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Menu itemValuesDescription
SOURCE
ADJUST TRAY [N]that is printed on the front with the image
that is printed on the back.
PRINT TEST PAGE: Prints a test page that
shows the current registration settings.
SOURCE : Allows you to select the tray for
which you want to print the test page. If
installed, optional trays appear as
selections, where [N] is the number of the
tray.
ADJUST TRAY [N] : Sets the registration
fro the specified tray, where [N] is the
number of the tray. A selection appears for
each tray that is installed, and registration
must be set for each tray.
● X1 SHIFT
: Registration of the image
on the paper from side to side, as the
paper lies in the tray. For duplexing,
this side is the second side (back) of
the paper.
● X2 SHIFT
: Registration of the image
on the paper from side to side, as the
paper lies in the tray, for the first side
(front) of a duplexed page. This item
appears only if a duplexer is installed
and enabled. Set the  X1 SHIFT first.
● Y SHIFT
: Registration of the image on
the paper from top to bottom, as the
paper lies in the tray.
AUTO SENSE MODETRAY 1 SENSING
TRAY 2-N SENSINGAllows you to set trays to automatically
sense the type of paper loaded. For more
information, see the section entitled
Automatic media type sensing (auto sense
mode) .
PRINT MODESA list of available modes appears.Allows you to associate each media type
with a specific print mode.
OPTIMIZE A list of available parameters
appears.
BELT CONTACT
CACO3 PAPER
TALC PAPER
BACKGROUND 1
BACKGROUND 2
TRANSPARENCY
MEDIA TYPE
REGISTRATION
LONG PAPERAllows you to optimize certain parameters
for all jobs rather than optimizing by media
type.
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Menu itemValuesDescription
PRE-ROTATION
RE-TRANSFER
FUSER TEMP
TRAY 1
RESTORE OPTIMIZE
QUICK CALIBRATE NOW Performs partial printer calibrations.
For more information, see 
Calibrating theprinter.
FULL CALIBRATE NOW Performs all printer calibrations.
For more information, see 
Calibrating theprinter.
COLOR RETOFF
ONThe COLOR RET  menu item allows you to
turn on or turn off the printer REt
(Resolution Enhancement Technology)
setting. The default is  ON.
CLEANING INTERVAL1000
2000
5000
10000
20000Select  CLEANING INTERVAL  to set the
interval for automatic cleaning. The
intervals correspond to the number of
pages that the printer has printed. The
default is 1000 .
See 
Using the cleaning page  for more
information.
AUTO CLEANINGOff
OnSelect  AUTO CLEANING  to turn automatic
cleaning on or off. The default is  Off.
See 
Using the cleaning page  for more
information.
CREATE CLEANING PAGENo value to select.Select  CREATE CLEANING PAGE  to
create a cleaning page for the HP Color
LaserJet 4700 and HP Color LaserJet
4700n printers. Printers equipped with an
external duplexer generate a cleaning page
automatically when  PROCESS
CLEANING PAGE  is selected.
See 
Using the cleaning page  for more
information.
PROCESS CLEANING PAGE No value to select.Select PROCESS CLEANING PAGE  to
process the cleaning page.
See 
Using the cleaning page  for more
information.
System setup menu
The system setup menu allows you to make changes to general printer configuration default settings
such as sleep mode, printer personality (language), and jam recovery.
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See Changing printer control panel configuration settings for more information.
Menu itemValuesDescription
DATE/TIMEDATE
DATE FORMAT
TIME
TIME FORMATAllows you to set various configurations for
the date format when setting the date and
select a 12-hour or 24-hour clock when
setting time.
JOB STORAGE LIMIT1-100Sets the limit for the maximum number of
jobs stored on the hard disk at the printer.
The default is 32.
JOB HELD TIMEOUTOFF
1 HOUR
4 HOURS
1 DAY
1 WEEKSets the period of time that the system
keeps files in job storage before deleting
them from the queue. The default is  OFF.
SHOW ADDRESSAUTO
OFFThis item determines whether the printer’s
IP address is shown on the display with the
Ready message. If more than one EIO card
is installed, the IP address of the card in the
first slot is shown. The default is  OFF.
RESTRICT COLOR USEDISABLE COLOR
ENABLE COLOR
COLOR IF ALLOWEDDisables or restricts color use. The default
is ENABLE COLOR . To use the COLOR IF
ALLOWED  setting, set up user
permissions by using the embedded Web
server. See 
Using the embedded Webserver .
COLOR/BLACK MIXAUTO
MOSTLY COLOR PAGES
MOSTLY BLACK PAGESThis menu item establishes how the printer
switches from color to monochrome (black
and white) mode for maximum performance
and print cartridge life.
AUTO  will reset the printer to the factory
default setting. The default is  AUTO.
Select  MOSTLY COLOR PAGES  if nearly
all of your print jobs are color with high page
coverage.
Select  MOSTLY BLACK PAGES  if you
print mostly monochrome print jobs, or a
combination of color and monochrome print
jobs.
TRAY BEHAVIOR USE REQUESTED TRAY
MANUALLY FEED PROMPT
PS DEFER MEDIA
SIZE/TYPE PROMPT
USE ANOTHER TRAY Allows you to specify settings for the tray
selection behavior. (This setting allows you
to configure the trays to behave like trays in
some previous HP printers and to configure
two-sided printing behavior for pre-printed
paper.)
The default for 
USE REQUESTED TRAY  is
EXCLUSIVELY .
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							Menu itemValuesDescription
DUPLEX BLANK PAGES 
IMAGE ROTATION
The default for USE ANOTHER TRAY isENABLED.
The default for MANUALLY FEEDPROMPT is ALWAYS.
PS DEFER MEDIA affects how paper is
handled when printing from an Adobe PS print driver. ENABLED uses HP’s paperhandling. DISABLED uses the Adobe PS
paper handling. The default is ENABLED.
The default for DUPLEX BLANK PAGES isAUTO.
The default for IMAGE ROTATION isStandard.
See Changing printer control panel
configuration settings for more information.
SLEEP DELAY1 Minute 
15 MINUTES 
30 MINUTES 
45 MINUTES
60 MINUTES 
90 MINUTES 
2 HOURS
4 HOURS
Reduces power consumption when the printer has been inactive for the selected 
period. The default is 1 MINUTES.
WAKE TIMEA list of day and hour variables
appears.
The default is DAILY at 7:30 AM. This
menu item opens a wizard that can be used to set the printer wake time.
DISPLAY BRIGHTNESSRange is 1 through 10.Sets the brightness of the control panel 
display. The default is 5.
PERSONALITYAUTO 
PCL 
PDF 
PS
Sets the default personality to automatic switching, PCL, PDF, or PostScript 
emulation modes. The default is AUTO.
CLEARABLE WARNINGSJOB 
ON
Sets whether a warning is cleared on the control panel or when another job is sent. 
The default is JOB.
AUTO CONTINUEOFF 
ON
Determines printer behavior when the system generates an Auto Continuableerror. The default is ON.
REPLACE SUPPLIESSTOP AT OUT
STOP AT LOW 
OVERRIDE AT OUT
Sets printer behavior when a cartridge is 
low. The default is STOP AT OUT. Thisoption allows the printer to continue printing
until a color supply is exhausted. When the printer is set to STOP AT LOW, printing
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Menu itemValuesDescription
pauses until the color supply is replaced.
OVERRIDE AT OUT allows printing to
continue when a color supply is out, but
displays a warning that override is in use
and that the supply must be replaced.
ORDER ATRANGE=0-100The user can set the percent remaining at
which the  ORDER AT  message is
displayed. The default is  15.
COLOR SUPPLY OUTSTOP
AUTOCONTINUE BLACKSets the COLOR SUPPLY OUT  printer
behavior when a color supply is empty.
When the printer is set to
AUTOCONTINUE BLACK , the printer will
continue printing using black toner only.
The default is  STOP.
JAM RECOVERYAUTO
OFF
ONSets whether the printer will attempt to
reprint pages after a jam. The default is
AUTO.
RAM DISKAUTO
OFFAllows you to specify how the RAM disk is
configured. When set to  AUTO, the printer
determines the optimal RAM disk size
based on the amount of available memory.
The default is  AUTO. This message
displays in models that do not have a hard
disk installed.
LANGUAGE A listing of available languages
appears.Sets the default language. The default
language is 
ENGLISH.
Stapler/stacker menu
This menu is available if a stapler/stacker is installed on the printer.
Menu itemValuesDescription
STAPLESNONE
1-EDGEThe STAPLES  menu defines how the
stapler/stacker processes a job that has no
stapling instructions. The device can be
configured to staple the job ( 1-EDGE) or to
not staple the job ( NONE). The default is
NONE .
Only supported paper sizes can be stapled.
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Menu itemValuesDescription
STAPLES OUTCONTINUE
STOPThe STAPLES OUT  menu defines the
action that the stapler/stacker takes when it
runs out of staples. It can instruct the printer
to stop and wait until the stapler cartridge is
replaced, or it can allow printing to continue
without stapling. If the device is configured
to stop when the cartridge is empty, up to
two jobs might be processed without
stapling before the printer stops. The
default is  CONTINUE .
OFFSET ENABLED
DISABLED The 
OFFSET  menu stipulates whether the
job should be offset. When this
configuration is set at the control panel, it is
applied to all subsequent jobs. It cannot be
applied on a job-by-job basis. The default is
ENABLED .
Only supported paper sizes can be offset.
I/O menu
This menu allows you to configure the printer’s I/O options.
See 
Network configuration .
Menu itemValuesDescription
I/O TIMEOUT15 SECONDS
Range:5 - 300Allows you to set the printer I/O timeout in
seconds.
PARALLEL INPUTHIGH SPEED
ADVANCED FUNCTIONSAllows you to select the speed at which the
parallel port communicates with the host
and to enable or disable the bi-directional
parallel communication.
The default for HIGH SPEED is YES. The
default for  ADVANCED FUNCTIONS  is
ON .
EMBEDDED JETDIRECT MENU The values may vary. Possible
values may include:
TCP/IP
IPX/SPX
APPLETALK
DLC/LLC
SECURE WEB
DIAGNOSTICS
RESET SECURITY
LINK SPEEDTCP/IP
: Select whether the TCP/IP
protocol stack is enabled or disabled. You
can set several parameters.
Select the TCP/IP CONFIGURE
METHOD  to configure the EIO card. For the
MANUAL  option, select the values for  IP
ADDRESS , SUBNET MASK , LOCAL
GATEWAY , and DEFAULT GATEWAY .
IPX/SPX : Select whether the IPX/SPX
protocol stack (in Novell NetWare
networks, for example) is enabled or
disabled.
APPLETALK : Enable or disable an
AppleTalk network.
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Menu itemValuesDescription
DLC/LLC: Select whether the DLC/LLC
protocol stack is enabled or disabled.
SECURE WEB : Specify whether the
embedded Web server accepts
communications by using only secure
HTTP (HTTPS) or by using both HTTP and
HTTPS.
DIAGNOSTICS : Provides tests to help
diagnose network hardware or TCP/IP
network connection problems.
RESET SECURITY : Specifies whether the
current security settings on the print server
are saved or reset to factory defaults.
LINK SPEED : Selects the network link
speed and communication mode for the
10/100T print server. To ensure proper
communication, the Jetdirect settings must
match those of the network.
EIO X
(Where  X=1 or 2) The values may vary. Possible
values may include:
TCP/IP
IPX/SPX
APPLETALK
DLC/LLC
SECURE WEB
RESET SECURITY
LINK SPEED TCP/IP
: Select whether the TCP/IP
protocol stack is enabled or disabled. You
can set several parameters.
Select the TCP/IP  CONFIGURE
METHOD  to configure the EIO card. For the
MANUAL  option, select the values for IP
ADDRESS , SUBNET MASK , LOCAL
GATEWAY , and DEFAULT GATEWAY .
IPX/SPX : Select whether the IPX/SPX
protocol stack (in Novell NetWare
networks, for example) is enabled or
disabled.
APPLETALK : Enable or disable an
AppleTalk network.
DLC/LLC : Select whether the DLC/LLC
protocol stack is enabled or disabled.
SECURE WEB : Specify whether the
embedded Web server accepts
communications by using only secure
HTTP (HTTPS) or by using both HTTP and
HTTPS.
DIAGNOSTICS : Provides tests to help
diagnose network hardware or TCP/IP
network connection problems.
RESET SECURITY : Specifies whether the
current security settings on the print server
are saved or reset to factory defaults.:
LINK SPEED : Selects the network link
speed and communication mode for the
10/100T print server. To ensure proper
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Menu itemValuesDescription
communication, the Jetdirect settings must
match those of the network.
Resets menu
The resets menu allows you to reset factory settings, disable and enable sleep mode, and update the
printer after new supplies are installed.
Menu itemValuesDescription
RESTORE FACTORY SETTINGSNone.Allows you to clear the page buffer, remove
all perishable personality data, reset the
printing environment, and return all default
settings to factory defaults.
SLEEP MODEValues are ON and OFF . Allows you to enable and disable sleep
mode. The default is  ON.
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Diagnostics menu
The diagnostics menu allows you to run tests that can help you identify and solve problems with the
printer.
Menu itemDescription
PRINT EVENT LOGThis item will print an event log that will display the last 50 entries in the
printer’s event log, starting with the most recent.
SHOW EVENT LOGThis item displays the last 50 events on the control panel display, starting with
the most recent.
PQ TROUBLESHOOTINGThis item prints a series of 8 pages that include instructions, pages for each
color, demo page, and configuration page. These pages can help isolate print
quality problems.
PRINT DIAGNOSTICS PAGEThis item allows you to print a page that can assist in diagnosing printer
problems.
DISABLE CARTRIDGE CHECKThis item allows you to remove a print cartridge to help determine which
cartridge is the source of a problem.
Paper Path
SENSOR TESTThis item performs a test on each of the printer’s sensors to determine if they
are working correctly and displays the status of each sensor.
PAPER PATH TESTThis item is useful for testing the paper handling features of the printer, such
as the configuration of the trays.
MANUAL SENSOR TESTThis item performs tests to determine whether the paper path sensors are
operating correctly.
MANUAL SENSOR TEST 2This item performs tests to determine whether the paper path sensors are
operating correctly.
COMPONENT TESTThis item will activate individual parts independently to isolate noise, leaking,
and other hardware issues.
PRINT/STOP TESTThis item isolates print quality faults more accurately by stopping the printer
in mid-print cycle. Stopping the printer in mid-print cycle allows you to see
where the image begins to degrade. Stopping the printer in mid-print cycle
will cause a jam that may need to be manually removed. A service
representative should perform this test.
COLOR BAND TESTUse this page to print a color band test page that is used to identify arcing in
the high-voltage power supply.
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Changing printer control panel configuration settings
By using the printer control panel, you can make changes to general printer configuration default settings
such as tray size and type, sleep mode, printer personality (language), and jam recovery.
The printer control panel can also be accessed from a computer by using the Settings page of the
embedded Web server. The computer shows the same information that the control panel shows. For
more information, see 
Using the embedded Web server.
CAUTIONConfiguration settings seldom need to be changed. Hewlett-Packard recommends
that only the system administrator change configuration settings.
Job storage limit
This option sets the limit for the maximum number of jobs stored on the hard disk at the printer. The
maximum number allowed is 100, and the default value is 32.
Setting the job storage limit
1. Press  Menu to enter the  MENUS.
2. Press 
 to highlight CONFIGURE DEVICE .
3. Press 
 to select  CONFIGURE DEVICE .
4. Press 
 to highlight SYSTEM SETUP .
5. Press 
 to select  SYSTEM SETUP .
6. Press 
 to highlight JOB STORAGE LIMIT .
7. Press 
 to select  JOB STORAGE LIMIT .
8. Press 
 or  to change the value.
9. Press 
 to set the value.
10. Press  Menu.
Job held timeout
This option sets the period of time that the system keeps files in job storage before deleting them from
the queue. The default setting for this option is  OFF; the other available settings are  1 HOUR, 4 HOURS ,
1 DAY , and 1 WEEK .
Setting the job held timeout
1.Press  Menu to enter the  MENUS.
2. Press 
 to highlight CONFIGURE DEVICE .
3. Press 
 to select  CONFIGURE DEVICE .
4. Press 
 to highlight SYSTEM SETUP .
5. Press 
 to select  SYSTEM SETUP .
6. Press 
 to highlight JOB HELD TIMEOUT .
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