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4.Slide the media-width guides slightly wider than the print media.
NOTE Load 10 envelopes or less into Tray 2 with the flaps on the right side, the side to
be printed facing up, and with the short edge leading into the printer. If the envelope has
a flap on a short edge, this edge must enter the printer first.
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5.Load the media.
NOTE If this is special paper such as labels, transparencies, HP LaserJet glossy paper,
HP LaserJet Photo paper, and letterhead or printed forms, load it with the side to be
printed on facing up and the top edge toward the front of the tray. For additional
information about printing on special print media, see 
Printing on both sides .
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6.Make sure that the stack of paper is flat in the tray at all four corners, and keep it below the
height tabs on the media-length guide in the rear of the tray.
7.Slide the tray into the printer. The back of the tray will protrude from the back of the printer.
NOTE If you are printing on both sides, see Printing on both sides for loading instructions.
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Printing on special media
Use the guidelines in following table when printing on special media. When printing on a special type
of media, printing speeds might be automatically reduced to improve the output quality for that
specific media. See 
Print-media specifications for media that is recommended for this printer. For
instruction on loading the trays, see 
Loading Tray 1  or Loading Tray 2.
Table 5-1    Special media printing guidelines
Paper typeMaximum amount
that can be loaded
into Tray  2 or
optional Tray 3Driver settings,
paper quality, type isTray 1 paper
orientationTray 2 or optional
Tray 3 paper
orientation
NormalUp to 250 sheetsPlain or unspecifiedSide to be printed face
downSide to be printed
face up
EnvelopesUp to 10 envelopesEnvelopeShort edge leading,
flap on right side
facing downShort edge leading,
flap on right side
facing up
Heavy envelopesUp to 10 envelopesHeavy envelopeShort edge leading,
flap on right side
facing downShort edge leading,
flap on right side
facing up
LabelsUp to 25 mm
(0.99 inch) stack heightLabelsSide to be printed face
downSide to be printed
face up
TransparenciesUp to 50 sheetsTransparenciesSide to be printed face
downSide to be printed
face up
GlossyUp to 25 mm
(0.99 inch) stack heightLight glossy, glossy,
or heavy glossySide to be printed face
downSide to be printed
face up
LetterheadUp to 250 sheetsLetterheadSide to be printed face
down, printed edge at
front of traySide to be printed
face up, printed edge
at front of tray
Cardstock Up to 25 mm
(0.99 inch) stack height Cardstock or heavy Side to be printed face
down Side to be printed
face up
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Controlling print jobs
This section provides basic printing instructions. When making changes to printing settings, follow
the hierarchy of how changes are prioritized. (Note that the names of commands and dialog boxes
might vary depending on your software program.)
●Page Setup  dialog box . This dialog box opens when you click  Page Setup or a similar
command on the  File menu in your software program. This dialog box is part of the program in
which you are working.  Settings that are changed here override settings that are changed
anywhere else .
● Print
 dialog box . This dialog box opens when you click  Print, Print Setup , or a similar
command on the  File menu in your software program. It is also part of the program, but it has a
lower priority than the  Page Setup dialog box. Settings that are changed in the  Print dialog box
do not  override settings that are changed in the  Page Setup dialog box. Settings that are
changed here  do override settings that are changed in the printer driver.
● Printer driver
. The printer driver opens when you click  Properties in the Print dialog box.
Settings that are changed here do  not override settings that are changed anywhere else.
Settings for selecting print media
Three settings affect how the printer driver tries to pull media when you send a print job. These
settings,  Source, Type , and  Size, appear in your program  Page Setup dialog box, the  Print dialog
box, or the printer driver. The printer automatically selects a tray if you do not change these settings.
If you do want to change these settings, you can print by  Source, by Type , by Size , or by  Type and
Size .
● Source . Printing by  Source means that you select a specific tray from which you want the
printer to pull paper. The printer tries to print from  this tray, no matter what type or size is loaded
in it. However, if you select a tray that is  configured from the HP ToolboxFX for a type or size
and that does not match your print job, the printer does not print automatically. Instead, it waits
for you to load the tray that you selected with the type or size of print media for your print job.
When you load the tray, the printer begins printing.  (If the printer does not begin printing, you
might need to configure the tray to match the size or type of the print job.) Or, press 
 ( Select )
to have the printer try to print from another tray.
● Type
 or Size . Printing by  Type or Size  means that you want the printer to pull paper or print
media from the first tray that is loaded with the type or size that you selected.  Always print by
Type for special print media such as labels or transparencies .
● If you want to print by  Type or Size  and the trays have not been configured for a certain
type or size from the HP ToolboxFX, load the paper or print media into a tray and then
select the  Type or Size  from the  Page Setup  dialog box, the  Print dialog box, or the
printer driver.
● If you often print on a certain type or size of media, the printer administrator (for a network
printer) or you (for a directly connected printer) can use the HP ToolboxFX to configure a
tray for that type or size. (See 
HP ToolboxFX .) Then, when you select that Type or Size as
you print a job, the printer pulls from the tray that is configured for that type or size.
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Features in the printer driver
Some printer drivers and some operating systems do not support all of these printer features.
●Setting a custom paper size
● Printing in grayscale
● Changing the color settings
● Creating and using watermarks
● Printing multiple pages on one sheet of paper (N-up printing)
● Creating and using Quick Sets
● Reducing or enlarging
● Printing on different paper for the first page
● Changing the print quality
● Restoring the default printer-driver settings
For printing using the Print on Both Sides (manually) feature, see 
Printing on both sides .
Setting a custom paper size
Use the Custom Paper feature to set up the printer to print to sizes other than standard ones.
Try to set this setting from  one of these locations, in this order: the  Page Setup dialog box in the
program, the  Print dialog box in the program, or the  Paper tab in the printer driver.
Printing in grayscale
If you have a document that you created in color, it will automatically print in color. Or, you can set
the printer to print a color document in grayscale (black and white) only.
Select the  Print In Grayscale  option on the Color tab of the printer driver.
Changing the color settings
When you are printing in color, the printer driver automatically sets the optimal color settings for you.
However, you can manually make adjustments to how the printer prints in color for text, graphics,
and photographs. See 
Printing on special media  for more information.
On the  Color tab of the printer driver, click  Settings.
Creating and using watermarks
Use the Watermark options to specify that text be placed underneath (in the background of) an
existing document. For example, you might want to have large gray letters reading draft or
confidential placed diagonally across the first  page or all pages of a document. You can change
color, position, and wording of the watermark.
Gain access to the  Watermark options on the  Effects tab in your printer driver.
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NOTEIf you are using Windows 2000 or XP, you must have Administrator privileges to
create watermarks. You do not need Administrator privileges to add existing watermarks to
documents.
Printing multiple pages on one sheet of paper (N-up printing)
N-up printing is the ability to print multiple pages on one sheet of paper. The pages will appear
decreased in size. You can specify up to nine pages  per sheet, and they will be arranged on the
sheet as shown in the following figures if you use the default arrangement. You can also choose
whether a border appears around each page or not.
Gain access to  Pages per Sheet  on the Finishing  tab in the printer driver.
112
12
3 412
3
456
789
Creating and using Quick Sets
Use Quick Sets to save the current print-driver settings such as the page orientation, N-up printing,
or the paper source for later use. You can save up to a total of 30 sets of settings. For convenience,
Quick Sets can be selected and saved from most printer-driver tabs.
NOTE If you are using Windows 2000, you must have Administrator privileges to save Quick
Sets.
Create Quick Sets from most printer-driver tabs. Later, you  can gain access to Quick Sets on the
Finishing  tab in the printer driver.
Reducing or enlarging
Use the  Fit to Page  option to scale your document to a percentage of its normal size. You can also
choose to scale your document to fit on any size of paper that the printer supports.
Gain access to  Fit to Page settings on the  Effects tab in the printer driver.
Printing on different paper for the first page
Printing on different paper for the first page is useful if, for example, you are printing a letter that uses
letterhead on the first page and plain sheets for the  subsequent pages. The size for all pages of the
print job must be the same in the printer driver.
Try to set this setting from  one of these locations, in this order: the  Page Setup dialog box in the
program, the  Print dialog box in the program, or the  Paper/Quality tab in the printer driver.
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Restoring the default printer-driver settings
You can return all settings in the printer driver to their default values. This feature might be useful if
you are experiencing  quality issues, or if the print media is not being selected from the correct tray.
Select  Defaults  in the Quick Sets  dialog box on the  Finishing tab of the printer driver.
To print from Windows
1.Make sure that print media is loaded in the printer.
2. On the  File menu, click  Page Setup or a similar command. Make sure that the settings are
correct for this document.
3. From the  File menu, click  Print, Print Setup , or a similar command. The  Print dialog box opens.
4. Select this printer and change settings as necessary. Do not change any settings, such as page
size or orientation, that you set in the  Page Setup dialog box.
5. If this print job is for a standard size and weight of paper, you probably do not need to change
the Source is  (tray), Type is , or Size is  settings, and you can go to step 7. Otherwise, go to
step 6.
6. If this print job is to be printed on a non-standard size or weight of paper, select how the printer
pulls paper.
●To print by Source (tray), select the tray in the  Print dialog box, if possible.
● To print by Source (tray) when this setting is not available in the 
Print dialog box, click
Properties , and on the  Paper tab, select the tray in the  Source is field.
● To print by Type or Size, click 
Properties and, on the  Paper tab, select the type or size in
the  Type is  or Size is  field. (For some paper, such as letterhead, you will set both the Type
and Size.)  Always print by Type for special print media such as labels or transparencies .
7. If you have not yet done so, click  Properties. The printer driver opens.
8. On the various tabs, set any settings that you want that did not appear in the  Page Setup or
Print  dialog box. For more information about printer-driver settings, see 
Features in the printer
driver .
9. Select the  Print command to print the job.
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.
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Operating SystemTemporarily change settings for
jobs that are printed nowPermanently change default
settings1Change configuration settings
(For example, to add an optional tray
or to enable or disable a driver
feature such as Allow manual
duplexing)
Windows 98
Second Edition and
MeOn 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 .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 (Classic Start
Menu)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 Configure
tab.
Windows XPOn 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, click  Printers and
Faxes , right-click the printer name
or icon, and then click  Printing
Preferences .Click Start and then click  Printers and
Faxes . Right-click the printer icon, and
then click  Properties . Click the
Configure  tab.
1Access to default printer settings might be restricted and therefore unavailable.
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Printing on both sides
To print on both sides of the paper, you have to return to the printer and reinsert the paper manually
after the first side has printed.
CAUTIONDo not print on both sides of labels or transparencies. Damage to the printer and
jams might result.
To print on both sides (manually)
1. Insert enough paper into Tray 2 or optional Tray 3 to accommodate the print job.
NOTE In Windows,  Print on both sides (manually)  must be enabled to complete
these instructions. To enable duplexing, in the printer driver, select  Properties, and then
click on the  Configure tab. Under Paper handling, select  Allow Manual Duplexing, and
then click  OK to save.
2. Use the following procedure to configure the printer to Print on both sides (manually).
In the printer driver, select the  Finishing tab, select the  Print on both sides (manually)  option,
and then send the job to print.
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