HP LaserJet 9040/9050 User Guide hp LaserJet 9040/9050 series printers User Guide Copyright and License Trademark Credits © 2005 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. HP-UX Release 10.20 and HP-UX Release 11.00 and later on all HP 9000 computers are Open Group UNIX products, The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and Linux is a U.S. registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an Microsoft, Windows and Windows NT are U.S. registered trademarks additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial of Microsoft Corporation. errors or omissions contained herein. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. Publication number: Q3721-90940 Edition 1, 02/2005 Contents 7 1 Printer basics Features and benefits of the printer . .7 Parts or accessories. .10 External view of printer and accessories . .14 Layout and basic operation of the control panel . .15 Interpreting control-panel lights . .16 Using control-panel menus. .16 Paper-handling status LED interpretation . .17 Printer software. .18 Software features . .18 Printer drivers . .19 Software for Macintosh computers. .22 Installing the printing system software . .23 Uninstalling the software . .26 Software for networks. .27 HP Web Jetadmin . .27 Communicating by using an optional HP Jetdirect print server . .29 Communicating by using the HP Jetdirect embedded print server . .29 Embedded Web server . .30 Using the embedded Web server. .30 HP Toolbox . .31 Supported operating systems. .31 To view the HP Toolbox . .31 HP Toolbox sections . .31 Help system . .33 2 Printing tasks Loading input trays . .36 Loading optional Tray 1 . .36 To load optional Tray 1 when the same paper is used for multiple print jobs . .37 Loading Trays 2, 3, and 4 . .39 Loading custom-size paper in Trays 2, 3, and 4 . .45 Configuring the trays by using the Paper Handling menu . .47 Orienting media. .49 Basic printing instructions . .54 Selecting the output bin . .55 Selecting an output location . .56 Printing envelopes . .57 Using the optional 3,000-sheet stacker. .60 Output features. .60 Using the optional stacker/stapler . .60 Selecting the stapler. .60 Loading staples . .61 Using the optional multifunction finisher . .63 Output features. .63 Using the stapler . .63 Loading staples . .64 Making booklets . .66 Using the optional 8-bin mailbox. .68 Output features. .68 ENWW Contents iii Printing both sides of paper (duplexing). 68 Printing on special paper . 70 Printing on letterhead, prepunched paper, or preprinted paper (single-sided) . 70 Printing on letterhead, prepunched paper, or preprinted paper (double-sided). 70 Printing labels . 70 Printing on transparencies. 71 Guidelines for custom-size paper, card stock, and heavy paper . 71 Printing full-bleed images . 71 3 Advanced printing tasks Overview . 73 Using features in the printer driver . .74 Setting the registration . 75 Using a different first page . 76 Including a blank back page. 77 Printing multiple pages on one sheet of paper. 77 Customizing optional Tray 1 operation. 78 Printing from optional Tray 1 when the loaded paper is requested . 78 Manually feeding paper from optional Tray 1 . 78 Specifying paper to print on . 79 Benefits of printing by type and size of paper . ..