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Table of contents
1 Document and product basics ...................................................................................................................... 1
Purpose and scope .............................................................................................................................. 2
Software availability and localization .................................................................................................... 3
Printing-system software on the Web .................................................................................. 3
In-box printing-system software CD .................................................................... 3
HP LaserJet Windows software CD .................................................................... 3
CD versions and language support ..................................................................... 4
Driver languages ................................................................................ 6
Installer languages ............................................................................. 7
Documentation languages .................................................................. 8
2 Windows software description and installation ........................................................................................... 9
Remove Windows software .............................................................................................................. 116
Use the HP Uninstall utility to remove the product software ............................................ 116
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Use the software CD to remove the product software ..................................................... 118
Remove the print driver by using the Windows Add or Remove Programs feature ......... 121
Uninstall the print driver by using the Server Properties feature ..................................... 123
3 Mac software and utilities .......................................................................................................................... 125
Set up a printer with a Mac ............................................................................. 161
Troubleshoot the product setup ...................................................................... 162
Remove the printing-system software from Mac operating systems ................................................ 163
4 Linux, Unix and other ................................................................................................................................. 167
Linux information .............................................................................................................................. 168
Unix information ............................................................................................................................... 169
Calibrate the product ....................................................................................... 178
Index ................................................................................................................................................................. 179
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List of tables
Table 1-1 Software CD supported languages .................................................................................................... 4
Table 1-2 Supported print driver languages ....................................................................................................... 6
Table 1-3 Installer component languages .......................................................................................................... 7
Table 1-4 Documentation languages ................................................................................................................. 8
Table 2-1 Font Attribute settings for new and preset watermarks .................................................................... 40
Figure 2-17 Help & Learn Center ..................................................................................................................... 76
Figure 2-18 IP address location on the configuration page .............................................................................. 77
Figure 2-19 HP Device Toolbox, Home tab – Device Status page .................................................................. 79
Figure 2-20 HP Device Toolbox, Home tab – Supplies Status page ............................................................... 80
Figure 2-21 HP Device Toolbox, Home tab – Device Configuration page ....................................................... 80
Figure 2-22 HP Device Toolbox, Home tab – Network Summary page ........................................................... 81
Figure 2-23 HP Device Toolbox, Home tab – Reports page ............................................................................ 82
Figure 2-24 HP Device Toolbox, Home tab – Color Usage Log page ............................................................. 82
Figure 2-25 HP Device Toolbox, Home tab – Event Log page ........................................................................ 82
Figure 2-26 HP Device Toolbox, System tab – Device Information page ........................................................ 83
Figure 2-27 HP Device Toolbox, System tab – Paper Setup page .................................................................. 84
Figure 2-28 HP
Figure 2-29 HP Device Toolbox, System tab – EcoSMART Console page ..................................................... 84
Figure 2-30 HP Device Toolbox, System tab – Print Density page .................................................................. 85
Figure 2-31 HP Device Toolbox, System tab – Paper Types page .................................................................. 85
Figure 2-32 HP Device Toolbox, System tab – System Setup page ................................................................ 86
Device Toolbox, System tab – Print Quality page .................................................................. 84
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Figure 2-33 HP Device Toolbox, System tab – Service page .......................................................................... 86
Figure 2-34 HP Device Toolbox, System tab — Save and Restore page ........................................................ 86
Figure 2-35 HP Device Toolbox, System tab – Product Security page ............................................................ 87
Figure 2-82 Software uninstall — Reboot Now button ................................................................................... 120
Figure 2-83 Software uninstall — Reboot Later button .................................................................................. 120
Figure 2-84 Windows Control Panel screen ................................................................................................... 121
Figure 2-85 HP Driver Uninstall Utility screen ................................................................................................ 122
Figure 2-86 HP Driver Uninstall Complete screen ......................................................................................... 122
Figure 3-1 HP Utility main screen ................................................................................................................... 128
Figure 3-2 HP Utility toolbar ........................................................................................................................... 129
Figure 3-3 Supplies Status screen ................................................................................................................. 129
Figure 3-4 Device Information screen ............................................................................................................ 130
Figure 3-5 Color Usage screen ...................................................................................................................... 130
Figure 3-53 Mac software removal — Password popup ................................................................................ 165
Figure 3-54 Mac software removal — Progress bar ....................................................................................... 165
Figure 3-55 Mac software removal — Summary screen ................................................................................ 166
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Purpose and scope
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Software availability and localization
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Purpose and scope
This software technical reference (STR) provides information about and troubleshooting tips for the
printing-system software for the product.
This STR 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 end users, as appropriate.
NOTE:This STR describes drivers that are available from the product firmware and shipped on the
printing-system software CD that comes with the product. This STR does not describe drivers that will
become available on the Web.
The following information is included in this STR:
●Descriptions of drivers, operating systems, and system environments
Descriptions of installing and uninstalling the printing-system software components
●
For information about the location of information within chapters, see the table of contents. An index
is also provided in this STR.
Additional detailed information about the printing-system software is published in an addendum to this
STR. The following information is available in the addendum:
Lists of installed files
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System-modification information, such as files added or modified
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Software availability and localization
This section provides information about the availability of the product printing-system software and
related software and firmware. Printing-system software on a CD is available from HP fulfillment
centers.
Printing-system software on the Web
All software that is contained on the installation CD is also available on the Web.
Web deployment is the preferred method for obtaining the latest software. The Web site offers an
option for automatic e-mail notification about new software releases.
NOTE:This STR describes drivers that are shipped with the printing-system software CD. This STR
does not describe any drivers that might be released for use by support personnel.
To view the product support Web site, complete the following steps.
1.In the main screen of the installer, click the More Options button, and then click the
Documentation button.
2.Click the HP Help and Learn Center button.
3.In the HP Help and Learn Center screen, click the Web Support tab, and then select the
product model number.
In-box printing-system software CD
The software CD contains a variety of files for installing the printing-system software on the computer.
This section describes the files that are available on the software CD and provides additional
information about support and availability.
The product comes with two printing-system software CDs, one for Windows operating systems and
one for Mac OS X operating systems.
The files on each CD include documentation files and files that are required in order to install and
uninstall the printing-system components.
HP LaserJet Windows software CD
NOTE:For information about the contents of the Mac CD, see Mac software and utilities
on page 125.
The root directory of the Windows software CD contains the AUTORUN.EXE file, the SETUP.EXE
file, and the following directories:
Documents
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Installer
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Installer Content
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Languages
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Prerequisites
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Setup
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Utilities
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x64
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The Utilities folder contains the files to run these stand-alone utilities:
FileToEmail
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●LogAnalyzer.exe
Scrubber
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CD versions and language support
The product printing-system software CD is available with the following components and languages.
The product provides driver support in the following languages.
Table 1-2 Supported print driver languages
ComponentLanguage list
HP PCL 6 Print Driver
HP PCL 5 Universal Print Driver
HP PS Universal Print Driver
Arabic
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Bulgarian
●
Catalan
●
Croatian
●
●Czech
Danish
●
Dutch
●
English
●
●Estonian
Finnish
●
French
●
German
●
Greek
●
●Hebrew
Hungarian
●
Lithuanian
●
Norwegian
●
Polish
●
Portuguese
●
●Romanian
Russian
●
Serbian
●
Simplified Chinese
●
●Slovak
Slovenian
●
Spanish
●
Swedish
●
Thai
●
●Traditional Chinese
Turkish
●
Italian
●
Japanese
●
●Korean
Latvian
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Ukrainian
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Installer languages
The product provides installer component support in the following languages.
Table 1-3 Installer component languages
ComponentLanguage list
Administrator install
Installer
Common Windows installer
Web registration *
Arabic
●
Bahasa Indonesian
●
Catalan
●
Croatian
●
●Czech
Danish
●
Dutch
●
English
●
●Finnish
French
●
German
●
Greek
●
Hebrew
●
●Hungarian
Italian
●
Norwegian
●
Polish
●
Portuguese
●
Romanian
●
●Russian
Simplified Chinese
●
Slovak
●
Slovenian
●
●Spanish
Swedish
●
Thai
●
Traditional Chinese
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Turkish
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Japanese
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Korean
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* Arabic and Hebrew support in English only
* Catalan support in Spanish only
* No support for Bulgarian, Estonian, Japanese, Kazakh, Lithuanian, Latvian, Serbian, Ukrainian, or
Vietnamese
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Documentation languages
The product provides documentation in the following languages.
Table 1-4 Documentation languages
ComponentLanguage list
User Guide
●
Help and Learn
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Warranty and Legal Guide
●
Install Notes (Windows)
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●Hardware Install Guide
Arabic
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Bahasa Indonesian
●
Catalan
●
Croatian
●
●Czech
Danish
●
Dutch
●
English
●
●Finnish
French
●
German
●
Greek
●
Hebrew
●
●Hungarian
Italian
●
Norwegian
●
Polish
●
Portuguese
●
Romanian
●
●Russian
Slovak
●
Slovenian
●
Spanish
●
●Swedish
Thai
●
Turkish
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Simplified Chinese
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Traditional Chinese
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Kazakh
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Korean
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2Windows software description and
installation
Introduction
The product comes with software and installers for Microsoft Windows and Apple Computer, Inc.,
Mac systems. Linux and UNIX systems are supported, and software is available on the Web. For
information about specific system installers, drivers, and components, see the section that
corresponds to that system. For information about Mac software, see
on page 125.
This section contains information about the following topics:
Install overview
●
Mac software and utilities
CD installation and HP Smart Install installation
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Installation for software components from the Web
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HP LaserJet software components for Windows
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Detailed Windows installation instructions
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Point-and Print installation
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Remove Windows software
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Install overview
The printing-system software CD contains the product software.
For all supported operating systems, each install option presents a series of screens that guide you
through the installation process.
Software installation types for Windows
The installer guides the installation, whether you are configuring a direct-connected or a networkconnected product.
The installer additionally detects hardware and network connections, and helps guide the installation.
For example, if the installer detects an HP TopShot LaserJet Pro M275, it automatically configures
the software connection to that product. This saves several steps. If the installer detects a network, it
also guides setting up those features.
Installation options
The printing-system software can be installed when the product is connected to the computer in the
following configurations:
Directly connected via a USB port
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NOTE:Smart Install will begin when USB cable is connected.
Connected via a wired or wireless network
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CD installation and HP Smart Install installation
Supported operating systems for Windows
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Software installation types for Windows
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Supported operating systems for Windows
The product comes with software for the following Windows operating systems:
Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
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Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)
●
Windows XP (32-bit, Service Pack 2)
●
Windows Server 2003 (32-bit, Service Pack 3)
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Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)
●
Software installation types for Windows
The product printing-system software can be installed in the following ways:
HP TopShot LaserJet Pro M275 printing-system installer (Recommended)
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USB connection Smart Install
●
NOTE:Use Smart Install for a wired or wireless network installation.
Microsoft Found New Hardware Wizard (Plug and Play)
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NOTE:Microsoft Plug and Play installation is available only if Autoplay (Smart Install) is
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Installation for software components from the Web
Supported operating systems for Windows
The product comes with software for the following Windows operating systems:
Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
●
Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)
●
Windows XP (32-bit, Service Pack 2)
●
Windows Server 2003 (32-bit, Service Pack 3)
●
Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)
●
Software installation types for Windows
The product printing-system software can be installed in the following ways:
CD
●
Setup.exe (User can browse to CD and double-click)
Autorun.exe (Automatically begins in Windows when installer CD is inserted. Same behavior as
Setup.exe)
Web Package
●
Download from
Self-extracting executable, launches Setup.exe
USB Smart Install
●
Automatically extract instance from the product
Automatically launches Setup.exe
EWS Download Smart Install
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Download from device EWS
Self-extracting executable, launches Setup.exe
http://www.hp.com
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HP LaserJet software components for Windows
Installer
The Installer is a Windows–only software component that provides an installer for the driver files,
connects the product to the user's PC, installs software components, launches configuration utilities,
and provides links to web sites or documentation.
Uninstaller
The uninstall program removes files and folders that were installed when the printing-system software
was originally installed on the computer.
Print drivers
Print drivers provide the printing features and communication between the computer and the product.
The software CD includes software for end users and network administrators who are working in the
following operating environments:
Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit), Windows Server 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008
●
(32-bit and 64-bit), and Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit), and Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Apple Mac OS X v10.5 and later
●
In Windows operating systems, automatic configuration, driver updates after a new product
configuration, and preconfiguration features are available with the product.
NOTE:For additional information about installing the printing-system software, see the HP TopShot
LaserJet Pro M275 Install Notes on the printing-system software CD.
All of the drivers provide access to the paper-handling and print-quality features.
HP PCL 6 Print Driver and PS Universal Print Driver
All of the Windows drivers are supported by Microsoft 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems. The
HP PCL 6 driver is included on the HP TopShot LaserJet Pro M275 printing-system software CD. The
PS Universal Print Driver is available for download at the following Web site:
http://www.hp.com/go/LJColorMFPM200_software or http://www.hp.com/go/
LJColorMFPM200_software
NOTE:If you select the recommended installation by clicking Install Now on the main screen of the
Installer, the HP PCL 6 Print Driver is installed by default.
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Access to Print driver version numbers varies, depending on the operating system in which the
product is installed.
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NOTE:For a list of HP TopShot LaserJet Pro M275 print drivers, updated HP printing-system
software, and product-support information, go to:
http://www.hp.com/go/LJColorMFPM200_software or http://www.hp.com/go/
LJColorMFPM200_software
The Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
operating systems support the HP PCL 6, PCL 5 Universal Print Driver, and PS Emulation Universal
Print Drivers. If you are using an HP print driver in a Windows environment, follow these steps to find
driver-version information:
1.In Windows 7, click the Start button, and then click the Devices and Printers item.
In Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, click the Start button, and then click
the Printers item.
In Windows Server 2008, click the Start button, click the Settings item, and then click the
Printers and Faxes item.
2.Right-click the product icon.
3.Click Printer Properties.
4.Click the About tab.
You can also gain information about driver versions by clicking the About button that appears on
most driver tabs.
HP PCL 6 print driver for Windows
Introduction
You can control print jobs from the product control panel, the software program print dialog box, or
the print driver.
Generally, for features that are duplicated in more than one location (for instance, you can select the
paper input tray from any of them), settings that are established in the software program take
precedence over print driver settings. Print driver settings, in turn, override product control-panel
settings.
Access print drivers
Depending on the operating system on which you are installing the print drivers, you can gain access
to the print drivers and different print-driver interfaces in several ways.
To gain access to the print driver settings from within most software programs, follow these steps:
1.Click the File menu.
2.Click the Print item.
3.Click the Properties button.
The appearance and names of the driver tabs can vary, depending on the operating system. These
driver settings apply only while that software program is open.
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You can control the drivers directly from the Printers folder. Here you have access to two sets of
driver tabs: the Printing Preferences tabs and the Properties tabs. The settings that you make on
the Printing Preferences driver tabs control the driver default settings for each user profile.
Installable options can be configured in Properties driver tabs.
Printing Preferences driver tabs
The Printing Preferences driver tabs change the default settings that are used across all software
programs. To gain access to these tabs, follow these steps:
1.In Windows 7, click the Start button, and then click the Devices and Printers item.
In Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, click the Start button, and then click
the Printers item.
In Windows Server 2008, click the Start button, click the Settings item, and then click the
Printers and Faxes item.
2.Right-click the product icon.
3.Click the Printing Preferences item.
The following Printing Preferences print-driver tabs are available:
Advanced
●
Printing Shortcuts
●
Paper/Quality
●
●Effects
Finishing
●
Color
●
Services
●
Printer Properties driver tabs
This set of tabs controls the driver behavior and driver connections. To gain access to the Printer
Properties tabs, follow these steps:
1.In Windows 7, click the Start button, and then click the Devices and Printers item.
In Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, click the Start button, and then click
the Printers item.
In Windows Server 2008, click the Start button, click the Settings item, and then click the
Printers and Faxes item.
2.Right-click the product icon.
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The following Printer Properties print-driver tabs are available:
●
●
●
●
●
●Security
●
●
Help system
The HP PCL 6 print driver includes a full-featured Help system to provide assistance with printing and
configuration options.
●
●
General
Sharing
Ports
Advanced
Color Management
Device Settings
About
Right-click a feature or control. A pop-up Help window appears.
Click a feature or control, and then press the F1 key. The Help window for the currently selected
control appears.
Incompatible print settings messages
Incompatible print settings (constraint) messages are unsolicited messages that appear in response
to specific print-driver selections. These messages alert you to selections that are illogical or
impossible given the product capabilities or the current settings of other controls.
NOTE:Constraint messages are limited, and the underlying software architecture might accept
some settings that are illogical or impossible for the product to perform. Sending a job with
incompatible settings can lead to unexpected results. If print jobs do not print as expected, check the
product documentation for the product capabilities.
In supported Windows operating environments, some technically invalid print-driver configurations
result in warning messages. For example, duplexing is not possible when printing an envelope. The
following figure shows an incompatible print settings warning.
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Figure 2-1 Incompatible print settings warning
If you click the OK button, the Incompatible Print Settings dialog appears.
Figure 2-2 Incompatible Print Settings dialog
To resolve the conflicting settings, click the Restore my previous settings option, and then click the
OK button. The driver resets the conflicting control back to its previous state.
If you want to keep the conflicting setting, click the Keep this setting, and I will change it later
option, and then click the OK button.
NOTE:In this example, the conflict can be resolved manually. If the conflict is not resolved when
the driver is closed, then the same dialog appears again when a print job is sent to the product.
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Advanced tab features
NOTE:The Advanced tab is located on the Printing Preferences tab set. For information about
how to access these tabs, see
Use the Advanced tab to change the layout of printed pages. Use this tab to configure special
controls that are not commonly used, as well as to control features such as collating and font
management in the driver (although most current software programs support these features in the
print dialog box or through the page settings in the software program). The following figure shows the
Advanced tab.
Figure 2-3 Advanced tab
Printing Preferences driver tabs on page 15,
The Advanced tab contains the following controls:
Paper/Output
●
Copy Count
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Collated
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Graphic
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Document Options
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Paper/Output
The Paper/Output setting contains the following controls:
Copy Count setting
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Collated selection
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Copy Count
Use this control to set the number of copies to print.
Collated
Use this control to collate printed copies.
Graphic
The Graphic setting contains the following controls:
Image Color Management settings
●
True Type Font settings
●
Image Color Management
This control lists the available Image Color Management (ICM) options used for printing color
graphics. ICM, a set of calculations for color matching, makes it possible for programs to adjust colors
before printing so that the color of images on the screen more closely match the color of those
images when they are printed.
NOTE:The ICM Method is typically set to ICM Disabled.
True Type Font
Use the Substitute with Device Font option (the default setting) to print documents that contain
TrueType fonts by using equivalent printer fonts. This permits faster printing; however, you might lose
special characters that the equivalent printer font does not support. Select the Download as Softfont
option to download TrueType fonts for printing instead of using printer fonts.
Document Options
The Document Options setting contains the following controls:
Advanced Printing Features
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Printer Features
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Layout Options
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Advanced Printing Features
When the Advanced Printing Features setting is Enabled, metafile spooling is turned on and
Finishing tab options such as Page Order, Booklet Layout, and Pages per Sheet are available,
depending on the product.
Enhanced metafile spooling is used to greatly reduce the amount of time that elapses between a
request to print (initiated by a software program) and the return of control to the software program by
the operating system.
For normal printing, leave the Advanced Printing Features setting at the default (Enabled). If
compatibility problems occur, you can disable the feature. However, some advanced printing features
might still appear in the print driver, even though they have been disabled. If you select an advanced
printing feature in the print driver that has been disabled on the Advanced tab, the feature is
automatically re-enabled.
Printer Features
The Printer Features setting contains the following controls:
Print All Text as Black
●
The feature is Disabled by default. When Enabled is selected, the driver prints all text as black
regardless of the original document text color. Color text is printed as black, except for white
text, which remains white. (White text is a reliable method of printing reverse typeface against a
dark background.) This setting does not affect graphic images on the page, nor does it affect any
text that is part of a graphic.
Send True Type as Bitmap
●
Send True Type as Bitmap provides an alternative for software programs that have trouble
using TrueType fonts for special graphic aspects such as shading, rotation, or slanting. The
setting is Disabled (off) by default. The TrueType fonts are converted to bitmap soft fonts before
downloading. The Enabled setting causes the driver to send TrueType fonts to the product as
outlines, which retains the standard format (outline) of the fonts.
Raster Compression
●
Use the Raster Compression feature to select the graphics-compression method:
Automatic. The software determines the best compression method to use.
◦
Best Quality. This option forces the software to use a lossless compression method.
◦
(Lossless means that no data is lost during compression.)
Maximum Compression. Where applicable, this option requires the software to always
◦
use a lossy compression method (some data is lost).
Print Data Optimization
●
When selected, this feature allows the print job to use the host memory to ensure quick and
high-quality printing. The print speed increases without any print quality degradation.
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Layout Options
When this option is selected, you must use one of the following settings:
Auto (the default setting)
◦
Optimize for Raster
◦
Optimize for Text and Vector
◦
Alternative Letterhead Mode
Alternative Letterhead Mode feature affects the way you load letterhead or preprinted paper.
This setting is turned off by default.
When selected, this option eliminates the need to flip or reload letterhead or preprinted paper in
a tray, whether you are printing on one or both sides of the sheet. Load the paper the same as
for printing on both sides. If the printer tray has an icon that indicates whether to load paper
either face-up or facedown, load the paper in opposite orientation of that shown.
When this option is selected, you must select one of the following options in the Type is setting:
Letterhead
◦
Preprinted
◦
The Layout Options setting contains the Page Order setting.
Page Order specifies the order in which the pages of your document are printed. Front to Back
prints the document so that page 1 prints first. Back to Front prints the document so that page 1
prints last.
NOTE:The page-ordering operation works on whole sheets of paper rather than on individual
logical pages. Accordingly, if you set Pages per Sheet (on the Finishing tab) to be greater than one,
the ordering of logical pages on a physical sheet of paper does not change.
Printing Shortcuts tab features
Use defined printing shortcuts
●
Create a custom printing shortcut
●
NOTE:The Printing Shortcuts tab is located on the Printing Preferences tab set. For information
about how to access these tabs, see
Use the Printing Shortcuts tab to store specific combinations of driver settings for easy use.
The following figure shows the Printing Shortcuts tab.
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Figure 2-4 Printing Shortcuts tab
The Printing Shortcuts tab saves commonly used driver settings under a shortcut name.
Use defined printing shortcuts
●
Create a custom printing shortcut
●
Use defined printing shortcuts
The Printing Shortcuts tab contains the following pre-defined shortcuts:
General Everyday Printing
●
Factory Defaults
●
Envelopes
●
Cardstock Heavy
●
Labels
●
Transparencies
●
EcoSMART Settings
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General Everyday Printing
When General Everyday Printing is selected, the following controls are available:
Paper sizes:
●
Paper source:
●
Paper type:
●
Print on both sides:
●
Pages per sheet:
●
Color options:
●
When options other than the defaults are selected, the Save as... and Reset buttons become active.
Click Save as... to create a custom printing shortcut.
Click Reset to change customized settings back to the default settings.
Paper sizes
The following options are available:
Letter (default)
●
Legal
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Executive
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8.5x13
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4x6
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5x8
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A4
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A5
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A6
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B5 (JIS)
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10x15cm
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16k 195x270mm
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16k 184x260mm
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16k 197x273mm
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Double Japan Postcard Rotated
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Envelope #10
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Paper source
The following options are available:
●
●
●
●Tray 1
Paper type
The following options are available:
●Unspecified (default)
Envelope Monarch
Envelope B5
Envelope C5
Envelope DL
Automatically Select (default)
Printer auto select
Manual Feed in Tray 1
Plain
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HP EcoSMART Lite
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HP LaserJet 90g
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HP Color Laser Matte 105g
●
HP Premium Choice Matte 120g
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HP Cover Matte 200g
●
HP Matte Photo 200g
●
HP Premium Presentation Glossy 120g
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●HP Brochure Glossy 150g
HP Tri-fold Brochure Glossy 150g
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HP Brochure Glossy 200g
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Light 60–74g
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Intermediate 85–95g
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Mid-Weight 96-110g
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Heavy 111-130g
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Extra Heavy 131-175g
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Heavy Glossy 111-130g
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Extra Heavy Glossy 131-175g
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Card Glossy 176-220g
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Color Laser Transparency
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Labels
●
Letterhead
●
●Envelope
Heavy Envelope
●
Preprinted
●
Prepunched
●
Colored
●
Bond
●
Recycled
●
Rough
●
Heavy Rough
●
●HP Tough Paper
Print on both sides
The following options are available:
●No (default)
Yes, Flip Over
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Yes, Flip Up
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Pages per sheet
The following options are available:
1 page per sheet (default)
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2 pages per sheet
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4 pages per sheet
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6 pages per sheet
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16 pages per sheet
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Color options
The following options are available:
Color (default)
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Black & White
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Factory Defaults
The Factory Defaults are as follows:
Paper sizes: Letter (This setting changes according to country/region.)
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Paper source: Automatically select
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Paper type: Unspecified
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Print on both sides: No
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Pages per sheet: 1 page per sheet
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Color Options: Color
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Envelopes
These settings are automatically selected:
Paper sizes: Envelope #10
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Paper source: Automatically Select
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Paper type: Envelope
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Color options: Color
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Cardstock Heavy
These settings are automatically selected:
Paper sizes: Letter (This setting changes according to country/region.)
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Paper source: Automatically Select
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Paper type: HP Cover Matte 200g
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Print on both sides:No
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Color options: Color
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Labels
These settings are automatically selected:
Paper sizes: Letter (This setting changes according to country/region.)
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Paper source: Automatically Select
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Paper type: Labels
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Color options: Color
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Transparencies
These settings are automatically selected:
Paper sizes: Letter (This setting changes according to country/region.)
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Paper source: Automatically Select
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Paper type: Color Laser Transparency
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Color options: Color
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EcoSMART Settings
Paper sizes: Letter
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Paper source: Automatically Select
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Paper type: Unspecified
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Print on both sides: Yes, flip over
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Pages per sheet: 1 Page per sheet
●
Color options: Color
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Create a custom printing shortcut
1.Select General Everyday Printing as a base.
2.Select the appropriate print settings on the Printing Shortcuts tab or use the settings on any of
the Printing Preferences tabs.
3.On the Printing Shortcuts tab, click Save As.... The Printing Shortcuts dialog box appears.
4.Type a name for the custom printing shortcut, and then click the OK button. The custom printing
shortcut appears in the Printing Shortcuts list.
5.To delete a custom printing shortcut, click the custom shortcut, and then click the Delete button.
Paper/Quality tab features
NOTE:The Paper/Quality tab is located on the Printing Preferences tab set. For information
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Use the Paper/Quality tab to specify paper size, type, and source. You can also use this tab to
specify different paper selections for the front cover, first page, other pages, last page, and back
cover of the document. The following figure shows the Paper/Quality tab.
Figure 2-5 Paper/Quality tab
The Paper/Quality tab contains the following control sets:
Paper Options
●
Document preview image
●
Print Quality
●
Paper Options
The settings specified in the Paper Options group box on the Paper/Quality tab apply to all of the
pages of the document.
The settings in the Paper Options group box are described in the following order:
Paper sizes
●
Custom Paper Size
●
Paper source
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Paper sizes
The Paper sizes setting is a drop-down menu that lists all of the supported paper sizes.
When you move the mouse over the dimensions label, the mouse cursor changes from an arrow to a
gloved hand. Click the dimensions label to toggle between English and metric units.
Because paper-size settings in most software programs override driver settings, it is generally best to
use the driver to set paper size only when you are printing from software programs that do not include
a paper-size setting, such as NotePad, or when you are producing a book or a booklet that does not
require different paper sizes.
NOTE:Certain software programs can override the size command and specify different paper sizes
within a single document.
When you change the print-driver setting to a paper size that is not currently loaded in the product, a
control-panel message appears that prompts you to load the paper size or select another tray.
When the Settings under the Special Pages section have been changed, the Paper sizes, Papersource, and Paper type menus change also, offering a variety of options. For more information, see
Special pages on page 32.
Paper type
Special pages
Custom Paper Size
The Custom Paper Size dialog box appears when you click Custom… on the Paper/Quality tab.
The following figure shows the initial appearance of the Custom Paper Size dialog box.
NOTE:The HP TopShot LaserJet Pro M275 product supports custom paper sizes up to 14 inches
in length. To use this paper size, set the custom paper size to match the custom paper size that you
are using, up to 14 inches in length.
Name
Use the Name text box to type a new name for a custom paper size. When you change the name to
something other than Custom, the Save and OK buttons become active.
The name that appears in the Name text box depends on the following conditions:
If a saved custom paper size has been selected from the drop-down menu on the Paper/Quality
●
tab, then the Name text box shows the name of the selected custom paper size.
If a standard paper size has been selected on the Paper/Quality tab, then the Name text box
●
shows the default name of Custom .
If a new name has been typed into the Name text box for the purpose of saving a new size or
●
renaming an existing size, then that new name will remain in the text box until the new size is
saved or the dialog box is closed.
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Paper size
Units
If you type a new name into the Name text box, but then do not click Save, you can change the width
and height values without losing the name. However, if you close the dialog box without clicking
Save, any unsaved name or size values are lost without warning.
The width and height values can be changed by typing numeric strings into the edit boxes in the
Paper Size group box.
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.
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 minimum value. Width and height entries are
validated when the focus has changed.
The resolution of each control is 1 millimeter or 1/10 of an inch, depending on the current
measurement units.
To change measurement units, click one of the options in the Units group box (either Inches or
Millimeters).
Custom width and height control limits
The minimum paper size for the product is 76 x 127 mm (3 x 5 in) and the maximum is 215.90 x
355.60 mm (8.50 x 14.00 in).
Paper source
The Paper source setting specifies the source tray to use for printing a document. The list of source
trays depends on the product accessories that are installed. Any optional source trays that are
installed through the Device Settings tab also appear here.
The Paper source drop-down menu can contain the following options, depending on what has been
installed on the product:
●Automatically select
Printer auto select
●
Manual Feed in Tray 1
●
Tray 1
●
The default setting is Automatically Select. When this setting is selected, the product uses the
source tray that supports the paper size that you have selected. If you select a source tray other than
Automatically select, make sure that the correct paper size is loaded in the source tray.
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Paper type
The Paper type drop-down menu shows the first few paper types that the product supports and an
entry for More. Clicking More opens the Type Is dialog box. Click the + next to Type Is and its
subcategories to view all of the paper types that the product supports, listed in the following
categories.
Unspecified
●
Everyday <96g
●
Plain
◦
◦HP EcoSMART Lite
Light 60–74g
◦
HP LaserJet 90g
◦
Intermediate 85–95g
◦
Bond
◦
Recycled
◦
Presentation 96-130g
●
HP Color Laser Matte 105g
◦
HP Premium Choice Matte 120g
◦
◦HP Premium Presentation Choice 120g
HP Premium Presentation Glossy 120g
◦
Mid-Weight 96-110g
◦
Heavy 111–130g
◦
Heavy Glossy 111-130g
◦
Brochure 131-175g
●
HP Brochure Matte 150g
◦
HP Brochure Glossy 150g
◦
HP Tri-fold Brochure Glopssy150g
◦
◦Extra Heavy 131–175g
Extra Heavy Glossy 131–175g
◦
Photo/Cover 176-220g
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HP Matte Photo 200g
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◦
◦
Other
●
◦
◦
◦
◦Envelope
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
◦
HP Brochure Glossy 200g
Card Glossy 176-220g
Color Laser Transparency
Labels
Letterhead
Heavy Envelope
Preprinted
Prepunched
Colored
Rough
Heavy Rough
HP Tough Paper
The default setting is Unspecified.
No mechanism exists for manually adding custom paper types through the driver. Use HP Web
Jetadmin to add custom paper types. Custom types can be added only by using bidirectional
communication, so they must already exist in the product when the bidirectional query occurs. If
bidirectional communication is enabled, then an updated list of paper types is returned. If bidirectional
communication is not enabled, then the driver looks for custom paper types that have been saved
from a previous bidirectional communication query, and uses those. Otherwise, no custom paper
types are available through the driver.
NOTE:To download a current version of HP Web Jetamin and for the latest list of supported host
systems, go to the following Web site:
www.hp.com/go/webjetadmin
If you select a setting other than the default, make sure that the correct paper type is loaded in the
tray that you selected in the Paper source setting.
When you change the print-driver setting to a paper type that is not currently loaded in the product, a
control-panel message appears that prompts you to load the paper type or select another tray.
Special pages
To specify special pages to be used, click the Settings button under the Special Pages list.
Covers
To use specific cover settings, click the Covers item in the Special Pages list.
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Use the Covers options to include a blank or preprinted cover on a document, or to include a front/
back cover from a source tray that is different from the one used for the remainder of the document.
The following are the Covers options:
Add a blank or preprinted cover: Select which cover is customized: Front, Back, or Both.
●
Paper source: The Paper source setting specifies the source tray to use for adding a front and/
●
or back cover to the document. The list of source trays depends on the accessories that are
installed. Any optional trays that are installed through the Device Settings tab also appear here.
Paper type: The Paper type setting specifies the paper size to use for front and/or back covers.
●
Changes made to the Paper type setting here override any previous Paper type settings using
the same paper source.
NOTE:The same size of paper will be used for the entire print job.
When you change the type and source of the paper and covers, the settings remain configured until
you close the software program.
Print pages on different paper
Use the Print pages on different paper options to select an alternative paper type or source for the
first, last, or other pages of a document.
The following are the Print pages on different paper options:
Pages in document. Select which pages are customized: the First page, the Last page, or
●
specify a page range with the Pages option.
Paper source: The Paper source setting specifies the source tray to use for printing a
●
document. The list of source trays depends on the accessories that are installed. Any optional
trays that are installed through the Device Settings tab also appear here.
●Paper type: The Paper type drop-down menu shows all of the paper types that the HP TopShot
LaserJet Pro M275 supports.
NOTE:The same type of paper is used for the entire print job.
When you change the type and source of the paper and covers, the settings remain configured until
you close the software program.
Document preview image
The document preview image is a line-drawn image of a page that represents graphics and text. The
document preview image is always oriented so that the contents of the page are right-side-up. The
document preview image appears in the upper-right corner of the following Printing Preferences
driver tabs:
●Printing Shortcuts
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●
Effects
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Finishing
●
Color
●
Switching between tabs does not change the location or appearance of the document preview image.
When you move the mouse over the document preview image, the mouse cursor changes from an
arrow to a gloved hand. You can toggle between portrait and landscape page orientation by clicking
the image.
Print Quality
The Print Quality group box contains the following control:
●
Gloss Level drop down menu
●
Gloss Level drop down menu
Use this control to select print quality. ImageREt settings precisely control colors by combining up to 4
colors and varying the amount of toner in a given area to create many smooth colors, sharp images,
and crisp text.
The Gloss Level drop-down menu contains the following resolution options.
Default
●
Best
●
Standard
●
Effects tab features
NOTE:The Effects tab is located on the Printing Preferences tab set. For information about how
to access these tabs, see
Use the Effects tab to create unique paper effects such as scaling and watermarks. The following
figure shows the Effects tab.
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Figure 2-6 Effects tab
The Effects tab contains the following controls:
Resizing Options
●
Document preview image
●
Watermarks
●
Resizing Options
The Resizing Options group box consists of the following controls:
Actual size (default)
●
●Print document on
Scale to fit
●
% of actual size
●
Actual size
Actual size is the default setting. It prints the document without changing the document size.
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Print document on
Click the Print document on option to format the document for one paper size and then print the
document on a different paper size, with or without scaling the image to fit the new paper size.
The Print document on control is disabled by either of the following conditions:
The % of actual size value is not 100.
●
The Pages per sheet value (on the Finishing tab) is not 1.
●
When Print Document On is selected, the drop-down menu shows the paper sizes on which you can
print. The list contains all of the standard paper sizes that the selected paper source supports and
any custom sizes that you have created. When Print document on is selected, Scale to fit is
automatically selected. Clear this check box if you do not want your document reduced or enlarged to
fit on the selected paper.
Scale to fit
The Scale to fit option box 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 centered 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.
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 paper size.
% of actual size
The % of actual size option provides a slider bar and input box to use for scaling the percentage
setting. The default setting in the entry box is 100% of actual size. Actual size is defined as the paper
size that is selected within the driver or what the driver receives from the software program (if the
software program does not negotiate the paper size with the driver). The driver scales the page by
the appropriate factor and sends it to the product.
The limits of the range are from 25% to 400%, and any values outside the range are adjusted 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).
Any change to the scale also changes the page preview, which increases or decreases from the
upper-left corner of the preview.
The slider bar controls the scale directly. The value in the edit box changes as the slider-bar indicator
is dragged, and the document preview image is updated to the new image scale. Each click on the
arrows increases or decreases the scale by 1%. Each click on the slider bar affects the scale by 10%.
You cannot achieve an exact value by dragging the slider-bar indicator. Instead, either use the sliderbar indicator to approximate the value that you want and then use the arrows to refine the value, or
type the value into the entry box.
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The following settings disable % of actual size:
Print document on (on the Effects tab) is selected
●
Pages per sheet (on the Finishing tab) is not 1
●
Document preview image
The document preview image is a line-drawn image of a page that represents graphics and text. The
document preview image is always oriented so that the contents of the page are right-side-up. The
document preview image appears in the upper-right corner of the following Printing Preferences
driver tabs:
Printing Shortcuts
●
Paper/Quality
●
Effects
●
Finishing
●
Color
●
Switching between tabs does not change the location or appearance of the document preview image.
When you move the mouse over the document preview image, the mouse cursor changes from an
arrow to a gloved hand. You can toggle between portrait and landscape page orientation by clicking
the image.
Watermarks
Use the Watermarks feature to select a watermark, create a new watermark (text only), or edit an
existing watermark. The following watermarks are preset in the driver:
●
●
●
●
●
The Watermarks feature can be configured using the Driver Configuration Utility.
If the [Username] watermark is selected, the driver will use the network username of the logged in
user for the watermark.
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 that is selected from this list appears in the preview image.
When the First page only check box is selected, the watermark is printed only on the first page of
the document. The First page only check box is disabled when the current watermark selection is
"(none).”
(none)
[Username]
Confidential
Draft
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Watermarks are applied to logical pages. For example, when Pages per sheet is set to "4" and Firstpage only is turned off, four watermarks appear on the physical page (one on each logical page).
Click Edit, and the Watermark Details dialog box appears.
The dialog box shows a preview image and provides options for creating a new watermark and
controlling the message angle and font attributes.
Click OK to accept all of the changes that are made in the Watermark Details dialog box. However,
clicking Cancel does not cancel all of the changes. If you make changes to a watermark and then
select a different watermark or click New, all of the changes 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 that are available in the driver and any new watermarks that 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. The name that you type in
the Watermark Message field appears in the Current Watermarks group box in the WatermarkDetails dialog box and in the Watermarks group box on the Effects tab.
To name the new watermark, type the selected watermark text in the Watermark Message edit box.
To delete a watermark, select the watermark in the Current Watermarks list, and then click Delete.
A warning appears asking whether you are sure you want to delete the selected item. Click Cancel if
you want to keep the watermark. Click OK to delete the selected watermark.
NOTE:You can have no more that 30 watermarks in the Current Watermarks list at one time.
When you reach the limit of 30 watermarks, the New button is disabled.
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 typeface or font 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 (Draft #3, Draft #4, and so on).
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Message Angle
Use the controls in the Message Angle group box to print the watermark in different orientations on
the page. All settings center the watermark string within the page; the selection of a particular setting
affects only the angle of the string placement. The following settings are available:
●
●
●
Font Attributes
Use the controls in the Font Attributes group box to change the font and the shading, size, and style
of the font.
The Font Attributes group box contains the following controls:
●
Diagonal. This is the default setting. Select this setting to place the text along a line that spans
the lower-left to upper-right corners of the page.
Horizontal. Select this setting to place the text along a line that spans the mid-left and mid-right
edges of the page.
Angle. Select this setting to place the text at the specified angle across the page. Use the
numeric spin box to select the angle.
Name
The Name drop-down menu lists fonts that are currently installed on the system. The default is
language-dependent.
Color
●
The Color drop-down menu contains the following selections:
Gray
◦
◦Red
Yellow
◦
Green
◦
Cyan
◦
Blue
◦
Magenta
◦
Shading
●
The default Shading setting for new and preset watermarks is Very light. The following range of
shades is available from the Shading drop-down menu:
Lightest
◦
Very light (default)
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Medium light
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Medium
◦
Medium dark
◦
Dark
◦
Very dark
◦
Darkest
◦
These values represent the intensity of the gray that is used. Select Light to produce a lightly
saturated gray watermark. Select Lightest to produce the lightest shade of watermark. Select
Darkest to produce a black watermark.
Size
●
Font sizes from 1 to 999 points are available from the Size menu. The default point size is
language-dependent.
Style
●
The following settings are available:
Regular
◦
Bold
◦
Italic
◦
Bold Italic
◦
The default Style setting for new and preset watermarks is Regular.
Default watermark settings
The following table shows Font Attribute settings for new and preset watermarks.
Table 2-1 Font Attribute settings for new and preset watermarks
SettingNew watermarkPreset watermark
NameArialVaries by language
ColorGrayGray
ShadingVery lightVery light
Size80Varies by language
StyleRegularRegular
Click the OK button to accept all of the changes that have been made in the Watermark Details
dialog box. Clicking the Cancel button does not cancel all of the changes. If you make changes to a
watermark and then select a different watermark or click New, all of the changes are saved, and only
the current, unsaved changes can be canceled.
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Finishing tab features
NOTE:The Finishing tab is located on the Printing Preferences tab set. For information about
how to access these tabs, see
Use the Finishing tab to print booklets and control the paper output. The following figure shows the
Finishing tab.
Figure 2-7 Finishing tab
Printing Preferences driver tabs on page 15.
The Finishing tab contains the following controls:
Document Options
●
Document preview image
●
Orientation
●
Document Options
The Document Options group box contains the following controls:
Print on both sides (manually)
●
●
Flip pages up
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Booklet layout
●
Pages per sheet
●
Print page borders
●
Page order
●
Print on both sides (manually)
The default setting for the Print on both sides (manually) option is off (not selected).
Print on both sides (manually) is available when the following conditions exist:
Paper type on the Paper/Quality tab is set to any paper type except for the following types:
●
Labels
◦
◦Color Laser Transparency
Envelope
◦
Paper sizes is set to any paper size except for the following sizes:
●
Envelope #10
◦
Double Japan Postcard Rotated
◦
Envelope Monarch
◦
Envelope B5
◦
Envelope C5
◦
Envelope DL
◦
Print on both sides manually
Select the Print on Both Sides (manually) check box to print on the second side of the paper.
Manually printing on the second side of a page is available when you are using the HP PCL 6 print
driver.
Select the paper type that corresponds to the paper that you are using for the print job. The following
paper types have a different print modes when you manually print on the second side:
Plain
●
Preprinted
●
Letterhead
●
Prepunched
●
Bond
●
Recycled
●
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Colored
●
Rough
●
NOTE:To make the Print on Both Sides (manually) check box available in the document options,
select the Allow Manual Duplexing option on the Device Settings tab in the print-driver Properties
tab set.
Cardstock paper can be manually printed on the second side, but no change occurs to the print
mode. Transparencies and labels should never be manually printed on the second side.
To print a multiple-page document, follow these steps:
1.Select the Print on Both Sides (manually) check box.
2.Click the OK button. The even-number pages of the document print.
3.When the control panel shows the Manually Feed message, insert the stack of paper (on which
the even-number pages have been printed) as indicated in the following figure.
Figure 2-8 Print on Both Sides Instructions dialog box
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When you have completed the steps that appear in the dialog box, the second half of the print job
prints on the back side of the stack of paper. The driver does not require the program to specifically
support odd- and even-page printing, because the driver coordinates this function.
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Flip pages up
Use the Flip pages up check box to specify the duplex-binding option. By default, the Flip pages up
check box is not available. It is available only when Print on both sides is selected. The following
table demonstrates the results of selecting this check box, depending on the paper orientation
selected on the Finishing tab.
Table 2-2 Page orientation
Orientation (Finishing tab)Flip Pages Up selectedFlip Pages Up not selected
PortraitShort-edge bindingLong-edge binding
LandscapeLong-edge bindingShort-edge binding
When Print on both sides is selected, the document preview image changes to show a spiral
binding along either the left edge or the top edge of the page. In addition, a folded-over corner
appears in the lower-right portion of the preview image, indicating that printing occurs on the back
side. An arrow on the folded-over corner points in the direction that the pages would be flipped if they
were bound together.
Short-side binding is for print jobs with pages that read by flipping over like the pages of a calendar.
Long-side binding is for print jobs with pages that read by turning like the pages of a book.
Booklet layout
The Booklet layout drop-down menu, visible when Print on both sides is selected, offers choices
that are based on the current paper size. The default setting for the Booklet Printing drop-down
menu is Off. The other settings have the following format, where [paper size] depends on the paper
size that is set on the Paper/Quality tab:
●Left binding
Right binding
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When you select Left binding or Right binding, the document preview image changes to show the
location of the binding. If the Pages per sheet setting is on the default setting of 1, it automatically
changes to 2 pages per sheet. If you change the Pages per sheet setting manually to 4, 6, 9, or 16
pages per sheet, the booklet setting is disabled. See
information.
Book and Booklet Printing
The HP TopShot LaserJet Pro M275 supports book and booklet printing.
A book is a print job consisting of at least two pages. It can have a different paper type for the front
cover, first page, other pages, last page, or back cover. Use the Covers and Print pages ondifferent paper settings on the Paper/Quality tab to select different paper for the front cover, first
page, other pages, and back cover. For more information, see
Pages per sheet on page 45 for more
Paper/Quality tab features on page 27.
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A booklet is a print job that places two pages on each side of a sheet that can then be folded into a
booklet that is half the size of the paper. Use the Booklet layout drop-down menu on the Finishing
tab to control booklet settings.
Print a booklet
1.From the software program, select the Print option.
2.Select the product, and then click the Properties or Preferences button.
3.Click the Finishing tab.
4.Click the Print on Both Sides (Manually) check box.
5.In the Booklet Printing drop-down list, select a binding option. The Pages Per Sheet option
automatically changes to 2 Pages Per Sheet.
Pages per sheet
Use the Pages per sheet option to select the number of pages that you want to print on a single
sheet of paper. If you choose to print more than one page per sheet, the pages appear smaller and
are arranged on the sheet in the order that they would otherwise be printed. The Pages per sheet
drop-down menu provides six settings:
1 page per sheet (this is the default)
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2 pages per sheet
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4 pages per sheet
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6 pages per sheet
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9 pages per sheet
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16 pages per sheet
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NOTE:When you select an option other than 2 pages per sheet, booklet printing is unavailable.
Related controls indented beneath Pages per Sheet are Print page borders and Page order, which
become active when Pages per sheet is greater than 1.
Print page borders
Print page borders sets a line around each page image on a printed sheet to help visually define the
borders of each logical page.
Page order
The Page order drop-down menu contains four selections:
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Left, then Down
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Down, then Left
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Document preview image
The document preview image is a line-drawn image of a page that represents graphics and text. The
document preview image is always oriented so that the contents of the page are right-side-up. The
document preview image appears in the upper-right corner of the following Printing Preferences
driver tabs:
Printing Shortcuts
●
Paper/Quality
●
Effects
●
Finishing
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Color
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Switching between tabs does not change the location or appearance of the document preview image.
When you move the mouse over the document preview image, the mouse cursor changes from an
arrow to a gloved hand. You can toggle between portrait and landscape page orientation by clicking
the image.
Orientation
Orientation refers to the layout of the image on the page, and does not affect the way that paper
feeds into the product. You can specify the orientation of the print job. The three available
orientations are portrait, landscape, and rotated. The default orientation is Portrait.
NOTE: Nearly all software programs establish the orientation for the printed page, so the page
orientation in the driver is useful only for the few software programs that do not set an orientation.
The Orientation group box contains the following options:
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.
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Rotate by 180 degrees. This creates a landscape or portrait orientation in which the image is
●
rotated 180°. This setting is useful for printing prepunched paper.
You can toggle orientation between portrait and landscape by clicking the document preview image. If
you select the Rotate by 180 degrees check box, no change occurs in the document preview image.
Color tab features
NOTE:The Color tab is located on the Printing Preferences tab set. For information about how to
access these tabs, see
Printing Preferences driver tabs on page 15,
Use the Color tab to specify predefined color-option settings or to fine-tune the color treatments and
halftoning. Color output can also be converted to grayscale. The Color tab is shown in the following
figure.
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Figure 2-9 Color tab
The Color tab contains the following sets of controls:
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●
●
●
●
NOTE:Color Options and Color Themes settings are only available when HP EasyColor is not
selected.
Color Options
Use the Color Options group box to adjust the independent color controls. The settings affect the
print job color rendering and print quality. The Color Options group box contains the following
controls:
●
●
Color Options
Color Themes
Document preview image
HP EasyColor
Automatic option (default)
Manual option
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Automatic
Manual
Settings button (Click this button to open the Color Settings dialog box.)
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Print in Grayscale check box
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Use the Automatic option for color settings that automatically fine-tune the printed output. The
Automatic color settings provide high-quality output while maintaining product performance for most
color printing needs.
To change the color settings, select the Manual option, and then click the Settings button. The Color
Settings dialog box appears.
NOTE:To activate the Color Options controls, clear the HP EasyColor check box.
To change the settings, make your selections by using the drop-down menus in the Color Settings
dialog box, and then click OK.
The Color Settings dialog box contains the following controls:
General
●
●
●
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Edge Control
The Edge Control setting determines how edges are rendered, to prevent a gap or white line on a
colored background. Edge Control has two components: adaptive halftoning and trapping. Adaptive
halftoning increases edge sharpness. Trapping reduces the effect of color plane misregistration by
overlapping the edges of adjacent objects slightly.
Four levels of edge control are available:
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Edge Control
◦
Halftone
◦
Text
Neutral Grays
◦
Graphics
Neutral Grays
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Photographs
Neutral Grays
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Light sets trapping at a minimal level, and adaptive halftoning is on..
Normal is the default trapping setting. Trapping is at a medium level and adaptive halftoning is
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Halftone
Halftone options affect the resolution and clarity of the color output. It is possible to select halftonesettings for text, graphics, and photographs independently. The two halftone options are Smooth and
Detail.
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●The Detail option is useful for text and graphics that require sharp distinctions among lines or
Neutral Grays
The Neutral Grays drop-down menu controls the selection of a device-dependent color table that is
embedded in the product firmware. You can adjust the Neutral Grays setting independently for text,
graphics, or photographs. The following options are available:
Maximum is the most aggressive trapping setting. Adaptive halftoning is on for this setting.
Off turns off both trapping and adaptive halftoning.
The Smooth option provides better results for large, solid-filled print areas. It also enhances
photographs by smoothing out fine color gradations. Choose this option when uniform and
smooth area fills are a priority.
colors, or images that contain a pattern or a high level of detail. Choose this option when sharp
edges and details are a priority.
●
●
Color Themes
The Color Themes group box contains the following RGB color options, which determines how
colors are rendered:
NOTE:To activate the Color Themes controls, clear the HP EasyColor check box.
●
●
●
●
●
Black Only. This option generates neutral colors (grays and black) by using only black toner.
This option guarantees that neutral colors do not have a color cast. Black Only is the default
setting for the Text and Graphics components.
4-Color. This option generates neutral colors by combining all four colors of toner, which
produces smoother gradients and transitions to non-neutral colors. It also produces the darkest
possible black. 4-Color is the default setting for Photographs.
Default (sRGB)
Photo (sRGB)
Photo (Adobe RGB 1998)
Vivid (sRGB)
None
Default (sRGB)
Select Default (sRGB) for most printing needs. This setting instructs the product to interpret RGB
color as sRGB, which is the accepted standard of Microsoft and the World Wide Web Consortium
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(W3C). Colors are matched to optimize the RGB colors on the screen and to provide vivid images
and graphics.
Photo (sRGB)
Select Photo (sRGB) to enhance documents in which the content is mainly bitmap images, such
as .GIF or .eps files. This setting instructs the product to use the best color matching for rendering
sRGB bitmap images. This setting affects only raster data; it has no effect on text or vector-based
graphics. Using glossy paper in combination with this setting provides the maximum enhancement.
Photo (Adobe RGB 1998)
Select Photo (AdobeRGB 1998) for documents that use the AdobeRGB color space rather than
sRGB. For example, some digital cameras capture images in Adobe RBG, and documents that are
produced with Adobe PhotoShop use the Adobe RGB color space. When printing from a professional
software program that uses Adobe RGB, it is important that you turn off the color management in the
software program and allow the product software to manage the color space.
Vivid (sRGB)
The Vivid (sRGB) feature instructs the printer to increase the color saturation in the midtones. Less
colorful objects are rendered more colorfully. This value is recommended for printing business
graphics.
None
Select None to instruct the printer to print RGB data in raw device mode. To render documents
properly when this option is selected, you must manage color in the program in which you are
working or in the operating system.
CAUTION:Use this option only if you are familiar with the procedures for managing color in the
software program or in the operating system.
Document preview image
The document preview image is a line-drawn image of a page that represents graphics and text. The
document preview image is always oriented so that the contents of the page are right-side-up. The
document preview image appears in the upper-right corner of the following Printing Preferences
driver tabs:
Printing Shortcuts
●
Paper/Quality
●
Effects
●
Finishing
●
Color
●
Switching between tabs does not change the location or appearance of the document preview image.
When you move the mouse over the document preview image, the mouse cursor changes from an
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arrow to a gloved hand. You can toggle between portrait and landscape page orientation by clicking
the image.
HP EasyColor
The HP EasyColor feature automatically improves mixed-content documents that are printed from
Microsoft Office programs. By default, the HP EasyColor check box is checked.
Services tab features
NOTE:The Services tab is located on the Printing Preferences tab set. For information about how
to access these tabs, see
The Services tab is shown in the following figure.
Figure 2-10 Services tab
Printing Preferences driver tabs on page 15.
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The Services tab contains the following group boxes:
Internet Services
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Internet Services
The Internet Services group box contains the Select a destination drop-down menu with the
following selections:
Support and troubleshooting. This is the main Web site for HP TopShot LaserJet Pro M275
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product support.
Product manuals. View or download product manuals.
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Check for driver updates. Automatically check your print drivers to see whether the correct and
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most up-to-date print drivers are installed.
Shop for supplies. Shop online and order supplies for your HP printer.
●
If you have Internet access, select any of these items and click Go! to open the corresponding
HP Web page.
Device Settings tab features
NOTE:The Device Settings tab is located on the Printer Properties tab set. For information about
how to access these tabs, see
Printer Properties driver tabs on page 15,
Available options depend on the feature. The following figure shows the Device Settings tab.
Figure 2-11 Device Settings tab
The Device Settings tab contains controls for paper-handling devices and controls for managing the
product.
The Device Settings tab contains the following controls:
Form to Tray Assignment
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Font Substitution Table
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Installable Options
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Form to Tray Assignment
A network administrator can use Form to Tray Assignment to specify the paper size in each input
tray.
The product supports more than one source of paper. You can assign a form (which defines the
paper size and margins) to each paper source. When a form is matched to a source, you can select
the form when you print. The product prints from the tray to which that form is assigned.
Network administrators can use the Form to Tray Assignment setting to specify, in the driver, the
paper size that is loaded into each available input tray. The use of forms constrains the choices that
are available in the paper-size list on the Paper/Quality tab in the Printing Preferences driver tabs.
This constraint prevents (or reduces the likelihood of) tying up the product with paper-mount
messages that occur when users request sizes or types that are not available.
The trays listed in the Form to Tray Assignment setting include standard trays and optional
accessory trays. Generally, items that are installed separately have a separate Installable Options
setting.
The input trays listed here are also listed as paper sources on the Paper/Quality tab.
Configuring the trays
1.Select the appropriate tray in the Form to Tray Assignment list.
2.Use the drop-down menu to select the paper size (or form) that is loaded in that tray.
3.Repeat steps 1 and 2 for the remaining trays.
4.Click the OK button to enable your settings, or, if necessary, click the Cancel button to
reconfigure all the trays, and remove the size and type constraints that have been imposed on
the Paper/Quality tab.
Font Substitution Table
Use the Font Substitution Table settings to change the TrueType to printer font mapping and to
install and remove external fonts for the product through the External Fonts option. External fonts
can be soft fonts or DIMM fonts.
Click the Font Substitution Table option to open a list of fonts. Use the settings to change the
TrueType-to-product font mappings.
External Fonts
Use the External Fonts option to install and remove external fonts for the product. External fonts can
be soft fonts or DIMM fonts.
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Click the External Fonts option to make the Properties button available. Click Properties to open
the HP Font Installer dialog box, which is shown in the following figure.
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Installing external fonts
Follow these steps to install external fonts.
1.In Windows 7, click the Start button, and then click the Devices and Printers item.
In Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, click the Start button, and then click
the Printers item.
In Windows Server 2008, click the Start button, click the Settings item, and then click the
Printers and Faxes item.
2.Right-click the name of the product.
3.Click Printer Properties.
4.Click the Device Settings tab.
5.Click the External Fonts option. The Properties button appears.
6.Click Properties. The HP Font Installer dialog box appears.
7.Type the name and path of the font metric file in the Printer Font File Location text box, or click
Browse to locate the file on the computer. The font file names appear in the Font(s) to be
Added window.
8.Select the fonts that you want to add, and then click Add. The fonts are installed and the file
names appear in the Installed Font(s) window.
9.Click OK to close the HP Font Installer dialog box.
Removing external fonts
1.In Windows 7, click the Start button, and then click the Devices and Printers item.
In Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, click the Start button, and then click
the Printers item.
In Windows Server 2008, click the Start button, click the Settings item, and then click the
Printers and Faxes item.
2.Right-click the name of the product.
3.Click Printer Properties.
4.Click the Device Settings tab.
5.Click the External Fonts option. The Properties
operties. The HP Font Installer dialog box appears. The external fonts that are
lick Pr
6.C
installed appear in the Installed Fonts window.
button appears.
7.Select the fonts that you want to remove, and then click Remove. The fonts are removed.
8.Click OK to close the HP Font Installer dialog box.
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Installable Options
Items under Installable Options are automatically populated and their default settings are set when
the driver is installed.
The product has printing options that you can install and configure in this section. The following
controls are available:
Allow Manual Duplexing
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●
Job Separator
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Allow Manual Duplexing
Select the Allow Manual Duplexing item to print on both sides of any supported size and most types
of paper (except transparencies, envelopes, and labels). To use this feature, you must reinsert the
paper stack into the input tray to print the second side. The product pauses while you make this
adjustment.
This setting is enabled by default.
Job Separator
Use this control to specify whether a print job identifier page should be printed between print jobs.
This setting is disabled by default.
About tab features
NOTE:The About tab is located on the Printer Properties tab set. For information about how to
access these tabs, see
The About tab provides detailed information about driver component versions. It contains an overall
build version number (in parentheses after the model name) together with specific information about
each of the components. The information varies according to the product model number, driver, date,
and versions. The About tab is shown in the following figure.
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Figure 2-12 About tab
The About tab lists driver installation file names and their version numbers. The About tab also
indicates whether the driver was autoconfigured, whether administrator preferences were set, the
date the driver was last configured, and whether the configuration is autoconfigured or userconfigured.
The About button is also available on most driver screens. The About button provides a driver
version number and creation date.
Driver configuration for Windows
The HP print drivers feature bidirectional communication technology which, in supported
environments, provide automatic discovery and driver configuration for product accessories at the
time of installation.
Some accessories that are automatically discovered and configured include the duplexing unit,
optional paper trays, printer hard disk, and dual inline memory modules (DIMMs).
Driver autoconfiguration
Automatic discovery and driver configuration through bidirectional communication occurs in the
following circumstances:
When a print driver is installed by using the installer
●
●When using the Update Now feature for a driver that is already installed
However, as shown in the following table, driver autoconfiguration and Update Now are not available
in Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, or Windows 7
operating systems over a direct connection when the product is installed by using the Add Printer
Wizard.
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Table 2-3 Automatic discovery and driver configuration through bidirectional communication
The table applies to Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.
Bidirectional communication
In environments that support bidirectional communication, the computer communicates with the
product during installation, determines the physical configuration, and then configures the driver
accordingly.
Bidirectional communication is the capability of the product to respond to data inquiries from the
computer and report information back, such as what type of print paper is available or what
accessories are connected to the product. Bidirectional communication depends on the network
operating system and on the type of connection that exists between the computer and the product. If
the connection 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 to the host computer.
Enterprise AutoConfiguration
1
Enterprise AutoConfiguration (EAC) uses bidirectional communication to provide autoconfiguration
functionality for installation of the print driver over a network, whether you use the installer on the
printing-system software CD or the Add Printer Wizard to install the driver. Driver installation that
includes EAC is configured with the same settings as the physical configuration of the product.
Configuration occurs without user interaction.
If bidirectional-communication software has been installed previously, EAC is not activated, and the
pre-existing bidirectional-communication software is used to configure the print driver.
If bidirectional communication software has not been installed, EAC installs bidirectionalcommunication software that allows it to communicate with the product and automatically match the
print driver with the actual product configuration. EAC is activated during installation of the driver or
whenever the Update Now feature is used.
If the product configuration changes after installation, the driver can be automatically updated with the
new configuration in environments that support bidirectional communication by using the Update Now
feature. For more information, see
Update Now on page 59.
The following tables show the availability of EAC for various operating systems and network
environments that support bidirectional communication.
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Table 2-4 EAC availability in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Share
MethodConnection type
Microsoft Share
2000XP2000/XP host
USB
NetworkJetdirectTCP/IPxxx
IPX/SPXxxx
StandardTCP/IP (HP)xxx
TCP/IP (MS)xxx
IPX/SPX (HP)xxx
Add PrinterDirect connectParallel
USB
NetworkJetdirectTCP/IPxxx
IPX/SPXxxx
1
with 2000/XP
client/
Windows
Server 2008/
Windows Vista
StandardTCP/IP (HP)xxx
TCP/IP (MS)xxx
IPX/SPX (HP)xxx
1
This column represents the following Microsoft Share configurations: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003,
Windows Server 2008, or Windows Vista host with Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server
2008, or Windows Vista client.
Table 2-5 EAC availability in Novell Netware environments
MethodConnection typeNovell
Netware 4.xNetware 5.x
Bindery queueNDS queueBindery queue
USB
NetworkJetdirectTCP/IPxxx
IPX/SPX
StandardTCP/IP (HP)
1
TCP/IP (MS
)
IPX/SPX (HP)
1
Bidirectional functionality is supported only with the client software from Novell. It is not supported with Microsoft Client
Service for NetWare.
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Update Now
If you have modified the configuration of the HP TopShot LaserJet Pro M275 product since
installation, the driver can be automatically updated with the new configuration in environments that
support bidirectional communication. Use the Update Now feature to automatically reflect the new
configuration in the driver.
For example, if the product is installed and an optional paper-handling accessory is added later, use
the Update Now feature to query the product and update the settings to match the new product
configuration.
The feature automatically updates the registry and changes the configuration information that
appears on the Device Settings tab.
NOTE:Depending on which settings were updated, the Update Now feature might change the
configuration information that displays on the print-driver tabs, instead of (or in addition to) changing
the information on the Device Settings tab.
NOTE:The Update Now feature is not supported in environments where shared Windows XP
clients are connected to Windows XP hosts.
To activate the Update Now feature, follow these steps:
1.In Windows 7, click the Start button, and then click the Devices and Printers item.
In Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, click the Start button, and then click
the Printers item.
In Windows Server 2008, click the Start button, click the Settings item, and then click the
Printers and Faxes item.
2.Right-click the product name.
3.Click the Printer Properties item.
4.Click the Device Settings tab.
5.If necessary, click the Installable Options list to expand it and show the options.
6.In the Automatic Configuration drop-down menu, select the Update Now item.
7.Click the OK button to save the setting.
HP Driver Configuration
HP Driver Configuration is a software architecture and set of tools that permits HP printing-system
software to be customized and distributed in managed corporate printing environments. Using
HP Driver Configuration, information technology (IT) administrators in corporate and enterprise
environments can preconfigure the printing and device defaults for HP print drivers before installing
the drivers in the network environment.
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HP Driver Configuration is most beneficial when configuring print drivers for multiple workstations or
print servers for print queues that share the same configuration. Two types of features can be
configured:
Product settings
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Printing-preferences settings
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The driver is configured to match the product hardware so that access to all of the product
accessories through the driver is enabled correctly (for example, for duplexing units and additional
input trays). Most driver-feature settings can also be configured.
HP Driver Configuration configures the driver to match the accessories that are installed on the
product, or to match the settings that IT administrators make in the configuration (.CFG) file (for
example, optional trays, total amount of memory, job-storage settings, or mopier settings).
The configuration process consists of three basic steps:
Driver acquisition
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Driver configuration
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Driver installation and deployment
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These steps can be accomplished in different ways, depending on the tool that is being used to
define the configuration.
The driver configuration process is supported through three distinct tools. All three are designed with
the same basic user-interface (UI) controls for interacting with the .CFG file, but are packaged
differently, either to support established product installation workflows or to leave the deployment and
installation of the driver entirely up to the user. The following tools support driver preconfiguration:
HP Driver Configuration Utility. The HP Driver Configuration Utility is a small, standalone,
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Windows-software program that the administrator can use to open the .CFG file that is
associated with a particular driver and make modifications that are applied when that driver is
installed on the target computer. It is intended for use in environments that have an established
process for deploying drivers. This is the preconfiguration tool of choice to support any Novell or
HP Print Server Appliance (PSA) and Point and Print environments. It is used in the way that
any ordinary Windows software program is used.
The HP Driver Configuration Utility is available at the following Web site:
www.hp.com/go/dcu
HP Web Jetadmin Driver Configuration Plugin. HP Web Jetadmin provides a queue-creation
●
program that can be used to create printer queues on Windows 2000, Windows XP,
Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2008. The HP Web Jetadmin Driver Configuration
Plugin adds a number of screens to the existing queue-creation workflow from which the drivers
that are being installed for the queues can be customized as part of the process. The plug-in is
limited to Internet Explorer browsers. Netscape Navigator is not supported.
HP Web Jetadmin is supported by the following:
Windows XP (Professional only)
◦
Windows Server 2003 (R2 only)
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Windows Server 2008
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Windows Vista (Business and Enterprise Editions)
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The HP Web Jetadmin print management features are supported by the following:
Windows XP Professional (with Service Pack 2 or higher)
◦
Windows Server 2003
◦
HP Driver Deployment Utility. The HP Driver Deployment Utility (HP DDU) was created to
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simplify the deployment of print drivers onto a client computer. It is a simple utility that packages
the print-driver files, and the code needed to deploy them, into two files: an .EXE file and a .CAB
file. These files are run on the client computer to copy the print-driver files to the Windows driver
store and, for network packages, to install the product. This utility is supported on Windows XP,
Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Vista operating systems.
To gain access to the HP DDU, insert the software CD into the CD-ROM drive, and then navigate to
the Driver Deployment Utility folder.
For more information about the HP DDU, refer to {Xref Error! Target does not exist.}
For detailed information about gaining access to and installing these tools, see the HP DriverConfiguration Support Guide at the following Web site and click on the Manuals link.
www.hp.com/go/dcu
Continuous export
The term "continuous export" refers to the ability of the print driver to copy the latest print-driver
settings back to the working copy of the preconfiguration file. Using this feature, the exported values
can be transferred when a compatible version of the print driver is used to upgrade the print driver.
For instance, if the orientation is set to Landscape for a driver originally installed in Windows XP,
then the orientation setting automatically remains Landscape when the operating system is upgraded
to Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2008. The continuous
export feature functions transparently from the user's perspective and works only between print
drivers of identical product models.
NOTE:Not all of the driver parameters can be exported; however, the exportable components are
always the same as the components that can be preconfigured.
The following table shows drivers and operating systems that support HP Driver Configuration.
Table 2-6 Operating systems that support HP Driver Preconfiguration
DriverWindows XPWindows
HP PCL 6
Print Driver
HP PCL 5
Universal
Print Driver
Windows
Server 2003
YesYesYesYesYesNANA
YesYesYesYesYesNANA
Server 2008
Windows
Vista
Windows 7Mac OS X v10.5
and later
Linux
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Table 2-6 Operating systems that support HP Driver Preconfiguration (continued)
DriverWindows XPWindows
Server 2003
HP PS
Universal
Print Driver
1
NA: Not applicable; the driver is not supported in this operating system.
YesYesYesYesYesNANA
HP Reconfiguration Utility
If you are already using the product and you wish to change the way it is connected, use the HP
Reconfiguration Utility to set up the connection. For example, you can reconfigure the product to
use a different wireless address, to connect to a wired or wireless network, or change from a network
connection to a USB connection. You can change the configuration without inserting the product CD.
After you select the type of connection you wish to make, the program goes directly to the portion of
the product setup procedure that needs to change.
The HP Reconfiguration Utility is located in the HP programs group on your computer.
Font support
The basic fonts listed here are included with Microsoft Windows software. The additional PS fonts are
available on the CD that came with the product.
Windows
Server 2008
Windows
Vista
Windows 7Mac OS X v10.5
and later
Linux
Basic fonts
Microsoft Windows software includes these basic fonts, which can be used with any HP printing
product:
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●Arial Italic
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Arial
Courier New Italic
Times New Roman Italic
Courier New Bold
Times New Roman Bold
Arial Bold
Courier New Bold Italic
Times New Roman Bold Italic
Arial Bold Italic
Symbol
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Default fonts
The following default fonts are installed through a full (Easy) installation of the printing-system
software.
Table 2-7 Default fonts
Font nameFont styleFile name
Albertus Extra BoldRegularALBR85W.TTF
Albertus MediumRegularALBR55W.TTF
Antique OliveRegularOLVR55W.TTF
Antique OliveBoldOLVR75W.TTF
Antique OliveItalicOLVR56W.TTF
CG OmegaRegularCGOR45W.TTF
CG OmegaBoldCGOR65W.TTF
Wingdings
Courier New
Times New Roman
CG OmegaBold ItalicCGOR66W.TTF
CG OmegaItalicCGOR46W.TTF
CG TimesRegularCGTR45W.TTF
CG TimesBoldCGTR65W.TTF
CG TimesBold ItalicCGTR66W.TTF
CG TimesItalicCGTR46W.TTF
Clarendon CondensedBoldCLAR67W.TTF
CoronetRegularCORONET.TTF
CourierPSRegularCPSR45W.TTF
CourierPSBoldCPSR65W.TTF
CourierPSBold ObliqueCPSR66W.TTF
CourierPSObliqueCPSR46W.TTF
GaramondAntiquaGARR45W.TTF
GaramondHalbfettGARR65W.TTF
GaramondKursivGARR46W.TTF
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GaramondKursiv HalbfettGARR66W.TTF
HelveticaRegularHELR45W.TTF
HelveticaBoldHELR65W.TTF
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Font nameFont styleFile name
HelveticaBold ObliqueHELR66W.TTF
Helvetica NarrowRegularHELR47W.TTF
Helvetica NarrowBoldHELR67W.TTF
Helvetica NarrowBold ObliqueHELR68W.TTF
Helvetica NarrowObliqueHELR48W.TTF
HelveticaObliqueHELR46W.TTF
ITC Avant Garde GothicBookAVGR45W.TTF
ITC Avant Garde GothicBook ObliqueAVGR46W.TTF
ITC Avant Garde Gothic DemiRegularAVGR65W.TTF
ITC Avant Garde Gothic DemiObliqueAVGR66W.TTF
ITC Bookman LightRegularBOKR35W.TTF
ITC Bookman LightItalicBOKR36W.TTF
ITC Bookman DemiRegularBOKR75W.TTF
ITC Bookman DemiItalicBOKR76W.TTF
ITC Zapf ChanceryMedium ItalicCHANC___.TTF
ITC Zapf DingbatsRegularDINGS___.TTF
Letter GothicRegularLETR45W.TTF
Letter GothicBoldLETR65W.TTF
Letter GothicItalicLETR46W.TTF
MarigoldRegularMARIGOLD.TTF
New Century SchoolbookBoldNCSR75W.TTF
New Century SchoolbookBold ItalicNCSR76W.TTF
New Century SchoolbookItalicNCSR56W.TTF
New Century SchoolbookRomanNCSR55W.TTF
PalatinoBoldPALR65W.TTF
PalatinoBold ItalicPALR66W.TTF
PalatinoItalicPALR46W.TTF
PalatinoRomanPALR45W.TTF
SymbolPSRegularSYMPS__.TTF
Times*BoldTIMR65W.TTF
TimesBold ItalicTIMR66W.TTF
TimesItalicTIMR46W.TTF
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Table 2-7 Default fonts (continued)
Font nameFont styleFile name
TimesRomanTIMR45W.TTF
UniversBoldUNVR65W.TTF
UniversBold ItalicUNVR66W.TTF
Univers CondensedBoldUNVR67W.TTF
Univers CondensedBold ItalicUNVR68W.TTF
Univers CondensedMediumUNVR57W.TTF
Univers CondensedMedium ItalicUNVR58W.TTF
UniversMediumUNVR55W.TTF
UniversMedium ItalicUNVR56W.TTF
Ninety-two additional PS emulation fonts are also available on the CD.
Use the HP Scan software to scan from the product and then complete any of the following tasks with
the data:
Save the scanned item to a file.
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Attach the scanned item to an e-mail.
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Perform text recognition on the scanned item through Readiris, if Readiris text-recognition
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software is installed on the computer.
Open the scanned item with any third-party software program that supports the drag-and-drop
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function.
To use the HP Scan software, click Start, select Programs or All Programs, select HP, select the
name of the product, and then click HP Scan.
The HP Scan software saves the scan as any of the following image file types:
.BMP
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.PNG
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.JPG
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.PDF
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.TIFF (both regular and compressed)
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Convert a scanned document into editable text by using the Readiris software. The following editable
text file types are supported in Readiris:
.BMP
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.DCA
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.DOC
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.DW
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.HTM
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.MM
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.PDF
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.RTF
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.TXT
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.WP
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.WPS
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.WS
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.WS2
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The HP Scan software uses a simple user interface with a list of shortcuts, a Restore Defaults
button, an Advanced Settings link, a Create New Shortcut link, and a Scan button.
Figure 2-13 HP Scan dialog box
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The list contains any user-defined destinations, and the following default destination options:
Save as PDF
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Save as JPEG
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Save as Object (PNG)
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E-mail as PDF
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E-mail as JPEG
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●E-mail as Object (PNG)
Everyday Scan
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After you select a destination, click Scan to start the scan.
Every time the HP Scan software is used, an HPPSCAN6.LOG file is generated in the current user's
temporary directory. The HPPSCAN6.LOG file appends after every scan, and develops a log of
operations that helps troubleshoot scanning problems. To gain access to the log file, follow these
steps:
1.Click the Start button, and then click the Run... item.
2.Type %TEMP% in the Open: field, and then click the OK button.
E-mail
3.Double-click the hppscan6.log file in the window that opens.
Selecting the third-party destination option saves the scanned image in a file of the specified file type.
The HP Scan software then starts the specified software program by appending the filename after the
software filename. Because the HP Scan software does not support automatic discovery of software
programs, you must specify the correct software program and specify a file type that your program
supports.
The HP Scan software for Windows supports only 32-bit messaging application programming
interface (MAPI)-compliant e-mail programs, and does not support Internet-based e-mail programs
such as Hotmail, Yahoo, or MSN. The following table lists examples of supported e-mail programs.
Table 2-9 Examples of supported e-mail programs
Program NameWindows OS
Microsoft OutlookYes: Outlook 97, Outlook 98, Outlook 2003, Outlook XP
Microsoft Outlook ExpressYes
Lotus NotesYes: V3.0 and later
E-mail is always sent through the default e-mail client. To see the default e-mail client in Windows XP
(the path varies for other Windows operating system), click Start, click Settings, click Control Panel,
click Internet Options, click the Programs tab, and review the E-mail setting.
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Scan settings
The following table shows the available scan settings.
Table 2-10 Available scan settings
OptionScan settings
Resolution
NOTE: Scanning at higher resolution requires longer scan
times and more memory.
Output type (bit depth)
File type
Size to scan
75 dpi
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100 dpi
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200 dpi
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300 dpi
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Black and White (1 bit)
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Grayscale (8 bit)
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Color (24 bit)
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Portable Network Graphics (*.png)
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●Adobe PDF (*.pdf)
JPEG (*.jpg,)
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Windows Bitmap (*.bmp)
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●TIFF (*.tif)
Entire Scan Area
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Letter (8.5 x 11 inches)
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A4 (210 x 297 mm)
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3.5 x 5 in (9 x 13 cm)
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4 x 6 in (10 x 15 cm)
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5 x 7 in (13 x 18 cm)
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●8 x 10 in (20 x 25 cm)
Custom Scan Size
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Advanced Scan Settings
Click the Advanced Settings link to open the Advanced Settings dialog box, where you can create,
change, or delete the destination options that are available.
Figure 2-14 Advanced Scan Settings Scan tab
On the Scan tab you can adjust the following settings:
Scan Size
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◦Entire Scan Area
Letter (8.5 x 11 inches)
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A4 (240 x 297 mm)
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3.5 x 5 in (9 x 13 cm)
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4 x 6 in (10 x 15 cm)
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5 x 7 in (13 x 18 cm)
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◦8 x 10 in (20 x 25 cm)
Custom...
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Output Type
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◦Color
Grayscale
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Black & White
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Resolution
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75 dpi
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100 dpi
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200 dpi
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300 dpi
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Scan preview selection
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●Lighten/Darken
Brightness
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Contrast
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Item Type
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Document
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Photo
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3D Object
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Auto Crop selection
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Auto Deskew selection
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Figure 2-15 Advanced Scan Settings File tab
On the File tab, you can adjust the following settings:
File Type
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Bitmap (.bmp)
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JPEG (.jpg)
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PDF (.pdf)
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PNG (.png)
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Create a separate file for each scanned page selection
On the Destination tab, you can adjust the following settings:
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Scan drivers
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Base File Name
Save Location
Show Save As dialog box selection
After Scan actions
Open the file(s)
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◦Launch Windows Explorer
Email the file(s)
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Do Nothing
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WIA driver
WIA is another way to scan an image directly into a software program. WIA uses Microsoft software
to scan, instead of the HP Scan software.
NOTE:The WIA driver does not support duplex scanning.
Generally, a software program is WIA-compliant if it has a command such as Picture/From Scanner
or Camera in the Insert or File menu. If you are unsure whether the program is WIA-compliant, see
the software program Help or documentation.
Start the scan from within the WIA-compliant program. See the software program Help or
documentation for information about the commands and steps to use.
or
From the Windows control panel, in the Cameras and Scanner folder (located inside the Hardware
and Sound folder for Windows Vista and Windows 7), double-click the product icon. This opens the
standard Microsoft WIA Wizard, which enables you to scan to a file.
The WIA user interface is relatively simple and does not contain the wide range of image-quality
options that are available in the TWAIN-driver user interface.
NOTE:For more information about scanning, see the user guide, which is available on the printing-
system CD that came with the product.
HP ePrint
With HP ePrint , you can print anywhere, anytime, from a mobile phone, laptop, or any other mobile
device. HP ePrint works with any email-capable device. If you can e-mail, you can print to an
HP ePrint-enabled product. For more details, go to
NOTE:The product must be connected to a network and have Internet access to use HP ePrint.
HP ePrint is disabled as a default setting in the product. Use this procedure to enable it.
1.Type the product IP address into the address line of a Web browser to open the HP Embedded
2.Click the HP Web Services tab.
3.Select the option to enable Web Services.
HP Update
HP Update proactively checks for updates specific to your product including software, drivers,
applications, firmware/BIOS, tools and utilities, and gives you the choice of which to install.
The default interval for the HP Update program is to check for updates once every 7 days. However,
the HP Update program will check for new updates at an interval that you specify.
www.hpeprintcenter.com.
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To change the way the HP Update program runs, use the following steps:
1.Click Start.
2.Click All Programs.
3.Click the HP folder.
4.Click the HP Update icon to start the HP Update program.
5.In the HP Update window, click the Settings button.
6.In the Settings menu, you can change how often the HP Update program checks for updates.
Help & Learn Center
The HP Help & Learn Center and other documentation are on the CD that came with the product or in
the HP Program folder on your computer. The HP Help and Learn Center is a product help tool that
provides easy access to product information, HP product Web support, troubleshooting, and
regulatory and safety information.
Click the Help & Learn Center on the Documentation screen of the installer to open an HTML help
system that provides step-by-step instructions for performing specific tasks, including clearing jams
and loading trays.
Figure 2-17 Help & Learn Center
The Help & Learn Center can also be opened from the Windows Start menu.
1.Click the Start button, select the Programs or All Programs item, and then click the HP item.
2.Click the product name item, and then click the Help & Learn Center item.
Toner Cartridge Authentication
The HP Toner Cartridge Authentication software verifies that Original HP LaserJet toner cartridges
are being used in the printer. Specific countries/regions can reward customers for using Original HP
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LaserJet toner cartridges. This software was developed for home, micro, and small business
environments.
Customer downloads the HP Toner Authentication software from HP.com and installs it on his or
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her PC.
The software checks to see if the printer needs software or firmware upgrades
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Software or firmware upgrades can be installed by the customer.
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●The software checks the e-labels on the toner cartridges and displays the results.
By default the software checks every 60 minutes, but can be changed on the Settings tab
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The correct versions of software, firmware, e-labels, and an active internet connection are
◦
required for HP Toner Authentication to work properly.
HP Device Toolbox
The HP Device Toolbox allows users to control settings on the product through a Web browser. This
program opens the HP Embedded Web Server (HP EWS).
To access the HP Device Toolbox, complete one of the following procedures:
Click the Windows Start button, click the Programs or All Programs item, click the HP item,
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click the product group, and then click the HP Device Toolbox item.
On network-connected products, you can open a Web browser and type the product IP address
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in the address bar.
The product IP address displays on the product control panel. If that feature is disabled, the IP
address is documented on a configuration page. Print a configuration page by following these steps
on the product control panel.
1.
At the product control panel, press the Setup
button.
2.Use the arrow buttons to select the Reports menu, and then press the OK button.
3.Use the arrow buttons to highlight the Config Report option, and then press the OK button.
4.Find the IP address on the configuration page.
Figure 2-18 IP address location on the configuration page
HP LASERJET 200 COLOR MFP M275NW
Config Report
Product Settings
Product Name = HP LaserJet 200 color
MFP M275nw
Formatted Number = T00000PS
Serial Number = XXXXXXXXX
Service ID = 00000
Firmware DateCode = 20110628_0020 Phoenix Firmware
Smart Install SW Version = 06/23/2010.1.0.11165.107
Location = USA
Device Location =
ADF Installed = Yes
Max Monochrome Print Quality = 600x8
Max Color Print Quality = ImageREt 2400
Controller Number = 40
Memory
Total Memory = 128 MBytes
Available Memory = 45.28 MBytes
Device Description = HP LaserJet 200 color
MFP M275nw
Language = English
Asset Number =
Company Name =
Contact Person =
Product Security = Off
HP Smart Install = Enabled
Wired HW Address = XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
Wireless HW Address = XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
Network In Use = None
Host Name = XXXXXXXXX
IPv4 Status = 192.168.0.10
IPv6 Status = XXXX::XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX
The following tabs are available in the HP Device Toolbox:
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Home tab
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System tab
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Print tab
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Networking tab
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HP Web Services tab
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HP Smart Install tab
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Home tab
Use the Home tab to access and print detailed information regarding product and supply status,
product configuration, network configuration, and usage.
The Home tab contains the following pages:
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Device Status
The Device Status page shows product status messages. The Device Status page also contains
some pertinent product information and settings.
Device Status
Supplies Status
Device Configuration page
Network Summary page
Reports
Color Usage Log
Event Log page
Figure 2-19 HP Device Toolbox, Home tab – Device Status page
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Supplies Status
The Supplies Status page shows the status of all of the product supplies, including the print
cartridges.
Figure 2-20 HP Device Toolbox, Home tab – Supplies Status page
Device Configuration page
The Device Configuration page shows the values of all of the settings that are available in the
product. The contents of this page are consistent with the configuration page that the firmware
generates.
Figure 2-21 HP Device Toolbox, Home tab – Device Configuration page
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Network Summary page
The Network Summary page contains information about the network and its enabled features.
Figure 2-22 HP Device Toolbox, Home tab – Network Summary page
Reports
Use the Reports page to print the internal special pages the device generates. The following
information pages are available:
Config Report
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Supplies Status
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Network Summary
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Usage Page
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Diagnostics Page
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Color Usage Log
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PCL Font List
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PCL6 Font Listt
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PS Font List
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Demo Page
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Figure 2-23 HP Device Toolbox, Home tab – Reports page
Color Usage Log
Click the Color Usage Log tab to:
Find the Product Name and Serial Number, which are listed under the Product Info
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subheading.
Check the number of print jobs stored, which is listed under the Usage Totals subheading. The
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log also includes information about how much color the product has used.
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Figure 2-24 HP Device Toolbox, Home tab – Color Usage Log page
Event Log page
Use the Event Log page to track the events that occur on the product.
Figure 2-25 HP Device Toolbox, Home tab – Event Log page
Delete the currently stored Color Usage Log information by clicking Clear Job Log.
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System tab
Use the System tab to view and change settings for the following features:
Device Information page
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Paper Setup page
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Print Quality page
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EcoSMART Console page
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Print Density page
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Paper Types page
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System Setup page
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Service page
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Save and Restore page
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Product Security page
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Device Information page
The Device Information page contains identifying information about the product:
Device Description. This field shows the version of the HP TopShot LaserJet Pro M275 product
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that is installed.
Asset Number. Use this field to assign an identifying asset control number to the product.
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Company Name.
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Contact Person.
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Device Location
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Figure 2-26 HP Device Toolbox, System tab – Device Information page
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Paper Setup page
Use Paper Setup page to configure the paper-setup settings for the product. Change the default
settings by clicking the black arrow next to each option and highlighting the selection.
Figure 2-27 HP Device Toolbox, System tab – Paper Setup page
Print Quality page
Use the Print Quality page to change the print quality defaults for the product.
Figure 2-28 HP Device Toolbox, System tab – Print Quality page
EcoSMART Console page
Use the EcoSMART Console page to control the energy-saving settings on the product.
Figure 2-29 HP Device Toolbox, System tab – EcoSMART Console page
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