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Printing tasks, Managing the toner cartridge, Troubleshooting the printer

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3 Printing tasks Printing with manual feed 22 Printing on both sides of the paper (manual duplexing 23 Manual duplex using the paper output bin (standard 24 Manual duplex (special) heavy-media, card stock 25 Printing watermarks 26 Accessing the watermark feature 26 Printing multiple pages on a single sheet of paper (N-up printing 27 Accessing the multiple pages per sheet feature 27 Printing booklets 28 Canceling a print job 30 Changing print quality settings 31 Print using EconoMode (save toner 31 4 Managing the toner cartridge HP toner cartridges 34 HP policy on non-HP toner cartridges 34 Toner cartridge storage 34 Toner cartridge life expectancy 34 Recycling toner cartridges 34 Saving toner 34 Redistributing toner 35 Changing the toner cartridge 36 5 Troubleshooting the printer Finding the solution 38 Pages did not print 38 Pages printed; however 38 Printer light patterns 39 Error messages on screen 41 Paper handling problems 43 Printed page is different than what appeared on screen . . . .44 Improving print quality 46 Image defect examples 46 Correcting print defects 48 Cleaning the printer 51 Cleaning the toner cartridge area 52 Cleaning the printer paper path 53 Clearing printer paper jams 54 Removing a jammed page 55 Paper jam: removing torn pieces of paper 57 Changing the pickup roller 58 Cleaning the pickup roller 60 Resetting the printer 61 ii Contents EN

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3 Printing tasks
Printing with manual feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Printing on both sides of the paper (manual duplexing) . . . . . . . .23
Manual duplex using the paper output bin (standard). . . . . . .24
Manual duplex (special) heavy-media, card stock . . . . . . . . .25
Printing watermarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Accessing the watermark feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Printing multiple pages on a single sheet of paper
(N-up printing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Accessing the multiple pages per sheet feature . . . . . . . . . . .27
Printing booklets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Canceling a print job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Changing print quality settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Print using EconoMode (save toner). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
4 Managing the toner cartridge
HP toner cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
HP policy on non-HP toner cartridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Toner cartridge storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Toner cartridge life expectancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Recycling toner cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Saving toner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Redistributing toner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Changing the toner cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
5 Troubleshooting the printer
Finding the solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Pages did not print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Pages printed; however . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Printer light patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Error messages on screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Paper handling problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Printed page is different than what appeared on screen . . . .44
Improving print quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Image defect examples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Correcting print defects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Cleaning the printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Cleaning the toner cartridge area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Cleaning the printer paper path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Clearing printer paper jams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Removing a jammed page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Paper jam: removing torn pieces of paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Changing the pickup roller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Cleaning the pickup roller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Resetting the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61