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Hewlett-Packard Company
user guide
www.hp.com/support/lj4550
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hp color LaserJet 4550
4550n • 4550dn • 4550hdn
6.5" x 9" BACK COVER 6.5" x 9" FRONT COVER
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Quick access to printer information World Wide Web links Product support Supplies Product information User guide links How to use this online user guide Where to look for more information . . . Locating printer components Locating consumables HP Customer Care Worldwide Sales and Service Offices Contents Index
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HP Color LaserJet 4550, 4550N, 4550DN, 4550HDN Printer User Guide _________________
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Copyright and License Warranty Trademark Credits ® ® ® © Copyright Hewlett-Packard The information contained in Adobe , Acrobat , PostScript , ® Company 2000 this document is subject to and Adobe Photoshop are change without notice. trademarks of Adobe Systems All Right Reserved. Except as Incorporated. allowed by copyright laws or Hewlett-Packard makes no ® herein, reproduction, warranty of any kind with Arial is a U.S. registered adaptation, or translation respect to this information. trademar
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Contents Quickaccess to printerinformation ..........................2 WorldWideWeb links .................................2 User guidelinks......................................2 Contents Wheretolookformore information... .. ....................12 Setting up theprinter.................................12 Usingthe printer . .. .................................13 Howtouse this onlineuserguide ..........................14 Featuresof AcrobatReader 4.0 ........................14 1 The HP Color LaserJ
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Calibration menu ....................................45 Resets menu .......................................46 Hard disk dependentmenus . .. ...........................47 QuickCopyJobsmenu ...............................47 Private/Stored Jobs menu .. ...........................48 EIOmenu..........................................48 Printerinformation pages. ................................49 Printerconfiguration page .. ...........................49 Suppliesstatuspage .............................
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Printing from Tray 2 .....................................82 Loadingmedia into Tray 2. ............................82 Printing from Tray 3 (optional 500-sheet paper feeder) . . . . . . . . . .84 Loadingmedia into Tray 3. ............................86 Using the optional duplex printing accessory for two-sided printing.89 Controlpanelsettingsforduplex printing .................91 Optionsforbinding duplexprintingjobs...................92 Specialprintingsituations.................................93
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6 Printer Interfaces Overview ............................................127 Parallelconfiguration ...................................128 Enhanced I/O(EIO) configuration .........................129 HP JetDirectprintservers ............................129 AvailableenhancedI/Ointerfaces......................130 NetWarenetworks. .. ...............................130 Windowsand WindowsNTnetworks....................130 AppleTalkNetworks.................................131 UNIX/Linuxnetworks. ......
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Clearingpaper jams....................................178 Clearingjamsinthe middle frontdrawerarea.............178 Clearingjamsinthe Tray 2area .......................180 Clearingjamsinthe optional Tray3area ................181 Clearingjamsinthe rear door areas....................182 Clearing jams in the front duplex drawer area . . . . . . . . . . . . .184 Media-handlingproblems................................185 Printerresponseproblems...............................189 Printercontrolpanelprobl
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Appendix A DIMM Installation Overview ............................................215 DIMM configuration .................................216 Installing DIMMs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217 VerifyingDIMM installation ...........................220 Resource saving/permanentresources..................221 Installing EIO cards/mass storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222 Appendix B PCL commands Overview .................................
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Appendix E Embedded Web server Introduction. .. ........................................259 Usingthe embeddedWeb server..........................260 To accesstheembedded Webserver...................260 Embedded Webserverpagesets. .. ...................261 Index EN Contents 11
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Where to look for more information . . . Several references are available for use with this printer. For additional copies of the guides below, contact your HP-authorized dealer. WWW Additional information is available at http://www.hp.com/support/lj4550. Setting up the printer Getting Started Guide Step-by-step instructions for installing and setting up the printer. HP JetDirect Print Server Administrator’s Guide* Instructions to configure and troubleshoot the HP JetDirect print server. *Accomp
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Using the printer Online User Guide Detailed information on using and troubleshooting the printer. Available on the CD-ROM that came with the printer. Online Help Information on printer options that are available from within printer drivers. To view a Help file, access the online Help through the printer driver. EN Contents 13
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How to use this online user guide ® ® This user guide is provided online in an Adobe Acrobat portable document format (PDF). This section will help familiarize you with using PDF documents in Acrobat Reader version 4.0. For complete instructions on how to view PDF documents, see the documentation included with Acrobat Reader. Features of Acrobat Reader 4.0 Finding topics in the online user guide There are two primary ways to navigate to the information you need: Click the topic you want to rea
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Magnifying the page view Acrobat Reader offers several magnification choices that control how the page fits on-screen: the zoom-in tool the magnification button in the status bar the toolbar buttons Once you zoom in on a document, you can select the hand tool or use the scroll bars to move the page. To increase magnification: Select the zoom-in tool and click on the document page to double the current magnification. To decrease magnification: Select the zoom-in tool while holding down Ctrl
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Paging through a document The following options are available for paging through a document. To go to the next page: Click the Next Page button in the toolbar or status bar, or press Page Up or Page Down on your keyboard. To return to the previous page: Click the Previous Page button in the toolbar, or press the Left Arrow or Up Arrow. To go to the first page: Click the First Page button in the toolbar. To go to the last page: Click the Last Page button in the toolbar. To jump to a specific numb
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The HP Color 1 LaserJet 4550 Series Printer Overview This chapter describes the features and specifications of the HP Color LaserJet 4550, 4550N, 4550DN, and 4550HDN printers. The chapter includes the following sections: Printer features Locating printer components Controlling print jobs Managing memory Printer software Printer supplies and accessories Information on using the printer to perform common tasks is presented throughout this guide. Links to specific tasks are listed below
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Printer features This printer combines the quality and reliability of Hewlett-Packard printing with the features listed below. For more information on printer features, see the Hewlett-Packard website at http://www.hp.com. Performance 16 pages per minute (ppm) in black and white 4 ppm in color Transparencies and glossy paper, 8 ppm in black and white, 2 ppm in color. For more information, see “Supported media weights and sizes.” Memory 64 megabytes (MB) of random access memory (RAM) (128
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Duplex printing Duplex printing accessory mounts directly beneath the printer for two-sided printing (included with the HP Color LaserJet 4550DN and 4550HDN printers) Connectivity Bidirectional parallel port (requires a “C” connector) Two Enhanced Input/Output (EIO) slots HP JetDirect print server (EIO network card) (included with the HP Color LaserJet 4550N, 4550DN, and 4550HDN printers) Paper handling accessory port Infrared receiver port Embedded Web server Optional storage RI
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Factors affecting printer performance Several factors affect the time it takes to print a job. Among these is maximum printer speed, measured in pages per minute (ppm). Other factors that affect printing speed include the use of special media (such as transparencies, glossy media, heavy media, and custom- size media), printer processing time, and download time. The time required to download a print job from the computer to the printer and then have the printer process the job depends on the foll
