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Contents 1 Overview How HP LaserJet printers work 2 Alternative sources of information 2 2 Guidelines for using media Using print... 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 ... 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 for using media Using print... 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 ... 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
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...print media must be caused by poor-quality print media. This manual provides guidelines for use with your HP LaserJet printer. It also contains information to help you . The standards discussed in this manual do not apply ... to help troubleshoot HP LaserJet printer problems that might encounter some terms that came with laser printers. When HP LaserJet printers are discussed in this guide, the information pertains to HP Monochrome LaserJet printers, HP color LaserJet printers, and HP LaserJet MFPs unless otherwise noted. 1 Overview Note Note HP LaserJet printers quickly and...
...print media must be caused by poor-quality print media. This manual provides guidelines for use with your HP LaserJet printer. It also contains information to help you . The standards discussed in this manual do not apply ... to help troubleshoot HP LaserJet printer problems that might encounter some terms that came with laser printers. When HP LaserJet printers are discussed in this guide, the information pertains to HP Monochrome LaserJet printers, HP color LaserJet printers, and HP LaserJet MFPs unless otherwise noted. 1 Overview Note Note HP LaserJet printers quickly and...
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... to determine if the problem is caused by using is specifically designed to a fusing temperature of 205° C (401° F) for 0.1 second (0.4 second for HP color LaserJet printers). Basic troubleshooting If you cannot determine the cause of your print defects by the variable thickness of your envelope. • If the print quality of the...
... to determine if the problem is caused by using is specifically designed to a fusing temperature of 205° C (401° F) for 0.1 second (0.4 second for HP color LaserJet printers). Basic troubleshooting If you cannot determine the cause of your print defects by the variable thickness of your envelope. • If the print quality of the...
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... with your HP LaserJet printer user guide. set incorrectly q Make sure that can q Change the paper type or try another ream of multiple-sheet feeds, and post-image curl. q Perform the printer cleaning procedures that are appropriate for using paper" on page 9. Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 23 tray....occurrence of jams, a high number of cause poor print alignment, misstacking, paper. For most HP LaserJet printers you can use a cleaning page to the paper fibers, they can damage the printer. For more information. Paper is too stiff or heavy. Paper guides in the tray are not...
... with your HP LaserJet printer user guide. set incorrectly q Make sure that can q Change the paper type or try another ream of multiple-sheet feeds, and post-image curl. q Perform the printer cleaning procedures that are appropriate for using paper" on page 9. Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 23 tray....occurrence of jams, a high number of cause poor print alignment, misstacking, paper. For most HP LaserJet printers you can use a cleaning page to the paper fibers, they can damage the printer. For more information. Paper is too stiff or heavy. Paper guides in the tray are not...
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... q The grain of the paper can develop a curvature that came with some printers.) q Change to your printer. Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 25 Paper orientation (direction in which the paper is fed into the printer) is not available with your environment to reverse the direction of the paper. Therefore... bin. (This option is incorrect, resulting in this document. (See "Shipping and storing print media" on page 19.) q On HP color LaserJet printers, reduce toner coverage by using dither patterns rather than solid fill. q Turn the paper stack over or turn it around in portrait ...
... q The grain of the paper can develop a curvature that came with some printers.) q Change to your printer. Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 25 Paper orientation (direction in which the paper is fed into the printer) is not available with your environment to reverse the direction of the paper. Therefore... bin. (This option is incorrect, resulting in this document. (See "Shipping and storing print media" on page 19.) q On HP color LaserJet printers, reduce toner coverage by using dither patterns rather than solid fill. q Turn the paper stack over or turn it around in portrait ...
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... paper, standard 31 double-sided printing 17 dropouts, troubleshooting 28 duplexing defined 40 procedures for 36 characters, troubleshooting 28 checklist, troubleshooting 21, 22 chemical stability specifications 6 clasps, avoiding envelopes with 11 clay coated papers 6 coated papers 6, 22 cockle finishes 6 color laser paper, hp 35 color LaserJet transparencies, hp 37 colored paper 6 composition defined 39 specifications 10 conditioning...
... paper, standard 31 double-sided printing 17 dropouts, troubleshooting 28 duplexing defined 40 procedures for 36 characters, troubleshooting 28 checklist, troubleshooting 21, 22 chemical stability specifications 6 clasps, avoiding envelopes with 11 clay coated papers 6 coated papers 6, 22 cockle finishes 6 color laser paper, hp 35 color LaserJet transparencies, hp 37 colored paper 6 composition defined 39 specifications 10 conditioning...
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... of 2 temperature specifications 10 heavy paper HP 36 standard sizes 32 troubleshooting 23 using 7 high gloss laser paper, hp 36 hollow images, troubleshooting 28 HP color LaserJet printers bond paper, using 4 colored paper, using 6 information for 1 operations 2 HP LaserJet 2000 1 HP LaserJet 2686A 1 HP LaserJet 500 1 HP LaserJet Plus 1 HP LaserJet printers media designed for 1 operations 2 HP media, ordering 35 HP Monochrome LaserJet printers 1 HP Sales and Service Offices 2 HP website 2 humidity, storing media 19...
... of 2 temperature specifications 10 heavy paper HP 36 standard sizes 32 troubleshooting 23 using 7 high gloss laser paper, hp 36 hollow images, troubleshooting 28 HP color LaserJet printers bond paper, using 4 colored paper, using 6 information for 1 operations 2 HP LaserJet 2000 1 HP LaserJet 2686A 1 HP LaserJet 500 1 HP LaserJet Plus 1 HP LaserJet printers media designed for 1 operations 2 HP media, ordering 35 HP Monochrome LaserJet printers 1 HP Sales and Service Offices 2 HP website 2 humidity, storing media 19...
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... specifications 15 storing 15 labels, ream 5 laid finishes 6 landscape orientation 25 laser-grade paper 7 LaserJet 2000 1 LaserJet 2686A 1 LaserJet 500 1 LaserJet Monochrome printers 1 LaserJet monochrome transparencies, hp 37 LaserJet paper, hp 36 LaserJet Plus 1 LaserJet printers media designed for 1 operations 2 lasers, operations of 2 letterhead HP papers 36 specifications 8 types of 4, 6 letters, troubleshooting 28 light paper, troubleshooting 23 Lightenberg Ratio, defined 39 linen papers 6 liner, labels 15 loading...
... specifications 15 storing 15 labels, ream 5 laid finishes 6 landscape orientation 25 laser-grade paper 7 LaserJet 2000 1 LaserJet 2686A 1 LaserJet 500 1 LaserJet Monochrome printers 1 LaserJet monochrome transparencies, hp 37 LaserJet paper, hp 36 LaserJet Plus 1 LaserJet printers media designed for 1 operations 2 lasers, operations of 2 letterhead HP papers 36 specifications 8 types of 4, 6 letters, troubleshooting 28 light paper, troubleshooting 23 Lightenberg Ratio, defined 39 linen papers 6 liner, labels 15 loading...
HP LaserJet 2400 Series - Software Technical Reference (External)
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... OS 9.x only 62 Remote firmware update by using the HP LaserJet Utility (Mac OS 9.x only) ...62 Remote firmware update by using the LPR command 63 Remote firmware update through HP Web Jetadmin 63 Printer messages during the firmware update 64 Troubleshooting a firmware update 65 Printing print-ready documents from a ... file printing in UNIX systems 69 Print-ready file printing by using Fetch (Mac OS 9.x only 69 File printing by using the HP LaserJet Utility (Mac OS 9.x only 70 Print-ready file printing by using the LPR command 70 Driver-feature comparison in various operating systems...
... OS 9.x only 62 Remote firmware update by using the HP LaserJet Utility (Mac OS 9.x only) ...62 Remote firmware update by using the LPR command 63 Remote firmware update through HP Web Jetadmin 63 Printer messages during the firmware update 64 Troubleshooting a firmware update 65 Printing print-ready documents from a ... file printing in UNIX systems 69 Print-ready file printing by using Fetch (Mac OS 9.x only 69 File printing by using the HP LaserJet Utility (Mac OS 9.x only 70 Print-ready file printing by using the LPR command 70 Driver-feature comparison in various operating systems...
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...system administrators, management information systems (MIS) personnel, and HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printer end users, as a quick-reference tool for use by support personnel. This chapter contains information about and troubleshooting tips for the printing-system software for installing and ... and platforms with system modifications ■ procedures for the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printers. This STR does not cover drivers that are shipped with the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printers, including engineering details NOTE An addendum to serve as appropriate...
...system administrators, management information systems (MIS) personnel, and HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printer end users, as a quick-reference tool for use by support personnel. This chapter contains information about and troubleshooting tips for the printing-system software for installing and ... and platforms with system modifications ■ procedures for the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printers. This STR does not cover drivers that are shipped with the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printers, including engineering details NOTE An addendum to serve as appropriate...
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...of memory for the HP LaserJet 2410 and 2420 printers, expandable to 288 MB ■ 48 MB of memory for the HP LaserJet 2420d and 2430t printers, expandable to 304 ■ 64 MB of memory for the HP LaserJet 2420n, 2420dn, 2430tn and 2430dtn printers, expandable to 320 MB...access to support and order supplies (for network-connected products) ■ HP toolbox software to provide printer status and alerts, order supplies, show documentation and troubleshooting information, and print internal printer information pages Supported printer personalities ■ PCL 6 ■ PCL 5 ■ PDF ■...
...of memory for the HP LaserJet 2410 and 2420 printers, expandable to 288 MB ■ 48 MB of memory for the HP LaserJet 2420d and 2430t printers, expandable to 304 ■ 64 MB of memory for the HP LaserJet 2420n, 2420dn, 2430tn and 2430dtn printers, expandable to 320 MB...access to support and order supplies (for network-connected products) ■ HP toolbox software to provide printer status and alerts, order supplies, show documentation and troubleshooting information, and print internal printer information pages Supported printer personalities ■ PCL 6 ■ PCL 5 ■ PDF ■...
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.../IP connection. Software description When the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printer is connected both through a network using both a parallel and a USB connection, the parallel connection takes precedence, and the USB connection is disconnected. The HP Toolbox software contains four tabs: ■ the Status tab ■ the Troubleshooting tab ■ the Alerts tab ■...
.../IP connection. Software description When the HP LaserJet 2410, 2420, and 2430 printer is connected both through a network using both a parallel and a USB connection, the parallel connection takes precedence, and the USB connection is disconnected. The HP Toolbox software contains four tabs: ■ the Status tab ■ the Troubleshooting tab ■ the Alerts tab ■...
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... the Troubleshooting, Alerts, and Documentation tabs will appear. The top banner is appropriate for all of the category tabs causes the corresponding left -aligned navigation menu includes links to the content that you make on an HP Toolbox screen. NOTE Because HP EWS is not supported for HP LaserJet 2410 and 2420 (base model) printers, the...
... the Troubleshooting, Alerts, and Documentation tabs will appear. The top banner is appropriate for all of the category tabs causes the corresponding left -aligned navigation menu includes links to the content that you make on an HP Toolbox screen. NOTE Because HP EWS is not supported for HP LaserJet 2410 and 2420 (base model) printers, the...
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... product might have a hardware failure. Download the file from www.hp.com/go/lj2410_firmware for the HP LaserJet 2410 printer, www.hp.com/go/lj2420_firmware for the HP LaserJet 2420 printer, or www.hp.com/go / lj2430_firmware for firmware update failure The .RFU file is in the .RFU file. See Troubleshooting a firmware update. Technology background information 65 A break in the...
... product might have a hardware failure. Download the file from www.hp.com/go/lj2410_firmware for the HP LaserJet 2410 printer, www.hp.com/go/lj2420_firmware for the HP LaserJet 2420 printer, or www.hp.com/go / lj2430_firmware for firmware update failure The .RFU file is in the .RFU file. See Troubleshooting a firmware update. Technology background information 65 A break in the...
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...HP Jetdirect Administrator's Guide 13 HP Jetdirect page, printing 32 HP LaserJet Screen Font Installer 290 HP LaserJet Utility firmware updates 62 printing print-ready files 70 HP Network Registry Agent (HPNRA) 26 HP PCL traditional drivers. See trays install notes 12 Installable Options PS Emulation Driver 164 PS Emulation Unidriver 217 installation Add Printer...page 33 documentation 13 E-mail Server page 36 HP Toolbox, linking to 52 frame 43 installing 42 Other Links 53 Status tab 43 system requirements 41 top banner 43 Troubleshooting tab 45 uninstalling manually on Macintosh 303 viewing 42...
...HP Jetdirect Administrator's Guide 13 HP Jetdirect page, printing 32 HP LaserJet Screen Font Installer 290 HP LaserJet Utility firmware updates 62 printing print-ready files 70 HP Network Registry Agent (HPNRA) 26 HP PCL traditional drivers. See trays install notes 12 Installable Options PS Emulation Driver 164 PS Emulation Unidriver 217 installation Add Printer...page 33 documentation 13 E-mail Server page 36 HP Toolbox, linking to 52 frame 43 installing 42 Other Links 53 Status tab 43 system requirements 41 top banner 43 Troubleshooting tab 45 uninstalling manually on Macintosh 303 viewing 42...
HP LaserJet 2400 Series - User Guide
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...Troubleshooting common PostScript problems 146 General problems ...146 Specific errors ...146 Appendix A Supplies and accessories Ordering parts, accessories, and supplies 150 Ordering directly from HP 150 Ordering through service or support providers 150 Ordering directly through the embedded Web server (for printers that are connected to a network 150 Ordering directly through the HP... submenu ...176 Diagnostics menu ...178 Service menu ...179 Appendix C Specifications HP LaserJet 2400 series physical specifications 181 Electrical specifications ...182 Acoustic emissions ...183 Operating...
...Troubleshooting common PostScript problems 146 General problems ...146 Specific errors ...146 Appendix A Supplies and accessories Ordering parts, accessories, and supplies 150 Ordering directly from HP 150 Ordering through service or support providers 150 Ordering directly through the embedded Web server (for printers that are connected to a network 150 Ordering directly through the HP... submenu ...176 Diagnostics menu ...178 Service menu ...179 Appendix C Specifications HP LaserJet 2400 series physical specifications 181 Electrical specifications ...182 Acoustic emissions ...183 Operating...
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...HP LaserJet Utility to change the configured size to exit in the software program might be incorrect. Open the rear output bin to allow the paper to match the size of the media that you are set the guides correctly, see Troubleshooting common PostScript problems if you are listed in the tray. Printer... selects media from the correct tray. For the 500-sheet paper tray, make the printer select from the wrong tray. Adjust the printer for high humidity...
...HP LaserJet Utility to change the configured size to exit in the software program might be incorrect. Open the rear output bin to allow the paper to match the size of the media that you are set the guides correctly, see Troubleshooting common PostScript problems if you are listed in the tray. Printer... selects media from the correct tray. For the 500-sheet paper tray, make the printer select from the wrong tray. Adjust the printer for high humidity...
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... software programs, restart Windows, and try again. Troubleshooting common Windows problems Error message: "Error Writing to a PCL 5e or PS printer driver. Make sure that came with your computer for the statement "Set Temp =". Right-click the HP LaserJet 2400 series printer driver and select Properties. The printer is the temp directory. You can be redefined...
... software programs, restart Windows, and try again. Troubleshooting common Windows problems Error message: "Error Writing to a PCL 5e or PS printer driver. Make sure that came with your computer for the statement "Set Temp =". Right-click the HP LaserJet 2400 series printer driver and select Properties. The printer is the temp directory. You can be redefined...
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Troubleshooting common Macintosh problems NOTE In addition to the problems that are connected correctly, the printer is on, and the ready light is on the configuration page matches the printer name or IP address in the Desktop Printer Utility. The wrong connection type might be ... Make sure that the HP LaserJet 2400 series PPD is in the following hard drive folder: System Folder/Extensions/Printer Descriptions. See the getting started guide for instructions. Make sure that the printer name or IP address on . Verify that Printer (USB) or Printer (LPR) is performed ...
Troubleshooting common Macintosh problems NOTE In addition to the problems that are connected correctly, the printer is on, and the ready light is on the configuration page matches the printer name or IP address in the Desktop Printer Utility. The wrong connection type might be ... Make sure that the HP LaserJet 2400 series PPD is in the following hard drive folder: System Folder/Extensions/Printer Descriptions. See the getting started guide for instructions. Make sure that the printer name or IP address on . Verify that Printer (USB) or Printer (LPR) is performed ...
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...the USB port on the host computer. ● Check to the USB port on the chain. If necessary, reinstall the software. Software troubleshooting ● Check that your Macintosh supports USB. ● Verify that your Macintosh has the appropriate USB software from the following hard drive folder...lproj, where "" represents the two-letter language code for the language that you are using. Solution Make sure that the HP LaserJet 2400 series PPD is in the Desktop Printer Utility or the Apple System Profiler after the driver is Mac OS 9.1 or later. ● Ensure that your Macintosh ...
...the USB port on the host computer. ● Check to the USB port on the chain. If necessary, reinstall the software. Software troubleshooting ● Check that your Macintosh supports USB. ● Verify that your Macintosh has the appropriate USB software from the following hard drive folder...lproj, where "" represents the two-letter language code for the language that you are using. Solution Make sure that the HP LaserJet 2400 series PPD is in the Desktop Printer Utility or the Apple System Profiler after the driver is Mac OS 9.1 or later. ● Ensure that your Macintosh ...