HP SP 3300 - Manual

ii CAUTION: Notes for Users If you continuously print multiple pages, moist or vapor may appear from the paper exit area. However this will not have any impact on the performance of your printer. Be cautious not to touch the surface, or wait until cooled down, and keep children away from the surface...

iii Laser Safety: Caution: Use of controls or adjustment or performance of procedures other than those specified in this manual might result in hazardous radiation exposure. For Users in Europe This machine is considered class 1 laser device, safe for office/ EDP use. The machine contains two AlGaAs...

1 .1 <Introduction> 1 Introduction Congratulations on the purchase of your printer! This chapter includes: • Special features • Printer overview • Control panel overview • Understanding the LEDs • Finding more information • Setting up the hardware • Altitude adjustment • Changing the font sett...

1 .2 <Introduction> Machine features The table below shows a general overview of features supported by your printer. (I: Installed, NA: Not Available) Features SP 3300D SP 3300DN USB 2.0(USB 2.0: Hi-Speed USB 2.0) I I Network Interface(Ethernet 10/100 Base TX) NA I PCL Emulation I I PostScript...

1 .3 <Introduction> Rear view Control panel overview 1 network port a a. SP 3300DN only. 4 duplex unit 2 USB port 5 power receptacle 3 optional tray 2 cable connector 6 power switch 1 Alert : Indicates the status of your printer. See page 9.5. 2 Online : Indicates the status of your printer. S...

1 .4 <Introduction> Finding more information You can find information for setting up and using your printer from the following resources, either printed or onscreen. Quick Install Guide Provides information on setting up your printer, therefore, be sure to follow the instructions in the guide ...

1 .5 <Introduction> Place the machine on a flat and stable surface for not letting it tilt more than 2 mm (0.08 inches). Otherwise, it may affect the printing quality. 2 Unpack the machine and check all the enclosed items. 3 Remove the tape holding the machine tightly. 4 Install the toner cart...

1 .6 <Introduction> Changing the font setting Your machine has preset the font for your region or country. If you want to change the font or set the font for special conditions such as DOS environment, you can change the font setting as follows: 1 Ensure that you have installed the printer dri...

2 .1 <Basic setup> 2 Basic setup This chapter includes: • Printing a demo page • Using toner save mode Printing a demo page After setting up your printer, print a demo page to make sure that the printer is operating correctly. Press and hold the Cancel button for about 2 seconds. A demo page p...

3 .1 <Software overview> 3 Software overview This chapter gives you an overview of the software that comes with your printer. Further details about installing and using the software are explained in the Software Section. This chapter includes: • Supplied software • Printer driver features • Sy...

3 .2 <Software overview> System requirements Before you begin, ensure that your system meets the following requirements: Windows Item Requirements Recommended Operating system Windows 2000/XP/Vista and Windows Server 2003 CPU Windows 2000 Pentium II 400 MHz or higher Pentium III 933 MHz Window...

5 .1 <Loading print media> 5 Loading print media This chapter will help you understand the types of paper you can use with your printer and how to properly load paper in the different paper trays for the best print quality. This chapter includes: • Selecting print media • Loading paper • Knowi...

5 .3 <Loading print media> Guidelines for selecting and storing print media When selecting or loading paper, envelopes, or other print media, keep these guidelines in mind:• Always use print media that conform with the specifications listed on the next column. • Attempting to print on damp, cu...

5 .4 <Loading print media> Transparencies • To avoid damaging the printer, use only transparencies designed for use in laser printers. • Transparencies used in the printer must be able to withstand the machine’s fusing temperature. Check your machine’s specification to view the fusing temperat...

5 .5 <Loading print media> Using the tray 1 or the optional tray 2 Use the print material you use for the majority of your print jobs in the tray 1. The tray 1 can hold a maximum of 250 sheets of 75 g/m 2 (20 lb) paper. You can purchase an optional tray 2 and attach it below the tray 1 to load...

5 .6 <Loading print media> Notes • Do not push the paper width guide far enough to cause the material to warp. • If you do not adjust the paper width guide, it may cause paper jams. Using manual feeder You can manually load a sheet of print media in the manual tray if you select Manual Feeder ...

5 .7 <Loading print media> Knowing an output location The output tray collects paper face down, in the order in which the sheets were printed. Notes • If you continuously print many pages, the surface of the output tray may become hot. Be careful not to touch the surface, and especially keep c...

6 .1 <Basic printing> 6 Basic printing This chapter explains common printing tasks. This chapter includes: • Printing a document • Canceling a print job Printing a document This printer allows you to print from various Windows and Macintosh applications. The exact steps for printing a document...

7 .1 <Supplies and accessories> 7 Supplies and accessories This chapter provides information on the toner cartridge and accessory that are available for your printer. This chapter includes: • Toner cartridge • Accessory Toner cartridge When the toner runs out, you can order the following type ...

8 .1 <Maintenance> 8 Maintenance This chapter provides information for maintaining your printer and the toner cartridge. This chapter includes: • Cleaning the printer • Maintaining the toner cartridge • Printing a configuration page • Maintenance parts Cleaning the printer During the printing ...

8 .2 <Maintenance> 4 Gently swab the long strip of glass (LSU) inside the top of the cartridge and check for dirt or dust. 5 Hold the toner cartridge by the handle and slowly insert the cartridge into the opening in the printer. Tabs on the sides of the cartridge and corresponding grooves with...

8 .3 <Maintenance> Redistributing toner cartridge When the toner cartridge is near the end of its life span:• White streaks and light printing occur.• The Status Monitor program window appears on the computer.• The Alert LED blinks red. If this happens, you can temporarily reestablish print qu...

8 .4 <Maintenance> Replacing the toner cartridge When the toner is completely empty or the toner cartridge reached the end of its life span: • The printer stops printing.• The Status Monitor program window appears on the computer.• The Alert LED blinks red. At this stage, the toner cartridge n...

8 .5 <Maintenance> Tabs on the sides of the cartridge and corresponding grooves within the printer will guide the cartridge into the correct position until it locks into place completely. 7 Close the front cover. Make sure that the cover is securely closed. Printing a configuration page You ca...

9 .1 <Troubleshooting> 9 Troubleshooting This chapter provides helpful information for what to do if you encounter an error while using your printer. This chapter includes: • Clearing paper jams • Troubleshooting checklist • Solving general printing problems • Solving print quality problems • ...

9 .2 <Troubleshooting> 4 Pull the paper straight up and out. 5 Insert the trays back into the printer. Printing automatically resumes. In the manual tray 1 Remove the jammed paper from the printer. 2 Open and close the front cover. 3 Load a paper into the manual feeder, then the printer resume...

9 .3 <Troubleshooting> In the paper exit area 1 Open and close the front cover. The jammed paper is automatically ejected from the printer. 2 Gently pull the paper out of the output tray. If you do not see the jammed paper or if there is any resistance when you pull, stop and go to the next st...

9 .4 <Troubleshooting> Duplex jam 1 1 Open the rear cover. 2 Pull the guide rear on each side down and remove the paper. Return the guide rear to its original position. 3 Close the rear cover. Printing automatically resumes. Tips for avoiding paper jams By selecting the correct media types, mo...

9 .7 <Troubleshooting> Pages print, but are blank. The toner cartridge is defective or out of toner. Redistribute the toner cartridge. See page 8.3.If necessary, replace the toner cartridge. See page 8.4. The file may have blank pages. Check the file to ensure that it does not contain blank pa...

9 .9 <Troubleshooting> Wrinkles or creases • Ensure that the paper is loaded properly.• Check the paper type and quality. See page 5.2. • Turn over the stack of paper in the tray. Also try rotating the paper 180° in the tray. Back of printouts are dirty • The transfer roller may be dirty. See ...

9 .10 <Troubleshooting> Common PostScript problems The following situations are PostScript language specific and may occur when several printer languages are being used. Note • To receive a printed or screen displayed message when PostScript errors occur, open the Print Options window and clic...

10 .1 <Installing accessories> 10 Installing accessories Your machine is a full-featured model that has been optimized to meet most of your printing needs. Recognizing that each user may have different requirements, however, manufacturer makes several accessories available to enhance your mach...

11 .1 <Specifications> 11 Specifications Printer specifications Item Specifications and description Printing speed a Up to 28 ppm in A4 (30 ppm in Letter)Duplex: 14 ipm in A4 (14.5 ipm in Letter) Resolution Up to 1200 x 1200 dpi effective output Warm-up time Less than 15 seconds (From sleep mo...

1 Index C cleaning inside 8.1outside 8.1 component location 1.2configuration page, print 8.5control panel LED 9.5overview 1.3 D demo page, print 2.1 J jam, clear 9.1 L LED, meaning 1.3loading paper tray 1/optional tray 2 5.5 M Macintosh problems 9.10maintenance parts 8.5manual feed mode, use 5.6memo...

1 Software section Contents 1. Installing Printer Software in Windows Installing Printer Software ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Installing Software for Local Printing .............................

Installing Printer Software in Windows 3 1 Installing Printer Software in Windows This chapter includes: • Installing Printer Software • Reinstalling Printer Software • Removing Printer Software N OTE : The following procedure is based on Windows XP, for other operating systems, refer to the corresp...

Installing Printer Software in Windows 6 9 Click Finish . Installing Software for Network Printing When you connect your printer to a network, you must first configure the TCP/IP settings for the printer. After you have assigned and verified the TCP/IP settings, you are ready to install the software...

Installing Printer Software in Windows 9 N OTE : After setup is complete, if your printer driver doesn’t work properly, reinstall the printer driver. See “Reinstalling Printer Software” on page 9. Reinstalling Printer Software You can reinstall the software if installation fails. 1 Start Windows. 2 ...

Installing Printer Software in Windows 10 Removing Printer Software 1 Start Windows. 2 From the Start menu select Programs or All Programs → SP 3300 Series → Maintenance . 3 Select Remove and click Next . You will see a component list so that you can remove any item individually. 4 Select the compon...

Basic Printing 11 2 Basic Printing This chapter explains the printing options and common printing tasks in Windows. This chapter includes: • Printing a Document • Printing to a file (PRN) • Printer Settings - Layout Tab - Paper Tab - Graphics Tab - Extras Tab - About Tab - Printer Tab - Using a Favo...

Basic Printing 12 Printing to a file (PRN) You will sometimes need to save the print data as a file for your purpose. To create a file: 1 Check the Print to file box at the Print window. 2 Select the folder and assign a name of the file and then click OK. Printer Settings You can use the printer pro...

Basic Printing 13 Layout Tab The Layout tab provides options to adjust how the document appears on the printed page. The Layout Options includes Multiple Pages per Side , Poster Printing and Booklet Printing . See “Printing a Document” on page 11 for more information on accessing printer properties....

Basic Printing 14 Color : 20 lb to 24 lb (75~90 g/m 2 ) color-backgrounded paper. Archive : If you need to keep print-out for a long period time such as archives, select this option. First Page This property allows you to print the first page using a different paper type from the rest of the documen...

Basic Printing 15 Advanced Options You can set advanced settings by clicking the Advanced Options button. • TrueType Options : This option determines what the driver tells the printer about how to image the text in your document. Select the appropriate setting according to the status of your documen...

Basic Printing 16 About Tab Use the About tab to display the copyright notice and the version number of the driver. See “Printing a Document” on page 11 for more information about accessing printer properties. Printer Tab If you access printer properties through the Printers folder, you can view the...

Advanced Printing 17 3 Advanced Printing This chapter explains printing options and advanced printing tasks. N OTE : • Your printer driver Properties window that appears in this User’s Guide may differ depending on the printer in use. However the composition of the printer properties window is simil...

Advanced Printing 18 Printing Posters This feature allows you to print a single-page document onto 4, 9, or 16 sheets of paper, for the purpose of pasting the sheets together to form one poster-size document. N OTE : The poster printing option is available when 600 dpi is selected in the resolution ...

Advanced Printing 19 Printing on Both Sides of Paper You can print on both sides of a sheet of paper. Before printing, decide how you want your document oriented. The options are:• Printer Setting , if you select this option, this feature is determined by the setting you’ve made on the control panel...

Advanced Printing 20 Using Watermarks The Watermark option allows you to print text over an existing document. For example, you may want to have large gray letters reading “DRAFT” or “CONFIDENTIAL” printed diagonally across the first page or all pages of a document. There are several predefined wate...

Advanced Printing 21 Using Overlays What is an Overlay? An overlay is text and/or images stored in the computer hard disk drive (HDD) as a special file format that can be printed on any document. Overlays are often used to take the place of preprinted forms and letterhead paper. Rather than using pr...

Using Windows PostScript Driver 22 4 Using Windows PostScript Driver If you want to use the PostScript driver provided with the supplied CD-ROM to print a document.PPDs, in combination with the PostScript driver, access printer features and allow the computer to communicate with the printer. An inst...

Sharing the Printer Locally 23 5 Sharing the Printer Locally You can connect the printer directly to a selected computer, which is called “host computer,” on the network. The following procedure is for Windows XP. For other Windows OS, refer to the corresponding Windows User's Guide or online help. ...

Using Utility Applications 24 6 Using Utility Applications If an error occurs while printing, the Status Monitor window appears, showing the error. N OTES : • To use this program, you need: - To check for Operating System(s) that are compatible with your printer, refer to Printer Specifications in y...

Using Your Printer with a Macintosh 25 7 Using Your Printer with a Macintosh Your machine supports Macintosh systems with a built-in USB interface or a 10/100 Base-TX network interface card. When you print a file from a Macintosh computer, you can use the PostScript driver by installing the PPD file...

Using Your Printer with a Macintosh 26 Setting Up the Printer Set up for your printer will be different depending on which cable you use to connect the printer to your computer—the network cable or the USB cable. For a Network-connected Mac OS 8.6 ~ 9.2 1 Follow the instructions on “Installing Softw...

Using Your Printer with a Macintosh 27 Printing N OTES : • The Macintosh printer’s properties window that appears in this User’s Guide may differ depending on the printer in use. However the composition of the printer properties window is similar. • You can check your printer name in the supplied CD...

Using Your Printer with a Macintosh 29 Duplex Printing You can print on both sides of the paper. Before printing in the duplex mode, decide on which edge you will be binding your finished document. The binding options are: Long-edge binding : Which is the conventional layout used in book binding. Sh...

2 Contents 1. Getting started Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1.1Supported network environments ............................................................

Getting started 1. 1 1 Getting started Introduction The Network Printer Card allows you to connect your printer directly to a network to share the printer among multiple users. The printer functions as a network print server supporting various network environments, such as Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Win...

Programs supplied on the CD 2. 1 2 Programs supplied on the CD The CD-ROM supplied with your printer card provides you with: • Set IP : A utility program allowing you to select a network printer card and manually configure the addresses for use with the TCP/IP protocol. System requirements To instal...

Programs supplied on the CD 2. 2 IP address setup Before using your network print server in your network, you must set TCP/IP addresses for the print server. You will need your printer card’s MAC address, IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address. First, check with your network administrator for ...

Print Driver Installation for Networked Printers 3. 1 3 Print Driver Installation for Networked Printers This chapter explains how to install the print drivers for networked printers. Workstation Setup This section includes the setup procedures for the various Windows workstation environments. Windo...

Print Driver Installation for Networked Printers 3. 3 Test Print To ensure the printer has been installed on the network correctly a test print should be submitted from a client workstation. Perform the following steps: 1 Open a document on a client workstation. 2 Select the SP 3300 Series as the pr...

TCP/IP environment 4. 1 4 TCP/IP environment A TCP/IP network provides you with various protocols for using printing devices and managing various types of networked devices. In this chapter, you will learn which management protocols are available in TCP/IP network environments, and how to print via ...

TCP/IP environment 4. 2 SLP Service Location Protocol (SLP) is an Internet standard network protocol that provides a framework to allow networking applications to discover the existence, location, and configuration of networked services in enterprise networks, such as printers, Web servers, fax mach...

TCP/IP environment 4. 3 In the network print server 1 Configure the WINS server address through Web Image Monitor SP 3300 Series. 2 Reboot the print server. The WINS server will update the printer's NetBIOS name in its database. Users can use the printer name instead of its IP address. Bonjour Bonjo...

TCP/IP environment 4. 4 Printing protocols Before setting the network printing ports, you must install the printer driver with the local port (LPT) on the system. Refer to your printer user’s guide. Standard TCP/IP port You can print your documents to your network printer by creating a Standard TCP/...

TCP/IP environment 4. 5 6 When the port name displays in the Print to the following port list, click OK or Close . IPP port Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) allows printing across the Internet, meaning that you can send a print job to your printer from a remote place if you are an Internet user, no ...

TCP/IP environment 4. 6 Additional functions The following are additional functions you can use through Web Image Monitor SP 3300 Series. Printer properties settings You can check and modify printer and document properties for an installed printer. For properties that are not supported by the printe...

EtherTalk environment 5. 1 5 EtherTalk environment EtherTalk is AppleTalk used in an Ethernet network. This protocol is widely used in Macintosh network environments. Microsoft Windows system also supports this protocol. Like TCP/IP, EtherTalk also provides packet transmission and routing functional...

EtherTalk environment 5. 2 TCP/IP printing Apple added TCP/IP printing to all versions including and after OS 8.6. Note : Ensure that the Macintosh has version 8.6 or later. Earlier versions do not support TCP/IP printing as standard. An IP printer is a network printer that uses TCP/IP protocols (su...

Administration Tools 6. 1 6 Administration Tools This chapter explains how to configure or use the various administration tools found in SP 3300 Series. The following information is provided: Maintenance using Internet Services Enabling Internet Services 1 At a client workstation on the network, lau...

Appendix 7. 1 7 Appendix Specifications OpenSSL Statements OpenSSL License Copyright © 1998-2000 The OpenSSL Project. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1 Redistributions ...