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user guide
hp LaserJet 1200
series products
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HP LaserJet 1200 Series Printer and Print•CopyScan Products User Guide
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Contents 1 Getting to know the printer Understanding the printer’s features and benefits . . . . . . . . . . 12 Print with excellent quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Save Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Save money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Create professional documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Expand your printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Getting to know the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 HP LaserJet Director (Windows 98, 2000, Millennium, NT 4.0, and Mac OS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 To turn off the HP LaserJet Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 HP LaserJet Document Manager (Windows 98, 2000, Millennium, NT 4.0, and Mac OS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Quick Copy settings. . . . . . . . . . . .
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4 Media Optimizing print quality for media types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Printing transparencies and labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Printing envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Printing letterhead or preprinted forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Printing custom-sized media or cardstock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 5 Printing tasks Printing with manual feed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Adding annotations to scanned images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Accessing the annotation features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Canceling scan jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 7 Copying tasks Understanding copying features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Using the Quick Copy feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Quick Copy settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 U
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10 Troubleshooting the copier/scanner Finding the solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Scanning problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Copying problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 The scanner did nothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 No preview appeared on the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Scanned image is of poor quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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12 Service and support Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Hardware service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Extended warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Guidelines for repacking the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Service information form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Hewlett-Packard Support . . . . . . . .
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Regulatory statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Laser safety statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Canadian DOC regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Korean EMI statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Laser statement for Finland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Appendix C Print server sp
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Appendix H Scanner resolution and color Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 Resolution and color guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Index 10 Contents EN
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Getting to know 1 the printer This chapter provides information on the following topics: Understanding the printer’s features and benefits Identifying the printer’s components Choosing paper and other media Loading media into the input trays Turning the power off Understanding voltage conversions Accessing the printer properties (driver) and help Printing a configuration page Note See the HP LaserJet Getting Started Guide that came with your printer for installation instruction
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Understanding the printer’s features and benefits Congratulations on the purchase of your new product. The HP LaserJet 1200 series provides the following benefits. Print with excellent quality Print 1200 dots per inch. PCL-5e, PCL-6, and Postscript Level 2 emulation are already installed on the printer. The printer automatically determines and switches to the appropriate language for the print job. Save Time Fast printing at 15 pages per minute (ppm) for letter size pages and 14 ppm
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Expand your printer You can add functionality to your HP LaserJet product in the following ways: Add copy/scan functionality with the HP copy/scan attachment (C7046A). Make your printer or Print Copy Scan product available on the network with the HP JetDirect print server (J6035A). Add memory using the memory DIMM slot: 8 MB (C7842A) 16 MB (C7843A) 32 MB (C7845A.) 64 MB (C7846A) EN Understanding the printer’s features and benefits 13
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Identifying the printer’s components 2 1. Printer control panel 2. Long media extension (output bin) 1 3. Toner door 4. Priority input tray 8 5. Side media guides for the main input tray 6. Long media support for the main input tray 7. Main input tray 8. Side media guides for the priority input tray 3 4 7 6 5 9 10 9. Release levers 10. Connection to scanner (optional) 11. Left side panel 12. Parallel port 13. USB port 14. Power receptacle 15. Power switch (220-240 volt printers) 16
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Printer control panel The printer control panel is comprised of two lights and one lighted button. These lights produce patterns that identify your printer’s status. Ready light (green) Go button and light (green) Attention light (amber) Go button and light: To print a configuration page or to continue printing while in manual feed mode, press and release the Go button. Ready light: Indicates that the printer is ready to print. Attention light: Indicates printer media input tray
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Printer input trays Main input tray The enclosed main input tray, located in front of the printer, holds up to 250 sheets of 20 lb paper, multiple envelopes, or other media. Priority input tray You should use the priority input tray when feeding up to 10 sheets of 20 lb paper or when printing single envelopes, postcards, labels, or transparencies. You can also use the priority input tray to print the first page on different media than the rest of the document. Note The printer automa
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Printer media guides Both input trays have side media guides. The main input tray also has a rear media guide. Media guides ensure that the media is correctly fed into the printer and that the print is not skewed (crooked on the media). When loading media, adjust the media guides to match the width and length of the media that you are using. EN Identifying the printer’s components 17
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Printer output paths Output bin The output bin is located on the top of the printer. Printed media is collected here in the correct sequence when the straight-through output door is closed. Use the output bin when printing normal and large, collated documents. Pull out for long media. Straight-through output path The straight-through output path is useful when you are printing envelopes, transparencies, heavy media, or any media that tends to curl when printed. Printed media exits in
