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8500, 8500 N, 8500 DN Printer
Getting Started Guide
Copyright© 1997
Hewlett-Packard Co.
Printed in USA 10/97
Manual Part No.
C3983-90901
*C3983-90901*
English
Printed on at least
*C3983-90901*
50% Total Recycled Fiber with
READ ME FIRST
C3983-90901
at least 10% Post-Consumer Paper
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HP Color LaserJet 8500, 8500 N, 8500 DN Printer Getting Started Guide
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Contents Where Is the User’s Guide? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Additional Reference Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Step 1: Preparing a Location for the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Step 2: Unpacking the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Step 3: Installing the Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Step 4: Connecting the Printer to the Network . . . . . . . .
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Where Is the User’s Guide? The printer software includes the online user’s guide on CD-ROM. The online user’s guide provides information at your computer about printer hardware, troubleshooting, and customer service. The online user’s guide and the software needed to read the guide can be installed on your computer when you install the printer software. Once installed, accessing information is easy: ® • Microsoft Windows 95 users click Start, point to Programs, then HP LaserJet, and click the on
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Step 1: Preparing a Location for the Printer Figure 1 A Top View (with optional multi-bin mailbox and tray 4) B Front View (with optional multi-bin mailbox and tray 4) This printer requires the following: • Space around the printer, as shown above • Sturdy, level floor surface • A well-ventilated room without abrupt humidity or temperature changes • An area with a recommended temperature range of 68° to 79° F (20° to 26° C), or an allowed temperature range of 59° to 86° F (15° to 30° C) • An are
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Step 2: Unpacking the Printer Figure 2 The following items are included with the printer: A Toner cartridges: black, cyan, magenta, and yellow B Power cord C Software on CD-ROM D Manuals: getting started guide (this guide) and quick reference guide; the online user’s guide is on a CD-ROM E Printer—shown with standard printer stand; if ordered, an optional tray 4 replaces the printer stand F Imaging drum G Control panel overlay (if applicable) H Left (face-up) output bin Note If an optional 2,000
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To unpack the printer 1 Remove all external packing tape from the printer. 2 Open the lower left door and push down the green lever on the right side of the fuser. Then, remove the orange shipping notice from the fuser. 3 Open the upper right door and remove the packing tape at the left side of the opening. 4 Open the front door. EN Step 2: Unpacking the Printer 5
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5 Remove the packing material from the lower (green) lever. 6 Press the white button on the lower (green) lever and swing the lever to the right. 7 Remove the packing cardboard from inside the printer and then swing the lower (green) lever back to the left, making sure the lever clicks into place. 8 Firmly grip the handle in the center of tray 2, squeeze the release lever, and pull the tray out until it stops. Then remove the orange packing spacers from inside the tray and close the tray. 9 Repe
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Note Follow steps 10-13 to attach the five stabilizing legs to the bottom of tray 4. If the five stabilizing legs (which are in addition to the four locking wheels) are already attached, proceed to step 14. 10 Locate the five stabilizing legs that came with the printer. 11 Locate the five guides for the stabilizing legs on the bottom of tray 4—two guides at the front edge, one on the right edge, and two on the back edge. 12 Insert a stabilizing leg into one of the guides and push the leg into th
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14 Remove the packing tape from tray 4. 15 Open the media transfer door and remove the orange packing spacers. 16 Firmly grip the handle in the center of tray 4, squeeze the release lever, and pull the tray out until it stops. 17 Remove the two orange packing clips from inside tray 4 by squeezing the sides of the clips and pulling them out. Caution Leaving the orange clips in tray 4 can damage the tray. 18 Close all doors and input trays. 19 Remove the protective film from the printer control pa
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Step 3: Installing the Cables To connect the power cord to a printer with a stand Note Make sure that the printer is off (power button out) before connecting the power cord. 1 Roll the printer to its permanent location, where all four wheels rest on a level floor surface, and stabilize it by pushing the locking tabs on the printer stand’s wheels to the locked position. WARNING! An unstable printer can tip over and cause injury; make sure that the printer is secured properly. 2 Plug the female en
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To connect the interface cable and power cords for a printer with an optional tray 4 Note Make sure that the printer is off (power button out) before attaching the interface cable and connecting the power cords. 1 Locate the interface cable (A), the power pack (B), and the straight power cord (C). Note The interface cable (A) might already be attached to the printer and tray 4. If it is, proceed to step 4 below; otherwise, continue with step 2. 2 Attach the end of the interface cable that is mar
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5 Push the two cables extending from the power pack into the space between the printer and tray 4 along the back of the printer. 6 Plug the shorter of the two cables into the connector on the back left corner of the printer. 7 Plug the longer of the two cables into the connector on the back left corner of tray 4. 8 Plug the female end of the power cord into the male connector on the bottom of the power pack. EN Step 3: Installing the Cables 11
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9 Roll the printer to its permanent location, where all four wheels rest on a level floor surface, and stabilize it by pushing the locking tabs on the tray’s wheels to the locked position. 10 Rotate the feet of the five stabilizing legs and the anti-tip foot (on the left side of the tray) until they are snug against the floor. WARNING! An unstable printer can tip over and cause injury; make sure that the printer is secured properly. 11 Plug the male end of the power cord into a surge protector o
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Step 4: Connecting the Printer to the Network If you will connect the computer to the printer with a parallel cable, see “To connect a parallel cable” later in this Step. If the printer was shipped with an optional HP JetDirect internal print server, one of two types is installed in the printer: • HP JetDirect Ethernet print server supports up to three different network interface cables—RJ-45 (unshielded twisted pair) for 10Base-T networks, BNC (coaxial) for 10Base2 networks, and DIN-8 for Local
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To connect to a 10Base2 network 1 Attach one section of the ThinLAN (coaxial) cable to a BNC “T” connector. 2 Attach another ThinLAN cable section (A) or, if it is at the end of the network, a 50-Ohm terminator (B) to the other side of the BNC “T” connector. 3 Plug the BNC “T” connector into the BNC port. To connect to a LocalTalk network Plug the end of the DIN-8 cable into the LocalTalk port. Note ThinLAN and DIN-8 cables, BNC “T” connectors, and 50-Ohm terminators are not included with the pr
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To connect a parallel cable To print through the parallel port, the printer requires a 25-pin male/micro 36-pin male (“C-size”) parallel cable that is IEEE-1284 compliant. The cable is not included with the printer. It must be purchased separately. 1 Squeeze the clips on the micro 36-pin end of the parallel cable and plug it into the printer’s parallel port. Release the clips. 2 Plug the other end of the parallel cable into the computer. Tighten the screws on the parallel cable to secure the cab
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Step 5: Changing the Printer Control Panel Overlay and Language (Optional) Replace the printer control panel overlay with the one included for your language, if applicable. Then configure the printer control panel to show printer messages in your language. To replace the overlay 1 Insert a thumbnail or a thin, rigid object under the edge of the overlay on the printer control panel and pull up on the overlay until it comes off. 2 Place the new overlay over the printer control panel and snap it in
