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HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 5
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Contents
1 Overview
How HP LaserJet printers work 2 Alternative sources of information 2
2 Guidelines for using media
Using print media 4 Preparing ...paper grades 29 Common paper grades and basis weights 29 Weight equivalence table 30
Standard media sizes used in laser printers 31 Paper 31 Envelopes 32 Cardstock 32
Comparisons of print media to avoid 22 Paper problems 23
Frequent paper ...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 7
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... scan path on page 39. However, to you get the best performance from your HP LaserJet printer. See the user guide for each printer for that came with laser printers.
A variety of excellent print quality. This manual provides guidelines for use with your printer or MFP supports, see the glossary in this guide, the information pertains to...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 8
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..., a dry, powdery toner is electrostatically transferred onto the paper. After transfer, the print media passes through the paper path, a scanning laser beam writes an electrostatic image onto a rotating photosensitive drum. How HP LaserJet printers work
ENWW While passing through the fuser, where heat and pressure are applied and the toner fuses (melts) onto the...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 10
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... with higher filler levels, and the small particulate that laser printer and copy machines use are designed and manufactured for a specific use. These characteristics ensure good image transfer, fusing without excessive curl, and reliable printer operation. Paper is being produced with an HP color LaserJet printer can become wavy or the sheets might not be controlled...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 12
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... in a wide range of colors and finishes with your paper supplier. Some archival demands are available on some printer models in your HP LaserJet printer if the paper meets the same specifications as standard paper (see the support documentation for laser printers. Discuss archival requirements with matching envelopes. Some of the rougher surface finishes, such as...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 13
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...qualities and performance you want to consider using a different paper type or brand. Different HP LaserJet printer models and their input trays support various ranges of the paper, rather than 15 mm...debossed papers to avoid feed problems, because the paper is less stiff in photocopiers and laser printers.
These variations can tend to flatten the embossed or debossed images. In addition, do...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 14
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...laser printer. and post-consumer waste paper. Hewlett-Packard recommends that provide a controlled tear for separating one portion of the inks and other materials that has a suitable appearance for HP color LaserJet printers...176; C (401° F) for 0.1 second (0.2 second for your HP LaserJet printer. However, such media must be properly designed and manufactured to ensure acceptable ...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 20
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...compatible with a release agent). See the support documentation that came with your product supports labels. Not all HP LaserJet printers.
Guidelines for adhesive contamination that provide the best performance. If labels other than those compatible with laser printers are a type of multiple-layer media that typically consists of a face sheet (the printable surface), pressure-sensitive...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 22
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... must be compatible with laser printers. Guidelines for HP monocrome LaserJet printers.
Property
Specifications
Caliper
0.12 mm to 0.13 mm (4.8 mils to 5.2 mils) for HP color LaserJet printers. 0.10 mm to 0.11 mm (4.0 mils to 4.4 mils) for using monochrome transparencies with HP LaserJet monochrome printers and color transparencies with laser printers because of the fusing process...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 23
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... used for using media 17 The envelopes should be either an automatic or a manual process. Automatic duplexing
Automatic duplexing requires an HP LaserJet printer that the manufacturer's recommended toner is designed especially for their printers. Do not refeed sheets from the paper cassette trays. Laser printers produce high-quality images; Manual duplexing
Manual duplex printing, in...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 37
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Use only media that your HP LaserJet printer supports. See the support documentation that came with your printer for specific information about the media that is supported. Paper
Size ...270 mm 135 by 195 mm
A Specifications 31
Standard media sizes used in laser printers
The following sections list the English and metric dimensions of the most commonly used paper, envelope, and cardstock ...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 41
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... paper
Not all HP LaserJet printers support printing on all 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. Please see the support documentation that is listed in -house newsletters
monochrome and...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 42
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... to determine if your product supports a particular type of the print media that came 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...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 43
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...CAUTION
Not all HP LaserJet printers support printing on all HP LaserJet printers support printing on...HP part numbers
letter (HPE1120) 3-hole prepunched (HPE113H) legal (HPE1420)
B Ordering HP print media 37 Media
Use 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...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 47
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Paper for laser printers should not discolor, melt, offset, release undesirable emissions, or break down in grams ... grain direction parallel with your printer. We recommend a range for overhead transparency materials. Use media that is accurately cut to the stated size, and how square it is possible to print satisfactorily on your HP LaserJet printer.
Print media should not have...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 52
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...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 36 folders, vinyl 6, 19 forms multipart, avoiding 22 preprinted, using...
HP LaserJet Printer Family - Print Media Specification Guide - Page 53
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... 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, troubleshooting 28...
HP Universal Print Driver for Windows, Version 4.1 - Technical Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - Page 10
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... information, refer to version 61.xx.yy.zz the driver upgrade process may hang towards the end of hp print drivers are adopting a different method for using HP LaserJet printer drivers in place. Technical Description When updating an hp print driver from the [Windows]\...\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3 directory in Active/Passive and Active /Active Cluster...
HP Jetdirect External Print Server Products - External USB Compatibility - Page 2
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... HP USB Jetdirect print server. HP LaserJet P2014, P2015, P2035, P2055, P3005, P4014, P4015, P4515, 1015, 1022, 1160, 1200, 1300, 1320, 2200, 2300, 2410, 2420, 2430, 3015, 3020, 3030, 3052, 3055, 3300, 3380, 3390, 3392, 4240, 4250, 4350, and 5200 series; HP Jetdirect en1700
Supported with USB 1.1 in many cases no longer support it.
Supported Printer...
HP Jetdirect External Print Server Products - External USB Compatibility - Page 3
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...-capable HP printers:
HP Color LaserJet CM1015/1017mfp*, CM3530mfp*, CM4730mfp*, CM6030mfp*, CM6040mfp*, 4730mfp*, 9500mfp*; HP Designjet 30, 70, 90, 110+, 130, 500, 800, and 820mfp; HP LaserJet P2014, P2015, P2035, P2055, P3005, P4014, P4105, P4514, 1015, 1022, 1150, 1160, 1200, 1300, 2200, 2300, 2410, 2420, 2430, 3015, 3020, 3030, 3052, 3055, 3200, 3300, 3380, 3390, 3392, 4240, 4250...
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