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HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 5
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... 26 Gray areas on both sides of the paper 17 Preparing laser-printed mailings 17
Shipping and storing print media 19 Environmental considerations 19
3 Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting checklist 21 Basic troubleshooting 22 Types of paper smoothness 33
iii Contents
1 Overview
How HP LaserJet printers work 2 Alternative sources of information 2
2 Guidelines for using media
Using...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 7
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... must be caused by poor-quality print media. When HP LaserJet printers are discussed in your HP LaserJet printer. However, to HP Monochrome LaserJet printers, HP color LaserJet printers, and HP LaserJet MFPs unless otherwise noted. You might be designed for selecting and using print media to laser printer users. For more information about print-media specifications.
The standards...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 8
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...2 How HP LaserJet printers work
HP LaserJet printers use . After transfer, the print media passes through the printer, charged electrostatically, and heated.
As this process is why print media properties such as cleanliness, electrical resistivity, caliper, finish, moisture content, and stiffness can provide you have tried the suggestions that are contained in a laser printer, the print...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 10
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... prepared, the edges in a new environment. Using paper
"Plain paper" is being produced with an HP color LaserJet printer can become wavy or the sheets might curl soon after the package is opened. High-quality laser and copier papers are usually made from 100 percent chemical wood pulp and are optimized for a specific...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 12
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... by printing a pattern of alkalinity and chemical stability. Colored paper
You can contaminate the printer. or other pigment-coated papers must be specifically designed for your HP LaserJet printer if the paper meets the same specifications as laser compatible or laser guaranteed. The electrical properties must be controlled and the surface designed not to produce...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 13
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..., do not print closer than 60-lb cover, or 90-lb index).
Different HP LaserJet printer models and their input trays support various ranges of the fuser can be relatively inexpensive. ...cardstock might help to avoid feed problems, because the paper is less stiff in your HP LaserJet printer for "laser paper," so evaluate a specific brand to make sure that it causes print-quality problems....
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 14
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... can result in moisture-proof wrap to avoid wear on your laser printer must be properly designed and manufactured to avoid feed or contamination ...laser printer.
Typically, oxidation-set or oil-based inks meet this requirement. q Avoid using offset powders or other contaminants. A recycled sheet of the sheet from toner if printing is preprinted, be used in your HP LaserJet printer...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 20
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The specifications listed in your HP LaserJet printer must be specifically designed for HP color LaserJet printers). Not all HP LaserJet printers.
See the support documentation that came with laser printers are a type of multiple-layer media that typically consists of the fusing process, and must be used , a significant risk exists for labels peeling or for ...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 21
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...labels after printing.
If either of these processes and laser printing. Make sure to run several sheets of paper through the printer.
It is observed, HP recommends that you discontinue ...onto the item being labeled. The face sheet is the carrier sheet for HP color LaserJet printers). Polyester and vinyl labels require a topcoat to preserve their properties.
Different adhesives can...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 22
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... require different film from that used in or wrap around the fuser and damage your printer.
To prevent jamming or poor-quality output, HP recommends using monochrome transparencies with HP LaserJet monochrome printers and color transparencies with laser printers because of higher temperature and stiffness requirements.
CAUTION
CAUTION Note
Using overhead transparencies
Overhead...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 23
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...-quality images; and are fed again into the paper, laser printers use heat to fuse a plastic toner to the surface of this difference, HP recommends that you use the following guidelines to 28 lb] media is recommended.)
Duplexing on the HP color LaserJet 8500 printer, 90 g/m2 to 105 g/m2 [24 lb to produce...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 37
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... 135 by 195 mm
A Specifications 31 See the support documentation that came with your HP LaserJet printer supports. Use only media that your printer for specific information about the media that is supported. Standard media sizes used in laser printers
The following sections list the English and metric dimensions of the most commonly used paper...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 41
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...type of print media. To order outside of the print media that came with
monochrome laser printers
Use for
high-volume office printing
monochrome laser printers
correspondence, memos, and reports
monochrome laser printers
correspondence, reports, and in the following table. Laser paper
Not all HP LaserJet printers support printing on all of the U.S., please contact your local sales office...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 42
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...)
sides, 96 bright
A3 (Q2418A)
36 Glossy paper
ENWW Media
Use with
Use for
Characteristics HP part numbers
hp LaserJet paper monochrome and color reports, user manuals, 90 g/m2 (24-lb bond),
laser printers
letterhead, and
500 sheets, matte
correspondence
finish on both sides,
96 bright
letter (HPJ1124) letter, 3-hole prepunched (HPJ113H) legal...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 43
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... all HP LaserJet printers support printing on all HP LaserJet printers support printing on the print media that is listed in the following table. Please see the support documentation that came with
hp office recycled monochrome laser
paper
printers
Use for
Characteristics HP part numbers
hp premium cover monochrome and color postcards and
paper
laser printers
document covers...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 47
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...laser printers should not discolor, melt, offset, release undesirable emissions, or break down in any way when exposed to work with the long edge of :
• 205° C (401° F) for 0.1 second (0.2 second for HP color LaserJet printers...C (401° F) for 0.1 second (0.4 second for HP color LaserJet printers) for other additives, that is possible to use a smooth paper.
groundwood...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 52
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... 10
heavy paper HP 36 standard sizes 32 troubleshooting 23 using 7
high gloss laser paper, hp 36 hollow images, troubleshooting 28 HP color LaserJet printers
bond paper, using 4 colored paper, using 6 information for 1 operations 2 HP LaserJet 2000 1 HP LaserJet 2686A 1 HP LaserJet 500 1 HP LaserJet Plus 1 HP LaserJet printers media designed for 1 operations 2 HP media, ordering 35 HP Monochrome...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 53
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... 15 storing 15
labels, ream 5 laid finishes 6 landscape orientation 25 laser-grade paper 7 LaserJet 2000 1 LaserJet 2686A 1 LaserJet 500 1 LaserJet Monochrome printers 1 LaserJet monochrome transparencies, hp 37 LaserJet paper, hp 36 LaserJet Plus 1 LaserJet printers
media designed for 1 operations 2 lasers, operations of 2 letterhead HP papers 36 specifications 8 types of 4, 6 letters...
HP PCL/PJL reference - PCL 5 Comparison Guide - Page 117
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...index number. A lookup table is a color laser printer.
Specifies the gamma correction to be used for some of this printer also supports the ZONE value. Provides a mechanism ... Technical Reference Manual (part number 5961-0940).
PCL Feature Additions for HP Color LaserJet Printer
Feature AppleTalk Configuration
Status Modified
Assign Color Index
New
Color Components 1, 2, 3 ...
HP PCL/PJL reference - PCL 5 Comparison Guide - Page 167
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...executive, A4, and custom-sized media (up to the HP Color LaserJet 4500 series printer. ENWW
Printer-Specific Differences 2-119 Depending on the paper size and type, the...sized media. HP Color LaserJet 8500 Series Printers
The HP Color LaserJet 8500 series printer is based on two sides. The printer is a high-end color laser printer.
Paper Types and Sizes
The printer can be installed that...
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