HP Printer Utility for Macintosh

Use the optional HP Printer Utility to configure and maintain a printer from a Mac OS X V10.2, V10.3, or V10.4 computer. This section describes several functions that you can perform through the HP Printer Utility.

Open the HP Printer Utility

The process that you use to start the HP Printer Utility depends on the Macintosh operating system that you are using.

Open the HP Printer Utility in Mac OS X V10.2

1.Open the Finder, and then click Applications.

2.Click Library, and then click Printers.

3.Click hp, and then click Utilities.

4.Double-click HP Printer Selector to open the HP Printer Selector.

5.Select the printer that you want to configure, and then click Utilities.

Open the HP Printer Utility in Mac OS X V10.3 or Mac OS X V10.4

1.In the Dock, click the Printer Setup Utility icon.

NOTE: If the Printer Setup Utility icon does not appear in the Dock, open the Finder, click Applications, click Utilities, and then double-click Printer Setup Utility.

2.Select the printer that you want to configure, and then click Utilities.

Print a cleaning page

Print a cleaning page if the printer is not printing jobs at the expected quality level.

1.Open the HP Printer Utility.

2.In the Configuration Settings list, select Cleaning.

3.Click Print Cleaning Page to print the cleaning page.

Print a configuration page

Print a configuration page to view the printer settings.

1.Open the HP Printer Utility.

2.In the Configuration Settings list, select Configuration Page.

3.Click Print Configuration Page to print the configuration page.

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