hp LaserJet 9040mfp hp LaserJet 9050mfp use hp LaserJet 9040mfp/9050mfp User Guide Copyright and License Trademark Credits © 2004 Copyright Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Adobe, Acrobat, and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Reproduction, adaptation or translation without prior written ® permission is prohibited, except as allowed under the copyright laws. ENERGY STAR is a U.S. registered mark. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. Linux is a U.S. registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, and MS-DOS are U.S. registered express warranty statements accompanying such products and trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. Publication number: Q3726-90907 Edition 1, 11/2004 Contents 1 The basics Overview. .7 Features and benefits of the MFP. .7 Parts and accessories . .11 External view of MFP . .13 Helpful software for increased flexibility . .14 Software features . .14 Drivers . .15 Software for Macintosh computers. .18 Installing the printing system software . .19 Uninstalling the software . .22 Software for networks. .23 HP Web Jetadmin . .23 Communicating by using the HP Jetdirect embedded print server . .25 Communicating by using the HP Jetdirect print server . .25 Embedded Web Server. .25 HP Toolbox . .26 Supported operating systems . .26 To view HP Toolbox . .27 HP Toolbox sections . .27 Loading input trays . .29 Loading Tray 1 . .29 Loading Trays 2, 3, and 4. .32 Configuring the trays by using the Paper Handling menu . .40 2 The control panel Overview. .41 Control-panel layout . .42 Control panel features . .43 Home screen navigation . .44 Help system . .45 “What is this?” Help . .45 “Show me how” Help . .45 3 Printing Overview. .47 Orienting media. .48 Basic printing instructions . .53 Selecting the output bin . .54 Selecting an output location . .55 Printing on envelopes . .55 Printing on special paper . .58 Printing on letterhead, prepunched paper, or preprinted paper (single-sided). .58 Printing on labels . .58 Printing on transparencies . .59 Guidelines for custom-size paper, card stock, and heavy paper . .59 Printing on full-bleed paper . .59 Printing on both sides of paper (duplexing) . .60 Using features in the printer driver . .61 Setting the registration . .62 To set the registration. .62 ENWW Contents iii Different first page . 63 Including a blank back page. 64 Printing multiple pages on one sheet of paper. 64 Customizing Tray 1 operation . .65 Printing from Tray 1 when the loaded paper is requested. 65 Manually feeding paper from Tray 1 . 65 Specifying paper to print on . 66 Benefits of printing by type and size of paper . 66 Job storage features . 67 Printing a private job . 67 Releasing private jobs . 68 Deleting a private job. .68 Storing a print job . 68 Printing a stored job. 69 Deleting a stored job . .69 Creating a QuickCopying job. 70 Printing additional copies of QuickCopy jobs. 70 Deleting a QuickCopy job . ..