Menu item

Values

PCL

FORM LENGTH

 

ORIENTATION

 

FONT SOURCE

 

FONT NUMBER

 

FONT PITCH

 

FONT POINTSIZE

 

SYMBOL SET

 

APPEND CR TO LF

Description

Allows you to configure settings for the printer control language.

Print quality menu

This menu allows you to adjust all aspects of print quality, including calibration, registration, and color half tone settings.

Menu item

Values

ADJUST COLOR

CYAN DENSITY

 

MAGENTA DENSITY

 

YELLOW DENSITY

 

BLACK DENSITY

 

RESTORE COLOR VALUES

SET REGISTRATION

PRINT TEST PAGE

 

SOURCE

 

ADJUST Tray 1

 

ADJUST Tray 2

 

ADJUST Tray 3

 

ADJUST Tray 4

PRINT MODES

A list of available modes

 

appears.

OPTIMIZE

REDUCE BACKGROUND

 

TRANSFER

 

RESTORE OPTIMIZE

CALIBRATE NOW

 

Description

Allows you to modify the half tone settings for each color.

Allows 1-sided and 2-sided (duplex) image alignment.

Allows you to associate each paper type with a specific print mode.

Allows you to optimize certain parameters for all jobs rather than optimizing by paper type.

Performs all printer calibrations.

System setup menu

The system setup menu allows you to make changes to general printer configuration default settings such as PowerSave Time, printer personality (language), and jam recovery. See Changing printer control panel configuration settings for more information.

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HP 5500 manual Print quality menu, System setup menu, Adjust Tray, List of available modes, Appears
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5500 specifications

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