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hp deskjet 1180c series printer
user’s guide
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Contents Welcome Using this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Printer Basics and Connections Understanding the Printer Parts and Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Connecting the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Connecting the Printer to the USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Using Your Printer on a
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Troubleshooting Power Cannot Be Turned On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 Nothing Is Printed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 A Blank Page is Ejected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Placement of the Text or Graphics is Wrong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Something on the Page is Missing or Incorrect . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3 Printer Takes a Long Time to Print a Job . . . . . . . . . . .
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Welcome 1 Your printer can print vibrant colors on paper up to 13 in x 50 in. It connects directly to IBM and IBM-compatible computers through a parallel port or a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port. It connects to Macintosh computers through a USB port. The printer can also be shared on a network. Using this Guide This guide includes the following sections: Printer Basics and Connections – Describes the printer parts and explains how to connect using a USB cable, how to connect to a networ
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For More Information Toolbox – Contains “how-to” and troubleshooting instructions, and allows access to printer maintenance functions and HP information. Starter CD – Includes printer software, additional software templates, a quick tour of your printer, a utility that lets you copy the printer software to a floppy disk, an electronic copy of this User's Guide, and ordering information. Web Site – http://www.hp.com/support/dj1180c links to the HP Support web site for latest printer softw
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Printer Basics and 2 Connections Understanding the Printer Parts and Functions 1 Output tray – Collects the printed pages. 2 Paper guides – Guides the paper into the printer. 3 Access cover – Gives access to the print cartridges and jammed paper. 4Cartridge LED – Blinks when the access cover is open or a cartridge error occurs. 5 CANCEL button – Cancels the current print job. 6 RESUME button – Blinks while waiting for a printed page to dry. Press it if you do not want to wait. 7 POWER button
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13 Removable panel knob – Turns counterclockwise for removing the rear panel, or clockwise to lock it. 14 Removable panel – Alternate access to jammed paper. 15 Power input – Connector for the power cable. Connecting the Printer Your printer supports local printing and network printing. For local printing, you can connect the printer using a USB cable or parallel cable. For network printing, you can connect via an optional HP external printer server. Connecting the Printer to the USB Port Do
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8 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. 9 If you are running Windows 98 and you are prompted to insert the disk, click OK.Click Browse to locate the file specified under the system folder (for example, C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM), and then click OK twice to continue the installation. 10 Connect the USB cable to the computer and the printer. The Found New Hardware wizard appears on the computer screen and the printer icon is created in the Printers folder. If you are run
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6 Click Next, and then follow the instructions on the screen. 7 Click Next, and then click Finish. 8 For Windows 98 and Windows Me, repeat steps 5 to 7 when prompted by the Found New Hardware wizard. For Windows XP 1 Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers and Faxes. 2 Right-click the printer icon and select Properties. 3 Click the Advanced tab, and then click New Driver. The Add Printer Driver Wizard appears. 4 Click Next, and then click Have Disk. 5 In the Install From Disk d
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Using Your Printer on a Network Your printer can be shared in a network environment by connecting it directly to a network via an optional HP Jetdirect external print server. For information about installation and setup of HP Jetdirect print servers, refer to your HP Jetdirect Hardware and Software Installation Guides. Although alternate installation methods are described below, the Starter CD is all you need to guide you through a shared printer installation. Installing a network printer
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Connecting to an External Print Server If you’ve already installed the printer software and you want to connect to Jetdirect port: 1 Insert the HP Jetdirect CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. If the installation program does not run automatically, launch Explorer and locate the file. 2 Select the option to install JetAdmin and follow the instructions on the screen. 3 After completing the Jet Admin install, select hp deskjet 1180c printer in the Printers folder. 4 Click the right mouse button a
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Win 3 Printing Features This section describes the features of your new printer, such as tiling, and the available imaging options, such as converting to grayscale. For detailed procedures on how to use features, see the online help. You can access the Printing features using the printer control panel and right clicking on the printer icon. In Windows 95, 98 or Me, select Properties. In Windows NT 4.0, select Document Defaults. In Window 2000 or XP, select Printing Preference. Most applica
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Handout This is useful when printing presentation slides on regular paper. If your software application has a handout feature and you select it in the application, DO NOT select Handout in the Features Tab. Tiling Tiling lets you enlarge and print a page in sections and on different sheets of paper. You can then tile the sheets of paper to form a large poster. For multiple-page documents, only the first page of the document is tiled. Additional pages in the document must be tiled one at a t
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If your software application has a booklet printing feature and you select it in the application, DO NOT select Booklet in the Features Tab. If your software application has a collating option, DO NOT select it while using the Booklet feature. Manual Duplex (Two-Sided Printing) You can print on both sides of the page using the easy-to-follow on-screen instructions. Do not print on both sides of pages that are covered densely with ink. Mirror Image Mirror image prints the reflected image of
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Banner You can create a banner using software such as Corel Print House, ® Microsoft Publisher, or Broderbund Print Shop. Use big pictures and bold fonts in big sizes. For best results, use HP Banner Paper. When using Corel Print House to create a banner, choose a border or draw a box around the design so the printed banner is centered. Watermark Lets you print a watermark on the first page or on all pages of a document. Imaging Options You can adjust the saturation, brightness, and color
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Optimized for Fax Optimized for Fax prints your images using high- contrast shades of gray making your printed document ideal for faxing. Image Enhancement Select Image Enhancement if you want your images enhanced by image processing algorithms that increase the contrast and sharpen the image. Preferences The Preferences tab lets you set whether or not a document prints immediately, a print preview is displayed, or a print confirmation is displayed. It also lets you change what happens wh
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Installing the HP Deskjet Control Panel for DOS Before you install the Control Panel, make sure your printer is set up and turned on. 1 Insert the Starter CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2 At the DOS prompt C:\>, type the CD-ROM drive letter and change the directory to \DOS\DJCP\. For example, type D: and press ENTER, then type cd \DOS\DJCP\, and press ENTER. 3 Type INSTALL, and press ENTER. 4 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. Using the HP Deskjet Control Panel for
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3 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. 4 Select Chooser from the Apple menu. 5 Click the printer’s icon from the left side of the Chooser window. Then, click DESKJET 1180c from the right side of the Chooser window. Close the Chooser. Printing Features Many of the features available in Windows are also available on Macintosh. See the balloon help for information on the available features and their options. ENWW 4-2
