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ENWW iii Copyright and License © Copyright Hewlett-Pac kard Compa ny , 2002 All R ights Res er ved. Repro duction, a dap tation, or translati on with out pri or wr it ten per mi ssion i s prohi bited, e xcept as allowed u nder the copyright laws.
iv ENWW W arranty The infor matio n cont ained i n t his docu men t is sub ject t o chan ge withou t notic e. He wlett-P ac kard makes n o warranty of any k ind with respec t to thi s informa tion. HEWLET T -P A CKARD S PECIFICALL Y DISCL AIMS THE IMPL IED W A RRANTY OF MERCHANT ABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A P ARTICULAR PURPOSE.
ENWW v T radema rk Credits Adobe is a t rademar k of Adobe Syst ems Inc or porated. Ari al is a U .S. registe red tradem ar k of th e Monot yp e Cor poration. Energy Star a nd the E nergy Star log o are U.S . regist ered ser vice mark s of the Unit ed S tates Environm ental Pr otecti on Age ncy .
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ENWW vii Contents 1 Prin ter ba sic s Quick access to prin ter infor matio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 World W ide Web link s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 User gui de link s . . . . . .
viii ENWW Configu re devi ce menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Printi ng menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Print qu ality me nu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ENWW ix Supplie s and a ccess ories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Order ing dire ctly throu gh the e mbedde d Web s erver (for prin ters with ne twork conne ction s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Order ing dire ctly throu gh the p rinte r softwar e (for prin ters directly conne cted to a c ompute r) .
x ENWW Settin g up to print with W indows 95 , 98 , 2000, NT, ME, and X P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Settin g up to print with Ma cintosh compu ters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Printi ng a jo b . . . .
ENWW xi Replacin g supp lies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 6 Locating suppl ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Supply repla cement gu ideli nes . . . . . . . . . . .
xii ENWW Appendix B Specifications and r e gulatory information Printer s pecific ations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Physic al dime nsions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Electr ical sp ecifica tions .
ENWW 1 1 Pr inter basics This c hapter c ontain s infor matio n on s etting up your pr inter a nd becom ing familiar wi th its f e atures. The f ollowing to pics are covered: z Quic k access to printe.
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ENWW 3 Quic k a ccess to prin ter inf ormati on W orld Wide W eb links Pri nter d r ivers , upd ated HP pr inter s oftware, and pr oduct inform ation and suppo r t ma y be ob tained from th e follo w ing URLs: http://www .hp .com/s uppor t/lj4 600 Pri nter d r ivers ma y be o btaine d from the f ollowing site s: In Chin a: ft p://www .
4 ENWW Where to look for more inf ormatio n WWW Sev eral references are av ailable for use with t his p r inter . See http://www .hp .com/s uppor t/lj4 600 . Setting up the printer Getting Started Gui de Step-by-step ins tr uc ti ons for insta lling an d setti ng up the pr inter .
ENWW 5 Usi ng th e print e r CD User Guide Detail ed infor matio n on us ing a nd troubleshoot ing the pri nter . A v ailable on the CD-ROM that came with the pr inter . Online Help Inf or m ation o n pri nter o ptions th at are av aila ble from withi n pr inte r dr ivers .
6 ENWW Printer configurations Thank you for purcha sing the HP Co lor L aserJe t 4600 s er ies pr i nter . This p r inter is av a ilable in t he con fig urations de scr ibed below .
ENWW 7 HP Color LaserJet 4600 hdn The HP Col or LaserJ et 4600h dn inc ludes the features of th e 4600dtn , plus a ha rd di sk..
8 ENWW Printer features This p r inter combi nes the q uality and r elia bility o f Hewlett-P ac kar d pri nting wi th the features liste d below . For more infor matio n on pr in ter f e atures, see the Hewlett-P ackard website at http:/ /www .h p .com .
ENWW 9 P aper handl ing z Prints on media from 77 mm b y 127 mm (3 inche s by 5 inch es) up to l egal siz e. z Prints on media w ith wei ghts from 60 g/ m 2 to 163 g/m 2 (16 lb bond to 44 lb bo nd). z Prints on a wide ran ge of med ia types inc ludin g glos sy , lab e ls, o verhe ad transpare ncies, a nd en v elopes .
10 ENWW F a ctor s aff ecting p rinter performance Se ver al factors affect the tim e it ta kes to pr int a j ob . Amon g th ese is maximum pr i nter speed, meas ured in p age s per m inute (p pm).
ENWW 11 W alk ar ou nd The following illu stratio ns id entif y the locat ions a nd nam es of key componen ts of th is pr inte r . Fr ont view (sho wn with second 500-sheet pa per feeder) 1. output b in 2. pri nter c ontro l pane l 3. top cover 4. front cover (conta ins T ray 1) 5.
12 ENWW Back/side view 1. output b in 2. on/off switch 3. T ra y 3 (optiona l) 4. EIO con necti on (qu antity 3) 5. FIR (F as t infrared) c onnec tion 6.
ENWW 13 Contr o l panel overview Intr o duction The con trol panel p rovides c ontro l of pr i nter fu nctio ns and communi cates inf or mati on abou t the pr int er and pr int jo bs. Its dis play provides graph ic infor mation abo ut pr int er and suppl ies s tatus, making i t easy to id entify and c orrect problems.
14 ENWW Displa y The pr inte r ’ s d ispl a y giv es you compl ete, timely infor matio n ab out the pri nter a nd pr int jo bs. Graphics i llus trate lev els of su pplies, th e loca tions of paper jam s, and job status. Me nus give acces s to pr inte r fu nc tion s and det ail ed in f or ma ti on.
ENWW 15 Co ntr ol panel b utto ns Use th e buttons on t he con trol p anel t o perform pr inter func tions and to navigate and res pond to menus and mess ages in the d isplay .
16 ENWW Interpreting co ntro l panel in dicator lig hts Contr o l panel indicator lights 1. Ready 2. Data 3. Attenti on Indicator On Off Flashing Ready (green) Pri nte r is onli ne (ab le to accept and pr ocess data). Printer is offl ine or is turned off .
ENWW 17 Co ntr ol panel menu s Overvie w Y ou can perform most r outin e pr inting t asks from the co mputer through t he p rint er dr i v er or software ap plic ation. This i s the m ost conv en ien t wa y t o cont rol th e pr inte r , and will override t he p rint er control pan el se ttings.
18 ENWW Menu hierar ch y The follo wing tables li st the m enu hierarchi es of e ach me nu. To e n t e r t h e m e n u s Press ✔ once to ent er MENUS . Press or to navigate the listing s. Press ✔ to s elect the appro pr iate o ption. Re t rieve job menu See Re tr ie ve job menu for more inform ation.
ENWW 19 Information m enu See In f o r mati on menu for more in f o r mati on. P aper handling me nu See P aper handlin g m enu f or mor e infor m atio n.
20 ENWW Configure device m enu See Co nfigur e de vice menu and C hang in g pr i nte r con trol pan el confi guration settings for more inform ation. CONFI GURE D EVICE PRINT ING COPIE S DEFAU LT PAP .
ENWW 21 Diag nostics me nu See Di agnos tics menu fo r more inf ormation. DIAGNO STICS PRIN T EVEN T LOG SHOW EVENT LOG PQ T ROUBLE SHOOT ING DISA BLE CA RTRID GE CHE CK PAPE R PATH TEST SENS OR TES T.
22 ENWW Retrie ve job menu The re tr ie ve job menu al lows you to vi e w li stings of al l stor ed jo bs. Menu item Descr iption A list of sto red job s appea rs. Scroll through the li st to find a s pecific st ored job . NO ST ORED J OBS If there are no stored jobs, this message appea rs in plac e of the lis t.
ENWW 23 Inf orm ation m enu Use th e inf or mation menu to acc ess a nd pr int spec ific pr in ter inf or m ation. Menu item Descr iption PRINT MENU MAP Prints the control panel menu map , which shows t he l ay o ut a nd cu rr en t se tti ngs of t he contro l pane l menu items.
24 ENWW P aper hand ling menu The Paper handli ng menu al lows you to co nfigure input trays by size and type. Th is me nu can also be used to set default media size and type. It is i mpor tant to c orrec tly conf igu re the trays with this me nu bef ore you pr int f o r the firs t time.
ENWW 25 Configure d e vice menu The con figur e de vice menu allows you to chang e the pr i nter ’ s default pri nting s etting s, adjust the pr in t qual ity , ch ange th e system ’ s confi guration an d I/O o ptions, an d res et the p rinte r ’ s default settings.
26 ENWW Print quality menu This m enu allows you to adjust al l asp ects of pr int quali ty , i nclud ing cali bration, r egistra tion, a nd col or ha lf tone settin gs.
ENWW 27 System set u p menu The sy stem set up m enu allows you to make ch anges to gene ral pri nter confi guratio n default settings such as P ow erS a ve Time, pr inter persona lity (languag e), an d jam recovery . See Ch anging pr inter c ontro l pane l conf iguration s etting s fo r m o r e inf orm ation.
28 ENWW LANGU AGE A list ing of av ailab le langu ages a ppears . Sets the d efa ult la nguage . Menu item V alu es Description.
ENWW 29 I/O menu This m enu allows you to config ure th e pr inte r ’ s I/O op tions. See Ne twork configu ration . Menu item V alu es Description I/0 T IMEOUT 5 - 3 00 Allo ws y ou to sel ect the I/O time out in seco nds .
30 ENWW Resets men u The re sets m enu allows you to re set factor y s etting s, disable and enable P owerSa ve , a nd u pdate th e pr inte r after n e w supplie s are insta lled.
ENWW 31 Diagnostics men u The dia gnosti cs m enu allows you to r un te sts t hat can help you identi fy and solve problems with the pr in ter . Menu item Desc ription PRINT EVENT LOG This item w ill print an e v ent log t hat will di spla y the las t 50 e ntries in t he printer ’ s e v ent, log, star ting wit h the mos t recen t.
32 ENWW Ch ang ing pri nt er c ontr ol pan el co nfigura tion settings By usi ng the p r inter contro l panel , you can ma ke changes to gen eral pri nter con figu ration default settings such a s tra y size and ty pe, P owerSav e time, pr inte r pers onali ty (lang uag e), and j am rec ov er y .
ENWW 33 Job held timeout This opti on sets the pe rio d of tim e that th e sys tem keeps fil es in jo b storage be f ore del eting them fr om the q ueue. The def ault s ettin g for this option is OFF ; the ot her av a ilable setting s ar e 1 HOUR , 4 HOURS , 1 DAY , and 1 WEEK .
34 ENWW 3. Press ✔ to sele ct CONFIGURE DEVICE . 4. Press to hi ghlig ht SYSTEM SETUP . 5. Press ✔ to sele ct SYSTEM SETUP . 6. Press to hi ghlig ht TRAY BEHAVIOR . 7. Press ✔ to sele ct TRAY BEHAVIOR . 8. Press ✔ to sele ct USE REQUESTED TRAY .
ENWW 35 Note The pr in ter di splay dims whe n the pr i nter is in P owerSav e mode. P owerSav e mode d oes no t affect print er war m- up tim e. T o set P owerSave Tim e 1. Press ✔ t o enter th e MENUS . 2. Press to hi ghlig ht CONFIGURE DEVICE .
36 ENWW Pe rs o n a l i t y This p r inter f e ature s autom atic pers onalit y (pr inte r lan guage) sw i tc h i n g . AUTO i s the d efault v alue. z AUTO configur es th e pri nter to autom atica lly d etect t he type of pri nt job a nd co nfig ure its persona lity to acc ommod ate t hat job .
ENWW 37 5. Press ✔ to sele ct SYSTEM SETUP . 6. Press to hi ghlig ht CLEARABLE WARNINGS . 7. Press ✔ to sele ct CLEARABLE WARNINGS . 8. Press or to selec t the a ppropr iate setti ng. 9. Press ✔ to set the se lection. 10. Pres s P AUSE /R ESUME .
38 ENWW T o set supplies low reporting 1. Press ✔ t o enter th e MENUS . 2. Press to hi ghlig ht CONFIGURE DEVICE . 3. Press ✔ to sele ct CONFIGURE DEVICE . 4. Press to hi ghlig ht SYSTEM SETUP . 5. Press ✔ to sele ct SYSTEM SETUP . 6. Press to hi ghlig ht SUPPLIES LOW .
ENWW 39 9. Press ✔ to set the se lection. 10. Pres s P AUSE /R ESUME . Language The opti on to s et the d efault language appear s whe n the pr inte r is first i nitial ized. As you sc roll th rough the av aila b le o ptions, the list will appear i n the l anguage that i s highli ghted.
40 ENWW Using the prin ter control panel in shared en vir o nments Beca use your pr in ter is s hare d with o ther u sers, adher e to the f o llowing g uid eline s to en su re su ccess ful pr in ter op eration : z Consu lt your system admin istrato r before making chang es to contro l pa nel se ttings.
ENWW 41 Printer drivers Pri nter d r ivers acce ss th e pri nter features and al low the co mpu ter to communi ca te with the pr in ter . The f o llowin g pri nte r dr ivers are incl uded wi th the p r inter . 1 Not al l printer fe atures are ava ilable fro m all drive rs or op erating system s.
42 ENWW Printer soft ware Included with the pr inter is a C D-ROM cont ainin g the pr in ting s ystem software. The s oftware co mponen ts and pr inter dri v ers o n this CD- R OM help you use t he pr int er to its fulle st potenti al. Se e the gettin g sta rted gui de f or inst alla tion instructi o ns .
ENWW 43 Software f o r networks F or a summ ar y of av aila b le HP netwo rk i nstal lation and conf iguration software sol utions, s ee the HP Jetd irect P r int Se r ver Ad ministrat or’ s Guide . Y ou can fi nd thi s guide o n the CD i ncluded with the pr inter .
44 ENWW UNIX The HP Jetd irect P rin ter Ins talle r f or UNIX is a s imple p ri nter insta llati on util ity for HP- UX and Solar i s networ ks. It is av aila b le for download from HP Cus tomer Car e Onli ne at http://www .hp .com/s uppor t/net_p r inting .
ENWW 45 Embedded W eb s er ver This p r inter is equip ped with an embedd ed W eb s er v e r , w hich a llows acce ss to in f or m ation a bout pr inte r and networ k activ ities.
46 ENWW Other compon ents and utilit ies Se veral software applic ation s ar e av a ilable for Windows an d Macintos h OS us ers, as well as f or networ k admin istrators.
ENWW 47 Netw o rk config uration Y ou mig ht need to con figur e cer tain networ k paramete rs on the pri nter . Y ou can c onfig ure th ese pa rameters f rom th e pr inte r contr ol panel, the emb edded Web ser v er , o r f or mos t network s, from the HP W eb Jetadmin s oftware (or the HP Lase rJet Utili ty f or Macinto sh).
48 ENWW T o config ure the Novell NetW are para mete rs from the printer contr ol panel 1. Press ✔ t o enter th e MENUS . 2. Press to hi ghlig ht CONFIGURE DEVICE . 3. Press ✔ to sele ct CONFIGURE DEVICE . 4. Press to hi ghlig ht I/O . 5. Press ✔ to sele ct I/O .
ENWW 49 3. Press ✔ to sele ct CONFIGURE DEVICE . 4. Press to hi ghlig ht I/O . 5. Press ✔ to sele ct I/O . 6. Press to hi ghlig ht EIO X (whe re X = 1 , 2, or 3). 7. Press ✔ to sele ct EIO X . 8. Press to hi ghlig ht AUTO . 9. Press ✔ to sele ct AUTO .
50 ENWW Setting the subnet mask 1. Press ✔ t o enter th e MENUS . 2. Press to hi ghlig ht CONFIGURE DEVICE . 3. Press ✔ to sele ct CONFIGURE DEVICE . 4. Press to hi ghlig ht I/O . 5. Press ✔ to sele ct I/O . 6. Press to hi ghlig ht EIO X (whe re X = 1 , 2, or 3).
ENWW 51 Note The first of thr ee sets of number s are the default settings. If there is not a number hi ghlig hted, a hig hligh ted empt y unde rscor e appea rs. 12. Pres s the or arrow to to increas e or dec rease th e number f o r co nfigur i ng LOCAL or DEFAULT GATEWAY .
52 ENWW 11. Pres s ✔ to selec t ON or OFF . 12. Pres s the P AUSE /R ES UME b u tton to retur n to the READY state . T o d isable D LC/LL C 1. Press ✔ t o enter th e MENUS . 2. Press to hi ghlig ht CONFIGURE DEVICE . 3. Press ✔ to sele ct CONFIGURE DEVICE .
ENWW 53 P arallel configurat ion The H P Co lor Las erJe t 4600 p r inter s uppor ts net work and pa rallel conne ction s at the same time. A para llel connecti on is made by conne cting the pr in ter.
54 ENWW Enhanced I/O (EIO) config uration This p r inter comes eq uippe d with th ree e nhance d inpu t/out put (EIO ) slots. The three EIO s lots hold c ompati ble e x ter n al devices such as the HP Jet direct p r int ser v e r networ k c ards or other devices.
ENWW 55 Note Installa tio n of thes e ca rds a nd networ k confi guration shoul d b e performe d by a network admi nistrat or . Config ure th e card ei ther through t he con trol p ane l or with HP Web Jetadm in so ftware.
56 ENWW AppleT alk netw orks Use the HP Las erJet U til ity to se t up the pr inter on an Ether T alk o r LocalT al k networ k. F or more i nformat ion, r efer to the H P J etdir ect Pri nt Ser v er Adm inistrator ’ s Guide inclu ded with pr i nters e quippe d with th e HP Jetdirect pr int ser v er .
ENWW 57 Supplies and acc essories WWW T o order suppli es in the US, contact http://www .hp .com/ go/ljsu pplie s . T o ord er su pplie s world wid e, see http://www .hp . com/gh p/buy online.html . T o or der acce sso ries, se e http://www .hp . com/go /access ori es .
58 ENWW 2. On th e left s ide of the st atus wi ndow , se lect the a ppropr ia te Print er i con. 3. At the top of th e statu s wind ow , s elec t Supplies . (Y ou can also scrol l down to Su pplie s Stat us.) 4. Click Or der Supplies . The browser op ens to the sup plies purchas ing p age.
ENWW 59 Cables C2 946A IEEE-1284 co mpliant parallel c able , 3 m (appro ximately 10 f eet) long, with 2 5 -pin male/mi cro 36-pin m ale ( “ C ” size) conn ector 9221 5S Mac int osh D IN- 8 pr i n.
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ENWW 61 2 Pr inting tasks This cha pter d escr ibes how to perform basi c pr intin g task s. The f o llowing to pics are covered: z Cont roll ing pr i nt job s z Selec ti ng pr in t media z Config ur .
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ENWW 63 Contr olling prin t jobs In the Micr osoft W indows operatin g system, three s ettings affect how the pr inter dr iver trie s to pu ll pap er whe n you send a pri nt job. The Sour ce , Ty p e , and Siz e s ettings ap pear in the Pa g e S e t u p , Print , or Print Proper ties dialo g bo x es in mos t software pr ograms.
64 ENWW Print set ting priorities Changes m ade to pr in t settings are pr io r itized acc ording to where the chang es are m ade, as f o llows: Note The name s of com mands and di alog box e s may v ar y dependi ng on y our pr ogr am. z P age Set up dial og bo x .
ENWW 65 Selecting pr int medi a Y ou can use many ty pes of paper and other pr int medi a with t his pri nter . Th is se ction provide s gui deline s and spec ificatio ns for sele cting and us ing di fferent prin t me dia.
66 ENWW Media that ma y damage the printer In rare ci rcums tances medi a can dam age the pr in ter . The f o llowing media must be avoided to prev e nt possi b le d amage: z Do not u se media with s taples att ached. z Do not u se transpa rencies des igned for Inkjet pr inter s or oth er low temperatur e pr inters.
ENWW 67 Configuring input trays The HP Colo r Laser Jet 46 00 ser ies pr i nter all ows you to configu re input tra ys b y type and s ize. Y ou can to load di fferent media in the pri nter ’ s inpu t tray s a nd then request med ia by type or si ze .
68 ENWW 6. Press or to hig hligh t the des ired me dia s ize. 7. Press ✔ to sele ct t he me dia siz e . 8. Press P AUSE /R ESUME to retur n to the READY state . 9. If TRAY 1 SIZE is set to CUSTOM , the p op u p menu f o r Cus tom appears. T ra y 2 and T ra y 3 media t ype 1.
ENWW 69 1. Custom /Stand ard s witch When all three steps are compl eted, th e display will retur n to the PAPER HANDLING menu. Onc e a Cus tom si ze is set for a tra y , it w ill be retained until the switch in the tra y i s moved bac k to Standard. Unit of measure 1.
70 ENWW Printing from T ray 1 (m ultipurpose tray) T ra y 1 is a multip ur p ose tray that holds up to 1 00 she ets of pap er or 20 env el ope s. It provides a conv e nie nt wa y to pr in t env e lopes, transparenc ies, custom -size pape r , or oth er types of med ia with out having to u nload t he other tra ys.
ENWW 71 CA UTION Envelopes wi th clasp s, snaps, windows, coate d lini ngs, e xposed se lf- stick adhes ives, or other s ynthet ic ma ter ials c an sev er ly damag e the pri nter . T o a void jams an d poss ible pri nter dam age, nev er t r y to pr int on both side s of an env e lope.
72 ENWW Note F or env elopes of other si zes, adjust the m argin settin gs approp r iately . 4. Selec t Print fr om th e software appli cation or pr inte r dr iver . Printing fr om T ray 2 and T ray 3 T ra y 2 and o ptiona l T ra y 3 hold up to 500 sheets of standa rd paper or a 50.
ENWW 73 3 Push down the m edia l ift pl ate unti l it l o ck s. 4 Sli de th e med ia-wi dth gu i des op en to the size for the me dia you are using . 5 Load me dia face-up , makin g sure that the cor n ers of the me dia fit under the front c or ner tabs.
74 ENWW Loading custom-siz ed m edia into T ray 2 and Tr a y 3 The Cus tom med ia menu wi ll be display ed when the T ra y 2 or T ra y 3 s witch is in the c ustom s ize positi on. Y ou must a lso c hange th e size setti ng in th e cont rol p anel fr om ANY CUSTOM to CUSTOM.
ENWW 75 Printing on special m edia Use these gu idelines when p r inting on sp ecial types of med ia. T ransparencies When pr intin g on transpa renc ies, use the following gu idelines : z Handle transpare ncie s usi ng the edges. Oils from your fingers depos ited on the transpa renc y ca n caus e pr int quali ty pr oblems.
76 ENWW Note Hewlett-P ackard rec ommen ds using HP Color LaserJ et S oft Glos s paper wit h this p r inter . HP products ar e desi gned to wor k toge the r f or optimum p r inting resu lts. If HP Color Las erJe t So ft Gloss paper is no t used with this print er , print q ualit y m ay be co mprom ised.
ENWW 77 Labels Note F or pr int ing la bels, set the tray ’ s m edia type to LABELS in th e pr inte r control pa nel. Se e Configur i ng inp ut tra y s . Wh en pr in ting la bels, us e the following gu ideli nes: z V er if y that t he labe ls ’ adhe sive mater i al can tol erate tem peratures of 190 ° C (374 ° F) for 0.
78 ENWW CA UTION In gen eral do not us e paper that is heavier than the media specif ication recomm ende d for this pr inter . Doin g so c an ca use mi sfeeds , pap er jams , reduced pr int qual ity , and exc essiv e mecha nical w ear . However , some heavi er media , suc h as HP Cover S tock, c an be s afely used.
ENWW 79 2-sided (duplex) printing Some pr inter mo dels are c apable of dup lex printi ng, or pri nting on both s ides of a pag e. T o fi nd out which mod els s uppor t 2-si ded pri nting, see Pr i nte r co nfig urati on s .
80 ENWW T o enable or disable 2-sided printing fr om the printer control panel Note Changi ng se ttings for 2- sided pri nting thro ugh th e pr int er c ontro l pan el aff ects al l pr int jobs. Whe nev er pos sible, change s ettings f or 2-s ided pri nting th rough your software appli cati on or pr in ter dr iver .
ENWW 81 Options f or bindi ng 2-sided printing jo bs Bef ore pri nting a 2-si ded do cumen t, in th e pr inte r dr iver choose the edge on which you wil l bin d your finished docum ent. Lo ng-ed ge or book bindin g is t he conventional lay out used i n book bindi ng.
82 ENWW Manual 2-sided printing Some pr inter mo dels do no t suppor t auto matic 2-si ded pr inti ng. Howe ver , you can p rint o n bot h side s of a pag e usin g manual 2- sided pri nting. T o manuall y pr int on both side s, use the ins tr ucti ons b elow .
ENWW 83 Special printing situations Use these gu idelines when p r inting on sp ecial types of med ia. Printing a different fir st page Use t he following proc edure t o p rin t th e firs t page of a .
84 ENWW Stopping a pri nt request Y ou can stop a pri nt req uest e ither from t he p rint er co ntrol panel or from your software appli cation . T o sto p a pr in t requ est from a compu ter on a netwo rk, se e the on line H elp f o r the speci fic n etwor k software.
ENWW 85 Job retention features The HP Co lor L aserJe t 4600 s er ies pr i nter lets you store a job in the pri nter ’ s m emor y f or p r intin g at a l ater time.
86 ENWW Printing stored jobs 1. Press ✔ t o enter MENUS . 2. RETRIEVE JOB is highl ighted . 3. Press ✔ to sele ct RETRIEVE JOB . 4. Press to hi ghlig ht your USER NAME . 5. Press ✔ t o select your USER NAME . 6. Press to hi ghlig ht a JOB NAME .
ENWW 87 Deleting stored jobs When y o u sen d a sto red j ob , th e pri nter ov erwr ites any previous job s with th e same user an d job n ame. If ther e is not a jo b already stored under the sa me user and jo b name, and the prin ter ne eds ad dition al space, the pr inte r may delete othe r store d jobs s tar ting with the oldest.
88 ENWW Private job s The pr ivate pr intin g feature lets you secu re a j ob with a P erso nal Identi ficati on Numb er (PIN). That job ca nnot be prin ted or delete d until the PIN is en tered at th e contr ol pa nel. A lock symbo l next to a job na me ind icate s the j ob is pr ivate.
ENWW 89 Deleting a priv ate job If the pr inte r is tur ned o ff , al l pri vate jobs are delete d. A pr ivate job can a lso be de lete d from the pr inter cont rol pane l. Y o u can delete a job wi thout pr inti ng it o r delete it a fter it i s pr inted.
90 ENWW Printing with the op tional HP Fast Infr aR ed Receiver The opti onal HP F as t InfraRed (FIR) Rec eiver enables wir eless pri nting fro m any IR D A-co mplia nt por table de vice (such as a lap top compu ter) to t he p r inter .
ENWW 91 Setting up to print with Macintosh computer s The fir st st ep f or setti ng up an infrare d pr inte r is crea ting a Deskto p Pri nter ic on usi ng the Desktop P r inter Uti lity . By default, the Deskto p Printer U tili ty is locat e d in t he Apple Extr as/A pple Lase rW riter f o lder on the h ard d r ive .
92 ENWW Prin ti ng a jo b 1. Alig n your lapt op co mputer (or oth er por table device eq uipped with an IRD A-c ompli ant FIR wi ndow) with in 1 me ter (3 feet) maximum of the opti onal H P F as t InfraRe d Receiver .
ENWW 93 Managing memo r y This p r inter suppo r ts up t o 512 MB o f me mor y . Y o u ca n add a dditio nal memor y by installi ng Dual Inline Mem or y Modul es (DIMM s). T o all ow f o r mem or y expansion, the pr in ter ha s five DIMM slo ts, which accep t 64, 128 , or 25 6 M B of RA M each .
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ENWW 95 3 Managing the pr inter This c hapter desc ri bes how to m anage t he p r inter . T he follo wing topics are cov e re d: z Pri nter i nforma tion pa ges z Using the emb edded Web ser v er z Us.
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ENWW 97 Printer inf ormation pages F rom the pr in ter control panel , you can p r int pag es that give details about th e pr int er and its cur rent confi guration.
98 ENWW Configuration pag e Use the c onfigura tion pa ge to v iew current pr in ter setti ngs, to hel p troubleshoot pr inter problems, or to v er ify i nstallati on of o ptiona l acce ssor ies, su ch as memor y (DIM Ms), pap er trays , and p r inter langu ages.
ENWW 99 Note If you are using non-HP suppli es, the supplies stat us page wil l not show the remai ning life f or t hose s uppli es. F o r mor e infor matio n, see Non- HP prin t car tr i dge s . Usa ge page The usa ge page lis ts a pa ge cou nt for each si ze of medi a that h as passed t hroug h the pr inte r .
100 ENWW 1. Press ✔ t o enter th e MENUS . 2. Press to hi ghlig ht INFORMATION . 3. Press ✔ to sele ct INFORMATION . 4. Press to hi ghlig ht PRINT FILE DIRECTORY .
ENWW 101 Print qual ity tr oubleshooting p ages The pr in t quali ty tr oubleshooti ng pag es provide inform ation o n aspects of the pr inter tha t af f ec t pr in t quality . 1. Press ✔ t o enter th e MENUS . 2. Press to hi ghlig ht DIAGNOSTICS .
102 ENWW Using the em bedded W eb server When the pr in ter is di rect ly conn ected to a co mputer , the embedded W eb ser ver is sup por ted f or Windows 95 and la ter . In or der to use the embedd ed W eb ser ver with a direct con nection, you must choos e the Custom insta llation option when you ins tall the pr in ter dr iver .
ENWW 103 Note Once you open th e URL , you can book mar k it s o that you can r etur n to it q uickly in the fu ture. 1. The embe dde d W e b ser v er has t hree t abs tha t conta in se ttings and in f o r mation abo ut the pr inte r : th e Information tab, the Settings tab , an d the Netw ork tab.
104 ENWW The Settings tab cont ains t he f ollo w ing pages. z Configure De v ice. Configu re all pr i nter settin gs from this p age. This p age co ntains the trad itiona l menu s f ound on pr in ters using a co ntrol panel dis pla y . Th ese m enus in clud e Information , Pap e r Handling , C onfigure De vice , and Diagnostics .
ENWW 105 embedd ed Web ser ver , you mus t conne ct before you can vi sit th ese websites. Connec ting m ight req uire that you clos e the em bedded W e b se r ver and re open i t. z HP Instant Suppor t ™ . Co nne cts you to the HP websi te to hel p you find solu tio ns.
106 ENWW Using Printer Status and Aler ts Pri nter S tatus and Al er ts is sup por ted onl y f or Win dows 95 and la ter v e rsi ons. The Pr in ter Statu s and Aler ts so ftware is av aila b le to users of both networ ked and dir ectly conn ected p r inter s.
ENWW 107 T o choose which status m essages a ppear 1. Open Pr i nter Stat us and Aler ts in on e of these wa ys: • Doub le-c lic k the Printer Status a nd Aler t s tra y ico n, which i s near the clock in the T ra y Manag er .
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ENWW 10 9 4 Color This c hapter de scr ib es how the HP Color La se rJet 460 0 ser ie s pr inter provides great color p r inting . This cha pter a lso des cri bes wa ys to produce the best p ossible color pr ints.
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ENWW 111 Using color The HP Co lor L aserJe t 4600 s eri es pr inte r offers great color as soo n as you set up the pr in ter . It p rovides a com bin ation of autom atic c olor f e atures to gene rat.
112 ENWW sRGB Standa rd red- green-blue (sRGB ) is a world -wide colo r standa rd ori ginall y dev elo ped b y HP an d Mic rosoft as a co mmo n color langu age for monitors, input devices (sc anner s, digital ca meras), an d output d e vices (pr inter s, plotters).
ENWW 113 Managing color Settin g color option s to Automatic will ty pically produc e the b est possible pr int q uality f or colo r docum ents. Howe ver , there may be case s when you want to pr int a colo r doc ument i n gra y scale (black and whi te) or w ish to chang e one of the pr in ter ’ s color o p t ions .
114 ENWW Halftone options Halfton e optio ns affect the res olution a nd cl ar ity o f your color ou tput. Y ou can sele ct hal ftone setti ngs for te x t, graphics, and p hotographs indep endentl y . Th e two ha lftone o ptions ar e Smooth and Detai l .
ENWW 115 F ou r lev els of edge c ontro l are a vailable: z Maximum is the most a ggressive trapping s ettin g. Adap tive halftonin g is o n fo r this setting. z Normal is th e default trappin g setti ng. T rapping is at a medi um le vel and ada ptive halftoning is o n.
116 ENWW Matching colors The pro cess of m atchi ng pr in ter output c olor to your compu ter s creen is qu ite co mplex because pr inter s and compu ter mo nitor s use diff e rent m ethods of pr oduci ng color .
ENWW 117 Some s watch books a re c reated from spot co lors. Spo t colo rs are spec ially create d col orants. Many of these spo t colo rs a re out side of the gamut of the pr in ter . Mos t spot color sw a tch bo oks h a ve compa nion proc ess s watch bo oks t hat provide CM YK app ro x imati ons to the s pot c olor .
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ENWW 11 9 5 Maintenance This cha pter d escri bes way s to mai ntain your pri nter . The following topics are cov e re d: z Managi ng the prin t car tr idge z Changi ng pr in t car tr idges z Replacin.
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ENWW 121 Managing the p rint car tridg e HP print car tridges When y o u u se a genuine new HP pr i nt car tri dge ( par t numbe r C9720A , C9721A , C9722 A, C972 3A), you can obtain the f oll owing s.
122 ENWW Y our p rint car tr idge m ight no t be a g enuine HP pr i nt car tri dge if you notic e the following: z Y ou ar e e xper ienc ing a high numb er of p roblems with the pr in t car tr id ge.
ENWW 123 Using the embed ded W eb ser ver 1. In your browser , enter the IP address f or the pr i nter home page. This ta kes y ou to th e pr inte r status page. See Using the embedd ed Web s er v er . 2. On the le ft sid e of the screen click Su ppl ies St atu s .
124 ENWW Ch ang ing print car tri dg es When a pr int car tr idg e appr oache s the e nd of i ts useful life , the control panel disp lays a mess age rec ommend ing that you order a replac ement.
ENWW 125 4 Remov e the new pr int car tri dge from the bag. Place th e used pr int car tr id ge in the bag f or recy clin g. 5 Grasp bo th sides of the c ar tridg e and di str ibute the tone r by gently roc kin g the c artridge from si de to side. 6 Remov e the oran ge shippi ng lock from the new print car tridge.
126 ENWW Replacing sup plies Locating supp lies Suppl ies a re id entifi ed by their la belin g an d their blue plasti c hand le s. The follo wing figur e illus trates t he loc ation o f each su pply ite m. Suppl y item locations 1. fuser 2. pri nt car tri dges 3.
ENWW 127 CA UTION Hewlett- P ackard rec ommen ds the use of HP produ cts i n this pri nter . Use of non-H P produc ts may cause p roblems re quir ing s er vic e that is not covered b y the Hewlett- P ackard warranty or s er vi ce agreemen ts.
128 ENWW Appro ximate replacement interv als f o r supplies The follo wing table lis ts the e stima ted re place ment i nter v als f o r suppl ies an d the cont rol pan el messa ges that pro mpt wh en to replac e each item . 1 Approximate average A4-/l etter-size pa ge count b a sed on 5 pe rcent coverag e of individ ual colors.
ENWW 129 Configuring aler ts Y ou can use H P Web Jeta dmin o r the prin ter ’ s em bedded Web ser ver to conf igure th e system to aler t you of problems w ith the pr in ter . The aler ts take the f or m of e-mail messages to the e-ma il acco unt or accounts that you s pecify .
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ENWW 13 1 6 Prob lemsolving This cha pter d escri bes wha t to do i f pro b lems a r ise with your pr i nter . The follo wing topic s are c ov e red: z Basi c tro ublesh ooti ng ch ecklis t z Contro l.
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ENWW 133 Basic tr oubleshooting chec k list If you are e xperien cing problems with the pri nter , th is checklist ma y help iden tify t he cau se of th e problem.
134 ENWW Contr o l panel m essages Status m essa g es Status mess ages r eflect the cu rren t state of the p r inter . T hey inf or m you of nor mal pr inter o peration and r equire n o intera ction to clea r them. They cha nge as th e state of the pr inter chang es.
ENWW 135 Contr ol panel messages Mess age D escript ion Action Access denie d men us locked An atte mpt h as been made to modify a menu item while the contro l panel security m echani sm is enab led by the printer adm inistr ator . The mes sage will dis appea r shor tly , and the printer will retu r n to READY or BUSY sta te.
136 ENWW CPR SE NSOR O UT OF RANGE The CP R Sensor is not beha ving properly . 1. F orce a c alibration by eit he r se lec tin g Cali brate Now from the menu s or tu r n the printer off a nd then ba ck on. 2. If the m essage p ersists, contac t HP Suppor t.
ENWW 137 DISK F ILE SY STEM IS FULL alternates with Ready For me nus p ress ✔ The printer rece iv ed a PJL file syste m command that attempte d to st ore somet hin g on the fi le s ys tem b ut was unsuc cessful because the file system is full. 1. Use t he HP W eb Jetadm in sof t w are to dele te files fro m the EIO dis k drive and try again.
138 ENWW FLASH FILE O PERAT ION FAILED alternates with Ready For me nus p ress ✔ The printer rece iv ed a PJL file syste m command that attempte d to perf or m an ill ogical op eration (f or e xampl e, to down load a file to a non -ex istent directo r y).
ENWW 139 INCORR ECT SUPPLIES For status press ✔ At least one supp ly item is inc orrectly positione d in the printer an d another su pply ite m is mi ssin g, inco rr ec tly pl aced , ou t, or l ow . 1. Pre ss ✔ and then pres s V f or help . 2. Follow th e i nst ru ctio ns on th e di sp la y to loca te and repl ac e the inco r re ct supp ly .
140 ENWW INSTAL L TRAN SFER UNIT For he lp pre ss V The tra nsfer un it is either not in stalled or not co rrec tly ins tal le d in the p r inter . 1 . Inser t the t rans f er unit or ma k e sure the install ed tr ansf e r un it i s full y sea ted. 2.
ENWW 141 If no pa per in tra y: MANUAL LY FEE D [TY PE] [SIZE] For h elp p ress V alternates with MANUAL LY FEE D [TY PE] [SIZE] To us e ano ther tray p ress ✔ A job sent requires a sp ecific paper type a nd siz e that is no t curren tly ava il a ble.
142 ENWW ORDER <COLOR > CARTRI DGE altern ates w ith To con tinue press ✔ The ide ntifie d print car tridge is nearing the end of its usef ul lif e and the SUPPLIES L O W setting in the SYSTEM SETUP SUBMENU is s et to ST O P . Ove rr i de by p ressi ng ✔ .
ENWW 143 ORDER FUSER KIT X XXX PAGES LEFT T o ent er menus press ✔ The fus er is nea r end of life . The printer is ready and will conti n ue f or the estimate d number of pages in dica te d. 1. Or der the im ag e fuse r kit. 2. Printi ng ca n cont in ue unti l supp lie s out is reached .
144 ENWW ORDER SUPPLI ES For st atus p ress ✔ More tha n one s upply item i s lo w and the SUPPLIES L O W setting is se t to ST OP . 1. Pre ss ✔ to identif y which supplie s sho uld be or d e r ed. 2. Ord er the iden tified supp lie s. 3. Pre ss ✔ twice to cont i nue p r int ing .
ENWW 145 OUTPUT BIN FULL Remove all pa per fr om bi n The out put bin is fu ll and m ust be em pti ed for pr i nti ng t o co nti nue. Remo ve media from t he out pu t bi n. Paused To re turn to ready press RESUM E key The printer i s pau sed, and t here are no error mes sages pend ing at the displ a y .
146 ENWW Printi ng... PQ TROUBL ESHOOT ING The printer is gener ati ng the print qualit y trouble s hooting pa ges. The printer will return to the READY s tate when the pages are printed . F ollo w the in structi ons on the printed pag es . Printi ng.
ENWW 147 RAM DI SK FIL E OPERAT ION FA ILED alternates with Ready For me nus p ress ✔ The printer rece iv ed a PJL file syste m command that attempte d to perf or m an ill ogical op eration (f or e xampl e, to down load a file to a non -ex istent directo r y).
148 ENWW REPLAC E <COL OR> CARTRI DGE alternates with For he lp pre ss V The ide ntifie d print car tridge h as reache d the end o f lif e. Printing will not contin ue unt il the car tr idge is re place d. 1. Repl ac e th e ide nti fie d supp lie s to cont i nue pr in tin g.
ENWW 149 REPLAC E TRAN SFER KIT For he lp pre ss V The tr ansfe r unit is at e nd of l if e . 1. Repla ce the ident ified sup ply to co ntinue pr in tin g. 2. Pre ss V f or detailed inf ormation. 3. Pre ss and to ste p throu gh instructio ns. 4.
150 ENWW Settin g save d A m enu sele cti on h as been sav ed. No act ion nece s s a r y . SIZE M ISMATC H TRA Y XX=<SI ZE> Fo r hel p press V alternates with Ready For me nus p ress ✔ The tr ay is load ed with m edia longer or shor ter in th e f eed direc tion than the si ze co nfigured f or the tr a y .
ENWW 151 TRAY X X OPEN For help press V alternates with Ready For me nus p ress ✔ The sp ecifie d tra y is open o r not cl osed comp let ely . Close th e tra y .
152 ENWW TRAY X X (TYP E) (S IZE) Size s pecifi ed by user alternates with TRAY X X (TYP E) (S IZE) To change type press ✔ The printer i s reporting the curre nt config urati on of t ra y XX. The tr ay s witch is in the C UST OM position . 1. T o change me dia type , pre ss ✔ .
ENWW 153 Wait f or pri nter to reinit ialize RAM Di sk se ttings ha v e been chang ed bef ore the printer au tom ati call y resta r ts, or exter nal de vice m odes ha v e changed. No actio n necessary . Warmin g up Th e pr int er is co mi ng ou t of pow ersav e mode .
154 ENWW 13.XX. YY.JAM IN DUPLEX PATH F or hel p pre ss V There is a jam i n the duple x path. 1. Press V f or detailed inf ormation abou t clea ri ng t he ja m. 2. Pre ss and to ste p throu gh the instr u cti ons. 3. If the me ss age pe rsi sts after cle ar ing all pa ges, contac t HP Suppor t.
ENWW 155 20 INSUFFICIE NT MEMORY For he lp pre ss V alternates with 20 INSUFFICIE NT MEMORY To con tinue press ✔ The printer h as recei ved more d ata from the c omputer than f its in av ail able memo r y . 1. Pre s s ✔ to resume pr in tin g. NO TE: A lo ss of data w ill occu r .
156 ENWW 41.3 U NEXPEC TED S IZE IN TRA Y XX F or he lp press V alternates with LOAD T RAY XX : [TY PE] [SIZE] For h elp p ress V Media is loade d which is lo nger or shor ter in the f ee d direc ti on than the siz e config ured f or the tra y . 1. If the inco rr ect size was sel ected, cancel the jo b or pr ess V t o ac cess hel p .
ENWW 157 52.X PRINTER ERRO R For help p ress V alternates with 52.X P RINTER ERRO R To contin ue turn off then on A pr inter error has occ urred . 1 . Press ✔ to co ntin ue. 2. T ur n the printer off and then back on. 3. If the p r oblem pe rsi s ts, contac t HP Suppor t.
158 ENWW 58.X PRINTER ERRO R For help p ress V alternates with 58.X P RINTER ERRO R To contin ue turn off then on A memo r y tag error w as detecte d. 1. T urn the printer off and then back on. 2. If the p r oblem pe rsi s ts, contac t HP Suppor t. 59.
ENWW 159 68.X PERMANEN T STORAGE FULL F or hel p pre ss V alternates with 68.X PERMANEN T STORAGE FULL To con tinue press ✔ A non-v olatile stor age de vice is fu ll. Pressin g the ✔ bu tton should clear the message . Printing can continue , but there ma y be un expec ted beha vior .
160 ENWW Pa p e r j a m s Use th is illu stratio n to tr oubleshoot p aper jams in the p rin ter . For ins tructions on cleari ng pap er jams , see Cl earing jam s . P aper jam locations (shown withou t optional Tray 3) 1. to p co v er ar ea 2. duplex path 3.
ENWW 161 P aper j am reco very This p r inter automa tical ly provide s pape r jam rec ov er y , a feature tha t allows you to set whether th e pr inte r sho uld at tempt to automat icall y repr int jamm ed pages. The op tions are: z AUTO Pr i nter will atte mpt to rep rint jam med pages .
162 ENWW Common causes of paper jams The following table lis ts com mo n causes of pap er ja ms and sugge sted s oluti ons for resolvi ng them. Cause Solution Print media does not me et HP- recomme nded media s pecific ations. Us e only med ia that me ets HP speci fications .
ENWW 163 Note If the pr inte r sti ll continues to jam , conta ct HP Customer Suppor t or your author ized HP ser v ice provider . For more in f o r mati on, se e http://www .hp .com/s uppor t/lj4 600 . Printer supp ly items ha v e reached the end of the ir useful lif e.
164 ENWW Clearing j ams Each sect ion bel ow corr espon ds with a jam message that might appear o n the c ontrol pa nel. Us e thes e proce dures to clear the j am. Jam in T ra y 1, T r ay 2, or T ray 3 1 Using the side han dles, open the top cov er . 2 Grasp the green ha ndle on th e transfer unit and pull d own.
ENWW 165 6 Cl ose t he top c ov er . Note It is a goo d idea to inspec t the input trays when clear i ng jams. Howe ver , openi ng and cl osing input tra ys has n o eff ect o n clea rin g jam m essa ges. 7 Pul l out t he t r a y and plac e it on a fl at sur f ace .
166 ENWW Jam s i n t he to p cover Jams in the to p cov e r occur i n of the area s indic ated in the fig ures below . U se the procedu res i n this sect ion to clear a ja m in th is area . 1. Jammed paper 2. Crum ple d paper i n the fu ser W ARNING! Do n ot touc h the fu ser .
ENWW 167 1 Using the side han dles, open the top cov er . 2 Fir mly lift th e two green h andles on either s ide o f the fu ser to diseng age the fuser rollers.
168 ENWW 6 Open th e fu ser cover and remove any medi a that is cr u mpled in the fuser . Note If the me dia tea rs, make sure that all m edia fr agme nts are r em o v ed f rom the paper p ath bef ore resum ing p r inting . Do no t reach i nto the fuser un til it has cool ed.
ENWW 169 Jam in paper input path or paper path 1 Using the side han dles, open the top cov er . 2 Grasp the green ha ndle on th e transfer unit and pull d own. The front cover will op en as t he transfer unit is pulled down. CA UTION Do not pl ac e any t hi ng on th e transfer unit whil e it i s open .
170 ENWW Jam in duplex path 1 Using the side han dles, open the top cov er . 2 Open the front c ov er . 3 Grasp the paper by both co r ner s and pu ll down. Note If the media tears, make sure th at all m edia fragme nts are r emov ed from the pap er pa th bef ore r esumi ng pr intin g.
ENWW 171 5 Grasp the paper by both co r ner s and pu ll up . 6 If the m edia cann ot be ac cesse d from this locati on, clos e the transfer unit. 7 Gr as p the med ia b y both co rner s and pu ll. 8 Cl ose t he fro nt co ve r . 9 Cl ose t he top c ov er .
172 ENWW Media-handlin g prob lem s Use only media tha t meets the spec ificati ons ou tlined in the HP LaserJ et Pr inter F amily P a per Spec ific ation G uide . F or orde ring inf or m ati on, se e Supp li es and acce ss or i es . F or medi a spec ific ations for this p r inter , see Su ppo r ted media weig hts and sizes .
ENWW 173 The cu stom/sta ndard s witch in the tra y is not in the correc t posi tion . V er ify that t he sw itch is in the correct posi tion f or the me dia siz e . Pri nte r feeds incorr ect pa g e size Printer pulls from incorrect tray Cause Solution Y ou are usin g a driver f or a diff erent printer .
174 ENWW Media does not fe ed from input T rays 2 or 3 Cause Solution Man ual f eed is selected in the softw are applic ation . Load T ra y 1 with medi a, or , if the media is loaded , press ✔ . The co rrect siz e media i s not loa ded. Load th e corre ct siz e media.
ENWW 175 Media in ano ther in put tr ay is the s ame siz e as the transpa renci es, an d the printer is def aulting to th e other tr a y . Mak e sure that the input tr a y conta i ning the trans parenc ies o r gloss y paper i s selected in the sof tware application or printer drive r .
176 ENWW Y ou are printi ng large , solid-fill ed areas. Large , solid- filled area s can cause e xcessiv e curl. T r y using a diff erent pattern. Media used was not st ored correctly and ma y hav e absorbed mo ist ure . Remo ve me dia and repla ce it with media from a fresh, unopened packa ge.
ENWW 177 Printer response prob lems No display messag e Cause Solution The printer ’ s on/of f button i s in the sta ndby positi on. V er ify that the printe r is on. F ans ma y r un whil e the printer i s in stan dby mo de (off). The printer ’ s mem or y DIMM s are def ectiv e or instal led in correct ly .
178 ENWW The co rrect driv er is not selecte d in the softw are applica tion or printer driv er . Select the driv er f or P ostScript Em ulation f or this printe r in the softw are a pplication o r printer driv er . The printer i s not properly conf igured.
ENWW 179 Unabl e to select th e printer fr om the computer Cause Solution If y ou are us ing a s witch bo x, the printe r may not be select ed f or the co mpute r . Select the correct printer through the s witch bo x. The printer ’ s Ready indicator li ght is no t lit.
180 ENWW Prin ter contr ol pan el pr oblem s Contr o l panel settings work incorrectly Cause Solution The printer c ontrol panel di splay is bl ank or is not lit , e ven when th e fan i s r unning . F ans m a y run whil e the printer is i n standb y mode (o ff).
ENWW 181 Color printing pr o blems Note F or more informa tio n about color qu ality problems s ee P rin t qu ality troublesh ooting . Printing black instead of color Cau se Solution Col or m ode is n ot selected i n the softw are applicati on or printer driv er .
182 ENWW Note Se veral f act ors c an in flu ence your ab ility to match pr inted colo rs to those on your scree n. The se f actors i nclude p r int me dia , ov erhead light ing, s oftware app licat ions, operatin g sys tem pa lettes, mon itors, and v ideo car ds an d dri vers.
ENWW 183 Incorre ct printer o utput Incorr ect fonts are printed Cause Solution The f ont ha s not bee n cor rectly select ed in the softw are applica tion. Re-selec t the f ont in the so ftware a pplication. Th e font is not av aila ble to t he p r int er .
184 ENWW Guidel ines for printin g wi th di fferent fonts z The 80 i nter n al fonts are available in P ostS cri pt Emula tion ( PS) and PC L mode. z T o conser v e pr inter memor y , d ownload onl y thos e f onts that are needed . z If you requir e sev eral downloaded f o nts, cons ider insta lling additi onal p r inter memor y .
ENWW 185 Software app lication p rob lem s Unable to c ha nge s ystem selections thr ough software Cause Solution System s oftware c hange s are l ock ed out b y the printer c ontrol panel. Cons ult with your net work administ rator . The so ftware applicatio n does not s uppor t syste m cha ng e s .
186 ENWW Print q uality troub lesho oting Pri nt qu ality pr obl ems assoc iated with media Some pr int qu ality problems ar ise from u se of i napprop ri ate me dia. z Use paper that m eets HP paper s pecif ications. S ee S uppor ted media weight s and sizes .
ENWW 187 Note Allow transpar enci es to coo l at least 3 0 second s be f o re han dling them. z In the p r inter dr i v er ’ s Pa p e r tab , select T r anspar ency as the media ty pe. Also , m ake sure that the tra y is cor rectl y config ured f o r transpa re ncies.
188 ENWW Print qual ity tr oubleshooting p ages Use the built- in pr int qu ality trou b leshoo ting pa ges to help d iagnos e and s olve print qua lity problems. 1. Press ✔ t o enter th e MENUS . 2. Press to hi ghlig ht DIAGNOSTICS . 3. Press ✔ to sele ct DIAGNOSTICS .
ENWW 18 9 A Ser vice and suppor t He wlett-P ac k ar d lim ited warranty statem ent 1. HP warrants to you, the end-user custom er , tha t HP hard ware and ac cesso ries will be fre e from defects in mater ials and wor kmansh ip after the date of purc hase, f o r the per i od spe cified a bov e.
190 ENWW WRITT EN OR ORAL, IS EXPR ESSE D OR IMPL IED AND HP SP ECIFI CALL Y DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED W A RRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANT ABILITY , SA TISF ACT OR Y QU ALITY , AND FITNESS FOR A P A RT ICULA R PURPO SE.
ENWW 19 1 Limi ted w arranty f or print car tridge lif e This H P pro duct is warranted t o be free from defects in m ateri als and workma nship dur ing its u seful lif e (end of life is ind icated by a pr inte r control panel low-life message) .
192 ENWW T ransfer unit and fuser warranty This H P pro duct is warranted t o be free from defects in m ateri als and workma nship for one year or until the pr inte r co ntrol panel indica tes a low-lif e messa ge, whichev er occurs fi rst.
ENWW 193 HP maintenance agreements HP has s ev eral type s of ma intena nce agr eements that m eet a wi de range of su ppo r t needs. Maint enance agreeme nts ar e not p ar t of the stand ard warranty . Supp or t ser vices may v ar y b y area . Check with your local HP dealer to det er mine th e ser vices av ailab le to you.
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ENWW 19 5 B Specifications and regulator y inf or mation Printer specifi cations Ph ysical dimensi ons Elect rical speci fications W ARNING! P ower require ments a re based o n the cou ntr y /region where th e pr inter is sold. Do not c onv er t operating v oltag es.
196 ENWW Note These values a re su bject to cha nge. See http://www .hp .com/s uppor t/lj4 600 for current infor mati on. P owerSav e default act ivation time is 30 minutes. Operating en vironment speci fications Acoustic emissions Note These values a re su bject to cha nge.
ENWW 197 FCC regul ations This e quipme nt has been te sted an d found to comp ly wit h the l imits f o r a Clas s B digi tal device, pursuant t o P ar t 15 of t he FCC rul es.These l imits ar e design ed to pr ovide rea sonable pr otection again st har mful in terference in a res ident ial in st allati on.
198 ENWW En vir onment al pr oduct s te war dshi p pr ogram Pr otecting th e en vironment Hewlett-P ackard Comp any is committe d to providing quali ty prod ucts in an e n viron mental ly so und man ner . Thi s produc t has been des igne d with s e veral attr ibutes to minimi ze impac ts on t he environ ment.
ENWW 199 and free takeback program is av ailable in over 48 cou ntri es/regi ons. Multi-l ingua l pro gram inf or m ation a nd ins truc tions are include d in e v er y new HP LaserJ et pr int car tr idge a nd sup plies pa ckage.
200 ENWW Material Sa fety Data Sheet (MS DS) Mater ial S af ety Data S heets (MSDS) can be ob tained by contactin g the HP LaserJ et Supp lies web site at ht tp:// www .hp.com/go/msds . Extended warranty HP Sup por tPac k provides cov erage f or the HP hardware pr oduct and all HP- suppl ied in ter na l com ponents.
ENWW 201 Dec l aration of C onf ormity accordi ng to ISO/ IEC Guid e 22 and EN 45014 Man ufacturer ’ s Name: Man ufacturer ’ s Address: He wlett-P ackard Company 11311 Chinde n Boule v ard Boise ,.
202 ENWW Safety statements Laser safe ty The Cente r f o r De vices a nd Radi ological He alth (CDRH) of the U . S. F oo d a nd Dru g Ad minist ration h as imple mented regul ations f or la ser product s m anuf a ctur ed sinc e A ugus t 1, 1976 . Compl iance is mandat or y for produ cts m ar keted in the Un ite d States.
ENWW 203 VCCI st atement (Ja pan) Laser Statement f or Finland Luokan 1 laserlaite Klass 1 Laser Apparat HP Col or LaserJ et 4600 , 4600n, 4600dn , 46 00dtn, 4 600hdn las erkirjoit in on k ä ytt ä j ä n kannal ta tur v alli nen luo kan 1 laser lai te.
204 ENWW VA R O ! Mik ä li ki rjoitti men suoj akotelo av ata an, olet al ttiina n ä kym ä tt ö m ä ll el asers ä teilylle laitt een oll ess a toimi nnass a. Ä l ä kats o s ä teeseen. V ARNING ! Om las er pr inte r ns skydds h ö lje ö ppnas d å ap paraten ä r i funktio n, uts ä ttas anv ä ndaren f ö r osynli g lase rstr å lning.
ENWW 20 5 C Pr int media specifications Suppor ted media weigh ts and siz es F or opti mum resul ts, use co n ventional 75 g/m 2 (20 lb) ph otocopy paper . V er ify that the pape r is of good qu ality and is free of cut s, nicks, tears, spot s, loose par ticl es, dust, wr inkl es, cur ls, or be nt edges.
206 ENWW Tr a y 1 , conti nue d Gloss y pap er Sta ndard: Letter/A4 L egal Ex ecutiv e JIS B5 A5 Custom: Minimum si ze: 76 b y 127 mm (3 by 5 inch es ) Maximum size: 21 6 b y 356 m m (8.5 b y 14 inches ) 75 g/ m 2 to 120 g /m 2 (20 l b to 32 lb) Maxi mum sta ck heigh t: 10 mm (0 .
ENWW 20 7 Tr a y 1 , conti nue d Labe l Stan dard: Le tter/A4 Le gal Ex ecutiv e JIS B5 A5 Custom : M inim um size : 7 6 by 127 mm ( 3 by 5 i nches) M axim um siz e: 2 16 b y 356 mm ( 8.
208 ENWW T ra y 2 an d optio nal Tr a y 3 P aper Stan dard: Le tter/A4 Le gal Ex ecutiv e JIS B5 A5 Custom : M inim um size : 1 48 b y 210 mm ( 7.16 by 8.
ENWW 20 9 *Trays 2 and 3 use “ Custom ” size spec ifically for B5 ISO. Tray s 2 and 3 do no t support the range o f cust om size s available in Tray 1. T ra y 2 an d optio nal Tr a y 3 Labe l Stan dard: Le tter/A4 Le gal Ex ecutiv e JIS B5 A5 Custom : M inim um size : 1 82 b y 210 mm (7.
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ENWW 21 1 D W or king with memor y and pr int ser v er cards Printer memory The pr in ter ha s five dual in-line memor y modu le (DI MM) s lots. Note F or maximum flexibility in DIM M sup por t, the for matter is de signe d with f o ur 168- pin DIMM s lots an d a f ifth 10 0-pi n DIMM slo t.
212 ENWW Note Single in- line memor y modules (SIM Ms) us ed on pre v ious HP LaserJet pri nters ar e not c ompati ble with the pr inter . Note T o orde r DI MMs , see Supplie s and acces sor i es . Bef ore order ing additi ona l memo r y , se e how much is c urrentl y insta lled by pr inti ng a confi guratio n page.
ENWW 21 3 Installing mem ory and f ont DIMMs Y ou can in stall more mem or y for the pr inter , and you can also install a f o nt DIMM to allow the pr inter to pr int cha racters for languag es such as Chines e or the Cyr ill ic a lphabe t. CA UTION Sta tic e lectr ici ty ca n damag e DIMMs.
214 ENWW 4 Remo v e the ei ght scre ws hol ding the boa rd in pl ace, and s et them asid e. 5 Slid e out th e f ormat ter bo ard and set i t on a c lean, flat , grounde d sur f ac e. 6 Release the locks on e ach sid e of the DIMM slot. 7 Remov e the DIMM from the antis tatic package.
ENWW 21 5 8 Holding t he DIMM by the edges, align the notc hes on the DIMM with the bars in the DIMM s lot. Note If you hav e d iffic ulty ins er ting the DIMM or c losing the latches, make su re the not ches on the b ottom of the DIMM are alig ned with the bar s in th e slot.
216 ENWW Enab ling memory If you installed a mem or y DIMM, set the pr int er dr iver to recognize the newly added me mor y . T o enable memory for W indow s 1. On the Start menu, poin t to Settings , and clic k Pr inters or Print ers and Faxes . 2. Selec t this pr inte r and selec t Prop erties .
ENWW 21 7 Chec king DIMM install ation Check that t he DIMMs are in sta lled corr ectly and wor king . T o chec k DIMM installation 1. T ur n the p r inter on. Check that th e Ready ligh t is on aft er the pri nter h as gon e through the star tup se quenc e.
218 ENWW Installing an H P Jetdi re ct print ser ver card Y ou can insta ll an HP Je tdire ct pr int s er ver card in the base model pri nter , wh ich com es wit h an ope n EI O slot. T o i nst all a n HP Jet dir ect print ser ver c ard 1 T ur n the p r inter off .
ENWW 21 9 5 Connect th e networ k cable. 6 Reconnec t the power cable, and tur n the pr in ter on. 7 Pri nt a c onfigura tion pa ge (see Pri nting a confi guratio n page ).
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ENWW 22 1 E Glossar y T erm Definition bidirect ional commu nication T wo-way data tr ansm issi on. bin A rece ptacle f or holding pri nted pages . BOO TP A bbreviat ion for "Bo ots tra p Pr oto col , " a n I n te r n et pr o t oc o l tha t allo ws a compute r to find i ts o wn IP ad dress.
222 ENWW Emulate d P ostScript Softw are that emul ates Adobe P ostScript, a p rogr a mming lang uage th at descri bes the a ppearance of the printed p age . EPS Abb re via tion f or " Encaps ulated P ostScrip t": a type o f gra phics file .
ENWW 22 3 mop y The HP ter m fo r "multipl e original prints" c apabi lity . network A sy stem of c omputers int erconnec ted by te lephone wires or othe r means i n order to share info r m ation. network a dministr ator A person who manages a n etwork.
224 ENWW RJ- 45 A type of co nnector used for da ta trans mission o ver s tandard tele phone wi re. ROM Abbre viatio n f or "read-on ly memory ," a type of com pu ter m emory use d to st ore data tha t should not be chang ed. suppl ies Mate rials used b y the printe r that are used up and mu st be repla ced.
ENWW 22 5 Inde x Numerics 2-sided printing 79 binding options 81 control panel set tings 79 A acc essor ies 9 hard disk 9 ordering 57 part numbers 58 alerts configuring 129 e-mail 104 Printer Status a.
226 ENWW M maintenance agreements 193 media colored paper 76 envelopes 76 glossy paper 75 heavy paper 7 7 labels 77 letterhead 78 loading in Tray 1 70 loading Tray 2 a nd Tray 3 72 maximum size 9 orde.
ENWW 22 7 supplies low configuring alerts 129 reporting 37 supplies out configuring alerts 129 supplies status page description 23 printing 98 system s etup menu 27 T troubleshooting checklist 133 col.
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Un punto importante, dopo l’acquisto del dispositivo (o anche prima di acquisto) è quello di leggere il manuale. Dobbiamo farlo per diversi motivi semplici:
Se non hai ancora comprato il HP 4600 è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del HP 4600 - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso HP 4600 imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul HP 4600 ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il HP 4600, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del HP 4600.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il HP 4600. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo HP 4600 insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
