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Energy-conservation settings, Print with EconoMode

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Energy-conservation settings Learn about the energy-conservation settings that are available for the printer. Print with EconoMode This printer has an EconoMode option for printing drafts of documents. Using EconoMode can use less toner. However, using EconoMode can also reduce print quality. HP does not recommend the full-time use of EconoMode. If EconoMode is used full-time, the toner supply might outlast the mechanical parts in the toner cartridge. If print quality begins to degrade and is no longer acceptable, consider replacing the toner cartridge. NOTE: If this option is not available in the print driver, set it using the printer control panel. Configure EconoMode from the printer control panel: 1. From the printer control panel, open the Settings menu. 2. Open the following menus: a. Copy/Print or Print b. Default Print Options c. Quality Level 3. Select EconoMode to enable the feature. Set the sleep timer and configure the printer to use 1 watt or less of power The sleep settings affect how much power the printer uses, the wake/sleep time, how quickly the printer enters sleep mode, and how quickly the printer wakes up from sleep mode. To configure the printer to use 1 watt or less of power while in sleep mode, enter times for both the Sleep after Inactivity and Auto Off after sleep settings. NOTE: HP does not recommend using deep sleep settings if you have Security Solutions installed. In some situations, the printer does not wake from deep sleep. For additional information, contact your HP representative. 1. From the Home screen on the printer control panel, navigate to the Settings application, and then select the Settings icon. 2. Open the following menus: a. General b. Energy Settings c. Sleep Settings 3. Select Sleep after Inactivity to specify the number of minutes the printer is inactive before it enters sleep mode. Enter the appropriate time period. 4. Select Auto Off after sleep to put the printer into a deeper power save mode after a period of sleep. Enter the appropriate time period. ENWW Energy-conservation settings 165

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Energy-conservation settings
Learn about the energy-conservation settings that are available for the printer.
Print with EconoMode
This printer has an EconoMode option for printing drafts of documents. Using EconoMode can use less toner.
However, using EconoMode can also reduce print quality.
HP does not recommend the full-time use of EconoMode. If EconoMode is used full-time, the toner supply might
outlast the mechanical parts in the toner cartridge. If print quality begins to degrade and is no longer acceptable,
consider replacing the toner cartridge.
NOTE:
If this option is not available in the print driver, set it using the printer control panel.
Configure EconoMode from the printer control panel:
1.
From the printer control panel, open the
Settings
menu.
2.
Open the following menus:
a.
Copy/Print
or
Print
b.
Default Print Options
c.
Quality Level
3.
Select
EconoMode
to enable the feature.
Set the sleep timer and configure the printer to use 1 watt or less of power
The sleep settings affect how much power the printer uses, the wake/sleep time, how quickly the printer enters
sleep mode, and how quickly the printer wakes up from sleep mode.
To configure the printer to use 1 watt or less of power while in sleep mode, enter times for both the
Sleep after
Inactivity
and
Auto Off after sleep
settings.
NOTE:
HP does not recommend using deep sleep settings if you have Security Solutions installed. In some
situations, the printer does not wake from deep sleep. For additional information, contact your HP
representative.
1.
From the Home screen on the printer control panel, navigate to the
Settings
application, and then select
the
Settings
icon.
2.
Open the following menus:
a.
General
b.
Energy Settings
c.
Sleep Settings
3.
Select
Sleep after Inactivity
to specify the number of minutes the printer is inactive before it enters sleep
mode. Enter the appropriate time period.
4.
Select
Auto Off after sleep
to put the printer into a deeper power save mode after a period of sleep. Enter
the appropriate time period.
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