HP Deskjet 930cm Printer - printing with the hp deskjet printer

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printing with the hp deskjet printer

The printer is controlled by software installed on your computer. The printer
software, also called the printer driver, provides dialog boxes which
communicate your print requests to the printer. Select the printer you are
using as the default printer before printing.

selecting the default printer using the Chooser

Use one of the following methods to select the HP Deskjet 9xx printer you are
using as the default printer in the Chooser.

USB connection

1.

Select

Chooser

from the Apple menu.

2.

Select

hp deskjet xx

in the upper left window of the Chooser screen.

3.

Select

deskjet 9xx

in the right window of the Chooser screen.

4.

Close the Chooser.

AppleTalk network connection

1.

Turn on both the computer and printer and verify that they are connected
to the AppleTalk network.

2.

Select

Chooser

from the Apple menu.

3.

Select the

Active

option next to AppleTalk.

4.

Click the

hp deskjet

icon in the upper left window of the Chooser screen.

5.

Select a zone where the printer is located in the AppleTalk Zones
window.

6.

Select

deskjet 9xx

in the right window of the Chooser screen.

7.

Close the Chooser.

You must use an external print server, such as an HP Jetdirect 300X
External Print Server, to connect the printer to the AppleTalk network.

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selecting the default printer using other options

Other options allow you to select a default printer without using the Chooser.
Try one of these options:

• Click the printer icon on the menu bar, then select

hp

deskjet 9xx

.

• Click the control strip icon on the edge of the desktop to expand the

control strip. Click the printer icon on the control strip, then select

hp

deskjet 9xx

.

• Drag the document you want to print to the

hp deskjet 9xx

printer icon

on the desktop.

• Click the

deskjet 9xx

icon on the desktop, then click

Printing

on the

menu bar. Select

Set Default Printer

.

The Print command sends your documents to the hp deskjet 9xx printer
until you select a new default printer. If you change printers, verify that the
formatting and pagination does not change in the document before you
print it.

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selecting print settings

The following instructions provide the most common method of selecting
page layout and print options. The software program you are using may vary
from the method provided.

controlling page layout

1.

Open the file you want to print.

2.

Click

File

>

Page Setup

to display the hp deskjet 9xx Page Setup screen.

3.

Select the following options:

Paper size:

Choose the paper size, envelopes, or other media you

have in the In tray.

Scaling (%):

Enter a number from 5 to 999. Numbers smaller than 100

reduce the image size, and numbers greater than 100 enlarge it.
Changing the scaling size may also change pagination.

Orientation:

Choose the appropriate orientation icon for the document

you are printing.

Mirror Image:

Select this option if appropriate.

Rotate 180 degrees:

Select this option if appropriate.

Two-Sided Safe Margins:

Select this option to adjust margins for two-

sided printing.

4.

Click

OK

to save the layout options.

selecting print options

1.

Open the file you want to print.

2.

Click

File

>

Print

to display the hp deskjet 9xx screen.

The General default option screen appears. Select the number of copies
to print, which pages are to be printed, and the print order on this
screen. You can also view the current print options which are displayed
across the bottom of the screen.

3.

Click the arrows in the General field to view a list of additional options.

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4.

Select

Paper Type/Quality

to choose print quality options, paper type, ink

density, and drying time.

5.

Select

Layout

to choose multiple pages per sheet and two-sided printing.

6.

Select

Color

to choose options for color, grayscale, and black and white

image and text resolution.

ColorSmart III

allows you to adjust the ink saturation, brightness, and

color tone for print images. The ColorSmart III option also allows you
to disable image enhancements.

ColorSync

is used to match colors with other computers using the

ColorSync matching system.

Grayscale

prints in shades of gray. You are able to optimize printing

for fax and photocopy prints with this setting.

Black & White

prints only black and white with no gray or color. Black

only is not recommended for use with glossy paper.

7.

Select

Background Printing

to choose foreground or background print

options and print time.
• Select

Background

to continue working on a document while printing

takes place.

• Select

Foreground

for faster printing; however, you cannot work on

other tasks until printing is complete.

Other features are also available with Background printing. Double-click
the

hp deskjet 9xx printer

icon on the desktop for:

Deleting a print request

- Click the job title or icon, then click the

Trash

icon, or

- Drag the document’s icon to the Trash icon on the desktop.

These methods delete only the print job and not the document.

• Holding/Pausing a print request

- Click the job title or icon, then click the

Pause

button.

The print request pauses until you again select its title then click the

Resume

button.

- Drag the document icon to the Waiting to Print list of documents.

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• Marking a print request urgent

- Click the job title or icon, then click the

small clock

.

- Click

Urgent

in the dialog box that appears. This action moves the

print request to the top of the list.

• Sorting/changing the order of print request

- Select the column heading for the column you want to sort or

change.

- Select the

Print Time

column heading to view and change print

order.

- Drag and drop the print job title in the Name column to the desired

print order position in the list.

• Stopping and restarting printing

- Select

Stop Print Queue

from the Printing menu option to stop

printing.

- Select

Start Print Queue

from the Printing menu option to resume

printing.

• Changing printers

- To move a print job from one printer to another printer of the same

type, drag the print request icon to the desired printer icon.

- If the printers are not the same type, the printer software will not

allow you to move a print request to an incompatible printer.

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using the buttons in the print dialog box

The buttons at the bottom of the Print dialog box include:

Default:

returns the print settings to the system default.

Edit Settings...:

allows you to edit saved print settings.

Save Current Settings...:

allows you to assign a name to the settings and save

them under that name.

Preview:

allows you to view your document before you print it so you can see

how the document will print with the current settings.

Cancel:

cancels settings you have entered and closes the Print dialog box.

OK:

starts printing.

desktop printing

Desktop printing allows you to print several documents at once, or to print a
document that is formatted for printing on a particular printer. Use one of the
following methods to print documents from the desktop:

• Drag the icons of the documents you want to print to the printer icon

on the desktop.

• Select the icons of the documents you want to print, then click

File

>

Print

. Select print options from the hp deskjet 9xx screen, then

click

OK

.

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