Document Outline

• Printer basics
  • Quick access to printer information
    • User guide links
    • Where to look for more information
  • Printer configurations
    • Feature designations for the HP LaserJet 4250 or 4350 series printer
  • Printer features
  • Printer parts
    • Accessories and supplies
    • Interface ports
    • Accessory lights
    • Moving the printer
  • Control panel
    • Control-panel layout
    • Control-panel buttons
    • Control-panel lights
    • Printing control-panel menus
    • Using the printer Help system
    • Changing printer-control-panel configuration settings
  • Software
    • Operating systems and printer components
    • Printer drivers
    • Software for Macintosh computers
    • Installing the printing system software
    • Uninstalling the software
  • Selecting print media
    • Supported sizes of print media
• Printing tasks
  • Selecting which tray is used for printing
    • Understanding tray order
    • Customizing tray 1 operation
    • Printing by type and size of media (locking trays)
    • Manually feeding media from tray 1
  • Selecting the correct fuser mode
  • Stapling documents
    • To select the stapler in the software (Windows)
    • To select the stapler in the software (Mac)
    • To select the stapler at the control panel
    • Loading staples
  • Loading trays
    • Loading tray 1
    • Loading tray 2 or an optional 500-sheet tray
    • Loading an optional 1,500-sheet tray
  • Understanding media output options
    • Printing to the top (standard) output bin
    • Printing to the rear output bin
    • Printing to the optional stacker or stapler/stacker
    • Orientation of paper when a stapler is installed
  • Printing envelopes
    • Loading envelopes in tray 1
    • Feeding envelopes automatically (optional envelope feeder)
    • Installing the optional envelope feeder
    • Removing the optional envelope feeder
    • Loading envelopes in the optional envelope feeder
  • Printing on special media
    • Printing on labels
    • Printing on transparencies
    • Printing on letterhead, prepunched, or preprinted paper (single-sided)
    • Printing on paper that has a special finish
    • Printing on small sizes, custom sizes, or heavy paper
    • Setting custom paper sizes
  • Printing on both sides of paper (optional duplexer)
    • Guidelines for printing on both sides of paper
    • Orientation of paper for duplexing
    • Layout options for printing on both sides of paper
    • To duplex with the optional duplex-printing accessory
    • To duplex manually
  • Canceling a print job
  • Using the printer driver
    • Changing the settings for a print job
    • Changing default settings
  • Using printer-driver features
    • Printing watermarks
    • Printing multiple pages on one sheet of paper
    • Setting a custom paper size
    • Using EconoMode (draft) printing
    • Selecting print-quality settings
    • Using reduce/enlarge options
    • Selecting a paper source
    • Printing a cover, a different first or last page, or a blank page
  • Using job-storage features
    • Quick copying a job
    • Deleting a quick copy job
    • Proofing and holding a job
    • Deleting a held job
    • Printing a private job
    • Deleting a private job
    • Storing a print job
• Managing and maintaining the printer
  • Using the embedded Web server
    • Opening the embedded Web server
    • Information tab
    • Settings tab
    • Networking tab
    • Other links
  • Using HP Web Jetadmin software
  • Using the HP Toolbox
    • Supported operating systems
    • Supported browsers
    • To view the HP Toolbox
    • Status tab
    • Troubleshooting tab
    • Alerts tab
    • Documentation tab
    • Device Settings window
    • Toolbox links
    • Other links
  • Uninstalling the HP Toolbox
    • To uninstall the HP Toolbox by using the Windows desktop shortcut
    • To uninstall the HP Toolbox by using Add/Remove Programs in the Windows control panel
  • Managing and configuring printer drivers
    • HP Web Jetadmin software plug-in
    • Customization utility
  • Configuring e-mail alerts
  • Setting the real-time clock
    • Setting the date and time
  • Checking the printer configuration
    • Menu map
    • Configuration page
    • Supplies status page
    • PS or PCL font list
  • Managing the print cartridge
    • HP print cartridges
    • Non-HP print cartridges
    • Print-cartridge authentication
    • Print-cartridge storage
    • Print-cartridge life expectancy
    • Checking the supply level
    • Cartridge-low and cartridge-out conditions
  • Cleaning the printer
    • Cleaning the inside of the printer
    • Cleaning the fuser
  • Performing preventive maintenance
    • To reset the maintenance-kit counter
  • Replacing the stapler unit
    • To remove and replace the stapler unit
• Problem solving
  • Troubleshooting flowchart
    • 1 Does the control panel display read READY?
    • 2 Can you print a configuration page?
    • 3 Can you print from a program?
    • 4 Does the job print as expected?
    • 5 Does the printer select the proper trays and paper-handling accessories?
  • Solving general printing problems
  • Guidelines for using paper
  • Printing special pages
  • Clearing jams
    • Jam locations
    • Clearing jams from the top-cover and print-cartridge areas
    • Clearing jams from the optional envelope feeder
    • Clearing jams from the trays
    • Clearing jams from the optional duplexer
    • Clearing jams from the output areas
    • Clearing jams from the fuser area
    • Clearing jams from the optional stacker or stapler/stacker
    • Solving repeated jams
  • Understanding printer messages
    • Using the printer online Help system
    • Resolving persistent messages
  • Understanding accessory lights for the stacker and stapler/stacker
    • Accessory lights
    • Replacing accessories or accessory components
  • Correcting print-quality problems
    • Print-quality checklist
    • Image defect examples
    • Light print (partial page)
    • Light print (entire page)
    • Specks
    • Dropouts
    • Lines
    • Gray background
    • Toner smear
    • Loose toner
    • Repeating defects
    • Repeating image
    • Misformed characters
    • Page skew
    • Curl or wave
    • Wrinkles or creases
    • Vertical white lines
    • Tire tracks
    • White spots on black
    • Scattered lines
    • Blurred print
    • Random image repetition
  • Troubleshooting network printing problems
  • Troubleshooting common Windows problems
  • Troubleshooting common Macintosh problems
  • Troubleshooting common PostScript problems
    • General problems
    • Specific errors
  • Troubleshooting the optional hard disk
• Supplies and accessories
  • Ordering parts, accessories, and supplies
    • Ordering directly from HP
    • Ordering through service or support providers
    • Ordering directly through the embedded Web server (for printers that are connected to a network)
    • Ordering directly through the HP Toolbox software (for printers that are directly connected to a com ...
  • Part numbers
    • Paper-handling accessories
    • Print cartridges
    • Maintenance kits
    • Memory
    • Cables and interfaces
    • Print media
• Control panel menus
  • Retrieve Job menu
  • Information menu
  • Paper Handling menu
  • Configure Device menu
    • Printing submenu
    • Print Quality submenu
    • System Setup submenu
    • Stapler/stacker submenu
    • I/O submenu
    • Resets submenu
  • Diagnostics menu
  • Service menu
• Specifications
  • HP LaserJet 4250 or 4350 series physical specifications
  • Electrical specifications
  • Acoustic emissions
  • Operating environment
  • Paper specifications
    • Printing and paper storage environment
    • Envelopes
    • Labels
    • Transparencies
• Printer memory and expansion
  • Overview
  • Printer memory
    • To install printer memory
  • Installing CompactFlash cards
    • To install a CompactFlash card
  • Checking memory installation
    • To verify that DIMMs or CompactFlash cards are installed correctly
  • Saving resources (permanent resources)
  • Installing EIO cards or mass storage devices
    • To install EIO cards or mass storage devices
    • To remove an installed EIO card or mass storage device (optional hard disk)
• Printer commands
  • Understanding PCL 6 and PCL 5e printer command syntax
    • Combining escape sequences
    • Using escape characters
    • Selecting PCL 6 and PCL 5 fonts
    • Common PCL 6 and PCL 5 printer commands
• Regulatory information
  • Introduction
  • FCC regulations
  • Environmental Product Stewardship program
    • Protecting the environment
    • Ozone production
    • Energy consumption
    • HP LaserJet printing supplies
    • Material safety data sheet
    • For more information
  • Declaration of conformity
  • Country-/region-specific safety statements
    • Laser safety statement
    • Canadian DOC statement
    • Japanese VCCI statement
    • Korean EMI statement
    • Finnish laser statement
• Service and support
  • Hewlett-Packard limited warranty statement
  • Print Cartridge Limited Warranty Statement
  • Availability of support and service
  • HP maintenance agreements
    • Onsite service agreements
  • HP Express Exchange (U.S. and Canada only)
    • To use HP Express Exchange
  • Repacking the printer
    • To repack the printer
  • Service information form
• Index