HP Deskjet 990c HP DeskJet 990C Series Printer - (English) Online User's Guide - Page 8

Checking Printer Status, Setup–Controlling Layout, Paper Size, Scaling, and Orientation

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Checking Printer Status You can tell the status of a printer by looking at its desktop icon: Icon Description Icon Description Idle printer (default) Printing stopped on default printer Idle printer (not default) Error on default printer Printing on default printer Printer not available or connected Printing Basics: Checking Printer Status Page Setup-Controlling Page Layout You control settings such as paper size, scaling, and page orientation from the hp deskjet Page Setup dialog box. To get to this dialog box: 1 Open the software program used to create your document. 2 From the File menu, select Page Setup. Paper Size, Scaling, and Orientation Make sure you correctly choose the size of paper, envelopes, or other media you have in the IN tray. Enter a number from 5 to 999. Numbers smaller than 100 reduce the image size, and numbers greater than 100 enlarge it. Changing size may change pagination. Click the appropriate icon to choose page orientation. Check to automatically adjust margins for Two-Sided Printing. 8

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Printing Basics: Checking Printer Status
Checking Printer Status
You can tell the status of a printer by looking at its desktop icon:
Page Setup–Controlling Page
Layout
You control settings such as paper size, scaling, and page
orientation from the
hp deskjet Page Setup
dialog box. To get to
this dialog box:
1
Open the software program used to create your document.
2
From the
File
menu, select
Page Setup
.
Paper Size, Scaling, and Orientation
Icon
Description
Icon
Description
Idle printer (default)
Printing stopped on
default printer
Idle printer (not
default)
Error on default
printer
Printing on default
printer
Printer not available
or connected
Make sure you correctly choose the size of paper,
envelopes, or other media you have in the IN tray.
Enter a number from 5 to
999. Numbers smaller than
100 reduce the image size,
and numbers greater than
100 enlarge it. Changing
size may change
pagination.
Check to automatically adjust margins for
Two-Sided Printing.
Click the appropriate
icon to choose page
orientation.