use these options to determine which method to use for managing memory for print jobs. selection. This is the best choice unless you are receiving printer memory-error messages. If you receive such error messages, change this setting to

Memory

default:

Use HP MEt (Memory Enhancement technology) is the default

to complete the current print job. Then, change the setting back to the

Use HP MEt.

Output Settings group box

The Output Settings group box contains controls for selecting Resolution and

Resolution Enhancement technology (REt)

Resolution

The resolution settings for the HP LaserJet 9000mfpare:

• 600 dpi

• FastRes 1200

Resolution Enhancement technology

Use More

The HP LaserJet product supports Resolution Enhancement technology (REt). The REt feature is a default setting, but you can choose to turn it off.

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Scale Patterns (WYSIWYG)

The Scale Patterns (WYSIWYG) feature is implemented to address the moiré effect created when certain applications encounter certain patterns. Use this feature to turn off the pattern scaling. What you lose is WYSIWYG with patterns, but the printed result might look better. The feature works only with programs that use vector hatch patterns. This option is on by default.

Print all Text as Black

Print all Text as Black is off by default. When selected, this option causes the

driver to print all text as black regardless of the original document text color. By design, however, white text remains white, as a fail-safe method of printing reverse typeface against a dark background. This setting does not affect graphic images on the page. Print all Text as Black remains selected only for the current print job. When the current print job is completed,

Black

is automatically turned off.

Print all Text as

Edge-to-Edge Printing

Edge-to-Edge Printing is off by default. When it is selected, you can use this

option to increase the default printable area to within 2 mm (0.08 inch) of the edge of the selected media. This setting remains selected only for the current print job. When the current print job is completed, the default is automatically turned off.

Edge-to-Edge Printing

Font Settings group box

In the Font Settings group box, the only available option is Send TrueType as

Bitmaps

, which provides a safety net for applications that cannot easily use TrueType fonts for special graphic purposes, such as shading, rotation, or slanting.

EconoMode

The EconoMode check box turns this toner-saving feature on and off independently of the other selected, the preview image lightens to reflect the expected effect of this feature.

EconoMode option, when selected, works only with genuine HP print

The cartridges. Even if the option is selected, it does not work with third-party print cartridges. The option is off by default.

The EconoMode option can also be activated from the product control panel. If the Economode setting on the product control panel is on, the display panel setting overrides the setting on the printer driver Print Quality tab. If the Economode setting on the product control panel is off, then the setting on the printer driver Print Quality tab overrides the control-panel display setting, except as noted in the following table.

Print Quality tab settings. When this check box is

Table 8. HP LaserJet 9000mfp EconoMode settings

Driver setting for print job

ON Yes ON ON ON No OFF OFF OFF Yes ON ON

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HP cartridge Front panel

settings

Actual result for print job

Table 8. HP LaserJet 9000mfp EconoMode settings (continued) (continued)

Driver setting for print job

OFF No OFF OFF ON Yes OFF ON OFF Yes OFF OFF

HP cartridge Front panel

settings

Actual result for print job

Effects tab features

The Effects tab is used to create unique paper effects such as scaling and watermarks.

Figure 25. Effects tab

ZoomSmart

The ZoomSmart group box includes features that scale the image on the page, either by specifying a numeric percentage or by specifying a scale change to a different paper size. ZoomSmart handles scale transformations.

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Print Document On: setting

Use Print Document On: to format the document for one paper size and then print the document on a different paper size, with or without scaling the page image to fit the new paper size.

The Print Document On: control is disabled by any of the following conditions:

• Percent of Normal Size is not 100.

• Pages per Sheet (on the Finishing tab) is not 1.

• Booklet Printing (on the Finishing tab) is ON. When Print Document On: is selected, the drop-down menu shows the media

sizes on which you can print. The list contains all standard media sizes supported by the selected media source and any custom sizes that you have created (if the currently selected media source is manual, auto, or any tray). When Print

Document On: is selected, Scale to Fit is automatically selected.

Scale to Fit option

The Scale to Fit option specifies whether each formatted document page image is scaled to fit the target paper size. By default, Scale to Fit is selected when Print Document On: is selected. If the setting is turned off, then the document page images will not be scaled, and are instead ce ntered at full size on the target paper. If the document size is larger than the target paper size, then the document image is clipped. If it is smaller, then it is centered within the target paper. The following illustration shows preview images for a document formatted for Legal paper with the Print Document On: option selected, and the target size specified as Letter.

Figure 26. Preview images - Legal on Letter; Scale to Fit off (left) and on (right)

When the size for which the document is formatted (that is, the logical size) differs from the target size, the preview image uses a dashed gray line to show the boundaries of the logical page in relation to the target page size.

% of Normal Size option

The % of Normal Size option provides a slider bar for scaling the percentage setting. The default setting in the entry box is 100 percent of normal size. Normal size is defined as the paper size selected within the driver or what the driver receives from the application (if the application does not negotiate paper size with the driver). The driver will scale the page by the appropriate factor and send it to the printer.

The limits of the range are from 25 percent to 400 percent, and any v alues outside the range are clipped to those limits as soon as the focus is removed from the control (that is, when the TAB key is pressed or another control is selected).

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Any change to the scale also changes the page preview, which increases or decreases from the top-left corner of the preview.

The slider bar controls the scale directly. The value in the edit box changes as the scroll bar indicator is dragged, and the preview image is updated to the new image scale. Each click on the scroll bar arrows increases or decreases the scale by one percent. Each click on the slider bar affects the scale by 10 percent.

You cannot achieve an exact value by dragging the scroll bar indicator at the default Windows resolution; use the scroll bar indicator to approximate the desired value, and then use the scroll bar arrows to refine the value.

The following settings disable

Print Document On: is selected.

•

Pages per Sheet is not 1.

•

Booklet Printing is ON.

% of Normal Size:

Watermarks

Use the Watermarks feature to choose a watermark, create your own custom watermarks (text only), or edit an existing watermark. The following watermarks are preset in the driver:

• (none)

• Confidential

•Draft

• SAMPLE The drop-down menu shows alphabetically sorted watermarks that are currently

available on the system, plus the string "(none)", which indicates that no watermark is selected. This is the default setting. Any watermark selected from this list appears in the preview image.

When First Page Only is selected, the watermark is printed only on the first page of the document. The watermark selection is "(none)".

First Page Only check box is disabled when the current

Watermarks are applied to logical pages. For example, when Pages per Sheet is set to “4” and First Page Only is turned off, four watermarks appear on the physical page (one on each logical page).

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Click Edit, and the Watermark Details dialog box appears.

Figure 27. Watermark Details dialog box

The dialog box shows a preview image and provides options for creating new watermark and controlling the message angle and font attributes.

Click OK to accept all changes made in the Watermark Details dialog box. However, clicking Cancel does not cancel all changes. If you make changes to a watermark, and then select a different watermark or click New, all changes made to the previous watermark are saved, and only the current, unsaved changes can be canceled.

Current Watermarks

The Current Watermarks group box contains a list of available watermarks, both predefined watermarks made available in the driver and any new watermarks you have created. To create a new watermark, click New. The new watermark appears in the Current Watermarks list and in the Watermark Message edit box as “Untitled” until you name it. To name the new watermark, type the selected watermark text in the select the watermark in the

Note You can have no more that 30 watermarks in the Current Watermarks list at one time. When the limit

of 30 watermarks is reached, the why the button is disabled and how to enable it.

Watermark Message edit box. To delete a watermark,

Current Watermarks list and click Delete.

New button is disabled, and a Bubble Help appears that explains

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To edit an existing watermark, select the watermark in the Current Watermarks list. If you change the Watermark Message for that watermark, you are, in effect, creating a new watermark.

Watermark Message

The Watermark Message is also the name that identifies the watermark in the Current Watermarks list, except when more than one watermark has the same message. For example, you might want several different watermarks with the message DRAFT, each with a different font or size. When this occurs, the string is appended with a space, a pound sign, and a number (for example, Draft #2). When a number is added, the number two is used first, but if the resulting name is also in the list, then the number increases until the name is unique.

Message Angle

Use the controls in the Message Angle group box to print the watermark in a diagonal, horizontal, or angle (custom) orientation to the page's text. The default is Diagonal. All three settings automatically center the watermark string within the page; the selection of a particular setting affects only the angle of the string placement. Diagonal places the text along a line that spans the lower-left to upper-right corners of the page.

Font Attributes

Use controls in the Font Attributes group box to change the font and the color, shading, size, and style of the font.

Name

The Name drop-down menu lists TrueType (TM) fonts that are currently installed on the system.

Color

For the HP LaserJet 9000mfp, the only Color: selection is Gray.

Shading

The following range of shades is available from the Shading drop-down menu:

• Lightest

• Very Light

•Light

• Medium Light

• Medium

• Medium Dark

•Dark

• Very Dark

• Darkest

These values represent the intensity of the color selected in the Color attribute.

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Size

Font sizes from 1 to 999 points are available from the Size menu. The default point size is language-dependent. The choice of regular, bold, italic, and bold italic is available from the

Style drop-down menu.

Default settings

The default settings for new watermarks are Arial (R) font, Gray color, Very

Light

shading, 150 points, and Regular style. The default settings for preset watermarks are The default point size for preset watermarks is language-dependent, and varies.

Arial font, Gray color, Very Light shading, and Bold style.

Paper tab features

Use the Paper tab to specify the size, type, and source of the media, as well as to define a custom paper size. If you want to, you can indicate different paper-selection choices for the first page and back cover of the document.

The first group box in the upper-left portion of the feature is described in the “Finishing tab features” section. Any change to the Quick Sets group box that is made on the Paper tab affects the group box on the Finishing tab and on the Destination tab, and vice versa—they are all one and the same control.

Paper tab view is Quick Sets. This

Printer image

The bitmap image in the lower-right portion of the Paper tab represents the current physical configuration of the printer and corresponds to its configuration data, either obtained automatically through bidirectional communication or configured manually. It should look the same as the image that appears in the same location on the Destination tab and the Configure tab.

On the Paper tab, the printer image contains hot spots where you can select a paper source. When the pointer moves over a hot spot, the arrow reverts to the gloved hand used in the Bubble Help, the preview image, and other areas. The current paper source, whether selected from the drop-down menu or from a printer-image hot spot, is highlighted in bright green on the printer bitmap. The following points are worth noting:

• Auto Select does not have a corresponding area to highlight in the printer image.

• Selecting

• Selecting the area that represents tray 1, 2, 3, or 4 in the bitmap will always select the corresponding tray in the Source Is: option. Manual Feed, which is available from the Source is: option, cannot be selected by selecting the bitmap.

• On the Paper tab, only input trays have printer-image hot spots and can be highlighted. Output bins must be selected from the Destination tab.

Manual Feed, Tray 1, Tray 2, Tray 3, or Tray 4 in the drop-down

highlights the corresponding part in the printer image.

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Note The printer image shown in the following illustration might differ from your HP LaserJet product,

depending on the model number and accessory devices.

Figure 28. Paper tab

All Pages

The controls on this mini-tab are contained in an All Pages mini-tab. As the name implies, this means that the settings specified on that mini-tab apply to all pages of the document. However, when you select the Use different paper for first page check box, the All Pages mini-tab is replaced by three mini-tabs. These three mini-tabs are:

• First Page, which contains the same controls as

• Other Pages, which contains different controls, as noted in the following sections

• Back Cover, which also contains different controls, as noted in the following

All Pages

sections

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Other Pages

Use the Other Pages mini-tab to select an alternative media type or source for the pages that follow the first page of a document. The choices and defaults for Source is: and Type is: are the same as for First Page.

Figure 29. Other Pages mini-tab

Back Cover

Use this feature to include a blank back cover on a document, or include a back cover from a paper source different from that used for the remainder of the document. Use the Back Cover mini-tab allows to select an alternative media source (or the same source as page of the body of the document. The mini-tab contains three option buttons and two drop-down menus. The three option buttons are:

• No back cover

• Use the first page source

• Use an alternate source:

The two drop-down menus, which become available when Use an alternate source: is selected, are:

• Source is:

• Type is:

No back cover is selected as the default, with the drop-down Source is: and Type

is: selection boxes disabled. Clicking Use an alternate source activates the drop-

down menus. The drop-down menu value defaults to the same source as that chosen for the down value to match the first page, if necessary, but the drop-down menus remain inactive.

First Page) from which a blank page is drawn and placed after the final

First Page mini-tab. Clicking Use the first page source changes the drop-

Back Cover is available only when the Print on Both Sides check box is selected and the Booklet Printing: drop-down menu (both these options are on the Finishing tab) is set on Off.

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When the Back Cover mini-tab is active, clicking No back cover deactivates the drop-down menus, but does not change their value. No Bubble Help is available for the inactive drop-down menus. The settings revert to defaults when

paper for first page

Figure 30. Back Cover mini-tab

Use different

is selected again.

Size is:

This feature actually functions as two controls: a drop-down menu that contains all the supported media sizes (including any user-defined custom sizes) and a text label that indicates the dimensions of the selected size.

Moving the pointer over the text label causes the arrow to change to a gloved hand, which indicates that the area beneath the pointer is selectable. Clicking here toggles the units of measure between inches and millimeters, o ffering the same options on the dimensions label in the preview image. Selecting a new size from the drop-down menu updates the media-dimensions text label as well as the preview image. Changing the orientation (on the Basics tab) also updates the dimensions text label.

Size can be specified only for the first page or for all pages. On the

Back Cover mini-tabs, the Size is: drop-down menu does not appear because the

media size must be consistent for all pages of the job. Certain applications can override this command and specify different media sizes within a single document. Any change in the media size selection causes the Booklet Printing feature to be turned off.

Other Pages and

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Custom...

The Custom Paper Size dialog box appears when you click the Custom... button on the

Paper tab. The following illustration shows the initial appearance of the Custom

Paper Size dialog box.

Figure 31. Custom Paper Size dialog box

When the Custom Paper Size dialog box appears, the drop-down menu in the Name group contains one of two things, depending upon the current paper size selection in the Paper tab:

• If the paper size selection is a previously defined custom size, then the drop-down menu contains the name of that custom size.

• If the paper size selection is a standard paper size, then the drop-down menu shows the default name Untitled for a custom paper size.

Note In Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me, the custom paper-size entry and storage are case-

sensitive. For example, the names “Big” and “BIG” can coexist. However, in Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP, the custom paper-size entry is case-sensitive. Therefore, “Big” and “BIG” cannot coexist.

The new name is compared only against the list of user-defined custom paper-size names, and not against the standard paper-size names.

The complete set of titles for this button and the specific characteristics that determine its title and capabilities are discussed in the dynamic command button section.

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Name drop-down menu

The Name drop-down menu displays the name of the last selected custom paper size. Use the Name drop-down menu to type new names for custom paper sizes and to select from the list of currently defined custom paper sizes.

The name displayed in the upon the following conditions:

• If a saved custom paper size has been selected from the drop-down menu and the other controls in the dialog box have not been changed since then, the down menu displays the name of the last selected custom paper size.

• If the width or height controls have been changed since a custom size was selected or saved, or if a saved paper size has just been deleted, then the menu displays the default name of Untitled.

• If a new name has been typed into the saving a new size or renaming an existing size, then that new name will remain in the drop-down menu display until a saved custom paper size has been selected from the drop-down menu.

If you type a new name into the Save button, you should be able to change the width and height values without losing the name. However, if a saved paper-size name is selected from the drop-down menu, any unsaved name or size values are lost without warning, and replaced by the values of the selected custom paper size.

Name drop-down menu is one of three things, depending

Name drop-

Name drop-down

Name drop-down menu for the purpose of

Name drop-down menu, but then do not click the

Dynamic command button

The button located to the right of the Name drop-down menu has three possible labels: Save, Delete, and Rename.

• Save is the button title whenever the height and width values have been changed since the last save or since the selection of an existing custom paper size. Clicking the button causes the name in the Name drop-down menu to be compared against each of the saved names. If a duplicate is found, a dialog box appears, asking if it is okay to replace the existing item. If you click Yes, the old item is updated with the new values. If you click No, the driver returns to the Custom Paper Size dialog box, where you can type a different name.The new name is compared only against the list of user-defined custom paper names, and not against the standard papersize names. Whenever the command button has the Save title, it is the default button.

• Delete is the button title whenever the name of an existing (previously saved) custom paper size appears in the after selecting an item from the drop-down menu or clicking the Save button. Clicking the Delete button causes the saved custom paper size to be deleted, after which the Name drop-down menu changes to Untitled, the height and width controls are unchanged, and the button title changes to Save.

• Rename is the button title when you type something into the menu after selecting an existing custom paper size from the drop-down menu. If no duplicate is found, the name of the stored custom paper size changes to match the contents of the Name drop-down menu. Whenever the command button has the Rename title, it is also the default button.

The following table illustrates the relationships between the Name drop-down menu, the command button, and the actions that take users from one state to another.

Name drop-down menu, such as immediately

Name drop-down

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Table 9. Name drop-down menu text strings

State Drop-down

menu contents

1 Untitled Save Click Save 3

2 <user-typed text> Save Click Save 3

3 <name of saved

item>

4 <user-typed text> Rename Click Rename (when the name is unique) 3

Button label

Delete Click Delete 1

Action Next

Type something into the Name drop-down menu 2 Change the width or height values 1 Select a saved item from the drop-down menu 3

Type something into the Name drop-down menu 2 Change the width or height values 2 Select a saved item from the drop-down menu 3

Type something into the Name drop-down menu 4 Change the width or height values 1 Select a saved item from the drop-down menu 3

Click Rename (when the name is a duplicate) 4 Type something into the Name drop-down menu 4 Change the width or height values 2

state

Select a saved item from the drop-down menu 3

Width and height controls

The width and height values can be changed either by typing numeric strings into the edit boxes, or by selecting the up and down arrows.

Any entry that is greater than the maximum limits of the width and height control is rounded down to the maximum valid entry, while any entry that is smaller than the minimum limits of the width and height control is rounded up to the minimum valid entry. See “Custom width and height control limits.”

If units are in millimeters, the custom paper-size range minimum is the limit rounded up to the nearest whole millimeter. The custom paper-size range maximum is the limit rounded down to the nearest whole millimeter. Any non-numerical entry reverts to the last valid entry. Width and height entries are validated when the focus has changed.

The resolution of each control is one millimeter or one-tenth of an inch, depending upon the current measurement units. Clicking the up and down arrows increases or decreases the current value by the increment amount (within the allowed range of values). The computer determines the rate at which the values change.

Unit indicator labels change dynamically to indicate inches or millimeters, depending upon the measurement units the driver is currently using. To change measurement units, click the Measurement Units button.

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Custom width and height control limits

The minimum paper size for the HP LaserJet 9000mfp is 98 mm by 191 mm (3.87 inches by 7.5 inches) and the maximum is 297 mm by 450 mm (11.7 inches by 17.7 inches). The following table summarizes paper size limits for each paper-handling device.

Table 10. Custom width and height limits for the HP LaserJet 9000mfp

Media source or paper handling accessory

Tray 1 (multi-purpose) 98 mm by 191 mm

Tray 2 148 mm by 210 mm

Tray 3 148 mm by 210 mm

2000-sheet HCI Tray 4 182 mm by 210 mm

Duplex printing accessory 98 mm by 191mm

3000-Sheet Stacker face-up bin

3000-Sheet Stacker face-down bin

3000-Sheet Stapler/Stacker face-up bin

Minimum size width by height

(3.9 inches by 7.5 inches)

(7.17 inches by 8.27 inches)

(3.9 inches by 7.5 inches) 98 mm by 191mm (3.9 inches by 7.5 inches) 148 mm by 210 mm (3.9 inches by 7.5 inches) 98 mm by 191 mm (3.9 inches by 7.5 inches)

Maximum size width by height

312 mm by 470 mm (12.28 inches by 18.46 inches) 297 mm by 432 mm (11.7 inches by 17.0 inches) 297 mm by 432 mm (11.7 inches by 17.0 inches) 297 mm by 432 mm (11.7 inches by 17.0 inches) 312 mm by 470 mm (12.28 inches by 18.46 inches) 312 mm by 470 mm (12.28 inches by 18.46 inches) 312 mm by 470 mm (12.28 inches by 18.46 inches) 312 mm by 470 mm (12.28 inches by 18.46 inches)

3000-Sheet Stapler/Stacker face-down bin

Multifunction Finisher 98 mm by 191 mm

148 mm by 210 mm (3.9 inches by 7.5 inches)

(3.9 inches by 7.5 inches)

312 mm by 470 mm (12.28 inches by 18.46 inches) 191 mm by 470 mm (7.5 inches by 18.46 inches)

Paper and envelope icons

The paper and envelope icons visually define width and height.

Measurement Units button

Like the dynamic command button previously described, the Measurement Units button is also multi-titled, although its function is always to toggle the unit of measurement between standard (inches) and metric (millimeters) units of measurement.

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Close button

The Close button closes the Custom Paper Size dialog box according to the logic in the table below. In all cases, any custom paper sizes successfully saved (and not renamed or deleted) while the dialog box is open will remain in the paper size list in the Paper tab. The following table lists options that appear when you click the Close button.

Table 11. Close dialog box text strings

If the drop-down menu contains …

Untitled Save The dialog box closes, but you lose

<user-typed text> Save The dialog box closes, but you lose

<name of saved item> Delete The dialog box closes, and the

<user-typed text> Rename The dialog box closes, but you lose

And the button says … Then it will do this when the

Close button is clicked

the changes that were not saved.

The current paper size remains the same as it was when the Custom button was selected.

the changes that were not saved.

The current paper size remains the same as it was when the Custom button was selected.

current paper size is set to that which was last displayed in the drop-down menu.

the changes that were not saved.

The current paper size remains the same as it was when the Custom button was selected.

Source Is:

The Source Is: drop-down menu shows the input trays available according to Configure tab settings. The list contains:

•Auto Select

• Manual Feed

• Tray 1 (if installed)

•Tray 2

•Tray 3

• Tray 4 (if installed) The default setting is Auto Select, which allows the printer firmware to select the

media source. Any optional paper trays that are installed through the Configure tab are also shown here.

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If a conflict exists among paper source, size, or type, and you choose to keep the conflicting settings, the settings are processed in the following order: paper size, paper type, and paper source.

For information about media types and sizes, see "Media attributes".

Type Is:

The Type Is: drop-down menu shows all the paper types supported by the HP LaserJet product, as well as any user-defined types created by a printer administrator. The default setting is Auto Select, which allows the application to select the paper type.

No mechanism exists for manually adding custom paper types from the driver. Custom sizes can be added only by using the bidirectional communication mechanism, so they must already exist in the printer when the bidirectional query occurs. If bidirectional communication is enabled, then the information returned is an updated list of paper types. If bidirectional communication is not enabled, then the driver looks for custom paper types saved from a previous bidirectional communication query, and uses those. Otherwise, no custom paper types are available through the driver.

The standard types that appear in the lists are:

•Auto select

• Bond

•Cardstock

• Color

• Labels

• Letterhead

•Plain

• Preprinted

• Prepunched

•Recycled

• Rough

• Transparency

For more information about media types and sizes, see “Media attributes”.

Printer image

The bitmap image in the lower-right portion of the Paper tab screen represents the current physical configuration of the printer according to the driver configuration data (obtained automatically through bidirectional communication, or configured manually through the driver). It should have the same appearance as the image in the same location on the Destination tab and the Configure tab.

On the Paper tab, the printer image contains hot spots for selecting a media source(tray 2, tray 3, or tray 4). When the pointer moves over a hot spot, the arrow reverts to the gloved hand used in the Bubble Help, the preview image, and other areas. The current media source is highlighted in a bright green color on the printer bitmap.

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Destination tab features

The Destination tab provides options for job retention and output bins. The printer image in the lower-right portion of the Destination tab represents the current

physical configuration of the printer and corresponds to its configuration data, either obtained automatically through bidirectional communication or configured manually. It should look the same as the image that appears in the same location on the P aper tab and the Configure tab.

Note The printer image shown in the illustration might differ from your HP LaserJet product, depending on

the model number and accessory devices.

Figure 32. Destination tab

Destination Features

The Destination Features group box provides controls for Job Retention. This group box is only visible if Printer Hard Disk or Job Retention Enabled is selected in the More Configuration Options dialog box available on the Configure tab.

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Hardware configuration and availability of Job Retention options

The HP LaserJet 9000mfpis equipped with a hard disk to accommodate the following Job Retention options:

• Proof and Hold

• Private Job

• Quick Copy

• Stored Job

Configuring the printer driver for a printer hard disk

If the print driver on your computer is not yet configured to use the hard disk, follow these steps:

Note These steps must be completed for each driver.

Step 1 Double-click the My Computer icon. This opens the My Computer window. Step 2 Open the Printers window. Step 3 Right-click the printer icon. This opens a drop-down menu. Click Properties.

Properties dialog box appears.

The Step 4 Click the Configure tab. Step 5 Click Other Options. Step 6 Under Step 7 Close all dialog boxes by clicking OK.

Your PCL printer driver is now configured to use the hard disk and Job Retention features of your HP LaserJet product.

Storage, click the Printer Hard Disk check box.

Job retention modes

Note The Job Retention feature is not supported under Windows 3.1x.

Using the HP LaserJet product's Job Retention feature, you can store documents at the printer and then control the printing of these documents using the printer control panel. This feature is intended to provide greater flexibility, convenience, security, and cost savings.

Once the Job Retention feature has been enabled, you can access its features in the

Destination tab of the printer driver.

The HP LaserJet product offers the following

Job Retention options:

Off

This option turns the Job Retention feature off (it is disabled), which means the print job will not be stored in the printer.

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Quick Copy

This option is available only when a printer hard disk is installed. Quick Copy stores a copy of a printed job on the hard disk, and allows you to print additional copies of a print job using the control panel. The number of quick-copy print jobs that can be stored in the printer is set from the printer control panel.

Note The printer configuration can be set to hold a maximum of 50 quick-copy or proof-and-hold jobs. The

number is set on the printer control panel in the preset limit is reached, a newer document will overwrite the oldest. Also, a document that has the same user and job name as one already stored on the hard disk will overwrite the existing document. Quick-copy jobs are deleted if the printer's power is removed.

Configuration menu, and the default is 32. When this

Proof and Hold

This option stores the print job on the printer hard disk, and prints only the first copy of the job, allowing you to check the first copy. If the document prints correctly, you can print the remaining copies of the print job from the printer control panel. The number of proof-and-hold print jobs that can be stored in the printer is set from the printer control panel.

Using a PIN for Private Job and Stored Job

The Private Job and Stored Job options can be secured by a four-digit personal identification number (PIN). This number must be entered in the printer control panel before it prints the job.

The box labeled along with

PIN is usually inactive. Selecting Private Job or Stored Job

Require PIN to Print activates the PIN box. The Stored Job/PIN

coupling has a PIN restriction of four ASCII numeric characters (ASCII 0-30 through 0-39). If you enter non-numeric characters, they are removed immediately. If you e nter more than four c haracters, the characters past the fourth are truncated. The field temporarily allows fewer than four digits in the string, but when the edit field loses focus, the zeroes pad the left end until there are exactly four digits. The default initialized value for the PIN is 0000 for

Private Job and

Stored Job with Require PIN to Print checked.

Private Job

This option allows you to send a print job directly to the printer memory. Selection of

Private Job activates the PIN field.The print job can be printed only after you

enter a PIN in the printer control panel. After the job is printed, the printer removes the job from the printer memory. This feature is useful when you are printing sensitive or confidential documents you do not want to leave in an output bin after printing.

Once released for print, the private job is immediately deleted from the printer. If more copies are needed, it will be necessary to reprint the job from the application. If you send a second private job to the printer with the same user name and job name as an existing private job (and you have not released the original job for printing), the second job will overwrite the older job, regardless of the PIN. Private jobs are deleted if power to the printer is removed.

Private Job stores the print job on the hard disk.

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Stored Job

This option is available only when a printer hard disk is installed. Stored Job allows you to send a print job directly to the printer hard disk. The print job will be stored in the printer as if it is an electronic file cabinet. After the print job is stored in the printer's hard disk, you can print the job from the printer control panel. Nothing will be printed until the job is requested from the printer control panel.

The job remains stored on the printer until it is deleted or overwritten by a document with the same user and job names. Stored jobs remain on the printer hard disk when power is interrupted. Use this feature for forms and other common or shared documents.

A stored job can be handled in two ways, as either a private or a public job. A private stored job allows you to send a print job directly to the printer memory and can be printed only after you enter a PIN in the printer control panel. (You can set the PIN in the printer memory and can be printed again from the printer control panel. This feature is useful when you are printing sensitive or confidential documents you do not want to leave in an output bin after printing. Private mode is initiated by clicking the Require PIN t o Print check box. In this mode, a PIN entry at the control panel is required to release the job.

Print dialog box.) After the job is printed, the job remains in the

The box labeled PIN is usually inactive. The

Require PIN to Print option is

activated if you click Stored Job. If selected, you must enter a PIN to make the stored job private.

Note A private stored job is not the same as a private job (see above). Private jobs are deleted from the

printer memory after they are printed. Private stored jobs are retained in the printer memory after printing, but require that a PIN be entered each time they are printed.

Document identifiers used in Job Retention

When you use a Job Retention feature, your document is identified in the printer control panel by user name and job name.

User Name

The User Name edit box allows you to identify the job at the printer control panel. When the driver is first installed (or when Factory Defaults selected), this string initializes to the empty string (““), but the dialog box detects this condition and replaces the string with your login name in Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. It replaces it with “Untitled” in Windows 3.1x. Restrictions for the User Name field are described below.

Quick Set is

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Job Name

The Job Name is used for specifying a name to identify the job on the printer control panel. When the driver is installed, or when the

Set

is selected, this string is initialized to the empty string (" "), but the dialog box

Factory Defaults Quick

will detect this condition and replace the string with "Untitled". Restrictions for the

Job Name field are described below.

The Job Name and the User Name fields can contain no more than 16 characters each, and are limited to A through Z and 0 through 9, because the name is displayed on the printer control panel. If you try to enter a lowercase character, it automatically shifts to uppercase. If you try to enter a character with an ASCII code of less than 32 or greater than 126 characters, the character is removed from the edit field, along with all characters that follow it. If you try to enter more than 16 characters, any character beyond 16 is truncated. When the dialog box is closed, or the edit box loses focus, an empty string is replaced with “Untitled”. In those languages for which “Untitled” cannot be translated without the use of invalid characters, the driver uses a string of three dashes. The acceptable characters for job name and user name vary for each operating system. The string must be displayable on the printer control panel.

Using Job Retention options when printing

You can use Job Retention options in the Destination tab of the printer driver.

Note The printer driver installed on your computer must be configured to use the Job Retention features.

See the "Configuring the printer driver for a printer hard disk" section.

1 Click Print from the software application. The Print dialog box appears. 2 Click Properties. The Properties dialog box appears. 3 Click the Destination tab to display the destination options. 4 Click Job Retention on the drop-down menu under Destination Features. 5 Click Options. The Job Retention Options dialog box appears.

You can then select one of the Job Retention options described above by clicking the appropriate option button.

Note These instructions are specific to the Windows 95, Windows 98, Windo ws Me, Windows NT 4.0,

Windows 2000, and Windows XP environments using the latest available PCL 6 and PCL 5e drivers. While the basic concepts of Job Retention are the same for PS print jobs, there are significant differences in the driver user interface. Also, there are some limitations in naming and PIN selection.

Releasing stored jobs at the printer

Once you send a print job using Job Retention, you can release the job to print using the printer control panel.

Step 1 Touch Menu to enter the menus. Step 2 Touch RETRIEVE JOB, and then press the Select button. Step 3 Touch your job name and press the Select button. Step 4 Touch PRINT (The PRINT selection might have an icon next to it

indicating that the job is locked. If so, type the PIN number and then touch the job name.

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Deleting a print job

Sometimes it is necessary to delete a print job from the printer memory or hard disk. This can be done from the printer control panel.

Step 1 Touch Menu to enter the menus. Step 2 Touch RETRIEVE JOB, and then press the select button. Step 3 Touch your job name and press the select button. Step 4 Touch DELETE (The DELETE selection might have an icon next to it

indicating that the job is locked. If so, type the PIN number and then touch the job name.

Output Bin Options

The Output Bin Options group box contains a drop-down menu that lets you select from a list of configured output bins. Only output bins configured on the Configure tab appear in this drop-down menu.

Depending upon the bundle and the driver configurations, the HP LaserJet 9000mfp offers the following optional output devices:

• Optional 3000-sheet stapler/stacker. This single 3000-sheet stacking device accommodates up to 3,000 sheets of Letter-sized and A4-sized paper, or up to 1,500 sheets of 11-inch by 17-inch and A3 paper. It provides multi-position stapling for up to 50 sheets of paper per document.

• Optional 3000-sheet stacker. This single 3000-sheet stacking device accommodates up to 3,000 sheets of Letter-sized and A4-sized paper, or up to 1,500 sheets of 11-inch by 17-inch and A3 paper.

• Optional Multifunction Finisher. This booklet printing device creates booklets and stapled documents in a variety of sizes.

Options

The Options drop-down menu is inactive. This setting can be used to enable non- HP paper-handling devices.

Printer image

The bitmap image in the lower-right portion of the Destination tab screen represents the current physical configuration of the printer according to the driver configuration data (obtained automatically through bidirectional communication, or configured manually through the driver). It should have the same appearance as the image in the same location on the Paper tab and the Configure tab.

On the Destination tab, the printer image contains hot spots for selecting an output bin. When the pointer moves over a hot spot, the arrow reverts to the gloved hand used in the Bubble Help, the preview image, and other areas. The current output bin is highlighted in a bright green color on the printer bitmap.

Note On the Destination tab, only output bins have hot spots and can be highlighted; source trays must be

selected from the P aper tab.

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Basics tab features

The Basics tab provides options for setting the number of copies to be printed and for the orientation of the print job. It also lets you retrieve information about the driver.

Figure 33. Basics tab

Copies

The Copies feature allows you to specify the number of copies to print. The number of copies you request appears in the Copies box. You can select the

number by typing in the box or by using the up and down arrows to the right of the edit box. Valid entries are numbers from 1 to 32000 for the HP LaserJet 9000mfp. The copies value will not advance from the maximum number (32000) to 1 when the up arrow is used, or change from 1 to the maximum number (32000) when the down arrow is used. Invalid entries into the edit box (such as non-numerical input, numbers less than 1 or greater than the maximum allowed) are changed to the last valid value entered when you click on another group box or leave the Basics tab. The default number of copies is 1.

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Because applications can also be used to set the desired number of copies, conflicts between the application and the driver can arise. In most cases, the application and the driver communicate, so that the number of copies set in one location (such as the application) will appear in the other (such as the driver). For some applications, this communication does not take place, and the copies values are treated independently. For these applications, setting 10 copies in the application and then setting 10 copies in the driver will result in 100 copies (10 x 10) being printed. It is recommended to set the number of copies in the application, wherever possible.

Orientation

Orientation refers to the layout of the image on the page, and does not affect the manner in which media is fed into the printer. You can specify the orientation of the print job. The three available orientations are portrait, landscape, and rotated. The default orientation is portrait.

The three orientation options have these configurations:

• Portrait. The top edge of the document is the shorter edge of the paper.

• Landscape. The top edge of the document is the longer edge of the paper.

• Rotated. Rotated is a form of landscape or portrait in which the image is rotated 180 degrees. This setting is useful for printing envelopes and when using some third-party paper-handling devices.

Orientation can toggle between portrait and landscape by left-clicking the preview image. If you check Rotation, there is no change in the preview image.

Image rotation versus stapling

The following matrix shows two examples for long-edge feed (for example, Letter size) and short-edge feed (for example, Legal, 11 x 17 size). All options are shown in the table, even though the driver does not show them (for example, portrait and rotated PCL 5e). "Not available" means that the stapling option simply is not possible (for example, an angled staple in an opposite corner-in such a case, the device puts a straight staple in the opposite corner).

Table cells marked in yellow are defined as "hard to read," and the driver shows a warning. This table shows the "short edge" twice because papers that are narrower than Legal size cannot be stapled using the

Angled option.

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Table 12. Long edge stapling

Feed direction Orientation Duplex Paper Siz

Long edge Portrait Simplex Lett er

Portrait

Long edge

Rotated

Portrait

Portrait Rotated

Portrait

Portrait Rotated

Landscape Simplex

Landscape

Rotated Simplex

Landscape

Rotated

Landscape

Rotated

Simplex Letter

Print Both

Side(booklet)

Print Both Side

(Booklet)

Flip Pages Up

(tablet)

Flip Page Up

(tablet)

Print Both Side

(booklet)

Print Both Side

(booklet)

Flip Pages Up

(tablet)

Flip Pages Up

(tablet)

Letter

1 staple 2 staple

ABC

ABC2ABC

Not available

ABC2ABC

ABC

ABC3ABC

ABC

ABC2ABC

ABC 2 ABC

ABC

3 staple

Same side as two staples

6 staple

Same side as two staples

Angled Custom

ABC

Not avai lable

ABC2ABC

Not avai lable

ABC2ABC

Not avai lable

ABC

Not avai lable

ABC

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Table 13. Short edge stapling

Feed direction Orientation Duplex Paper Siz

Long edge Portrait Simplex Lett er

Portrait

Long edge

Rotated

Portrait

Rotated

Portrait

Rotated

Landscape Simplex

Landscape

Rotated Simplex

Landscape

Rotated

Simplex Letter

Print Both

Side(booklet)

Print Both Side

(Booklet)

Flip Pages Up

(tablet)

Flip Page Up

(tablet)

Print Both Side

(booklet)

Print Both Side

(booklet)

Letter

1 staple 2 staple

ABC

ABC2ABC

Not available

ABC2ABC

ABC

ABC2ABC

ABC 2 ABC

ABC

3 staple

Same side as two staples

6 staple

Same side as two staples

Angled Custom

ABC

Not avai lable

ABC2ABC

Not avai lable

ABC2ABC

Not avai lable

ABC

Same side as two staples

ABC

Same side as two staples

Not avai lable

ABC

Long edge

Landscape

Rotated

Flip Pages Up

(tablet)

Flip Pages Up

(tablet)

Letter

ABC

ABC3ABC

ABC

About

By clicking the About button on the Basics tab or selecting the HP logo on any of the driver property pages, the press ESC, press ALT + F4, or press ENTER. The figure below shows the The information varies according to HP LaserJet model number, driver, date, and versions.

About box appears. To close the About box, click OK,

About box.

ABC

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Figure 34. About This Driver dialog box

Driver extensions

The Driver extensions text box provides you with some visibility of any extended driver functionality. It can contain a brief description of the driver extension and a version number.

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Configure tab features

The Configure tab lets you tell the driver about the hardware configuration of the printer. If bidirectional communication is enabled in a supported environment, set up this tab by clicking the Update Now button. If your environment does not support bidirectional communication, the configure the options on this tab.

The Configure tab is available when the driver is opened from the Printers folder by clicking Properties. When you open the driver from within an application, the Configure tab will not be visible, with a few exceptions, such as when using Excel 5.0 or Corel Chart

4.0. When opened from the Printers folder, the Configure tab looks like the following illustration.

Update Now button will be unavailable, so you must manually

Figure 35. Configure tab

The printer image in the lower-right portion of the Configure tab represents the current physical configuration of the printer and corresponds to its configuration data, either obtained automatically through bidirectional communication or configured manually. It should look the same as the image that appears in the same location on the P aper tab and the

Note The printer image shown in the illustration might differ from your HP LaserJet product, depending on

the model number and accessory devices.

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Destination tab. For more information, see “Paper tab features.”

Paper handling options

The Paper Handling Options group box provides options for configuring the majority of paper-handling device features.

Duplexing unit

Select this option if a duplexing unit is installed in the printer. When it is selected, additional controls appear in the Document Options group box in the Finishing tab. Unlike most options in this group box, the Duplexing Unit option does not affect the printer image because the duplexing unit is contained within the printer. To print on both sides, click Print from the application, click the Properties button, click the

Finishing tab, and then click Print on Both Sides.

Mopier enabled

A mopier is a printer designed by HP to produce multiple, collated copies from a single print job. Multiple original printing (mopying) increases printer performance and reduces network traffic by sending the job to the printer once, then storing it on the hard disk. The rest of the copies are printed at the printer’s fastest speed. All documents can be created, controlled, managed, and finished from the desktop, eliminating the extra step of going to a photocopier.

The HP LaserJet 9000mfp supports the Transmit Once mopying feature, and the Mopier Enabled option is selected by default.

The HP Laserjet 9000mfp ships with 128 MB or more of memory installed.

MFP Module

Select the MFP Module check box if the HP LaserJet product is a multifunction printer (mfp). The bitmap to the top of the printer. Also, the Driver Work Space value is 19.08 MB; the total memory is 128 MB; the Output Bin Options drop-down menu on the high-capacity input (HCI) tray 4 is automatically configured and rendered unconfigurable in the Optional Paper Sources: drop-down menu on the Configure tab, and Tray 1 Installed is checked, the Disk is checked under Other Options (More...) feature of the Configure tab, and

HP Multifunction Finisher is available in the Optional Paper Destinations: drop-

down menu on the bidirectional communication query or when the mfp bundle is selected during installation. Unselecting this box will cause the printer bitmap to show the HP LaserJet 9000 product with standard top bin and the top bin will be an available destination once again.

MFP Module option affects the printer image by applying the scanner

Top Bin (Face Down) option is removed from the

Destination tab; the HP 2000-sheet

duplex unit is checked, and Printer Hard

Configuration tab. This option is checked by a successful

Tray 1 installed

Tray 1 is available on the HP LaserJet 9000mfp. Tray 1 can be selected in the Configure tab. The printer image automatically changes to include tray 1.

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Optional Paper Destinations

The Optional Paper Destinations drop-down menu contains the following options:

• HP 3000-Sheet Stapler/Stacker

• HP 3000-Sheet Stacker

• HP Multifunction Finisher

If the 3000-Sheet Stapler/Stacker or Multifunction Finisher is configured on the

Configure tab, the Staple option is included on the Finishing tab.

The

Optional Paper Destinations control is a drop-down list containing the various multi-

bin output devices that are supported by the HP LaserJet 9000mfp. This includes the HP LaserJet 3000-sheet Stapler/Stacker and the HP LaserJet 3000-sheet Stacker. In addition, the HP LaserJet Multifunction Finisher will be listed if Configuring the HP Multifunction Finisher will cause four additional Quick Sets to appear,

Booklet on Letter, Booklet on 11x17, Booklet on A4, and Booklet on A3 (see the

“Quick Sets” section). The first item in this list is "(none)," which is the default setting. The selection made from this list will be shown in the printer image and will affect the choices available on the

Destination tab. Note that these devices cannot be attached to the printer unless the

2000-sheet tray 4 is in place. So, when any of these devices is chosen, the HP LaserJet XY Input Tray (HCI) is automatically configured and grayed.

Destination tab. Each of these devices has a different effect on the

MFP Module is checked.

When the Multifunction Finisher is selected in the Optional Paper Destinations: dropdown menu on the Configure tab, Booklet Bin is added to the Output Bin Options drop-down menu on the Destination tab. In addition, the Fold/Saddle Stitch option is added to the Document Options group box on the Finishing tab.

Any change made to this setting will reset the output bin (specified in the to the default setting.

Destination tab)

Optional Paper Sources

The Optional Paper Sources: drop-down menu lists optional paper sources for the HP LaserJet 9000mfp. The list of available paper sources varies, depending on your product, its input accessories, and the product configuration settings on the Configure tab.

For the HP LaserJet 9000mfp, the Input Tray option (tray 4) is grayed out in the Optional Paper Sources: drop-down menu, since tray 4 is pre-installed and is therefore no longer an “optional” paper source. Tray 4 can be chosen using the Paper tab.

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Other Options

The Other Options group box contains a single More... command button. Clicking the More... button opens the More Configuration Options dialog box.

Figure 36. More Configuration Options dialog box

Storage

In Storage, you can specify whether a printer hard disk is installed and whether Job Retention is enabled. Job Retention is enabled by default. The printer hard disk

control can be set manually or updated by a successful bidirectional communication query using the Update Now button in environments supporting bidirectional communication. Job Retention Enabled determines whether Job Retention appears as a feature on the Destination tab. Because this is the only possible Destination Feature for the HP LaserJet product, this also determines if the Destination Features group box appears on the Destination tab. If Job Retention Enabled is not selected in this dialog box, the Destination Features drop-down menu does not appear on the Destination tab.

The Job Retention Enabled check box is disabled unless the More... dialog box of the Configure tab indicates the printer has a hard disk and at least 128 MB of RAM installed. When the Printer Hard Disk check box under More Options is selected, and 128 MB of RAM is installed, the Job Retention Enabled check box is selected by default.

Printer Memory

Total Memory. This shows the total amount of memory physically installed in the

printer. Total Printer Memory updates from a successful bidirectional query.

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Driver Work Space. The Driver Work Space (DWS) option lets you specify the amount of work-space memory available to the printer. In environments supporting bidirectional communication, this option is configured automatically. To manually set DWS, print a configuration page and find the

DWS value in the Memory section of the

configuration page. The DWS value might change if you switch printer model settings. Then, enter that value in the DWS box in the More Configuration Options dialog box. An accurate DWS value optimizes driver performance.

Fonts

The Fonts group box contains a Font DIMM check box and a corresponding Configure... button. Clicking the Font DIMM check box tells the driver that a Font

DIMM is installed, and that stored data regarding the fonts on the DIMM is available. When the check box is selected, the Configure button is enabled. Click the Configure button to open the Configure Font DIMMs dialog box. If the Font DIMM check box was not selected when you entered the More Configuration Options dialog box, selecting that check box automatically opens the Configure Font DIMMs dialog box.

Figure 37. Configure Font DIMMs dialog box

The Configure Font DIMMs dialog box lets you:

• Add up to two font DIMMs by clicking the Add button.

• Specify a unique font DIMM name.

• Select specific font DIMM data files that contain lists of fonts on specified DIMMs.

• Select one or more installed DIMMs in the Installed DIMM list, and based on the selected DIMM(s). The list to the right (Fonts on DIMM) will display all of the fonts available on the selected DIMM(s).

• Enable or disable one or more of the selected font(s).

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Use the following procedure to configure a font DIMM.

1 Make sure that the font DIMM is properly installed. 2 Click Add. The Add Font DIMM dialog box appears. 3 Click Browse. The Font DIMM Files dialog box appears. 4 Find and select the appropriate Printer Cartridge Metrics (PCM) file that came with the font

DIMM.

5 Click Open. 6 If you want, specify a Font DIMM Name in the Add Font DIMM dialog box. 7 Click OK. The selected .PCM file appears in the Installed DIMMs: list. Select the .PCM file to

display a list of available fonts in the

Fonts on DIMM: list.

8 Click OK to close the Add Font DIMM dialog box. The fonts on the DIMM should now be

available on the system.

Note When using font DIMMs with the PCL 5e and PCL 6 drivers: To install screen fonts that match the font

DIMM, use the .h pb file specifi cally designed to work with tha t DI MM. If there are no sc r een fonts for the DIMM, use the printer cartridge metrics (.PCM) file specifically designed to work with that DIMM.

Ignore Application Collation

Clicking Ignore Application Collation overrides collation settings in software application print options. This option is set by default. The Ignore Application Collation check box is disabled and set to OFF when the Mopier Enabled check box is not selected.

The table below shows the expected behavior for a two-page print job when the number of copies is three.

Table 14. Printer behavior with Ignore Application Collation settings

Hard disk on printer

Mopier Enabled check box

Ignore Application Collation check box

Application Collation check box in Print

Commands sent by printer

Pages sent to printer

Dialog

YesOnOnOn

Off

None Yes On On On QTY=3 1,2 1,2,1,2,1,2 Yes On Off Off Copies=3 1,2 1,1,1,2,2,2 Yes/No Off Off On Copies=1 1,2,1,2,1,2 1,2,1,2,1,2 Yes/No Off Off Off Copies=3 1,2 1,1,1,2,2,2 Yes/No Off Off None Copies=1 1,2,1,2,1,2 1,2,1,2,1,2 Yes/No Off Off None Copies=3 1,2 1,1,1,2,2,2 No On On On

Off

QTY=3 1,2 1,2,1,2,1,2

QTY=3 1,2 1, 2

Pages output from printer

None

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Table 14. Printer behavior with Ignore Application Collation settings (continued)

Hard disk on printer

No On Off On

Mopier Enabled check box

Ignore Application Collation check box

Application Collation check box in Print Dialog

Off None

Commands sent by printer

QTY=3 1,2 1, 2

Pages sent to printer

Pages output from printer

Placing the Ignore Application Collation setting in the printer properties means that, on a Windows NT network, clients connecting to the printer through a network share cannot change its value; only the print queue administrator has the power to decide how the printer driver is set up.

The Ignore Application Collation setting is not a means to print non-collated copies. If you want to print non-collated copies, disable mopying.

Automatic Configuration

If you have modified the configuration of the HP LaserJet product since installation, click the Update Now button to automatically reflect the new configuration in the driver. For more information about the Driver Automatic Configuration feature, see “Driver Autoconfiguration.”

Printer image

The bitmap image in the lower-right portion of the Configure tab screen represents the current physical configuration of the printer according to the driver configuration data (obtained automatically through bidirectional communication, or configured manually in the Paper-Handling Options group box). It should have the same appearance as the image in the same location on the Paper tab and the Destination tab.

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NT Forms tab features

The NT Forms tab appears only in the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP operating environments. The NT Forms tab (like the Configure tab) can be viewed only from the Properties window.

Figure 38. Driver NT Forms tab

The NT Forms tab lets you specify which media sizes and types are loaded in each of the available paper trays. The advantage is that it constrains the choices available in the and Type lists on the Paper tab. This constraint prevents information overload when you request unavailable sizes or types.

Available Trays is a drop-down menu containing all product trays specified on the

Size

Configure tab. The This Tray Contains/Size (Forms) drop-down menu contains a list of

standard paper sizes supported by the HP LaserJet product, as well as any custom forms defined in the media types supported by the HP LaserJet product. The and type constraints on the

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Forms tab. The This Tray Contains/Type drop-down menu lists all of the

Clear All button removes all size

Paper tab.

Configuring the trays

1 Select the appropriate tray from the Available Trays list. 2 Use the This Tray Contains/Size (Forms) drop-down menu to select the paper size (or form)

loaded in that tray.

3 Use the This Tray Contains/Type drop-down menu to select the paper type that is configured

for the tray.

4 Repeat steps 1 through 3 for the remaining trays. 5 If necessary, click the Clear All button to reconfigure all the trays, and remove the size and type

constraints imposed on the

Paper tab.

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Hp LASERJET 9000MFP software technical reference

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

List of tables

List of figures

Purpose and Scope

Introduction

Software Description

Introduction

Supported operating systems

Technology background information

HP LaserJet user documentation

Adobe Acrobat Reader

HP LaserJet guides

HP LaserJet product printing-system installation notes

HP LaserJet product printing-system release notes

Other HP LaserJet documents

Bidirectional communication

Driver Autoconfiguration

Printer Status and Alerts

Remote firmware update

Determining the current level of firmware

Downloading the new firmware from the HP Web site

Downloading the new firmware to the product

Remote firmware update for Windows systems

Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me

Remote firmware update for UNIX systems:

Remote firmware update using FTP on a direct network connection

Using HP Web JetAdmin to download the firmware to the product

Printer messages during firmware upgrade

Troubleshooting a firmware update

Information tab

Device status

Configuration information

Links to off-printer solutions

Settings tab

Remote printer configuration

Networking tab

Configuration

Security

Diagnostics

Network settings

Configurable e-mail alerts

Digital sending

Configuring HP Digital Send from the control panel

Sending to e-mail

Foreign Interface Harness

E-mail command and response

Euro character

Printing-system components

Printing system and installer

CD browser for Windows systems

Installer features

Installable components

Printer drivers

PCL 5e, PCL 6, and PS drivers

Windows 3.1x driver versions

Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, and XP driver versions

Macintosh and Macintosh-compatible system driver versions

AutoCAD driver versions

Additional driver availability

Macintosh components

Additional productivity tools

Optional software

HP Web JetAdmin

Driver features

PCL 6 and PCL 5e driver features

Help system

What's this? Help

Context-sensitive Help

Constraint messages

Bubble Help

Finishing tab features

Quick Sets

Factory Defaults

Custom Quick Sets

Document Options

Print on Both Sides option

Flip Pages Up