Table 21. Printing submenu (continued)

Item

Values

Explanation

 

 

 

OVERRIDE A4/

*NO

Use this item to instruct the printer to print an A4-size job on

LETTER

YES

letter-size media if A4-size paper is not loaded in the printer

 

 

(or vice versa).

 

 

 

MANUAL FEED

*OFF

Use this item to instruct the printer to feed the media

 

ON

manually from tray 1, rather than automatically from a tray. If

 

 

MANUAL FEED=ON and tray 1 is empty, the printer goes offline

 

 

when it receives a print job. MANUALLY FEED [PAPER SIZE]

 

 

appears on the printer control-panel display.

 

 

 

COURIER FONT

*REGULAR

Specify the version of Courier font to use:

 

DARK

REGULAR: The internal Courier font available on the

 

 

HP LaserJet 4 series printers.

 

 

DARK: The internal Courier font available on the

 

 

HP LaserJet 4200/4300 series printers.

 

 

 

WIDE A4

*NO

Changes the number of characters that can be printed on a

 

YES

single line of A4-size paper.

 

 

NO: Up to 78 10-pitch characters can be printed on one line.

 

 

YES: Up to 80 10-pitch characters can be printed on one line.

 

 

 

PRINT PS ERRORS

*OFF

Use this item to tell the printer whether or not to print a

 

ON

postscript (PS; an object orientated computer language used

 

 

to describe the layout of documents to be printed) error page

 

 

prints.

 

 

OFF: PS error page never prints.

 

 

ON: PS error page prints when PS errors occur.

 

 

 

PCL sub-submenu (a submenu in the printing submenu)

The following section lists the settings and their possible values in the PCL submenu. The default value for each setting is the one that has an asterisk (*) next to it.

Table 22. PCL submenu

Item

Values

Explanation

 

 

 

FORM LENGTH

5 to 128 (*60)

Use this item to set vertical spacing from 5 to 128 lines

 

 

for the default paper size.

 

 

 

ORIENTATION

*PORTRAIT

Use this item to select default page orientation.

 

LANDSCAPE

Note

 

 

 

 

It is best to set the page orientation in the software

 

 

program or printer driver. (Program and printer-driver

 

 

settings override control-panel settings.)

 

 

 

FONT SOURCE

*INTERNAL

INTERNAL: Internal fonts.

 

SOFT

SOFT: Permanent soft fonts. This option is available

 

SLOT 1, 2, or 3

 

only if it is installed.

 

 

 

 

SLOT 1, 2, or 3: Fonts stored in one of the three DIMM

 

 

slots. This option is available only if it is installed.

 

 

 

FONT NUMBER

*0 to 999

The printer assigns a number to each font and lists the

 

 

numbers on the PCL Font List. The font number

 

 

appears in the Font # column of the printout.

 

 

 

FONT PITCH

0.44 to 99.99 (*10.00)

Use this item to select the font pitch. This item might

 

 

not appear, depending on the selected font.

 

 

 

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