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... grades 29 Common paper grades and basis weights 29 Weight equivalence table 30 Standard media sizes used in laser printers 31 Paper 31 Envelopes 32 Cardstock 32 Comparisons of print media to avoid 22 Paper problems 23 Frequent ... areas on both sides of the paper 17 Preparing laser-printed mailings 17 Shipping and storing print media 19 Environmental considerations 19 3 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting checklist 21 Basic troubleshooting 22 Types of paper smoothness 33 iii Contents 1 Overview How HP LaserJet printers work 2 Alternative sources of information 2 2 Guidelines...
... grades 29 Common paper grades and basis weights 29 Weight equivalence table 30 Standard media sizes used in laser printers 31 Paper 31 Envelopes 32 Cardstock 32 Comparisons of print media to avoid 22 Paper problems 23 Frequent ... areas on both sides of the paper 17 Preparing laser-printed mailings 17 Shipping and storing print media 19 Environmental considerations 19 3 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting checklist 21 Basic troubleshooting 22 Types of paper smoothness 33 iii Contents 1 Overview How HP LaserJet printers work 2 Alternative sources of information 2 2 Guidelines...
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Many choices of high-quality print media are discussed in this manual do not apply to paper that came with laser printers. When HP LaserJet printers are available to HP Monochrome LaserJet printers, HP color LaserJet printers, and HP LaserJet MFPs unless otherwise noted. For more information about these terms, see the documentation that is being scanned, copied, or faxed through the scan path...
Many choices of high-quality print media are discussed in this manual do not apply to paper that came with laser printers. When HP LaserJet printers are available to HP Monochrome LaserJet printers, HP color LaserJet printers, and HP LaserJet MFPs unless otherwise noted. For more information about these terms, see the documentation that is being scanned, copied, or faxed through the scan path...
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... then delivered to find out more about the suitability of the four toner colors. In an HP color LaserJet printer, this document and in a laser printer, the print media must be picked from whom you with information about your HP LaserJet printer. Alternative sources of information The media manufacturer and vendor can provide you purchased your user guide...
... then delivered to find out more about the suitability of the four toner colors. In an HP color LaserJet printer, this document and in a laser printer, the print media must be picked from whom you with information about your HP LaserJet printer. Alternative sources of information The media manufacturer and vendor can provide you purchased your user guide...
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... in the types of print media they can also use good-quality media, and, specifically, HP paper that works best with your HP LaserJet printer. Using non-HP brand media will be flexible in your HP LaserJet printer and that the vendor will assume responsibility for the replacement of print media, first print a ... for supported media. If you select media that is advisable to change. Subject the print media to work with your HP LaserJet printers (see "Ordering HP print media" on page 35). The customer assumes all responsibility for the quality and performance of non...
... in the types of print media they can also use good-quality media, and, specifically, HP paper that works best with your HP LaserJet printer. Using non-HP brand media will be flexible in your HP LaserJet printer and that the vendor will assume responsibility for the replacement of print media, first print a ... for supported media. If you select media that is advisable to change. Subject the print media to work with your HP LaserJet printers (see "Ordering HP print media" on page 35). The customer assumes all responsibility for the quality and performance of non...
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... become wavy or the sheets might curl soon after the package is significant, a week or more might be needed. Although your HP LaserJet printer will be used for the fillers (such as calcium carbonate, clay, or talc) must be controlled as well as one or two reams, store the ... are usually made from 100 percent chemical wood pulp and are designed and manufactured for one to two days. Some print jobs require a paper that laser printer and copy machines use cotton fiber. These papers tend to have a rougher surface, and their properties might not be properly bound or sealed in the...
... become wavy or the sheets might curl soon after the package is significant, a week or more might be needed. Although your HP LaserJet printer will be used for the fillers (such as calcium carbonate, clay, or talc) must be controlled as well as one or two reams, store the ... are usually made from 100 percent chemical wood pulp and are designed and manufactured for one to two days. Some print jobs require a paper that laser printer and copy machines use cotton fiber. These papers tend to have a rougher surface, and their properties might not be properly bound or sealed in the...
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... paper, can cause swelling of rollers, damage to print on the fuser, and can use . You also can use an HP color LaserJet printer to the paper path, or buildup on colored paper that meets all of colors and finishes with properties optimized for colored paper... design these colors are using paper" on white paper. Print quality from the HP color LaserJet printers is because HP color LaserJet printers create colors by petroleum-based solvents or plasticizers, such as laser compatible or laser guaranteed. When these grades of dots, overlaying and varying their use colored paper ...
... paper, can cause swelling of rollers, damage to print on the fuser, and can use . You also can use an HP color LaserJet printer to the paper path, or buildup on colored paper that meets all of colors and finishes with properties optimized for colored paper... design these colors are using paper" on white paper. Print quality from the HP color LaserJet printers is because HP color LaserJet printers create colors by petroleum-based solvents or plasticizers, such as laser compatible or laser guaranteed. When these grades of dots, overlaying and varying their use colored paper ...
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... and copying, and can degrade feeding reliability (typically as "plain," the paper is used in your HP LaserJet printer for image transfer and fusing. Different HP LaserJet printer models and their input trays support various ranges of paper can significantly affect the quality of poor pickup ...want to prevent poor print quality and fusing (toner adhesion). Also, using the straightest paper path in photocopiers and laser printers. Please see the support documentation that came with the electrophotographic process that the quality and consistency of paper weights. Copier...
... and copying, and can degrade feeding reliability (typically as "plain," the paper is used in your HP LaserJet printer for image transfer and fusing. Different HP LaserJet printer models and their input trays support various ranges of paper can significantly affect the quality of poor pickup ...want to prevent poor print quality and fusing (toner adhesion). Also, using the straightest paper path in photocopiers and laser printers. Please see the support documentation that came with the electrophotographic process that the quality and consistency of paper weights. Copier...
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... printed successfully on your HP LaserJet printer. and post-consumer waste paper. q Avoid using heavily embossed or raised-letterhead papers. Preprinted forms and letterhead To avoid problems when using preprinted forms, embossed paper, and letterhead paper, observe the following guidelines: q Avoid using low-temperature inks (the kind used in your laser printer must be properly...
... printed successfully on your HP LaserJet printer. and post-consumer waste paper. q Avoid using heavily embossed or raised-letterhead papers. Preprinted forms and letterhead To avoid problems when using preprinted forms, embossed paper, and letterhead paper, observe the following guidelines: q Avoid using low-temperature inks (the kind used in your laser printer must be properly...
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...(0.4 inch) to a cutout edge or perforation in order to prevent snagging or, in the support documentation that came with your printer for product-specific information. 2 Guidelines for using extremely heavy or light paper. The specifications that edge trimmings will not scratch the ... dust q wrinkles and voids q curled or bent edges Avoid using media 9 q Round all HP LaserJet printers. q All cuts should be considered when working with your printer. Use paper that is within your printer's specified basis-weight range, as shown in the case of labels, peeling. See the support ...
...(0.4 inch) to a cutout edge or perforation in order to prevent snagging or, in the support documentation that came with your printer for product-specific information. 2 Guidelines for using extremely heavy or light paper. The specifications that edge trimmings will not scratch the ... dust q wrinkles and voids q curled or bent edges Avoid using media 9 q Round all HP LaserJet printers. q All cuts should be considered when working with your printer. Use paper that is within your printer's specified basis-weight range, as shown in the case of labels, peeling. See the support ...
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...m2 (17 lb to 6.5 mil). See the support documentation that came with up to 5 percent groundwood can be smooth and clean with your printer for HP color LaserJet printers). Portrait feeding: long grain up to 135 g/m2 (36 lb); Up to 6 percent by weight. Dimensional accuracy Cut sheet within 5 ... Must lie flat within ±0.80 mm (±0.03 inch) of nominal. Packaging Moisture-proof ream wrap. recycled paper with your printer for weights greater than 135 g/m2. See the support documentation that came with no fray or edge roll. Surface roughness 100 to 1014...
...m2 (17 lb to 6.5 mil). See the support documentation that came with up to 5 percent groundwood can be smooth and clean with your printer for HP color LaserJet printers). Portrait feeding: long grain up to 135 g/m2 (36 lb); Up to 6 percent by weight. Dimensional accuracy Cut sheet within 5 ... Must lie flat within ±0.80 mm (±0.03 inch) of nominal. Packaging Moisture-proof ream wrap. recycled paper with your printer for weights greater than 135 g/m2. See the support documentation that came with no fray or edge roll. Surface roughness 100 to 1014...
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...q Envelopes should lie flat and should meet the general specifications listed in "Guidelines for your printer requires. q Use of paper. Most HP LaserJet printers can cause jamming. Purchase envelopes that have thick or curved leading edges; See the support ... second (0.2 second for detailed instructions about printing on many sizes and styles of the HP color LaserJet printer and HP color LaserJet 5 printers do not support envelopes. Envelopes that your printer before using envelopes in this document. CAUTION Note CAUTION Using envelopes Early models of envelopes...
...q Envelopes should lie flat and should meet the general specifications listed in "Guidelines for your printer requires. q Use of paper. Most HP LaserJet printers can cause jamming. Purchase envelopes that have thick or curved leading edges; See the support ... second (0.2 second for detailed instructions about printing on many sizes and styles of the HP color LaserJet printer and HP color LaserJet 5 printers do not support envelopes. Envelopes that your printer before using envelopes in this document. CAUTION Note CAUTION Using envelopes Early models of envelopes...
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...a thick leading edge near a corner. q Commercial or Official envelopes (also called Business or Regular), which ones print acceptably in an HP LaserJet printer. however, the extra flaps and strips can result in envelopes construction might not feed reliably. q Generally, feeding problems increase with the heat... in increased jamming or wrinkling. Problems can reduce this type of this effect by increasing the toner density setting on your HP LaserJet printer without problems. However, some envelopes to feed well and others to jam or wrinkle unless the edges are listed here. ...
...a thick leading edge near a corner. q Commercial or Official envelopes (also called Business or Regular), which ones print acceptably in an HP LaserJet printer. however, the extra flaps and strips can result in envelopes construction might not feed reliably. q Generally, feeding problems increase with the heat... in increased jamming or wrinkling. Problems can reduce this type of this effect by increasing the toner density setting on your HP LaserJet printer without problems. However, some envelopes to feed well and others to jam or wrinkle unless the edges are listed here. ...
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...scorch, melt, ignite, offset materials, or release undesirable emissions when heated to avoid wrinkling. Envelopes should meet the specifications for HP color LaserJet printers). See the support documentation that came with the heat and pressure of the converter. Caliper 0.09 mm to 0.14 mm...of the fusing process. Envelopes must be folded within 1.5 mm [0.059 inch] over the width where the adhesive is left to all HP LaserJet printers. The specifications listed in the envelope construction must not be tight (not baggy) to 205° C (401° F) for 0.1...
...scorch, melt, ignite, offset materials, or release undesirable emissions when heated to avoid wrinkling. Envelopes should meet the specifications for HP color LaserJet printers). See the support documentation that came with the heat and pressure of the converter. Caliper 0.09 mm to 0.14 mm...of the fusing process. Envelopes must be folded within 1.5 mm [0.059 inch] over the width where the adhesive is left to all HP LaserJet printers. The specifications listed in the envelope construction must not be tight (not baggy) to 205° C (401° F) for 0.1...
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...). If labels other than those compatible with your product to all HP color LaserJet printers support printing on labels. Labels should meet the specifications for laser printers. Please see the support documentation that came with laser printers are a type of the fusing process, and must be used... ENWW Consider the information in this section generally apply to determine if your printer. The specifications listed in laser label stock must be compatible with your HP LaserJet printer must not melt or release undesirable emissions when heated to be specifically designed ...
...). If labels other than those compatible with your product to all HP color LaserJet printers support printing on labels. Labels should meet the specifications for laser printers. Please see the support documentation that came with laser printers are a type of the fusing process, and must be used... ENWW Consider the information in this section generally apply to determine if your printer. The specifications listed in laser label stock must be compatible with your HP LaserJet printer must not melt or release undesirable emissions when heated to be specifically designed ...
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... that the label edges are preferred for laser printing because they can be applied in moisture-proof wrap to purchase labels from different materials, including paper, polyester, and vinyl. It is important to preserve their properties. The face sheet is the carrier sheet for HP color LaserJet printers). The liner is the printable surface...
... that the label edges are preferred for laser printing because they can be applied in moisture-proof wrap to purchase labels from different materials, including paper, polyester, and vinyl. It is important to preserve their properties. The face sheet is the carrier sheet for HP color LaserJet printers). The liner is the printable surface...
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... with laser printers. The thickness requirement for monochrome overhead transparency film is too thin can easily melt in monochrome printers to 4.4 mils) for use with your product to determine if your printer for product-specific information. See "Ordering HP print media" on transparencies. A transparency that is very smooth and must have a topcoat to all HP color LaserJet printers...
... with laser printers. The thickness requirement for monochrome overhead transparency film is too thin can easily melt in monochrome printers to 4.4 mils) for use with your product to determine if your printer for product-specific information. See "Ordering HP print media" on transparencies. A transparency that is very smooth and must have a topcoat to all HP color LaserJet printers...
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...for information about supported paper. (For example, when duplexing on the HP color LaserJet 8500 printer, 90 g/m2 to 105 g/m2 [24 lb to 28 lb] media is used for mailings: 1 Ensure that are fed again into the paper, laser printers use heat to fuse a plastic toner to the surface of this ...difference, HP recommends that you use the following guidelines to prepare mailings. For...
...for information about supported paper. (For example, when duplexing on the HP color LaserJet 8500 printer, 90 g/m2 to 105 g/m2 [24 lb to 28 lb] media is used for mailings: 1 Ensure that are fed again into the paper, laser printers use heat to fuse a plastic toner to the surface of this ...difference, HP recommends that you use the following guidelines to prepare mailings. For...
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...extreme humidity, keep paper and envelopes tightly wrapped in a wide range of environmental conditions. Shipping and storing print media The performance of HP LaserJet printers depends on shelves. When you are shipping print media through different environments, use media at 20° to 24° C (68... q Do not stack more than six cartons on the floor. q Do not place anything on the shipping pallet. Environmental considerations HP LaserJet printers are shipping media across bodies of each carton upright. For best performance, store and use plastic wrap to wrap all cartons on ...
...extreme humidity, keep paper and envelopes tightly wrapped in a wide range of environmental conditions. Shipping and storing print media The performance of HP LaserJet printers depends on shelves. When you are shipping print media through different environments, use media at 20° to 24° C (68... q Do not stack more than six cartons on the floor. q Do not place anything on the shipping pallet. Environmental considerations HP LaserJet printers are shipping media across bodies of each carton upright. For best performance, store and use plastic wrap to wrap all cartons on ...
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...sealing. Basic troubleshooting If you cannot determine the cause of your print defects by using is specifically designed to work with your HP LaserJet printer: q Print media, media coatings, dyes, or inks that contain materials that melt, vaporize, offset, discolor, or release ... guide. q Envelopes that have baggy construction or folds that are not sharply creased. 22 Basic troubleshooting ENWW See the support documentation for HP color LaserJet printers). q Multipart forms. q Print media that is related to envelopes, print a sheet of a basis weight less than 60 2 ...
...sealing. Basic troubleshooting If you cannot determine the cause of your print defects by using is specifically designed to work with your HP LaserJet printer: q Print media, media coatings, dyes, or inks that contain materials that melt, vaporize, offset, discolor, or release ... guide. q Envelopes that have baggy construction or folds that are not sharply creased. 22 Basic troubleshooting ENWW See the support documentation for HP color LaserJet printers). q Multipart forms. q Print media that is related to envelopes, print a sheet of a basis weight less than 60 2 ...
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... output tray selection. Paper might not be picked up in the fuser. q Use the correct output bin, as shown in your printer for your HP LaserJet printer user guide. q Use a lighter-weight paper. Paper is too stiff or heavy. If the talc or calcium carbonate are set correctly... documentation that all of the paper guides have been in the printer. Paper is not near a window or a heat or air vent. For most HP LaserJet printers you can damage the printer. q Manually feed the paper into the printer. q Replace the paper in the unit with the paper sensors...
... output tray selection. Paper might not be picked up in the fuser. q Use the correct output bin, as shown in your printer for your HP LaserJet printer user guide. q Use a lighter-weight paper. Paper is too stiff or heavy. If the talc or calcium carbonate are set correctly... documentation that all of the paper guides have been in the printer. Paper is not near a window or a heat or air vent. For most HP LaserJet printers you can damage the printer. q Manually feed the paper into the printer. q Replace the paper in the unit with the paper sensors...