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IPv6-ready Table of contents 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Welcome to your printer ......................................................................................................................................................... 2 Printer models .......................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Safety precautions ................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Main components ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Turn the printer on and off ...................................................................................................................................................... 7 Front panel ................................................................................................................................................................................ 9 HP Utility .................................................................................................................................................................................. 12 HP Print Preview ..................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Embedded Web Server ......................................................................................................................................................... 13 Demo prints ............................................................................................................................................................................ 13 Configure your printer ........................................................................................................................................................... 14 Mobile printing ........................................................................................................................................................................ 33 Accessibility ............................................................................................................................................................................. 34 Other sources of information ............................................................................................................................................... 34 2 Paper handling ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 35 General advice ........................................................................................................................................................................ 36 Load a roll onto the spindle .................................................................................................................................................. 37 Load a roll into the printer .................................................................................................................................................... 39 Unload a roll ............................................................................................................................................................................ 42 Load a single sheet ................................................................................................................................................................ 43 The stacker .............................................................................................................................................................................. 46 The basket ............................................................................................................................................................................... 48 View information about the paper ...................................................................................................................................... 48 Paper presets .......................................................................................................................................................................... 48 Printing paper info ................................................................................................................................................................. 49 Move the paper ....................................................................................................................................................................... 50 Maintain paper ........................................................................................................................................................................ 50 Change the drying time ......................................................................................................................................................... 50 Turn the automatic cutter on and off .................................................................................................................................. 51 Clean cut .................................................................................................................................................................................. 51 ENWW iii 3 Working with two rolls (T1600dr only) ............................................................................................................................................... 52 Advantages of a multiroll printer ......................................................................................................................................... 53 How the printer allocates jobs to paper rolls ..................................................................................................................... 53 4 Networking .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 55 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................. 56 Control network protocols .................................................................................................................................................... 56 Front-panel menu items ....................................................................................................................................................... 56 Link configuration methods ................................................................................................................................................. 59 Troubleshooting ..................................................................................................................................................................... 60 Wi-Fi accessory ....................................................................................................................................................................... 63 5 Printing ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 69 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................. 70 Print from a USB flash drive ................................................................................................................................................. 70 Print from the network folder .............................................................................................................................................. 71 Print from My Home Folder .................................................................................................................................................. 72 Print from a computer using a printer driver ..................................................................................................................... 74 Advanced print settings .......................................................................................................................................................