HP 9000 Appendix F Printer Information Pages, Configuration Page Sample printout on, Event Log

APPENDIX F – Printer Information Pages

The printer allows printing out information about its system configuration. These pages can be selected via the printer panel (Item: INFORMATION MENU).

Note:

The informations for the Configuration Page are recorded at power-up time. There is no update of the changes after power-up.

Configuration Page (Sample printout on page 23)

This page will be printed via the printer panel (INFORMATION - PRINT CONFIGURATION, or enter "22" on the numeric keypad. Of particular interest are the indications under Paper Trays and Options and Event Log:

Menu Map (Sample printout on page 24)

The Menu Map page can be selected via the printer panel (INFORMATION - PRINT MENU MAP, or enter "21" on the numeric keypad). This page is showing on page 1 (and 2), item 3 PAPER HANDLING the different paper sources and its allocated Media Types (TRAY x SIZE = ... and TRAY x TYPE = ...).

Paper Path Test (Sample printout on page 25)

The printer's paper path test allows to perform feeding tests from the different input trays to the output bin(s). It can be selected via the printer panel (CONFIGURE DEVICE – DIAGNOSTICS – SET PAPER PATH TEST) where you can set Source, Destination, Duplex and Copies before releasing the printing of the Test Page. The printout shows all the available input trays with their respective paper sizes and the output bins of the system.

Event Log

You can also print the Event Log (CONFIGURE DEVICE – DIAGNOSTICS – PRINT EVENT LOG). It shows the last 50 system errors (the Configuration Page only shows the last 3 errors occurred. Very helpful for diagnosing purposes! (The error codes for TowerFeed and their meaning are indicated above (see Configuration Page).

Note:

Whenever calling for service, please make sure you have these information pages at hand.