HP Desk-Jet manual

Congratulations on the purchase of your HP DeskJet printer!

You’ll need to buy a printer cable that supports bidirectional communication (IEEE-1284-compliant), such as HP C2950A.

ere’s what comes in the box. If anything’s Hmissing, talk to your HP dealer or call Customer Support (see “Customer Support” in Chapter 4 of the user’s guide for the telephone number).

Printer

Booklet about your printer

Power adapter

Power cord	Black print	Color print	Printer software
Power cord	cartridge	cartridge	(CD and/or disks)

Microsoft Windows or Windows NT 4.0 is required to use this printer. Please refer to the minimum system requirements listed in Chapter 5 of the user’s guide.

If your computer does not have a CD-ROM drive and disks were not included with your printer, see page 45 of the user’s guide for information on getting printer software.

Contents

Congratulations on the purchase of your HP DeskJet printer 1 Unpack Your Printer 2 Connect Your Printer to Your Computer 3 Plug in Your Printer 4 Insert the Print Cartridges 1Press the Power button to turn on your printer 2Open the top cover 5Close the top cover 5 Load Paper in Your Printer 2Load the paper in the IN drawer To ensure successful installation of the printer software: Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT If a Communication Test dialog box appears, click Test Do one of the following: Insert the CD into your CD-ROMdrive In the Program Manager, click File and then click Run Type d:\setup and click OK Installing from Disks: Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows 6Insert Disk 1 into the disk drive Windows 95 and Windows 98 users: click Start If you have problems installing Close any virus protection programs that are running on your computer Disable Uninstall the printer software using the instructions on 5Try the installation process again Closing software programs Setting your printer as the default Communications test and two-waycommunications 7 Align the Print Print a Page 2Check out the results Support and Registration http://www.hp.com/go/support English Page Page Table of Contents Printing Basics Beyond the Basics What You Can Print Getting Help When Things Go Wrong 1 Printing Basics How to Choose Paper How to Put Paper in How to Choose Paper How to Put Paper in the Printer Page 2How to Print If you run out of paper before you’ve finished If the paper jams in the printer Troubleshooting Tell the Printer What You Want Printer Software HP Print Settings Box HP Toolbox See the Results The HP Print Settings Box: How to find it Try This …Or Try This You’re There Click a tab and then click a setting Click OK to save your settings The HP Toolbox: How to find it The HP Toolbox: What it can do for you 2 Beyond the Basics How to Print on Different Paper Sizes Both Sides of 21 How to Print on Different Paper Sizes Page 1 2 How to Print on Both Sides of the Paper Page How to Flip a Document About Color Adjusting the Color About pictures Page About Text Using Fonts Buying Fonts 3 What You Can Print Envelopes Envelopes How to Print a Stack of Envelopes Page Labels Page Transparencies Page Photographs Cards Page Banners Page Page Iron-OnTransfers Online Troubleshooting Common Problems Click your way to a solution Page The text or graphics are in the wrong place Something on the page is wrong or missing You’re having trouble printing a banner Printer Communications Buttons and Lights HP Customer Care User Forums HP Customer Care Web Site HP Customer Care By Phone After the Warranty System Requirements Print cartridges Uninstalling the System Requirements Print cartridges Removing print cartridges Aligning the print cartridges Procedure 1: Correcting missing lines or dots Materials you will need to clean your printer Steps to clean your printer Page Uninstalling the software For Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0, do one of the following: Printing from DOS Specifications Additional symbol sets and fonts Available symbol sets and fonts Page Ordering supplies and accessories Page Ordering information Regulatory Notices Limited Warranty Statement Index Symbols Page Page Page Reduce, Reuse, Recycle