Using the printer help system, Printing control panel menus, Changing control panel settings – HP 2300dn User Manual

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Using the printer Help system

This printer features a Help system at the control panel that provides instructions for resolving
most printer errors.

To view Help for a message (if available), press (

H

ELP

button). If the Help topic is longer than

two lines, use

(

U

P

button) and

(

D

OWN

button) to scroll through the entire topic.

To exit the Help system, press (

H

ELP

button) again.

Printing control panel menus

To see the current settings for the menus and items available at the control panel, print a control
panel menu map. You might want to store the menu map near the printer for reference.

To print a control panel menu map

1

Press

(

S

ELECT

button) to open the menus.

2

Use

(

U

P

button) or

(

D

OWN

button) to scroll to

INFORMATION

, and then press

(

S

ELECT

button).

3

Use

(

U

P

button) or

(

D

OWN

button) to scroll to

PRINT MENU MAP

, and then press

(

S

ELECT

button).

Changing control panel settings

For a complete list of menu items and possible values, see

“Control panel menus” on page 143

.

Certain menu options appear only if the associated tray or accessory is installed. For example,
the EIO menu appears only if you have an EIO card installed.

To change a control panel setting

1

Press

(

S

ELECT

button)

to open the menus.

2

Use

(

U

P

button) or

(

D

OWN

button) to scroll to the menu that you want, and then press

(

S

ELECT

button).

3

Some menus might have several submenus. Use

(

U

P

button) or

(

D

OWN

button) to

scroll to the submenu item that you want, and then press

(

S

ELECT

button).

4

Use

(

U

P

button) or

(

D

OWN

button) to scroll to the setting, and then press

(

S

ELECT

button). Some settings change rapidly if

(

U

P

button) or

(

D

OWN

button) is held down.

An asterisk (

*

) appears next to the selection on the display, indicating that it is now the

default.

5

Press

P

AUSE

/R

ESUME

to exit the menu.

Note

Printer-driver settings override control panel settings. Software program settings override both
printer-driver settings and control panel settings.

If you cannot gain access to a menu or item, it is either not an option for the printer, or you have
not enabled the associated higher-level option. See your network administrator if a function has
been locked (

Access denied menus locked

appears on the printer control panel display).

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