Printing sub-menu

Printing sub-menu


These settings affect only jobs that do not have identified properties. Most jobs identify all of the properties and override the values that are set from this menu. This menu can also be used to set the default paper size and type.


Menu item Values Description
COPIES 1-32,000 Sets the default number of copies. The default number of copies is 1.
DEFAULT PAPER SIZE A list of available sizes appears. Sets the default paper size.
DEFAULT CUSTOM PAPER SIZE UNIT OF MEASURE
X DIMENSION
Y DIMENSION
Sets the default size for any custom job without dimensions. Available for tray 1.
DUPLEX
(HP Color LaserJet 3000dn, 3000dtn, 3600dn, 3800dn, and 3800dtn printers only)
OFF
ON
Enables or disables the duplex function (automatic 2-sided printing). The default is OFF. You can override this setting in the printer driver.
DUPLEX BINDING
(HP Color LaserJet 3000dn, 3000dtn, 3600dn, 3800dn, and 3800dtn printers only)
LONG EDGE
SHORT EDGE
Defines whether a duplex job will be flipped on the long edge or the short edge. You can override this setting in the printer driver.
OVERRIDE A4/LETTER NO
YES
Sets the printer to print an A4 job on letter-size paper when no A4 paper is loaded, or to print a letter-size job on A4 when no letter-size paper is loaded. The default is NO.
MANUAL FEED OFF
ON
The default is OFF. Setting it to ON makes MANUAL FEED the default for jobs that do not select a tray. You can override this setting in the printer driver.
COURIER FONT
(HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only).
REGULAR
DARK
Selects a version of the Courier font. The default is REGULAR.
WIDE A4
(HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only)
NO
YES
Sets the printable area of A4 paper so that eighty 10-pitch characters can be printed on a single line. The default is NO.
PRINT PS ERRORS
(HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only)
OFF
ON
Select ON to print emulated PostScript (PS) error pages. The default is OFF.
PRINT PDF ERRORS
(HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only)
OFF
ON
Select ON to print portable document format (PDF) error pages. The default is OFF.
PCL FORM LENGTH
ORIENTATION
(HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only)
FONT SOURCE
(HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only)
FONT NUMBER
(HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only)
FONT PITCH
(HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only)
FONT POINT SIZE
(HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only)
SYMBOL SET
APPEND CR TO LF
SUPPRESS BLANK PAGES
(HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only)
MEDIA SOURCE MAPPING
(HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only)
Configures settings for the printer control language.
FORM LENGTH sets the number of lines per page. The default is 60.
ORIENTATION determines long-edge versus short-edge page layout. The default is PORTRAIT.
FONT SOURCE selects the source of the font used on the printer control panel. The default is INTERNAL. FONT NUMBER is the number of the font you select. If this font is a contour font, use FONT PITCH to set the pitch of a fixed-space font. The default is 10.00.
FONT POINT SIZE sets the size of fixed-space fonts. The default font is 12 points.
SYMBOL SET sets the symbol set used by the printer control panel. The default is PC-8.
APPEND CR TO LF sets whether a carriage return is appended to each line feed in a backward-compatible PCL job. The default is NO.
SUPPRESS BLANK PAGES sets whether jobs using PCL that include blank form feeds will automatically suppress the blank pages. YES indicates that form feeds will be ignored if the page is blank.
The PCL5 MEDIA SOURCE MAPPING command selects an input tray by a number that maps to the various available trays.
HP 3000 3600 3800 Printing sub-menu