HP Color LaserJet 2550 Printer series - Manual (Page 45)

8. Set any other settings that you want, such as watermarks. (For more information, see
Gaining access to printer driver settings .)
9. By default, the printer prints to the top output bin, which is the best location for most print
jobs, including transparencies. For labels, heavy paper, or other jobs that require a
straight-through path, lower the rear output door on the printer.
10. Select the Print command to print the job.
Maximizing print speed for letter-size paper
The printer can print at 20 ppm in black on letter-size paper. When printing letter-size pages
from tray 2, this happens automatically.
For tray 1, the printer is set at the factory to print 19 ppm in black on letter-size paper. To
achieve a print speed of 20 ppm from tray 1, set the tray 1 size to letter. To set the tray 1
size, open the HP Toolbox, click the Settings tab, click Configure Device, and click Paper
Handling. Set the tray 1 size to letter.
When tray 1 is configured for letter, and a print job specifies another media size such as
envelopes, the Attention light blinks until you load the correct print media into tray 1.
Gaining access to printer driver settings
This section lists the common printing features that are controlled through the printer driver.
(The printer driver is the software component you use to send print jobs to the printer.) You
can change settings temporarily for the print jobs that you print while the program is still
open. You can also make permanent changes to the default settings, and those new settings
will be in effect now and in the future.
Operating
System Temporarily change settings
for jobs that are printed now Permanently change default
settings
1
Change configuration settings
(For example, to add an optional
tray or to enable or disable a
driver feature such as "Allow
manual duplexing")
Windows 98, Me,
and NT 4.0 On the File menu, click Print,
select this printer, and then
click Properties. (The actual
steps can vary; this is the most
common method.) Click Start, point to Settings,
and then click Printers. Right-
click the printer icon, and then
click Properties (Windows 98
and Me) or Document
Defaults (NT 4.0). Click Start, point to Settings, and
then click Printers. Right-click the
printer icon, and then click
Properties. Click the Configure tab.
Windows 2000
and XP On the File menu, click Print,
select this printer, and then
click Properties or
Preferences. (The actual
steps can vary; this is the most
common method.) Click Start, point to Settings,
and then click Printers or
Printers and Faxes. Right-
click the printer icon, and then
click Printing Preferences. Click Start, point to Settings, and
then click Printers or Printers and
Faxes. Right-click the printer icon,
and then click Properties. Click the
Device Settings tab.
Mac OS 9.1 On the File menu, click Print.
Change settings as necessary
on the various pop-up menus. On the File menu, click Print.
As you change settings on a
pop-up menu, click Save
Settings. Click the desktop printer icon. From
the Printing menu, click Change
Setup.
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