Document Outline

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  • 1
    • Quick access to printer information
      • World Wide Web links
      • User guide links
      • Where to look for more information
        • Setting up the printer
        • Using the printer
    • Printer configurations
      • HP Color LaserJet 5500
      • HP Color LaserJet 5500n (Europe only)
      • HP Color LaserJet 5500dn
      • HP Color LaserJet 5500dtn
      • HP Color LaserJet 5500hdn
    • Printer features
    • Features
    • Walk around
    • Printer software
      • Printer drivers
        • Additional drivers
      • Software for networks
        • HP Web Jetadmin
        • UNIX
      • Utilities
        • Embedded Web server
          • Features
        • Other components and utilities
    • Print media specifications
      • Supported paper weights and sizes
      • Tray 1 paper sizes
      • Tray 2 and optional Trays 3 and 4 paper sizes 1
      • Automatic 2-sided printing (duplexing) 1
  • 2
    • Control panel overview
      • Display
      • Accessing the control panel from a computer
    • Control panel buttons
    • Interpreting control panel indicator lights
    • Control panel menus
      • Getting started basics
    • Menu hierarchy
      • To access the menus
      • Retrieve job menu (for printers with a hard disk)
      • Information menu
      • Paper handling menu
      • Configure device menu
      • Diagnostics menu
    • Retrieve job menu (for printers with a hard disk)
    • Information menu
    • Paper handling menu
    • Configure device menu
      • Printing menu
      • Print quality menu
      • System setup menu
      • I/O menu
      • Resets menu
    • Diagnostics menu
    • Changing printer control panel configuration settings
      • Job storage limit
        • To set the job storage limit
      • Job held timeout
        • To set the job held timeout
      • Tray behavior options: use requested tray and manually feed
        • To set use requested tray
        • To set manually feed prompt
      • PowerSave Time
        • To set PowerSave Time
        • To disable/enable PowerSave
      • Personality
        • To set the personality
      • Clearable warnings
        • To set the clearable warnings
      • Auto continue
        • To set the auto continue
      • Supplies low
        • To set supplies low reporting
      • Jam recovery
        • To set jam recovery response
      • Language
        • To select language
        • To select language if the display is in a language you do not understand
    • Using the printer control panel in shared environments
  • 3
    • Network configuration
      • Configuring TCP/IP parameters
        • Configuring TCP/IP parameters using BOOTP or DHCP
        • Manually configuring TCP/IP parameters from the printer control panel
        • Setting an IP address
        • Setting the subnet mask
        • Setting the default gateway
        • Setting the syslog server
        • Setting the idle timeout
        • Setting the link speed
      • Disabling network protocols (optional)
        • To disable IPX/SPX
        • To disable AppleTalk
        • To disable DLC/LLC
    • Parallel configuration
    • Enhanced I/O (EIO) configuration
      • HP Jetdirect print servers
      • Available enhanced I/O interfaces
      • NetWare networks
      • Windows and Windows NT networks
      • AppleTalk networks
      • UNIX/Linux networks
  • 4
    • Controlling print jobs
      • Source
      • Type and Size
      • Precedence for print settings (software)
    • Selecting print paper
      • Paper to avoid
      • Paper that may damage the printer
    • Configuring input trays
      • Configuring Tray 1 size
      • Configuring Tray 1 type
      • Tray 2, Tray 3, or Tray 4 detectable standard paper size
      • Tray 2, Tray 3, or Tray 4 paper type
      • Tray 2, Tray 3, or Tray 4 custom paper
        • Unit of measure
        • Y dimension
        • X dimension
      • Tray 2, Tray 3, or Tray 4 nondetectable standard sizes
      • Printing from Tray 1 (multipurpose tray)
        • Loading paper into Tray 1
      • Printing envelopes from Tray 1
        • To load envelopes into Tray 1
        • Printing envelopes
      • Printing from Tray 2, Tray 3, and Tray 4
      • Loading detectable standard-sized paper into Tray 2, Tray 3, and Tray 4
      • Loading undetectable standard or custom-sized paper into Tray 2, Tray 3, and Tray 4
    • Printing on special media
      • Transparencies
      • Glossy paper
      • Colored paper
      • Envelopes
      • Labels
      • Heavy paper
      • HP LaserJet Tough paper
      • Preprinted forms and letterhead
      • Recycled paper
    • 2-sided (duplex) printing
      • Control panel settings for automatic 2-sided printing
        • To enable or disable 2-sided printing from the printer control panel
      • Options for binding 2-sided printing jobs
      • Manual 2-sided printing
    • Special printing situations
      • Printing a different first page
      • Printing on custom-size paper
      • Stopping a print request
        • To stop the current print job from the printer control panel
        • To stop the current print job from your software application
    • Job retention features
      • Storing a print job
      • Quick copying a job
      • Proofing and holding a job
        • Printing stored jobs
        • Deleting stored jobs
      • Private jobs
        • Printing a private job
        • Deleting a private job
    • Printing with the optional HP Fast InfraRed Receiver
      • Setting up to print with Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT, Me, and XP
      • Setting up to print with Macintosh computers
      • Printing a job
      • Interrupting and resuming printing
    • Managing memory
  • 5
    • Printer information pages
      • Menu map
      • Configuration page
      • Supplies status page
        • To print the supplies status page:
      • Usage page
      • Demo
      • File directory
      • PCL or PS font list
      • Event log
      • Print quality troubleshooting pages
    • Using the embedded Web server
      • To access the embedded Web server using a network connection
      • Information tab
      • Settings tab
      • Networking tab
      • Other links
    • Using Printer Status and Alerts
      • To choose which status messages appear
      • To view status messages and information
  • 6
    • Using color
      • HP ImageREt 2400
      • Paper selection
      • Color options
      • sRGB
      • Printing in four-colors (CMYK)
        • CMYK ink set emulation (PostScript only)
    • Managing color
      • Print in Grayscale
      • Automatic or manual color adjustment
        • Manual color options
    • Matching colors
      • PANTONE®* color matching
      • Swatch book color matching
  • 7
    • Managing the print cartridge
      • HP print cartridges
      • Non-HP print cartridges
      • Print cartridge authentication
      • HP fraud hotline
      • Print cartridge storage
      • Print cartridge life expectancy
      • Checking the print cartridge life
        • Using the printer control panel
        • Using the embedded Web server (for network connected printers)
        • Using printer Status and Alerts (for directly connected printers)
        • Using HP Web Jetadmin
    • Changing print cartridges
      • To change the print cartridge
    • Replacing supplies
      • Locating supplies
      • Supply replacement guidelines
      • Making room around the printer for replacing supplies
      • Approximate replacement intervals for supplies
    • Configuring e-mail alerts
    • Periodic cleaning
      • When to clean the OHT sensor
      • To clean the OHT sensor
  • 8
    • Basic troubleshooting checklist
      • Factors affecting printer performance
    • Control panel message types
      • Status messages
      • Warning messages
      • Error messages
      • Critical error messages
    • Control panel messages
    • Control panel messages
    • Paper jams
      • Paper jam recovery
        • To disable paper jam recovery
    • Common causes of paper jams
    • Clearing paper jams
      • Jam in Tray 1 or Tray 2
      • Jam in Tray 3 or Tray 4
      • Jams in the top cover
        • Jam in the top cover
      • Jam in paper input path or paper path
      • Jam in duplex path
    • Paper handling problems
    • Paper handling problems
    • Printer response problems
    • Printer response problems
    • Printer control panel problems
    • Printer control panel problems
    • Color printing problems
    • Color printing problems
    • Incorrect printer output
    • Incorrect printer output
      • Guidelines for printing with different fonts
    • Software application problems
    • Software application problems
    • Print quality troubleshooting
      • Print quality problems associated with paper
      • Overhead transparency defects
      • Print quality problems associated with the environment
      • Print quality problems associated with jams
      • Print quality problems associated with maintenance
      • Print quality troubleshooting pages
  • A
    • Printer memory
      • Printing a configuration page
    • Installing memory and font DIMMs
      • To install memory and font DIMMs
      • Enabling memory
        • To enable memory for Windows
      • Enabling the language font DIMM
        • To enable fonts from the PCL 5c and PCL 6 printer drivers for Windows
      • Checking DIMM installation
        • To check DIMM installation
    • Installing an HP Jetdirect print server card
      • To install an HP Jetdirect print server card
  • B
    • Spare parts and supplies availability
    • Ordering directly through the embedded Web server (for printers with network connections)
    • Ordering directly through the printer software (for printers directly connected to a computer)
      • To order printing supplies directly through the computer software
  • C
    • Hewlett-Packard limited warranty statement
    • Limited warranty for print cartridge life
    • Transfer unit and fuser warranty
    • HP maintenance agreements
      • On-site service agreements
        • Priority on-site service
        • Next-day on-site service
        • Weekly (volume) on-site service
      • Extended warranty
  • D
    • Physical dimensions
    • Electrical specifications
    • Acoustic emissions
  • E
    • FCC regulations
    • Environmental product stewardship program
    • Declaration of Conformity
    • Safety statements
      • Laser safety
      • Canadian DOC regulations
      • EMI statement (Korea)
      • VCCI statement (Japan)
      • Laser Statement for Finland
  • Glossary