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User’s Guide
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HP Business Inkjet 1200 series printer User’s Guide
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Copyright Information Trademark Credits Safety Information ® ® ® © 2004 Copyright Hewlett-Packard Microsoft , Windows , Windows NT , and ® Development Company, L.P. MS-DOS are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Edition 1, 8/2004 Always follow basic safety precautions ® ® Novell and NetWare are registered when using this product to reduce risk of trademarks of Novell Corporation. injury from fire or electric shock. Reproduction, adaptation or translation ® Pentium is a reg
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Contents 1 Getting started Finding other resources for the product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Understanding the printer parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2 Using the printer Selecting print media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Tips for selecting and using print media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Troubleshooting installation issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Problems printing an alignment page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Problems installing software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Problems connecting to a network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Clearing jams . . . . . . . .
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D Regulatory information FCC statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 EMI statement (Korea). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 VCCI statement (Japan). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Regulatory model number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Getting started 1 Thank you for buying the printer. This guide provides details about how to use the printer and to resolve printer and printing problems. Finding other resources for the product You can obtain product information and further troubleshooting resources that are not included in this guide from the following resources: Resource Description Location Setup poster Provides illustrated setup information. A printed version of this document is provided with the printer. Also, an elec
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Resource Description Location Configuration Provides information about the printer hardware See Understanding the page (such as the firmware version and model configuration page. number), printer settings, and accessories that are installed (such as memory and trays). If the printer is connected to a network, an additional network configuration page is available. System tests and Provides information to help diagnose problems See Administer the printer. printouts (such the in the print mech
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Control panel For more information about interpreting control-panel messages, see Printer lights reference. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 1 Configuration Page button 2 (Power button) and light 3 Printhead light 4 Ink Cartridge light 5 Door Open light 6 Out of Paper light 7 (Cancel button) 8 (Resume button) and light 9 Paper Jam light 10 Color indicator lights for ink supplies Back view 1 2 3 6 4 5 1 Network connector (HP Business Inkjet 1200dn/1200dtn/1200dtwn printer) 2 USB connector 3 Parallel (IEEE 1
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Using the printer 2 This section provides information on media usage for the printer, changing print settings, and performing basic printing tasks. Selecting print media The printer is designed to work well with most types of office paper. It is best to test a variety of print media types before buying large quantities. Use HP media for optimum print quality. See HP supplies and accessories. Tips for selecting and using print media For the best results, observe the following guidelines. Alwa
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Transparencies Insert transparencies with the rough side down and the adhesive strip pointing towards the back of the printer. Use the Best mode to print transparencies. This mode provides longer drying time and ensures that the ink dries completely before the next page is delivered to the output tray. Allowing wet media to stack up may cause smearing. Custom-size media Use only custom-size media supported by the printer. If your application supports custom-size media, set the media size
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Media size Tray 1 Tray 2 Auto-duplex unit Envelopes U.S. #10 Envelope (105 by 241 mm; 4.12 by 9.5 inches) Monarch Envelope (98 by 191 mm; 3.88 by 7.5 inches) HP Greeting Card Envelope (111 by 152 mm; 4.38 by 6 inches) A2 Envelope (111 by 146 mm; 4.37 by 5.75 inches) DL Envelope (110 by 220 mm; 4.3 by 8.7 inches) C5 Envelope (162 by 229 mm; 6.4 by 9 inches) C6 Envelope (114 by 162 mm; 4.5 by 6.4 inches) Envelope Kaku #2 (240 by 333 mm; 9.4 by 13.1 inches) Japanese Envelope Chou #3 (12
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Understanding supported media types and weights Tray Type Weight Capacity 2 Tray 1 Paper 60 to 135 g/m Up to 150 sheets of plain paper (16 to 36 lb bond) (15 mm or 0.6 inch stacked) Transparencies or labels Up to 30 sheets (8 mm or 0.3 inch stacked) 2 Envelopes 75 to 90 g/m Up to 22 sheets (20 to 24 lb bond (15 mm or 0.6 inch stacked) envelope) 2 Cards Up to 200 g/m Up to 5 cards (110 lb index) 2 Tray 2 Plain paper only 60 to 105 g/m Up to 250 sheets of plain paper (16 to 28 lb bond) (25 m
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Media Left margin Right margin Top margin Bottom margin U.S. Letter, U.S. Legal, A4, 3.3 mm 3.3 mm 1.8 mm 11.7 mm U.S. Executive, (0.13 inch) (0.13 inch) (0.069 inch) (0.46 inch) U.S. Statement, ISO B5, A5, cards, custom-size media Envelopes 3.3 mm 3.3 mm 11.7 mm 11.7 mm (0.13 inch) (0.13 inch) (0.46 inch) (0.46 inch) Photo media (4 by 6 3.0 mm 3.0 mm 3.0 mm 3.0 mm inches, or 101.6 by 152.4 (0.12 inch) (0.12 inch) (0.12 inch) (0.12 inch) mm) with tear-off tab Banner paper 3.3 mm 3.3 mm 0.0 mm*
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4 Press the button of the media width guide and slide the guide to the left. Press the button of the media length guide and slide the guide towards you. 5 Insert the media print-side down along the right of the tray. Make sure the stack of media aligns with the right and back edges of the tray, and does not spill over the edges. 6 Press the buttons of the media guides and slide the guides to the edges of the loaded media. If you have raised the output tray, lower it to its original position.
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The following table lists possible ways you can use the tray settings to meet your printing needs. I want to... Follow these steps Load both trays with the same media and have 1 Load media in tray 1 and tray 2. the printer pick media from one tray if the other See Loading media. one is empty. 2 Make sure tray lock is disabled. Have both special media (such as transparencies 1 Load special media in tray 1 and plain paper in or letterhead) and plain paper loaded in the trays. tray 2. 2 Make
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Canceling a print job You can cancel a print job using one of the following ways. Control panel Press the (Cancel button). This will clear the job that the printer is currently processing. It does not affect jobs waiting to be processed. Windows Double-click the printer icon that appears in the lower right corner of the computer screen. Select the print job, and then press the Delete key on the keyboard. Mac OS 9 (9.1 and later) Double-click the desktop printer icon, select the print job,
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To perform duplexing (Windows) 1 Load the appropriate media. See Guidelines for printing on both sides of a page and Loading media. 2 With a document open, on the File menu, click Print, and then choose Properties, Document Defaults, or Printing Preferences. 3 Click the Finishing tab. 4 Select the Print on Both Sides check box. 5 For automatic duplexing, ensure that Use auto-duplex unit is selected. For manual duplexing, ensure the option is cleared. 6 To automatically resize each page to mat
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To perform manual duplexing (Mac OS 9, version 9.1 and later) Note Manual duplexing is available in Mac OS 9 (9.1 and later) only. 1 Load the appropriate media. See Loading media. 2 On the File menu, click Print. 3 Open the Layout panel. 4 Select the option to print on both sides. 5 Select Manual if the auto-duplex unit is installed. 6 Select the desired binding orientation by clicking the appropriate icon. 7 Change any other desired settings and click OK or Print. 8 Follow the onscreen instru
