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HP Traditional Postscript 3 Emulation Driver features
When you install the printing-system software in Windows 98 or Windows Me, the HP Traditional
PCL 6 Driver is installed by default. The HP Traditional PCL 5 Driver and the HP Traditional Postscript
3 Emulation Driver (PS Emulation Driver) can be installed by performing a Custom Installation.
NOTE
Windows NT 4.0 does not support the HP Color LaserJet 3000 print drivers, but you can use print drivers for legacy HP products whose feature sets closely match the
HP Color LaserJet 3000 printer feature set. For instance, you can use the HP Color LaserJet
4650 drivers, but some print-driver features might be missing and color quality might be compromised. HP does not support the use of any print driver other than the driver that is supplied for the product. When you install the print drivers in Windows NT 4.0, you must use the Add
Printer installation method to install the PS Emulation Driver.
This section describes the options that are available on each tab of the PS Emulation Driver
Properties interface. It also shows the tabs that are available on the PS Emulation Driver interface for
Windows 98 and Windows Me.
Access to print-driver settings in Windows 98 and Windows Me
In Windows 98 and Windows Me, you have access to a single set of driver tabs. To gain access to the print drivers, follow these steps:
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Click Start.
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Select Settings.
3.
Click Printers.
4.
Right-click the product name.
5.
Click Properties to gain access to all print-driver tabs.
The settings that you make on these driver tabs control print-job output and become the default settings for all software programs. The following print-driver tabs are available in Windows 98 and Windows Me:
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General
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Details
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Color Management
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Sharing
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Paper
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Graphics
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Fonts
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Device Options
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PostScript
PS 3 emulation support for the HP Color LaserJet 3000
A set of 92 postscript soft fonts is included with the printing-system software. If you want to permanently install soft fonts in the printer, postscript fonts are available from HP in an optional font DIMM. The PS
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Adobe.
Users of Adobe-licensed programs might also have the right to use the Adobe PostScript print drivers from Adobe with the HP LaserJet PostScript 3 emulation PPD, which is available on the
HP Color LaserJet 3000 printing-system software CD or from the HP Web site. When using the Adobe
PostScript print driver, users must comply with all Adobe licensing agreements, as stated on the Adobe
Web site at the following Web site: www.adobe.com/support/downloads/license.html
See the
section of this STR for a list of the additional fonts.
Help system
The PS Emulation Driver includes the following Help systems to provide assistance with printing and configuration options.
NOTE
Bubble Help, a feature of HP traditional PCL drivers, is not available in the PS Emulation
Driver.
What's this Help
Windows 98 and Windows Me support What's this? Help. You can gain access to What's this? Help messages in any of the following ways:
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Right-click a control and then click What's this?. A pop-up Help window appears.
● Click the ? button at the upper-right corner of the frame, next to the X, to change the cursor to an arrow with a question mark. When you use this special cursor to select a control, the pop-up Help window for that feature appears.
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Press the F1 key, and the Help window for the currently selected control appears.
Context-sensitive Help
When you press the Help button on a driver tab or in a dialog box, a context-sensitive Help message appears.
Paper tab features
To gain access to the Paper tab, follow these steps:
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Click Start.
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Select Settings.
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Click Printers.
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Right-click the product name.
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Click Properties.
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Click the Paper tab.
The Paper tab controls media and finishing options for the HP PS Emulation Driver. The following figure shows the Paper tab.
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Paper tab
The Paper tab contains the following controls:
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Paper size
The Paper size selection area lists the paper or envelope sizes that the HP Color LaserJet 3000 printer supports. Use the scroll bar to scroll through the list of supported media sizes (forms), and then click the icon to specify the media that you want.
A red circle with a line through any of the paper icons means that paper size is available, but you must change a driver setting before you can print on that media size. The setting might be on the Paper tab, such as the Paper source setting, or it might be a setting on the product control panel.
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Clicking Custom page 1, Custom page 2, or Custom page 3 makes the Custom button available at the bottom of the Paper tab. Clicking Custom opens the Custom-defined size dialog box that you can use to define a custom paper size.
The following figure shows the Custom-defined size dialog box.
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Custom-designed size dialog box
The following controls appear on the Custom-defined size dialog box:
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Paper name text box. Use this option to type a name for this custom media size. You can define up to three custom sizes at one time.
● Width spin box. Use this control to specify the width for this custom media size.
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Length spin box. Use this control to specify the length for this custom media size.
● Units group box. Click Inches or Millimeters to specify the measurement unit for this custom media size.
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Transverse check box. Clicking this check box rotates the document 90° when printing on a rollfed device. Depending on the size of the printed page, you might save media` if you rotate the page when printing.
● Restore defaults button. Click this button to restore the settings in the Custom-defined size dialog box to their original values.
Layout
Use the settings in this group box to specify how many pages of the document print on a single sheet.
For example, clicking 1 up prints one page of the document on each sheet. Clicking 2 up prints two pages on each sheet of paper, dividing the sheet in half. The Layout group box values are ignored if you print an EPS file.
The following options are available in the Layout group box:
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1 up
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Orientation
The settings in this group box specify how the document is positioned on the page. The following options are available:
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Portrait option button. Use this button to print your document in portrait mode. When you click this button, the page icon shows an example of the portrait orientation.
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Landscape option button. Use this button to print your document in landscape mode. When you click this button, the page icon shows an example of the landscape orientation.
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Rotate check box. The Rotate check box becomes available when you click the Landscape option.
Select the Rotate check box to rotate the image on the page.
To see the current dimensions of the page, such as the paper size and the unprintable margins, point to the page icon, and then press and hold down the mouse button. The Orientation group box is replaced by the Page dimensions in inches group box as seen in the following figure. Releasing the mouse button restores the Orientation group box.
Figure 3-30
Page dimensions in inches
Paper source
This setting specifies where the media that you want to use is located in the printer. The default setting is Auto Select Tray, which causes the printer to use the tray that supports the paper size that you have chosen.
The following options are available:
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Auto Select Tray
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Printer Auto Select
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Manual Feed in Tray 1
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Tray 1 through Tray 3, if installed on the product. If any of these trays are not installed, a red circle with a slash through it appears next to the tray name.
● Each of the paper types that the HP Color LaserJet 3000 printer supports, such as Plain,
Preprinted, and Letterhead. For a full list of supported paper types see
Driver-supported media types .
Copies
Use this box to specify the number of copies to print. You can print from 1 to 999 copies. This option is ignored when printing an .EPS file. Some software programs override this setting.
Unprintable Area…
Click Unprintable Area … to open the Unprintable Area dialog box, which is shown in the following figure.
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Unprintable Area dialog box
The area of the page that cannot be printed appears in the Unprintable Area dialog box. Changing these settings to exceed the built-in page margins can cause the text in your document to be cut off when printed.
More Options…
Click More Options … to open the More Paper Options dialog box, shown in the following figure.
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More Paper Options dialog box
The single control on this dialog box is the Printing on both sides (duplex printing) group box.
Use the settings in this group box to specify how you want to turn the page if you print on both sides.
When you print on two sides of the page, the document can be read differently depending on the way it is printed. For example, you could have the pages of the document turn like a book or like a calendar.
When you click Flip On Long Edge or Flip On Short Edge, the page icon changes to illustrate how the printed document will look.
About …
Click About… to open a dialog box that contains copyright and version information about the print driver.
The following figure shows the About dialog box.
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Figure 3-33
About dialog box
Restore Defaults
Click Restore Defaults to reset the values on the Paper tab to their original values.
Graphics tab features
To gain access to the Graphics tab, follow these steps:
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Click Start.
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Select Settings.
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Click Printers.
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Right-click the product name.
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Click Properties.
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Click the Graphics tab.
The Graphics tab specifies the resolution, color controls, and halftoning settings for the product. The following figure shows the Graphics tab.
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Graphics tab
The Graphics tab contains the following controls:
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Resolution
Use the Resolution drop-down menu to specify the resolution for printing. Resolution is measured in dots per inch (dpi). The dpi setting for the HP Color LaserJet 3000 printer is 600 dpi.
Color Control
The Color Control option specifies whether you want the colors in your document to be adjusted before printing so that the printed page more closely matches the colors that you see on your screen. No Image
Color Management (faster) is selected by default, and results in a faster print job.
If you click Use Image Color Management on the host (slower), the Choose Rendering Intent button becomes available. Click this button to open the Image Color Management dialog box to specify exactly how you want the colors adjusted.
The following figure shows the Image Color Management dialog box.
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Figure 3-35
Image Color Management dialog box
Use the Image Color Management dialog box to specify how color images are created to produce the best-looking image on the printed page.
The following controls are available:
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Saturation. Use this option when printing a chart or using fully saturated, bright colors.
● Contrast. Use this option for photographs or pictures in which the colors blend together.
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Colorimetric. Use this option for documents that contain a color for which you need an exact match, and you are sending the document to a product that has that specific color of ink.
Halftoning
The Halftoning options specify values for the number of lines per inch (frequency) and angle of the pattern that you want to use for halftone screens.
If print jobs have a moiré pattern when you print graphics such as photographs or detailed images, you might want to adjust these settings. However, the default printer settings should work in most cases. Do not change these settings unless you have experience using halftones. To return to the default settings after you have made changes, click Use printer's settings.
Special
The Special group box contains the following options:
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Print as a negative image. Selecting this option prints a negative of the image by complementing the RGB values or reversing the black and white values. Click this option to see the page icon change to reflect this setting.
● Print as a mirror image. Selecting this option prints a mirror image of your document by reversing the horizontal coordinates. Click this option to see the page icon change to reflect this setting.
Scaling
Use the Scaling control to specify the size of the image to print. You can specify from 25% to 400% of the original size. A setting of 400%, for example, prints an image four times larger than the original.
When you enlarge a document, only the portion of the document that fits on the page prints. The default setting is 100%.
Restore Defaults
Click Restore Defaults to reset the values on the Graphics tab to their original values.
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Fonts tab features
The Fonts tab controls the fonts for the HP PS Emulation Driver. The following figure shows the
Fonts tab.
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Fonts tab
The following options are available:
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Send TrueType fonts to printer according to the Font Substitution Table
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Always use built-in printer fonts instead of TrueType fonts
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Send TrueType fonts to printer according to the Font Substitution Table
Use this option to substitute a postscript printer font for the common TrueType fonts in a document. This can speed up printing because the TrueType fonts do not have to be downloaded. By default, common
TrueType fonts are substituted when printing, but uncommon ones are downloaded to the product. If you substitute a printer font for a TrueType font, the printed document might not match the look of the document on the screen.
Click Edit the Table… to customize which TrueType fonts are downloaded and which printer fonts should be substituted for TrueType fonts.
Font Substitution Table
Click this option to open the Font Substitution Table dialog box, which makes available the options for changing the TrueType-to-postscript font mapping. The following figure shows the Font Substitution
Table dialog box.
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Figure 3-37
Font Substitution Table
Always use built-in printer fonts instead of TrueType fonts
Click this option to use font-matching rules to find the best printer font to substitute for TrueType fonts in your document. TrueType fonts are not downloaded when the document is printed. This can speed up printing, but the printed fonts might not exactly match the fonts on the screen.
Always use TrueType fonts
Click this option to download TrueType fonts to the product when your document is printed. This ensures that the printed document looks the same as it does on the screen, but printing might take longer. Click
Send Fonts As… to specify the format in which the TrueType fonts are sent to the product.
Send Fonts As…
Use this option to specify how TrueType fonts are downloaded.
Figure 3-38
Send Fonts As… dialog box
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The following options are available:
● Sent TrueType fonts as:. This control offers the following settings:
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Outlines. Use this setting for scalable outlines.
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Bitmaps. Use this setting for bitmaps.
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Type 42. Type 42 fonts are TrueType fonts with headers that enable them to be rendered by the PS Emulation Driver.
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Don't Send. Use this setting if you do not want any TrueType fonts to be downloaded.
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Threshold to switch between downloading bitmap or outline fonts, measured in pixels (in
pixel size at the current resolution). Use this control to specify the size of the font (in pixels) at which the PS Emulation Driver driver should switch from downloading TrueType fonts as bitmap
(Type 3) fonts to downloading them as outline (Type 1) fonts.
The most efficient threshold value varies depending on the printing resolution. For example, at 300 dpi, downloading TrueType fonts as outlines becomes efficient when fonts are about 25 points or larger. If this value is 0, outline (Type 1) fonts are always sent.
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Favor system TrueType fonts over printer fonts that have the same name. Use this option to specify whether to use system TrueType fonts instead of printer fonts when the same font is found on both the computer and the printer. Printer fonts are the default.
Using printer fonts can speed up printing because the TrueType fonts do not have to be downloaded. However, the fonts in the printed document might not exactly match the fonts on the screen.
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Send PostScript fonts as:. Use this option to specify whether to download PostScript fonts to the printer. The following options are available:
● In Native Format. Click this option to download the PostScript font files to the product before the document prints.
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Don't Send. If you click this option, no fonts are downloaded. This does not affect downloading of TrueType fonts.
Restore Defaults
Click Restore Defaults to reset the values on the Fonts tab to their original values.
Device Options tab features
To gain access to the Device Options tab, follow these steps:
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Click Start.
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Select Settings.
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Click Printers.
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Right-click the product name.
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Click Properties.
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Click the Device Options tab.
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The Device Options tab communicates information about the hardware configuration to the print driver.
When the driver is opened from within a software program, the Device Options tab includes only the
Printer features controls. When opened from the Printers folder, the Device Options tab appears as shown in the following figure.
Figure 3-39
Device Options tab
NOTE
Changes that you make to the Device Options tab are not reflected in the Properties settings until the modified device settings have been applied and the Properties tabs have been re-opened. For example, the duplexing unit will not appear until you modify the Device
Options tab, click Apply, close the Properties tabs, and then re-open the Properties tabs.
The Device Options tab contains the following options:
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Using job-storage features when printing
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Use the dynamic Change settings for: control in the Printer features and the
Installable options sections of the Device Options tab to change the setting for the feature or option that you have selected.
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Available printer memory
The Available printer memory control specifies the amount of memory in the product. If the value in this control does not match the amount of memory in the printer model, use the spin box to specify the correct amount of memory.
Printer features
The Printer features group box shows settings that are specific to the printer. You can change the settings by selecting the setting you want to change and then specifying a new value in the Change
setting for list.
The following are the printer-feature settings available on this tab:
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HPPJLEncoding
The HPPJLEncoding feature contains the control for the UTF8 feature.
Economode
The Economode feature contains the following options:
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False (default)
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True
The EconoMode feature allows the product to use less toner per page. It has been available to legacy
HP monochrome printers; with the HP Color LaserJet 3000 printer, it is now possible for color printing as well.
Selecting this option extends the life of the toner supply and reduces cost per page. However, it also reduces print quality. The printed image is lighter, but it is adequate for printing drafts or proofs.
HP does not recommend the full-time use of EconoMode. If EconoMode is used full-time when the average toner coverage is significantly less than 5%, it is possible that the toner supply will outlast the mechanical parts in the print cartridge. If print quality begins to degrade under these circumstances, you must install a new print cartridge, even if toner remains in the cartridge.
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The EconoMode setting might work only if a genuine HP print cartridge is installed.
HP print cartridges can measure the life of the mechanical parts as well as the quantity of ink. If the EconoMode setting is used frequently, the mechanical parts can wear out before the supply of ink is depleted, increasing the risk of ink spillage. Use genuine HP parts to avoid this problem.
Job storage
The default value for this setting is Off, which means that the print job will not be stored in the product.
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The job-storage feature requires at least 128 MB of total memory or the installation of a printer hard disk. The printer hard disk is available as an optional accessory for all models.
If the job-storage feature is enabled (without installing a hard disk but with at least 128 MB of total memory), two Job Storage Mode settings are available on the Job Storage tab:
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Proof and Hold
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Private Job
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Two additional Job Storage Mode settings become available on the Job Storage tab if a hard disk is installed:
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Quick Copy
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Stored Job
● Quick Copy. When you select Quick Copy, the entire print job prints and a copy of the print job is stored on the product, after which you can print additional copies of the print job at the product control panel. The number of quick-copy print jobs that can be stored in the product is set by using the product control panel.
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The product configuration can be set to hold a maximum of 50 quick-copy or proofand-hold jobs. The number is set at the product control panel in the CONFIGURATION menu, and the default is 32. When this preset limit is reached, the new document overwrites the oldest held document. Also, a document that has the same user name and job name as one that is already stored on the hard disk will overwrite the existing document. Quick
Copy jobs are deleted if you turn off the product.
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Proof and Hold.
When selected, this option stores the print job in memory and prints only the first copy of the job, allowing you to check the first copy. If the document prints correctly, you can print the remaining copies of the print job at the control panel. You can set the number of proof-and-hold print jobs that can be stored in the product at the product control panel.
After it is released for printing, the proof-and-hold job is immediately deleted from the product. If more copies are needed, you must reprint the job from the software program. If you send a second proof-and-hold job to the product with the same user name and job name as an existing proof-andhold job (and you have not released the original job for printing), the job will overwrite the existing job. Proof-and-hold jobs are deleted if you turn off the product.
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The product configuration can be set to hold a maximum of 50 quick-copy or proofand-hold jobs. The number is set at the product control panel in the CONFIGURATION menu, and the default is 32. When this preset limit is reached, the new document overwrites the oldest held document. Also, a document that has the same user name and job name as one that is already stored on the hard disk will overwrite the existing document.
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Private Job. When you select Private Job, the print job is sent to the product, but is not printed until you request the job at the product control panel. The print job can be printed only after you type the correct PIN at the control panel.
After selecting Private Job from the Device Options tab, scroll to the PIN digit 1 (for Private
Job) control, click to select it, and then select a number from the Change setting for: PIN digit 1
(for Private Job) list. Repeat this process to select a number for each of the remaining three PIN digits. If you do not select a PIN, the default PIN of 0000 is used.
After it is released for printing, the private job is immediately deleted from the product. This feature is useful when you are printing sensitive or confidential documents that you do not want to leave in an output bin after printing. If more copies are needed, you must reprint the job from the software program. If you send a second private job that has the same user name and job name as an existing private job (and you have not released the original job for printing), the job will overwrite the existing job, regardless of the PIN. Private jobs are deleted if you turn off the product.
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Stored Job. To use the Stored Job option, a hard disk must be installed on the product and the job-storage feature must be enabled.
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Use the Stored Job option to send a print job directly to the printer hard disk without printing it.
The print job is stored in the product as if it is an electronic file cabinet. After the print job is stored on the printer hard disk, you can print the job at the product control panel.
The job remains stored in the product until it is deleted or overwritten by a document that has the same user name and job name. Stored jobs remain on the printer hard disk when the product is turned off. Use this feature for forms and other common or shared documents.
You can disable the job-storage feature while leaving the printer hard disk enabled. To disable the job-storage feature, click Start, select Settings, and then click Printers. Right-click the product name, click Properties, click the Device Options tab, select Job Storage: from the Printer
features list, and then select Disabled in the Change setting for: Job Storage list.
To gain access to the Job Storage tab in Windows 98 or Windows Me, click Start on the Windows task bar, click Settings, and then click Printers. Right-click the product name, and then click
Properties.
User Name
User Name. The default value for this setting is System Name (if available). Additional values for this setting include numbers 1 through 20.
PIN digit 1 (for Private Job)
The default value for the PIN digit 1 (for Private Job) setting is 0. For more information about using this setting, see
PIN digit 2 (for Private Job)
The default value for the PIN digit 2 (for Private Job) setting is 0. For more information about using this setting, see
PIN digit 3 (for Private Job)
The default value for the PIN digit 3 (for Private Job) setting is 0. For more information about using this setting, see
PIN digit 4 (for Private Job)
The default value for the PIN digit 4 (for Private Job) setting is 0. For more information about using this setting, see
Print Color as Gray
The Print Color as Gray feature contains the following options:
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Off (default)
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On
Collate
The Collate feature contains the following options:
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On (turn off in application)
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Off
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Fit to Page
The Fit to Page feature contains the following options:
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Prompt User for correct size (default)
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Nearest Size and Scale
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Nearest Size and Crop
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Letter
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A4
Color Options
The Color Options feature contains the following options:
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Automatic (default)
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Manual
Color Themes for RGB Color
The Color Themes for RGB Color feature contains the following options:
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Default (sRGB). Select Default (sRGB) for most printing needs. This setting instructs the printer to interpret RGB color as sRGB, which is the accepted standard of Microsoft and the World Wide
Web Consortium (WC3). Colors are matched to optimize the RGB colors on the screen and to provide vivid images and graphics.
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None. Select None to instruct the printer to print RGB data in raw device mode. To render documents correctly when this option is selected, you must manage color within the software program in the operating system.
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To prevent poor image quality, use this option only if you are familiar with the procedures for managing color in the software program or the operating system.
● Custom Profile. Select Custom Profile when you want to simulate the printed output from other printers or for using special effects. This setting instructs the printer to use a custom input profile to more accurately predict and control color output.
The default Custom Profile is the color table used on the HP Color LaserJet 4650 printer. The product holds only one custom profile at a time, so when you download and install another color table, it erases the default color table and installs the new one.
You can download custom profiles from the following Web site: www.hp.com/go/clj3000_firmware
Color Themes for CMYK Color
The Color Themes for CMYK Color feature contains the following options:
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Default CMYK+. Select Default CMYK+ to enable a high-quality default CMYK print path. This option can be selected for most digital commercial print jobs and should produce optimal prints.
● SWOP (Specifications for Web Offset Publications) is a common ink standard in the United States of America and other countries/regions.
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Euroscale, also known as Euro Standard, is a common ink standard in Europe and other countries/ regions.
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DIC. DIC (Dainippon Ink and Chemical) is a common ink standard in Japan and other countries/ regions.
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Custom Profile. Select this option to use a custom input profile to accurately control color output
(for example, to emulate a specific HP Color LaserJet printer). Download color profiles from the following Web site: www.hp.com/go
Edge Control
The Edge Control feature contains the following options:
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Maximum
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Normal (default)
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Light
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Off
Text Neutral Grays
The Text Neutral Grays feature contains the following options:
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Black Only. This option generates neutral colors (grays and black) by using only black toner. This option guarantees that neutral colors do not have a color cast. Black Only is the default setting for the Text and Graphics components. Black Only is the default setting for Text.
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4-Color. This option generates neutral colors by combining all four colors of toner, which produces smoother gradients and transitions to non-neutral colors. It also produces the darkest possible black.
Text Halftone
The Text Halftone feature contains the following options:
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Smooth
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Detail
Graphic Neutral Grays
The Graphic Neutral Grays feature contains the following options:
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Black Only. This option generates neutral colors (grays and black) by using only black toner. This option guarantees that neutral colors do not have a color cast. Black Only is the default setting for the Text and Graphics components. Black Only is the default setting for Text.
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4-Color. This option generates neutral colors by combining all four colors of toner, which produces smoother gradients and transitions to non-neutral colors. It also produces the darkest possible black.
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Graphic Halftone
The Graphic Halftone feature contains the following options:
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Smooth
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Detail
Photographs Neutral Grays
The Photographs Neutral Grays feature contains the following options:
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Black Only. This option generates neutral colors (grays and black) by using only black toner. This option guarantees that neutral colors do not have a color cast. Black Only is the default setting for the Text and Graphics components.
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4-Color. This option generates neutral colors by combining all four colors of toner, which produces smoother gradients and transitions to non-neutral colors. It also produces the darkest possible black. 4-Color is the default setting for Text.
Photographs Halftone
The Photographs Halftone feature contains the following options:
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Smooth
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Detail
Watermark (Pages per Sheet)
The Watermark (Pages per Sheet) feature contains the following options:
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1 (default)
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Print Watermark
The Print Watermark feature contains the following options:
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No (default)
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All Pages
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First Page Only
Watermark
The Watermark feature contains the following options:
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None (default)
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Draft
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Company Confidential
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Company Proprietary
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Company Private
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Confidential
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Copy
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Copyright
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File Copy
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Final
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For Internal Use Only
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Preliminary
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Proof
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Review Copy
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Sample
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Top Secret
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Urgent
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Custom
Watermark Font
The Watermark Font feature contains the following options:
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Courier Bold
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Helvetica Bold (default)
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Times Bold
Watermark Size
Watermark Size. Settings for the watermark size range from 24 points to 90 points. The default is 48 points.
Watermark Angle
Watermark Angle. Settings for the watermark angle range from 90° to -90° in 15° intervals. The default is a 45° angle.
Watermark Style
The Watermark Style feature contains the following options:
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Narrow Outline
● Medium Outline (default)
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Wide Outline
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Wide Halo Outline
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Watermark Color
The Watermark Color feature contains the following options:
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Gray
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Red
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Orange
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Yellow
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Green
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Blue
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Violet
Watermark Intensity
The Watermark Intensity feature contains the following options:
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Darkest
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Darker
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Dark
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Medium Dark
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Medium
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Medium Light
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Light
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Lighter
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Lightest
Using job-storage features when printing
To use job-storage features when printing, follow these steps:
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Click File and then click Print from the software program. The Print dialog box appears.
NOTE
Clicking the print icon in the software program toolbar prints the job without using job-storage features.
2.
Click Properties. The Properties dialog box appears.
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Click the Job Storage tab.
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Select the job-storage options by clicking the appropriate option button, and then complete any required fields.
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Click OK.
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Releasing a job-storage print job
After you send a print job that uses the job-storage feature, you can release the job to print from the product control panel.
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Press (the select button; the one with the check mark) to open the menus.
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Press (the up button) and (the down button) until RETRIEVE JOB is highlighted on the product control panel, and then press .
3.
Press and to scroll to your user name, and then press .
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Press and to scroll to the job name, and then press .
5.
Press and until PRINT is highlighted on the product control panel, and then press .
6.
Press .
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If a PIN number is assigned to the job, press and to select the first digit of the PIN, and then press . The number in the product control-panel display changes to an asterisk. Repeat this step for each of the remaining three digits of the PIN number.
If no PIN number is assigned to the job, continue with the next step.
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Press and to select the number of copies to print.
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Press to print the job.
Deleting a job-storage print job
Sometimes it is necessary to delete a print job from the product hard disk. You can do this from the product control panel.
1.
Press (the select button; the one with the check mark) to open the menus.
2.
Press (the up button) and (the down button) until RETRIEVE JOB is highlighted on the product control panel, and then press .
3.
Press and to scroll to your user name, and then press .
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Press and to scroll to the job name, and then press .
5.
Press and until DELETE is highlighted on the product control panel, and then press .
6.
Press .
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If a PIN number is assigned to the job, press and to select the first digit of the PIN, and then press . The number in the product control-panel display changes to an asterisk. Repeat this step for each of the remaining three digits of the PIN number.
If no PIN number is assigned to the job, continue with the next step.
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Press to delete the job.
Installable options
This section provides information to configure the printing options that you can install for the
HP Color LaserJet 3000 printer. The following controls are available:
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Duplex Unit (for 2-sided Printing)
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VMOption. This option shows the amount of virtual memory (RAM) in the product.
Tray 3
This control specifies whether you have an additional 500-sheet feeder tray (Tray 3) installed on the printer. The default setting is Uninstalled.
Duplex Unit (for 2-sided Printing)
The HP Color LaserJet 3000 printer is equipped with automatic 2-sided printing (duplexing), which allows you to print on both sides of supported media. Automatic 2-sided printing is not supported for the following media types:
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Transparency
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Labels
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Cardstock
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Tough Paper
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Envelope
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The HP Color LaserJet 3000 printer supports smart duplexing. The printer detects information on both sides of the print job pages and runs the pages through the duplexing unit only if printable information appears on the second side of the page.
Mopier Mode
The multiple-original print (mopy) function is an HP-designed feature that produces multiple, collated copies from a single print job. Multiple-original printing (mopying) increases performance and reduces network traffic by transmitting the job to the product once, and then storing it in memory. The remainder of the copies are printed at the fastest speed. All documents that are printed in mopier mode can be created, controlled, managed, and finished from the computer, which eliminates the extra step of using a photocopier.
The HP Color LaserJet 3000 printer supports the transmit-once mopying feature when the Mopier
Mode: setting on the Device Options tab is Enabled.
Printer Hard Disk
When this option is enabled, the Job Storage option and the Mopier Mode option are enabled in the print driver. Use the Job Storage option to store print jobs and then print them later from the control panel. The multiple-original print (mopy) function is an HP-designed feature that produces multiple, collated copies from a single print job.
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Job storage
When the job-storage feature is enabled, the product can store print jobs so that you can gain access to those print jobs later at the control panel.
VMOption. This option shows the amount of virtual memory (RAM) in the product.
The following options are available:
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64 MB (default)
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96 MB
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128 MB
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160 MB
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192 MB
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256 MB
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288 MB
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320 MB
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384 MB
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512 MB
Restore Defaults
Click Restore Defaults to reset the values on the Device Options tab to their original values.
PostScript tab features
To gain access to the PostScript tab, follow these steps:
1.
Click Start.
2.
Select Settings.
3.
Click Printers.
4.
Right-click the product name.
5.
Click Properties.
6.
Click the PostScript tab.
The PostScript tab controls the PostScript functions for the PS Emulation Driver. The following figure shows the PostScript tab.
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PostScript tab
The PostScript tab contains the following controls and options:
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Print PostScript error information
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PostScript output format
Use the PostScript output format list to specify the format for PostScript files. The following options are available:
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PostScript (optimize for speed). Use this setting for printing most documents.
● Optimize for Portability. Use this setting to create a file that conforms to the Adobe Document
Structuring Conventions (ADSC). Each page of the document will be a self-contained object. This is useful, for instance, if you want to create a PostScript file and print it on a different printer.
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Encapsulated PostScript (EPS). Use this setting to include the file as an image in another document that is to be printed from a different program.
● Archive Format. Use this setting to create a PostScript file that you can use later.
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PJL archive format. This setting notifies the printer that the document is being printed in a different printer language.
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PostScript header
Use the PostScript header options to specify whether to send header information to the product each time you print a document. The following options are available:
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Download header with each print job. This is the default setting and is sufficient or most types of printing. Use this setting if you print to a shared network product or to a file on a disk.
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Assume header is downloaded and retained. If you print to a local printer, you can save printing time by sending the header information to the product only once.
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Send Header Now. Click this button to send header information to the product. This option is unavailable when you specify EPS, Archive, or PJL Archive formats.
Print PostScript error information
Use the Send PostScript error information option to print postscript error messages after the document has been printed. The PS Emulation Driver can detect certain errors that Microsoft Windows cannot. If you are having printing problems, click this option. This information can help you, a system administrator, or a product-support representative determine what caused the problem. The error message information is not included in EPS format.
PostScript timeout values
Use the following options to specify the postscript timeout values for the printer.
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Job timeout. This control specifies how long the document can take to get from the computer to the product before the product stops trying to print the document. If you specify 0 seconds, the product continues trying to print indefinitely. The default setting is 0 seconds. You can use the spin box to change this value to a maximum of 32,767 seconds.
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Wait timeout. This control specifies how long the product waits to get more postscript information from the computer. After the specified time passes, the product stops trying to print the document and prints an error message. If you are trying to print a very complicated document, you might want to increase this value. If you specify 0 seconds, the product waits indefinitely. The default setting is 300 seconds. You can use the spin box to change this value to a maximum of 32,767 seconds.
Advanced…
Click Advanced … to open the Advanced PostScript Options dialog box, which appears in the following figure.
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Advanced PostScript Options dialog box
The following options are available on the Advanced PostScript Options dialog box:
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PostScript Language Level
The PostScript Language Level specifies which PostScript language level to use, from 1 to the highest level that the product supports. Some products support multiple levels. It is usually best to select the highest level that is available, because a higher language-level provides more features. In some instances, however, you would still use level 1. For example, if you are printing a file to disk and that file will be printed by someone who has a level-1 product, you would need to select level 1.
You can choose between PostScript Level 1 and PostScript Level 2 features for the
HP Color LaserJet 3000.
Bitmap compression
Use this control to specify whether to compress graphics before sending your document to the product.
If you are using PostScript level 2, or if you are using PostScript level 1 and a product connected to a serial port, click Compress bitmap images. If you are using PostScript level 1 and a product connected to a parallel port or if you are using a network product, click No bitmap compression.
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Data format
This control specifies the protocol that the product uses for print jobs. The following options are available:
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ASCII data. This is the default setting. When you click ASCII data, data is sent in ASCII format (7bit), which might take longer to print but can be sent through any I/O channel, such as a serial, parallel, or network port.
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Binary communications protocol. When you click Binary communications protocol, the product sends all data except special control characters in binary (8-bit) format. This format can be sent over parallel or serial communications ports and is faster than sending data in ASCII format.
If you select this option, click Send Mode to switch the product to Binary Communications Protocol
(BCP) for future print jobs.
NOTE
This option is available only if the computer is connected to the product through a direct connection (a USB or parallel cable).
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Tagged binary communications protocol. When you click Tagged Binary Communications
Protocol, all data except special control characters is sent in binary (8-bit) format. The binary formats can be sent over parallel or serial communications ports and are faster than sending data in ASCII format.
● Pure binary data. When you click Pure binary data, all data except special control characters is sent in binary (8-bit) format. The binary formats can be sent over parallel or serial communications ports and are faster than sending data in ASCII format.
Send CTRL+D before job
This control specifies whether the product is reset at the beginning of every postscript document. The default setting is off (unselected). Pressing Ctrl-D resets the product to its default setting to ensure that previous print jobs do not affect the current print job. Using Ctrl-D might cause a print job to fail if the product is connected through a network. If your document fails to print when sent to a product that is connected through parallel or serial ports, select the Send CTRL+D before job check box.
Send CTRL+D after job
This control specifies whether the product will be reset at the end of every postscript document. The default setting is off (unselected). Ctrl-D resets the product to its default setting to ensure that future print jobs are not affected by the current print job. Ctrl-D might cause a print job to fail if the product is connected through a network. If your document fails to print when sent to a network product, click to select the Send CTRL+D before job check box.
Restore Defaults
Click Restore Defaults to reset the values on the PostScript tab to their original values.
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