Introduction

The information in this document will detail the Traditional PCL5c and PCL6 driver features for the HP Color LaserJet 9500 Series Printers with the following Operating Systems:

• Windows 95
• Windows 98 (Including 98SE)
• Windows Me
• Windows NT 4.0

Access to drivers

To gain access to driver settings from within most software programs, click File, Print and then click Properties . The appearance and names of the driver tabs that appear vary, depending on the printer model and the driver.

To control the drivers directly from the computer. In Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000, click Start, Settings and Printers ,then right-click the printer name, and click Printing Preferences or Document Defaults (depending on the OS and driver), to gain access to the same set of driver tabs that the software program controls.

After right-clicking the printer name, click Properties to gain access to a different set of tabs that control the driver and driver connections.

Help system

The HP LaserJet 6 and PCL 5c drivers include a full-featured Help system to provide assistance with printing and configuration options.

What's this? Help

What's this? Help is supported in Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, and Windows NT 4.0. Access to What's this? Help messages in any of the following ways:

• Right-click a control and click What's this? , and 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. Use this special cursor to select a control, and the pop-up Help window for that feature appears.
• Press the F1 key, and the Help window for the currently selected control appears.

Context-sensitive Help

Press the Help button on a driver tab or in a dialog box, and context-sensitive Help appears.

Constraint messages

Constraint messages are unsolicited messages that appear in response to specific actions you take. These messages alert you to selections that are illogical or impossible given the capabilities of the printer or the current settings of other controls. For example, if you click Print on Both Sides and then change the paper type to transparencies, a message appears asking you to resolve this conflict, see the Figure below for an example.

Whenever a constraint message appears with the OK or Cancel button, the interpretation of the button is as follows:

• Clicking OK accepts the change that was just made, and the driver then resets the conflicting control to a setting that is compatible with the new value.
• Clicking Cancel rejects the change that was just made, and the control returns to its previous value.

Bubble Help

Bubble Help features a graphical icon that resembles a cartoon speech bubble with a lowercase "i" in it, representing the international symbol for information. The following illustration shows Bubble Help icons on a driver tab, see the Figure below.

The bubble typically appears next to a disabled control, although it can also accompany an enabled control if there is an important note concerning its use. Moving the pointer over the bubble changes the arrow to a gloved hand, which indicates that the area underneath the pointer is selectable. When the bubble is selected by using either the mouse or the keyboard, a message box appears that contains a brief explanation about why the control is disabled and what can be done to enable it. If the control is not disabled, the message is a tip or a precaution you should be aware of when using that particular feature.

Finishing tab features

The Figure below shows the Finishing tab in the PCL5c and PCL 6 drivers.

The options in the Print Quality group box might vary, depending on your HP Color LaserJet 9500 series printer model. The Finishing tab contains the following controls.

• Print Task Quick Sets group box
• Document Options group box
• Document preview image
• Print Quality group box

Print Task Quick Sets

Print Task Quick Sets is a setting that is available on all of the tabs except the NT Forms and Configure tabs and that is used to store the current combination of driver settings that are found on all of the other tabs (except the NT Forms and Configure tabs). Print Task Quick Sets are either preset or user-defined printing specifications (such as paper size, pages per sheet, and so on).

The Print Task Quick Sets control is available on all of the Document Defaults or Printing Preferences driver tabs (the Finishing, Effects, Paper, Destination, Basics, and Color tabs). The Print Task Quick Sets control does not appear on the driver Properties tabs (the NT Forms tab and the Configure tab).

The Print Task Quick Sets control is used to store the current combination of driver settings that are found on all other Document Defaults or Printing Preferences driver tabs.

The following settings are available in the Print Task Quick Sets drop-down menu.

• Default Print Settings
• Booklet on 11x17
• Booklet on A3
• Booklet on A4
• Booklet on Letter
• User Guide Print Settings

See the Figure below for an example of the available Print Task Quick Sets.

Default Print Settings

When you select Default Print Settings, nearly all of the settings are restored to the combination that existed after the driver was installed (the original settings). However, if the attribute combinations that are associated with watermark definitions, custom paper sizes, or the User Guide Print Settings quick set have been changed or deleted, the original settings are not restored.

Type a new Quick Set name here appears in the Print Task Quick Sets menu automatically if no other driver settings have been changed since the driver was installed, or if all of the driver settings match the original settings. Otherwise, the setting in the Print Task Quick Sets menu is the same label that appeared when you last closed the printing Properties dialog box by clicking OK.

The following table shows the default settings for Print Task Quick Sets. See the "HP Driver Preconfiguration" section of this document for information about preconfigurable driver settings.

1- Preconfigurable by using an HP Preconfiguration tool. For more information, go to: http://www.hp.com/support/clj9500

2- Not supported in Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me

User Guide Print Settings

The User Guide Print Settings option provides a Print Task Quick Set for optimal printing of the User Reference Guide for the HP Color LaserJet 9500.

Type new Quick Set name here

By default, the Print Task Quick Set menu is set to Type new Quick Set name here . When you change any of the default settings on any of the Document Defaults driver tabs and you want to save the configuration as a Print Task Quick Set, highlight the word Type new Quick Set name here , type the name you want for your new Print Task Quick Set , and click Save . Print Task Quick Sets are saved in the system registry. To delete a Print Task Quick Set, select it from the drop-down menu and click Delete .

A maximum of 25 user-defined Print Task Quick Sets can be stored on a particular system. If a user attempts to save too many, a message box appears that reads, There are too many Print Task Quick Sets defined. Please delete some before adding new ones.

Document Options

The Document Options group box contains the following controls.

• Print on Both Sides check box
• Flip Pages Up option
• Booklet Printing drop-down menu
• Staple check box and stapling options
• Pages Per Sheet spin box
• Print Page Borders check box
• Page Order drop-down menu

Print on Both Sides check box

The default setting for the Print on Both Sides option is off (not selected). Print on Both Sides is available when the following conditions exist:

• Type is on the Paper tab is set to any type except for Envelope, Labels, or Transparency.
• Size is is Letter, Legal, A3, A4, A5, B4 (Japanese Industry Standard, or JIS), B5 (JIS), Executive, Executive (JIS), 8.5 x 13 (Custom), 12 x 18 (Custom), 8K, 16K, or custom sizes greater than or equal to 98 mm x 191 mm (3.86 inches x 7.5 inches) and less than or equal to 306 mm x 469 mm (12.0 inches x 18.5 inches).

When Paper Size is set to Letter, Legal, A4, or B4 (JIS), clicking Print on Both Sides makes the Flip Pages Up and Booklet Printing options available.

Automatically printing on both sides

Use the duplexing unit in the printer to automatically print on two sides of the paper when that option is specified in the job . The HP Color LaserJet 9500hdn comes with a duplexing unit installed. The duplexing unit is an optional accessory for the HP Color LaserJet 9500n printer.

To achieve the best print quality when printing on the second side of the page, the printer needs to make adjustments to its print modes. When selecting a media type, a user is, in effect, instructing the printer to use a group of printer settings (such as fuser temperature and print speed) to print the media with the best possible quality. This group of settings is known as a mode or print mode, and a different print mode with each media type. Print-mode adjustments are automatic when the duplexing unit is used.

Flip Pages Up

The Flip Pages Up check box, enabled only when Print on Both Sides is selected, is used to specify the duplex binding option. By default, the Flip Pages Up check box is not selected. The following table demonstrates the results of selecting this box, depending on the paper orientation selected on the Basics tab.

Orientation (basics tab)	Flip Pages Up Selected	Flip Pages Up Not Selected
Portrait	Short-edge Binding	Long-edge Binding
Landscape	Long-edge Binding	Short-edge Binding

Booklet printing

The Booklet Printing drop-down menu, visible when Print on Both Sides is selected, offers choices that are based on the current paper size. The default setting for the Booklet Printing drop-down menu is Off. The other settings have the following format, where [paper size] depends on the paper size set on the Paper tab.

• [paper size] (Left Binding)
• [paper size] (Right Binding)

When selecting a [paper size] (Left Binding) or [paper size] (Right Binding), the document preview image changes to show the location of the binding, and, if the Pages per Sheet setting is on the default setting of 1, it automatically changes to 2. User can change the Pages per Sheet setting manually to 4, 6, 9, or 16. See "Pages per Sheet" in the "HP traditional PCL 6 and PCL 5c driver features" section of this document for more information.

Booklet printing is enabled only when Letter, Legal, 11 x 17, or B4 (JIS) is selected as the paper size. Booklet printing is disabled when other paper sizes are selected, including envelopes and postcards of any size.

The Booklet Printing drop-down menu appears only when:

• Print on Both Sides is selected.
• % of Normal Size (on the Effects tab) is 100.
• Pages per Sheet is 1.
• Print Document On (on the Effects tab) is not selected.

If any of these conditions is not met (except the first), a Bubble Help appears next to Booklet Printing to explain why it is disabled.

Book and booklet printing

Book and booklet printing are both supported by the HP Color LaserJet 9500 printer.

A book is a print job consisting of at least two pages that can have a different media type for the first page (front cover) or last page (back cover). Use the First Page and Back Cover minitabs on the Paper tab (available when selecting the Use different paper for first page check box) to select different media for the first and last pages.

A booklet is a print job that places two pages on each side of a sheet that can be folded into a booklet that is half the size of the media type. Use the Booklet Printing drop-down menu on the Finishing tab to control booklet settings.

Printing a Booklet

A booklet is a print job that places two pages on each side of a sheet and that can be folded into a booklet that is half the size of the media type. Follow the instructions below for printing a booklet.

1. Click File , click Print , and then click Properties .
2. Click File , click Print , and then click Properties . 2. Click the Finishing tab. On the drop-down menu, select Print on Both Sides .
3. In the Booklet Printing drop-down menu, select the type of booklet printing desired. The booklet printing type consists of the media size and the location of the binding (for example, Letter [Left binding]), see the Figure below.
   Figure 6: Printing a booklet
   

Printing a book

A book is a print job consisting of at least two pages that can have a different media type for the first page (front cover) or last page (back cover). The book cover must be the same size as the inside sheets. Follow these instructions for book printing.

1. Click File , click Print , and then click Properties .
2. Click the Paper tab, and then select the Use different paper for first page check box.
3. Click the First Page tab. On the Size is, Source is, and Type is menus, select the size, source, and type settings for the desired cover.
4. Click the Other Pages tab. On the Size is and Source is menus, select the size and source settings for the inside sheets of the print job.
5. The No back cover is the default setting. If the print job has a back cover that uses the same source and type settings selected in the First Page tab, select Use the first page source . If not, select Use an alternate source , and then select the back-cover settings in the Source is and Type is menus.

Whenever making changes to all of the pages (that is, when Use different paper is cleared), these changes are reflected in both the First Page and Other Pages settings whenever setting Use different paper.

Staple check box

Click the Staple check box to use any of the stapling options for the HP 3000-Sheet Stapler/Stacker or the HP Multifunction Finisher.

Stapling Options dialog box

Click the Stapling button to open the Stapling Options dialog box. Use these settings to select the stapling options to apply to the document. The stapling options are only available when the Accessory Output Bin installed on the printer has a stapler (for example, the HP 3000-Sheet Stapler/Stacker or the HP Multifunction Finisher). The specific stapling options available depend on which Accessory Output Bin is installed.

The following figure shows the Stapling Options dialog box for the HP 3000-Sheet Stapler/Stacker.

The following Stapling Options are available.

• None (default)
• One Staple
• One Staple Angled (HP 3000-Sheet Stapler/Stacker only)
• Two Staples
• Three Staples (HP 3000-Sheet Stapler/Stacker only)
• Six Staples (HP 3000-Sheet Stapler/Stacker only)
• Fold/saddle stitch (HP Multifunction Finisher only)

Use the following guidelines when stapling.

• Each stapler has a maximum number of pages that can be stapled. Consult the stapler documentation to find out the stapler limitations.
• One Staple Angled does not work with some paper sizes; in these cases, One Staple is used.
• If more than one staple per page has been selected and printing on both sides, the your pages up cannot be flipped up, or to the left or right, depending on which edge of the paper the staples are placed.
• When selecting a stapling option, pages are always printed to the Stapler Bin on the printer.
• For some paper sizes, the printer might assume a specific paper feed orientation (that is, which edge goes into the printer first). If unexpected results are encountered in staple placement, try using a different feed orientation. For example, find a paper tray on your printer where letter paper can be inserted with the short edge towards the printer rather than the long edge.
• Try to avoid some staple positions. For example, if printing on both sides of the paper and trying to flip pages up, do not select more than one staple if the paper is fed from the long edge. Using two or more staples will prevent flipping the paper up.
• If the stapler head cannot move, then there are some corners on the paper that staples cannot be placed. For portrait orientation, a staple can be placed only on the upper-left or the lower right corners. For landscape orientation, a staple can be placed only on the lower-left or upper-right corners.

Fold/Saddle Stitch option

The Fold/Saddle Stitch check box is available only when the HP Multifunction Finisher installed in printer and configured in the driver. Use this option when printing a booklet.

Pages per Sheet

The Pages per Sheet drop-down menu provides six settings: 1 (default), 2, 4, 6, 9, and 16. If typing another value into the box (for example, 3), the control rounds that value to the nearest valid value (in this example, 4).

Print Page Borders

Related controls indented beneath the Pages per Sheet edit box are Print Page Borders and Page Order, which become active when Pages Per Sheet is greater than 1.

Print Page Borders sets a line around each page image on a printed sheet to help visually define the borders of each logical page.

Page Order

The Page Order drop-down menu contains four selections:

• Right, then Down
• Down, then Right
• Left, then Down
• Down, then Left

The preview document image changes to reflect alterations in these settings, as shown by the examples in the Figure below

Document preview image

The preview image is a color, line-drawn image of a page that represents graphics and text. The image is always oriented so that the contents of the page are right-side up. The preview image appears in the upper-right corner of the Finishing, Effects, Paper, Destination, Basics, and Color tabs.

Switching between tabs does not change the location or appearance of the preview image. When moving the mouse over the preview image, the mouse cursor changes from an arrow to a gloved hand. its possible to toggle between portrait and landscape page orientation by clicking on the image. The pale-yellow dimensions label that appears below the preview image reflects the selected page size. The horizontal dimension is always first, so the order of the numbers reverses when the orientation changes. Click on the label to toggle between English and metric units.

Print Quality

The HP Color LaserJet 9500 printer driver Print Quality group box provides options that control resolution, graphics settings, and font settings.

The default setting for Print Quality is Default. To change the default print quality settings, click the Details button. Clicking the Details button opens the Print Quality Details dialog box. The Print Quality Details dialog box has different options depending on the driver being used.

Print Quality Details for the PCL 6 driver

The Print Quality Details dialog box provides the options for print-quality settings in the PCL 6 driver as shown in the following illustration.

The following options are available.

• Current Settings group box
• Graphics Settings group box
• Output Settings group box
• Font Settings group box

Current Settings group box

The Current Settings group box has three states in the HP traditional PCL 6 driver:

• This is the "Faster Printing" setting
• This is the "Best Quality" setting
• This is a "Custom" setting

This is the "Best Quality" setting that appears if Best Quality is selected in the Print Quality group box on the Finishing tab.

This is the "Faster Printing" setting, the default setting, appears if Faster Printing is selected in the Print Quality group box on the Finishing tab.

This is a "Custom" setting appears if Custom is selected in the Print Quality group box on the Finishing tab.

Graphics Settings group box

The Graphics Settings group box in the HP traditional PCL 6 driver has settings under Raster Compression for compressing graphics. The following options are available in the Raster Compression: drop-down menu:

• Automatic. This is the default setting. When this option is selected, the printer driver determines the best compression method to use.
• Best Quality. This setting forces the driver to use a compression method that results in no loss of data during compression.
• Maximum Compression. Where applicable, this setting requires the printer driver to use a compression method that maximizes compression. This setting can result in a loss of quality in the printed output.

Output Settings

The Output Settings group box contains controls for selecting resolution and other print-job settings, including pattern scaling and printing all text as black.

For the HP LaserJet 6 driver, the Default values for output settings are as follows:

• Resolution is 600 dpi
• Raster Compression is set to Automatic
• Scale Patterns (WYSIWYG) is selected
• Print all Text as Black is not selected
• Send TrueType as Bitmaps is not selected

Resolution

There is a single Resolution: setting for the HP traditional PCL 6 driver, 600 dpi. "Resolution" refers to the number of dots per inch (dpi) used to print the page.

Scale Patterns (WYSIWYG)

Use the Scale Patterns (WYSIWYG) feature to address the moiré effect created when certain programs encounter certain patterns. Use this feature to turn off the pattern scaling. What is lost is WYSIWYG with patterns, but the printed result might look better. The feature works only with programs that use vector hatch patterns. This option is on by default.

Print all Text as Black

The Print all Text as Black feature is off by default. When selected, this option causes the driver to print all text as black regardless of the original document text color. By design, white text remains white as a reliable method of printing reverse typeface against a dark background. This setting does not affect graphic images on the page. Print all Text as Black remains selected only for the current print job. When the current print job is completed, Print all Text as Black is automatically turned off.

Font Settings group box

In the Font Settings group box, the only available option is Send TrueType as Bitmaps, which provides an alternative for software programs that cannot easily use TrueType (TM) fonts for special graphic purposes, such as shading, rotation, or slanting. The Send TrueType as Bitmaps check box is not selected by default. If this option is selected, the driver sends TrueType fonts to the printer as outlines, which retains the standard format (outlines) of the fonts.

Print Quality Details for the PCL 5c driver

The Print Quality Details dialog box provides the options for print-quality settings in the PCL 5c driver as shown in the Figure below.

The following options are available.

• Current Settings group box
• Graphics Settings group box
• Output Settings group box
• Font Settings group box

Current Settings group box

The Current Settings group box has two states in the HP traditional PCL 5c driver:

• This is the "Default" Setting
• This is a "Custom" Setting

This is the "Default" Setting is enabled when the setting under Rendering Mode: is Automatic.

When any other setting under Rendering Mode: is enabled, the Current Setting value becomes This is a "Custom" Setting.

Output Settings

The Output Settings group box contains controls for selecting resolution and other print-job settings, including pattern scaling and Printing All Text as Black.

For the HP LaserJet 5c drivers, the Default values for output settings are as follows:

• Resolution is 600 dpi
• Rendering mode is set to Automatic
• Scale Patterns (WYSIWYG) is selected
• Print all Text as Black is not selected
• Send TrueType as Bitmaps is not selected

Graphics Settings group box

The Graphics Settings group box in the HP traditional PCL 5c driver has settings for the graphics rendering mode. The following Rendering Mode: option buttons are available:

• Automatic (this is the default setting)
• Send Graphics as Vector. Select this setting to send graphics to the printer as a combination of HP Graphics Language, version 2 (HP-GL/2) and raster images. This setting might produce higher-quality output.
• Send Graphics as Raster. Select this setting to send all graphics to the printer as images composed of individual dots. This setting might improve printing speed in some cases.
• Send Page as Raster. Select this setting to send all graphics and text (TrueType fonts) to the printer as images composed of individual dots. Use Send Page as Raster if experiencing problems with overlapping text and graphics. With this setting, the Send TrueType as Bitmaps option has no effect.

Resolution

There is a single Resolution: setting for the HP traditional PCL 5c driver, 600 dpi. "Resolution" refers to the number of dots per inch (dpi) used to print the page.

Scale Patterns (WYSIWYG)

Use the Scale Patterns (WYSIWYG) feature to address the moiré effect created when certain programs encounter certain patterns. Use this feature to turn off the pattern scaling. What is lost is WYSIWYG with patterns, but the printed result might look better. The feature works only with programs that use vector hatch patterns. This option is on by default.

Print all Text as Black

The Print all Text as Black feature is off by default. When selected, this option causes the driver to print all text as black regardless of the original document text color. By design, white text remains white as a reliable method of printing reverse typeface against a dark background. This setting does not affect graphic images on the page. Print all Text as Black remains selected only for the current print job. When the current print job is completed, Print all Text as Black is automatically turned off.

Font Settings group box

In the Font Settings group box, the only available option is Send TrueType as Bitmaps, which provides an alternative for software programs that cannot easily use TrueType (TM) fonts for special graphic purposes, such as shading, rotation, or slanting. The Send TrueType as Bitmaps check box is not selected by default. If this option is selected, the driver sends TrueType fonts to the printer as outlines, which retains the standard format (outlines) of the fonts.

Effects tab features

Use the Effects tab to create unique paper effects such as scaling and watermarks. The Figure below shows the Effects tab.

The Effects tab contains the following controls.

• Print Task Quick Sets group box
• Fit to Page group box
• Document preview image
• Watermarks group box

Print Task Quick Sets

The Print Task Quick Sets control is used to store the current combination of driver settings that are found on all other Document Defaults or Printing Preferences driver tabs. Print task quick sets are either preset or user-defined printing specifications, such as paper size and pages per sheet. For more information, see the "Finishing tab features" section of this guide.

Fit to Page group box

The Fit to Page group box consists of the following controls.

• Print Document On setting
• Scale to Fit option
• % of Normal Size setting

Print Document On setting

Select the Print Document On check box to format the document for one paper size and then print the document on a different paper size, with or without scaling the image to fit the new paper size.

Print Document On control is disabled by either of the following conditions:

• The % of Normal Size value is not 100.
• The Pages per Sheet value (on the Finishing tab) is not 1.

When Print Document On is selected, the drop-down menu shows the media sizes that can be printed. The list contains all of the the standard media sizes that are supported by the selected media source and any custom sizes that have been created (if the currently selected media source is manual, auto, or any tray). When Print Document On is selected, Scale to Fit is automatically selected.

Scale to Fit option

The Scale to Fit option specifies whether each formatted document page image is scaled to fit the target paper size. By default, Scale to Fit is selected when Print Document On is selected. If the setting is turned off, then the document page images will not be scaled, and are instead centered at full size on the target paper. If the document size is larger than the target paper size, then the document image is clipped. If it is smaller, then it is centered within the target paper. The following illustration shows preview images for a document formatted for legal-size paper with the Print Document On check box selected, and the target size specified as Letter.

When the size for which the document is formatted (that is, the logical size) differs from the target size, the preview image uses a dashed gray line to show the boundaries of the logical page in relation to the target page size.

% of Normal Size option

The % of Normal Size option provides a slider bar to use for scaling the percentage setting. The default setting in the entry box is 100 percent of normal size. Normal size is defined as the paper size that is selected within the driver or what the driver receives from the software program (if the software program does not negotiate the paper size with the driver). The driver scales the page by the appropriate factor and sends it to the printer.

The limits of the range are from 25 percent to 400 percent, and any values outside the range are adjusted to those limits as soon as the focus is removed from the control (that is, when the Tab key is pressed or another control is selected).

Any change to the scale also changes the page preview, which increases or decreases from the upper-left corner of the preview.

The slider bar controls the scale directly. The value in the edit box changes as the scroll bar indicator is dragged, and the preview image is updated to the new image scale. Each click on the scroll bar arrows increases or decreases the scale by one percent. Each click on the slider bar affects the scale by 10 percent.

its not possible to achieve an exact value by dragging the scroll bar indicator at the default Windows resolution; use the scroll bar indicator to approximate the desired value, and then use the scroll bar arrows to refine the value.

The following settings disable % of Normal Size:

• Print Document On is selected
• Pages per Sheet is not 1

Document preview image

The document preview image is a color, line-drawn image of a page that represents graphics and text. The preview image appears in the upper-right corner of all of the Document Defaults or Printing Preferences driver tabs (the Finishing, Effects, Paper, Destination, Basics, and Color tabs). For more information about the document preview image, see the "Finishing tab features" section of this document.

Watermarks

Use the Watermarks feature to choose a watermark, create custom watermarks (text only), or edit an existing watermark. The following watermarks are preset in the driver:

• (none)
• Confidential
• Draft
• SAMPLE

The drop-down menu shows alphabetically sorted watermarks that are currently available on the system, plus the string "(none)", which indicates that no watermark is selected. This is the default setting. Any watermark selected from this list appears in the preview image.

When First Page Only is selected, the watermark is printed only on the first page of the document. The First Page Only check box is disabled when the current watermark selection is "(none)".

Watermarks are applied to logical pages. For example, when Pages per Sheet is set to "4" and First Page Only is turned off, four watermarks appear on the physical page (one on each logical page).

Click Edit, and the Watermark Details dialog box appears.

The dialog box shows a preview image and provides options for creating a new watermark and controlling the message angle and font attributes.

Click OK to accept all of the changes that are made in the Watermark Details dialog box. However, clicking Cancel does not cancel all of the changes. If changes are made to a watermark, and then select a different watermark or click New, all of the changes made to the previous watermark are saved, and only the current, unsaved changes can be canceled.

Current watermarks

The Current Watermarks group box contains a list of available watermarks, both predefined watermarks made available in the driver and any new watermarks that have been created.

To create a new watermark, click New . The new watermark appears in the Current Watermarks list and in the Watermark Message edit box as "Untitled" until it is named. The name that gets typed in the Watermark Message field appears in the Current Watermarks group box in the Watermark Details dialog box and in the Watermarks group box on the Effects tab.

To name the new watermark, type the selected watermark text in the Watermark Message edit box. To delete a watermark, select the watermark in the Current Watermarks list and click Delete . A warning appears asking whether you are sure you want to delete the selected item. Click Cancel if you want to keep the watermark. Click OK to delete the selected watermark.

To edit an existing watermark, select the watermark in the Current Watermarks list. If the Watermark Message is changed for that watermark the user is in effect, creating a new watermark.

Watermark message

The Watermark Message is also the name that identifies the watermark in the Current Watermarks list, except when more than one watermark has the same message. For example, a user might want several different watermarks with the message DRAFT, each with a different font or size. When this occurs, the string is appended with a space, a pound sign, and a number (for example, Draft #2). When a number is added, the number two is used first, but if the resulting name is also in the list, then the number increases until the name is unique.

Message angle

Use the controls in the Message Angle group box to print the watermark in different orientations in relation to the page's text. The settings are Diagonal, Horizontal, or Angle (custom). The default is Diagonal. All three settings automatically center the watermark string within the page; the selection of a particular setting affects only the angle of the string placement. Diagonal places the text along a line that spans the lower-left to upper-right corners of the page. Horizontal places the text along a line that spans the mid-left and mid-right edges of the page. Angle places the text at the specified angle across the page.

Font attributes

Use the controls in the Font Attributes group box to change the font and the color, shading, size, and style of the font.

Name

The Name drop-down menu lists TrueType fonts that are currently installed on the system. The default is language dependent.

Color

The Color drop-down menu lists the fixed, unalterable color choices for the watermark. The color options are:

• Gray
• Red
• Yellow
• green
• cyan
• Blue
• Magenta

Shading

The following range of shades is available from the Shading drop-down menu:

• Lightest
• Very Light (default)
• Light
• Medium Light
• Medium
• Dark
• Very Dark
• Darkest

These values represent the intensity of the gray that is used for the Color attribute. A choice of Light plus Gray (from the Color attribute) produces a lightly saturated gray watermark. A choice of Lightest plus Gray produces the lightest shade of watermark; Darkest plus Gray produces a black watermark.

Size

Font sizes from 1 to 999 points are available from the Size menu. The default point size is language-dependent. The choice of Regular, Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic is available from the Style drop-down menu.

Default settings

The default settings for new watermarks are Arial font, Gray color, Very Light shading, 150 points, and Regular style. The default settings for preset watermarks are Arial font, Gray color, Very Light shading, and Bold style. The default point size for preset watermarks is language-dependent, and varies.

Paper tab features

Use the Paper tab to specify the size, type, and source of the media, as well as to define a custom paper size. If desired, use this tab to indicate different paper-selection choices for the first page and back cover of the document. The Figure below shows the Paper tab.

The Paper tab contains the following controls.

• Print Task Quick Sets group box
• Document preview image
• Printer image
• All Pages minitab set

The first group box in the upper-left portion of the Paper tab view is Print Task Quick Sets. This feature is described in the "Finishing tab features" section. Any change to the Print Task Quick Sets group box that is made on the Paper tab affects the group box on the Finishing tab and on the Destination tab, and vice versa - they are all one and the same control.

Print Task Quick Sets

The Print Task Quick Sets control is used to store the current combination of driver settings that are found on all other Document Defaults or Printing Preferences driver tabs. Print task quick sets are either preset or user-defined printing specifications, such as paper size and pages per sheet. For more information, see the "Finishing tab features" section of this guide.

Document preview image

The document preview image is a color, line-drawn image of a page that represents graphics and text. The preview image appears in the upper-right corner of all of the Document Defaults or Printing Preferences driver tabs (the Finishing, Effects, Paper, Destination, Basics, and Color tabs). For more information about the document preview image, see the "Finishing tab features" section of this document.

Printer image

The bitmap image in the lower-right portion of the Paper tab represents the current physical configuration of the printer and corresponds to its configuration data, either obtained automatically through bidirectional communication or configured manually. The bitmap image should look the same as the image that appears in the same location on the Destination tab and the Configure tab.

On the Paper tab, the printer image contains hot spots where a paper source can be selected. When the pointer moves over a hot spot, the arrow reverts to the gloved hand used in the Bubble Help, the preview image, and other areas. The current paper source, whether selected from the drop-down menu or from a printer-image hot spot, is highlighted in bright green on the printer bitmap. The following points are worth noting:

• The Auto Select setting in the Source is: drop-down menu does not have a corresponding area to highlight in the printer image. Selecting other settings in this menu highlights the corresponding area in the printer image.
• Selecting the area that represents tray in the bitmap always selects the corresponding tray in the Source is: option. Manual Feed, which is available from the Source is: option, cannot be selected by selecting the bitmap.
• On the Paper tab, only input trays have printer-image hot spots and can be highlighted. Output bins must be selected from the Destination tab.

All Pages minitab set

The controls on this minitab are contained in an All Pages minitab. As the name implies, this means that the settings specified on that minitab apply to all of the pages of the document. The following illustration shows the All Pages minitab set.

When selecting the Use different paper for first page check box, the All Pages minitab is replaced by the following minitabs.

• First Page, which contains the same controls as All Pages.
• Other Pages, which contains different controls, as noted in the following sections.
• Back Cover, which also contains different controls, as noted in the following sections.

The following illustration shows the First Page, Other Pages, and Back Cover minitabs.

Using the First Page and Other Pages minitabs

A cover can have two forms, depending on the type of booklet being printed:

• For a full-size book (for example, Letter size, Letter type), select a different media for the first page and add an extra blank back page. The front cover can contain print or be a blank page, and can either be pulled from a different paper source or be of another media type. The back cover can be printed on a different media from the front cover.
• For two-page-per-sheet (2-up) booklet printing, its possible to obtain a cover by selecting a different media for the first page only. The back cover setting is hidden, because this page would otherwise be printed in the middle of a booklet.

Whenever making changes to all of the pages (that is, when Use different paper for first page is not selected), these changes are reflected in both the First Page and Other Pages settings whenever setting "Use different paper".

First Page minitab

The All Pages minitab turns into three minitabs the Use different paper for first page check box is selected: First Page, Other Pages, and Back Cover. The First Page minitab is shown in the following illustration.

The First Page minitab contains the following controls.

• Use different paper for first page check box
• • Size is: drop-down menu
• Custom button, which opens the Custom Paper Size dialog box

Width and height controls

The width and height values can be changed either by typing numeric strings into the edit boxes, or by using the up and down arrows.

Any entry that is greater than the maximum limits of the width and height control is rounded down to the maximum valid entry, while any entry that is smaller than the minimum limits of the width and height control is rounded up to the minimum valid entry. See the "Custom width and height control limits" section of this guide.

If units are in millimeters, the custom paper-size range minimum is the limit rounded up to the nearest whole millimeter. The custom paper-size range maximum is the limit rounded down to the nearest whole millimeter. Any nonnumerical entry reverts to the last valid entry. Width and height entries are validated when the focus has changed.

The resolution of each control is one millimeter or one-tenth of an inch, depending on the current measurement units. Clicking the up and down arrows increases or decreases the current value by the increment amount (within the allowed range of values). The computer determines the rate at which the values change.

Unit indicator labels change dynamically to indicate inches or millimeters, depending on the measurement units the driver is currently using. To change measurement units, click the Measurement Units button.

Custom width and height control limits

The minimum paper size for the HP Color LaserJet 9500 series printer is 98 mm x 191 mm (3.86 x 7.5 inches) and the maximum is 311 mm x 469 mm (12.23 x 18.5 inches). The following table summarizes paper size limits for each paper-handling device. 1- Tray 4 is available for the HP Color LaserJet 9500hdn only.

Paper and envelope icons

The paper and envelope icons visually define width and height.

Measurement Units button

Use the Measurement Units button to toggle the unit of measurement between standard (inches) and metric (millimeters) units of measurement.

Close button

The Close button closes the Custom Paper Size dialog box according to the logic in the following table. In all cases, any custom paper sizes that are successfully saved (and not renamed or deleted) while the dialog box is open will remain in the paper size list in the Paper tab. The following table lists options that appear when clicking the Close button.

Source is: drop-down menu

The Source is: setting specifies the paper source to use for printing a document. Different printer models support different paper sources. The list of paper sources depends on the printer model and its accessories. Any optional paper trays that are installed through the Configure tab are also shown here.

The Source is: drop-down menu can contain the following options:

• Auto Select
• Manual Feed
• Tray 1
• Tray 2 (500-sheet tray)
• Tray 3 (500-sheet tray)
• Tray 4 (2000-sheet tray)

  NOTE:

  Tray 4 is available for the HP Color LaserJet 9500hdn only.

  The default setting is Auto Select. When this setting is selected, the printer uses the paper tray that supports the media size that has been selected. If selecting a paper source other than Auto Select, make sure that the correct paper size is loaded in the paper source.
  If a conflict exists among paper source, size, and type, and a user chooses to keep the conflicting settings, the settings are processed in the following order: paper size, paper type, and then paper source.
  For information about media sizes and types, see the "Media attributes" section of this guide.

Type Is

The Type Is drop-down menu shows all of the the paper types that the HP Color LaserJet 9500 series printer supports, as well as any user-defined types that have been created by a network administrator. The default setting is Unspecified, which allows the software program to select the paper type.

Users cannot manually add custom paper types through the driver. Custom sizes can be added only if the bidirectional communication mechanism us used, so the sizes must already exist in the printer when the bidirectional query occurs. If bidirectional communication is enabled, then the information returned is an updated list of paper types. If bidirectional communication is not enabled, then the driver looks for custom paper types saved from a previous bidirectional communication query, and uses those. Otherwise, no custom paper types are available through the driver.

The following standard types appear in the lists:

• Bond
• Cardstock (> 164 g/m2)
• Color
• Glossy (75 - 105 g/m2)
• Envelope
• Heavy (106 - 163 g/m2)
• HP Heavy Glossy
• Labels
• Letterhead
• Light (< 75 g/m2)
• Non-HP Heavy Glossy
• Plain
• Preprinted
• Prepunched
• Recycled
• Tough Paper
• Transparency
• Unspecified

Other Pages minitab

Use the Other Pages minitab to select an alternative media type or source for the pages that follow the first page of a document. The following illustration shows the Other Pages minitab.

The Other Pages minitab contains the following controls.

• Source is: drop-down menu
• Type is: drop-down menu

Source is: drop-down menu

The Source is: setting specifies the paper source to use for printing a document. Different printer models support different paper sources. The list of paper sources depends on the printer model and its accessories. Any optional paper trays that are installed through the Configure tab are also shown here. For more information about the Source Is: setting, see the "First Page minitab" section of this guide.

Type is: drop-down menu

The Type is: drop-down menu shows all of the the media types supported by the printer, as well as any user-defined types that have been created by a network administrator using Web JetAdmin. When using the default setting, Unspecified, the printer uses the default media type, usually Plain.

Back Cover minitab

The Back Cover minitab allows including a blank back cover on a document, or to include a back cover from a paper source different from that used for the remainder of the document. Use the Back Cover minitab to select an alternative media source (or the same source as First Page) from which a blank page is drawn and placed after the final page of the body of the document. The following illustration shows the Back Cover minitab.

The Back Cover minitab is not available when Booklet Printing: is enabled on the Finishing tab.

The minitab contains three option buttons.

• No back cover option button (default)
• Use the first page source option button
• Use an alternate source option button

No Back Cover option button

No back cover is selected as the default. The Source is and Type is drop-down menus are disabled, but their values are not changed. No Bubble Help is available for the inactive drop-down menus. The settings revert to defaults when Use different paper for first page is selected again.

Use the first page source option button

Clicking Use the first page source changes the value of the Source is: and Type is: drop-down menus to match the first page, if necessary, but the drop-down menus are inactive.

Use an alternate source option button

Clicking Use an alternate source activates the drop-down menus. The drop-down menu value defaults to the same source as that chosen for the First Page minitab.

Two drop-down menus become available when Use an alternate source is selected:

• Source is: drop-down menu (default)
• Type is: drop-down menu

Source is: drop-down menu

The Source is: setting specifies the paper source to use for printing a document. Different printer models support different paper sources. The list of paper sources depends on the printer model and its accessories. Any optional paper trays that are installed through the Configure tab are also shown here. For more information about the Source Is: setting, see the "First Page minitab" section of this guide.

Type is: drop-down menu

The Type is: drop-down menu shows all of the the media types supported by the printer, as well as any user-defined types that have been created by a network administrator using Web JetAdmin. When using the default setting, Unspecified, the printer uses the default media type, usually Plain.

Destination tab features

The Destination tab provides options for job storage and output bin selection. The following illustration shows the Destination tab.

The Destination tab contains the following controls.

• Print Task Quick Sets group box
• Destination Features group box (visible only if the printer has a hard disk installed and configured)
• Output Bin Options group box
• Document preview image
• Printer image

Print Task Quick Sets

Use the Print Task Quick Sets control to store the current combination of driver settings that are found on all other Document Defaults or Printing Preferences driver tabs. Print Task Quick Sets are either preset or user-defined printing specifications, such as paper size and pages per sheet. For more information, see the "Finishing tab features" section of this guide.

Destination Features

The Destination Features group box contains the Job Storage drop-down menu and the Job Storage Settings button. Clicking Settings opens the Job Storage Settings dialog box.

Job Storage Settings dialog box

The following illustration shows the Job Storage Settings dialog box.

The Job Storage Settings dialog box contains the following controls.

• Job Storage Mode group box
• Job Notification Options group box
• User Name group box
• • Job Name group box
• PIN group box

Job Storage mode

Using the Job Storage feature on the HP Color LaserJet 9500 series printer, users can store documents at the printer and then control their printing at the printer control panel. This feature is intended to provide greater flexibility, convenience, security, and cost savings.

The HP Color LaserJet 9500 printer offers the following Job Storage Mode options:

• Off
• Proof and Hold
• Private Job
• Quick Copy
• Stored Job

These features and the settings that control them are described below.

Off

When selected, this option turns the Job Storage feature off (it is disabled), which means that the print job will not be stored in the printer.

Proof and Hold

When selected, this option stores the print job and prints only the first copy of the job, allowing users to check the first copy. If the document prints correctly, users can print the remaining copies of the print job at the printer control panel. Users can set the number of proof-and-hold print jobs that can be stored in the printer at the printer control panel.

After it is released for printing, the proof-and-hold job is immediately deleted from the printer. If more copies are needed, the job must be reprinted from the software program. If sending a second proof-and-hold job to the printer with the same user name and job name as an existing proof-and-hold job (and the original job has not been released for printing), the job will overwrite the existing job. Proof-and-hold jobs are deleted if power to the printer is disconnected.

Private Job

Use this option to send a print job directly to the printer memory. Selecting Private Job activates the PIN field. The print job can be printed only after typing a PIN at the printer control panel. After the job is printed, the printer removes the job from the printer memory. This feature is useful when printing sensitive or confidential documents that users do not want to leave in an output bin after printing.

After it is released for printing, the private job is immediately deleted from the printer. If more copies are needed, reprint the job from the software program. If sending a second private job to the printer with the same user name and job name as an existing private job (and the original job has not been released for printing), the job will overwrite the existing job, regardless of the PIN. Private jobs are deleted if power to the printer is disconnected.

Using a PIN for Private Job

The Private Job option can be secured by a four-digit personal identification number (PIN). Type in this number at the printer control panel before the printer prints the job.

The box labeled PIN is usually inactive. Selecting Private Job activates the PIN to Print: box. The Private Job/PIN coupling has a PIN restriction of four ASCII numeric characters (ASCII 0-30 through 0-39). If typing in non-numeric characters, they are removed immediately. If typing in more than four characters, the characters past the fourth are truncated. The field temporarily accepts fewer than four digits in the string, but when the edit field loses focus, the zeroes pad the left end until there are exactly four digits. The default initialized value for the PIN is 0000 for Private Job.

Quick Copy

When selecting Quick Copy, a copy of the print job is stored on the hard disk, after which additional copies of the print job can be printed at the control panel. The number of quick-copy print jobs that can be stored in the printer is set from the printer control panel.

Job notification options

When using a Job Storage feature, the document is identified at the printer control panel by user name and job name. A PIN can also be used to make a print job more secure.

Clicking the Display Job ID when printing check box causes the User Name, Job Name, and PIN group boxes to become available. The Display Job ID when printing check box is selected by default.

User Name

Use the User Name edit box to identify the job at the printer control panel. When the driver is first installed (or when Default Print Settings in the Print Task Quick Sets drop-down menu is selected), this string initializes to the empty string (""), but the dialog box detects this condition and replaces the string with a login name in Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0.

Job Name

Use the Job Name edit box to specify a name to identify the job at the printer control panel. When the driver is first installed (or when Default Print Settings in the Print Task Quick Sets drop-down menu is selected), this string initializes to the empty string (""), but the dialog box detects this condition and replaces the string with Untitled

The Job Name and the User Name fields can contain no more than 16 characters each, and are limited to A through Z and 0 through 9 because the name appears on the printer control panel display. If trying to type a lowercase character, it automatically shifts to uppercase. If trying to type a character with an ASCII code of fewer than 32 or more than 126 characters, the character is removed from the edit field, along with all of the characters that follow it. If trying to type more than 16 characters, any character beyond 16 is truncated.

When the dialog box is closed, or as soon as the focus is removed from the control (that is, when the Tab key is pressed or another control is selected), an empty string is replaced with Untitled. In those languages for which Untitled cannot be translated without the use of invalid characters, the driver uses a string of three dashes. The acceptable characters for job name and user name vary for each operating system. The string must be of a length and type that can appear on the printer control panel display..

PIN

The box labeled PIN is usually inactive. The Require PIN to Print option is activated by clicking either of the following options.

• Stored Job. If selected, a PIN must be entered to make the stored job private. For more information, see the "Stored Job" section of this guide.
• Private Job. If selected, a PIN number must be entered at the printer control panel to make the job print.

Using Job Storage options when printing

To use the Job Storage options in the Destination tab of the printer driver do the following.

1. Click Print from the software program. The Print dialog box appears.
2. Click Properties . The Properties dialog box appears.
3. Click the Destination tab to show the destination options.
4. Click Job Storage on the drop-down menu under Destination Features.
5. Click Settings . The Job Storage Settings dialog box appears. Now select one of the Job Storage options described above by clicking the appropriate option button.

   NOTE:

   These instructions are specific to the Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, and Windows NT 4.0 environments when using the latest available PCL 6 and PCL 5c drivers. The basic concepts of the Job Storage feature are the same for PS print jobs, but significant differences in the driver user interface exist. Also, some limitations in naming and PIN selection exist.

Releasing private jobs stored at the printer

After sending a private job using the Job Storage feature, the job can be released to print by using the printer control panel.

1. Press the select button (the one with the check mark) to open the menus.
2. Press the up and down buttons to scroll to RETRIEVE JOB, and then press the select button.
3. Press the up and down buttons to scroll to the user name, and then press the select button.
4. Press the up and down buttons to scroll to the job name, and then press the select button.
5. Press the up and down buttons to scroll to PRINT. The PRINT selection has an icon next to it indicating that the job is locked and requires a PIN to print. Press the select button.
6. Type in the PIN using the control panel number pad, and then press the select button.
7. Indicate the number of copies desired to print, and then press the select button. The default is one copy.
8. The private job prints and then is deleted from the hard disk.

Deleting a print job

Sometimes it is necessary to delete a print job from the printer hard disk. Do this by using the printer control panel.

1. Press the select button (the one with the check mark) to open the menus.
2. Press the up and down buttons to scroll to RETRIEVE JOB.
3. Press the up and down buttons to scroll to the user name, and then press the select button.
4. Press the up and down buttons to scroll to the job name, and then press the select button.
5. Press the up and down buttons to scroll to DELETE, and then press the select button.

   NOTE:

   The DELETE selection might have an icon next to it indicating that the job is locked. If so, type the PIN number, and then press the select button.

6. The stored print job is deleted and the printer returns to the Ready state.

Output bin options

The Output Bin Options group box contains a drop-down menu that can be used to select an output bin from a list of configured output bins. Only output bins that are configured on the Configure tab appear in this drop-down menu.

The HP Color LaserJet 9500 series printer comes with two output bins. Print jobs use the top output bin when the rear output bin is closed. When the rear output bin is open, print jobs use this bin and emerge face-up from the printer.

The output bin options that can be selected in the driver are:

• The Top Bin (Face-Down) option refers to the main output bin at the top of the printer. The print jobs sent to this bin are delivered face-down. This option is always available and has no media size or type constraints beyond those determined by the printer hardware.

  NOTE:

  When using the face-down output bin, it is necessary to manually switch the bin between face-down and face-up output.

• The Left Bin (Face-Up) option refers to the bin on the left side of the printer. The print jobs sent to this bin are delivered face-up.
  The HP Color LaserJet 9500hdn printer comes standard with one of the following output devices.
• HP 3000-Sheet Stapler/Stacker. This single 3000-sheet stacking device accommodates up to 3,000 sheets of Letter-sized and A4-sized paper, or up to 1,500 sheets of 11 x 17 inches and A3 paper. It provides multi-position stapling for up to 50 sheets of paper per document.
• HP 3000-Sheet Stacker. This single, 3000-sheet stacking device accommodates up to 3,000 sheets of Letter sized and A4-sized paper, or up to 1,500 sheets of 11 x 17 inches and A3 paper.
• HP Multifunction Finisher. This booklet-printing device creates booklets and stapled documents in a variety of sizes.

Options

The Options drop-down menu is inactive. Use this setting to enable non-HP paper-handling devices.

Document preview image

The document preview image is a color, line-drawn image of a page that represents graphics and text. The preview image appears in the upper-right corner of all of the Document Defaults or Printing Preferences driver tabs (the Finishing, Effects, Paper, Destination, Basics, and Color tabs). For more information about the document preview image, see the "Finishing tab features" section of this document.

Printer image

The bitmap image in the lower-right portion of the Destination tab represents the current physical configuration of the printer according to the driver configuration data (obtained automatically through bidirectional communication, or configured manually through the driver). The bitmap image should have the same appearance as the image in the same location on the Paper tab and the Configure tab.

On the Destination tab, the printer image contains hot spots for selecting an output bin. When the pointer moves over a hot spot, the arrow reverts to the gloved hand used in the Bubble Help, the preview image, and other areas. The current output bin is highlighted in a bright green color on the printer bitmap.

Basics tab features

The Basics tab provides options for setting the number of copies to be printed and for the orientation of the print job. Use the Basics tab to also retrieve information about the driver.

The Basics tab contains the following controls.

• Print Task Quick Sets group box
• Copies group box
• Orientation group box
• Document preview image
• About button

Print Task Quick Sets

The Print Task Quick Sets control is used to store the current combination of driver settings that are found on all other Document Defaults or Printing Preferences driver tabs. Print Task Quick Sets are either preset or user defined printing specifications, such as paper size and pages per sheet. For more information, see the "Finishing tab features" section of this guide.

Copies

Use the Copies feature to specify the number of copies to print.

The number of copies requested appears in the Copies box. Select the number by typing in the edit box or by using the up and down arrows to the right of the edit box. Valid entries are numbers from 1 to 9999 for the HP Color LaserJet 9500 series printer. The copies value does not advance from the maximum number (9999) to 1 when the up arrow is used, or change from 1 to the maximum number (9999) when the down arrow is used. When you click another group box or leave the Basics tab, invalid entries into the edit box (such as non-numerical input, numbers less than 1, or numbers greater than the maximum allowed) are changed to the last valid value that appeared in the box. The default number of copies is 1.

Conflicts between the software program being used and the driver can arise because the number of copies can be set from some software programs. In most cases, the software program and the driver communicate, so that the number of copies set in one location (such as the software program) appears in the other (such as the driver). For some software programs, this communication does not take place, and the copies values are treated independently. For these software programs, setting 10 copies in the software program and then setting 10 copies in the driver results in 100 copies (10 x 10) being printed. It is recommended setting the number of copies in the software program, whenever possible.

Orientation

Orientation refers to the layout of the image on the page, and does not affect the manner in which media is fed into the printer. can specify the orientation of the print job. The three available orientations are Portrait, Landscape, and Rotated. The default orientation is Portrait.

The three orientation options have these configurations:

• Portrait. The top edge of the document is the shorter edge of the paper.
• Landscape. The top edge of the document is the longer edge of the paper.
• Rotate by 180 degrees. This creates a landscape or portrait orientation in which the image is rotated 180 degrees. This setting is useful for printing envelopes and when using some third-party paper-handling devices.

Users can toggle orientation between portrait and landscape by left-clicking the preview image. If the Rotate by 180 degrees check box is selected, there is no change in the preview image.

Document preview image

The document preview image is a color, line-drawn image of a page that represents graphics and text. The preview image appears in the upper-right corner of all of the Document Defaults or Printing Preferences driver tabs (the Finishing, Effects, Paper, Destination, Basics, and Color tabs). For more information about the document preview image, see the "Finishing tab features" section of this document.

About button

By clicking the About button on the Basics tab or clicking the HP logo on any of the driver property pages, the About This Driver dialog box appears. To close the About box, click OK, press Esc, press Alt + F4, or press Enter. The following figure shows the About This Driver dialog box. The information it contains varies according to the HP Color LaserJet 9500 model number, driver, date, and versions.

The About tab indicates whether the driver was autoconfigured, whether administrator preferences were set, the date the driver was last configured, and whether the configuration is default or user-defined.

Driver extensions

The Driver Extensions text box provides information about any extended driver functionality. It can contain a brief description of the driver extension and a version number.

Color tab features

Use the Color tab to specify predefined color-option settings or to fine-tune the color treatments and halftone settings. Color output can also be converted to grayscale. The Color tab is shown in the following illustration.

The Color tab contains the following controls.

• Print Task Quick Sets group box
• Document preview image
• Color Options group box

Print Task Quick Sets

The Print Task Quick Sets control is used to store the current combination of driver settings that are found on all other Document Defaults or Printing Preferences driver tabs. Print Task Quick Sets are either preset or user defined printing specifications, such as paper size and pages per sheet. For more information, see the "Finishing tab features" section of this guide.

Document preview image

The document preview image is a color, line-drawn image of a page that represents graphics and text. The preview image appears in the upper-right corner of all of the Document Defaults or Printing Preferences driver tabs (the Finishing, Effects, Paper, Destination, Basics, and Color tabs). For more information about the document preview image, see the "Finishing tab features" section of this document.

Color options

Use the Color Options group box to adjust the independent color controls. The settings affect the print job color rendering and print quality.

To use default coloration settings, click the Automatic option button. To change the default coloration settings, click the Manual option button, and then click the Settings button. To convert color information to grayscale and print the document in black and white, select the Print in Grayscale checkbox.

Manual color settings

After clicking the Settings option button, the Color Settings dialog box appears. The default settings are shown in the following illustration. To change the settings, make selections using the drop-down menus in the Color Settings dialog box, and then click OK . Then save your selections when prompted as Custom or Manual settings.

The Manual Color Options dialog box gives independent control of neutral grays and halftone for three major components: text, graphics, and photographs.

The Neutral Grays drop-down menu controls the selection of a device-dependent color table that is embedded in the printer firmware. The options are Black Only or 4-Color. The Neutral Grays setting can be adjusted independently for text, graphics, or photographs.

• Black Only. This option generates neutral colors (grays and blacks) using only black toner, which ensures that neutral colors do not have a color cast.
• 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.

The Halftone settings control the selection of a device-dependent halftone algorithm that is embedded in the printer firmware. The Halftone options, Text and Detail, affect the resolution and clarity of your color output. The halftone settings can be independently adjusted for text, graphics, and photos.

• Text. This option is optimized for the best reproduction of normal to small text and graphics that require sharp distinctions among lines or colors. Choose this option when the sharp edges of small objects, especially those that contain secondary colors (such as red, green, and blue), are the top priority.
• Detail. This option is optimized for the best reproduction of images, graphics, and large, solid-filled print areas. It also enhances photographs by smoothing out fine color gradations. Choose this option when the color fidelity of large objects is the top priority.

The RGB Color settings affect the color treatment for object types and determines how colors are rendered. The options are Default (sRGB), Device, and Vivid.

• Default (sRGB). This option interprets RGB color as standard default RGB color space (sRGB), which is the accepted standard for many software companies and organizations such as Microsoft and the Worldwide Web Consortium.
• Device. This option sets the printer to print RGB data in the raw device mode. To render photographs properly when this option is selected, users must manage color in the software program in which they are working or in the operating system.
• Vivid. This option sets the printer to increase the color saturation in the midtones. Less colorful objects are rendered more colorfully. This value is recommended for printing business graphics.

  NOTE:

  If the software program being used converts text and graphics to raster, the Photographs settings also control the Text and Graphics settings.

The General Color Options settings are Edge Control and RGB Color. The Edge Control setting, which determines how edges are rendered, consists of two components: Adaptive Halftoning and Trapping. The Adaptive Halftoning setting increases the edge sharpness of text and graphics while maintaining the quality of area fills. The Trapping setting reduces the effect of color plane misregistration by slightly overlapping the edges of adjacent objects. The following options are available:

• Off, which sets Trapping and Adaptive Halftoning to Off.
• Light, which provides minimal trapping. Adaptive Halftoning is set to On.
• Normal, which provides the default Trapping setting. Adaptive Halftoning is set to On.
• Maximum, which provides the most trapping. Adaptive Halftoning is set to On.

Configure tab features

Use the Configure tab to tell the driver about the hardware configuration of the printer. If bidirectional communication is enabled in a supported environment, set up the Configure tab by clicking the Update Now button. If the environment does not support bidirectional communication, the Update Now button is unavailable so manually configure the options on this tab.

The Configure tab is available when the driver is opened from the Printers folder by clicking Properties . When opening the driver from within a software program, the Configure tab is not visible (with a few exceptions, such as when using Excel 5.0 or Corel Chart 4.0). When opened from the Printers folder, the Configure tab looks like the following illustration.

The Configure tab contains the following controls.

• Printer Model group box
• Paper Handling Options group box
• Other Options group box
• Automatic Configuration group box
• Printer image

Printer Model group box

In the Printer Model group box, the driver title remains HP Color LaserJet 9500 for both models. If another printer model is selected on the Configure tab, the appropriate changes to the other configuration options on the tab are also made.

Printer model defaults

The following are the default settings for each printer model in the HP Color LaserJet 9500 printer series.

HP Color LaserJet 9500n

When selecting the HP Color LaserJet 9500n printer, the following settings apply.

On the Configure tab

• The Total Printer Memory value is 128 MB.
• The value shown in the (DWS) dialog box is 5.0 MB.
• The Duplexing Unit check box is not selected.
• The Mopier Enabled check box is not available and not selected.
• Optional Paper Destinations is set to None.
• Optional Paper Sources is set to None.

On the More Configuration Options dialog box

When clicking the More button in the Other Options group box on the Configure tab, the More Configuration Options dialog box appears. The following defaults are found here.

• The Printer Hard Disk check box is not available and not selected.
• The Job Storage Enabled check box is not available and not selected.
• The Font DIMM(s) check box is not selected and the Configure button is not available.
• The Ignore Application Collation check box is not available and not selected.
• The Include Types in Application Source List check box is selected.

HP Color LaserJet 9500hdn

When selecting the HP Color LaserJet 9500hdn printer, the following settings apply:

On the Configure tab

• The Total Printer Memory value is 256 MB.
• The value shown in the (DWS) dialog box is 5.0 MB.
• The Duplexing Unit check box is selected.
• The Mopier Enabled check box is selected.
• Optional Paper Destinations is set to None.
• Optional Paper Sources is set to 2000-Sheet Paper Tray.

On the More Configuration Options dialog box

• When clicking the More button in the Other Options group box on the Configure tab, the More Configuration Options dialog box appears. The following defaults are found here.
• The Printer Hard Disk check box is selected.
• The Job Storage Enabled check box is selected.
• The Font DIMM(s) check box is not selected and the Configure button is not available.
• The Ignore Application Collation check box is selected.
• The Include Types in Application Source List check box is selected.

Paper-handling options

• The Paper Handling Options group box contains the following controls.
• Duplexing Unit check box
• Mopier Enabled check box
• Optional Paper Destinations drop-down menu
• Optional Paper Sources drop-down menu

Duplexing unit

Select this option if a duplexing unit is installed in the printer. When the Duplexing Unit option is selected, additional controls appear in the Document Options group box on the Finishing tab. Unlike most of the options in this group box, the Duplexing Unit option does not affect the printer image because the duplexing unit is contained within the printer. To print on both sides of the paper, click Print from the program, click the Properties button, click the Finishing tab, and then click Print on Both Sides.

Mopier enabled

A mopier is an HP-designed printer that produces multiple, collated copies from a single print job. Multiple-original printing (mopying) increases printer performance and reduces network traffic by sending the job to the printer once, then storing it. The remainder of the copies are printed at the fastest speed of the printer. All documents can be created, controlled, managed, and finished from the desktop, which eliminates the extra step of using a photocopier.

Both HP Color LaserJet 9500 printer models support the transmit-once mopying feature if the printer has a hard disk installed (the hard disk is standard on the HP Color LaserJet 9500hdn and is an available option for the HP Color LaserJet 9500n). The Mopier Enabled option is selected by default for the HP Color LaserJet 9500hdn printer.

Optional Paper Destinations

The Optional Paper Destinations drop-down menu contains the following options:

• (None)
• HP Multi-Function Finisher
• HP 3000-Sheet Stapler/Stacker
• HP 3000-Sheet Stacker

  NOTE:

  The optional paper destinations are available for the HP Color LaserJet 9500hdn only, although the options appear in the driver for the HP Color LaserJet 9500n also.

Optional Paper Sources

The Optional Paper Sources drop-down menu lists optional paper sources for the HP Color LaserJet 9500 series printer. The list of available paper sources varies, depending on the printer, its input accessories, and the printer configuration settings on the Configure tab.

For the HP Color LaserJet 9500 series printer, two optional paper sources are available. The settings in the Optional Paper Sources drop-down menu are as follows:

• (None) (the default setting for the HP Color LaserJet 9500n printer)
• 2000-Sheet Input Tray (the default setting for the HP Color LaserJet 9500hdn printer)

Other options

The Other Options group box contains a single More command button. Clicking the More button opens the More Configuration Options dialog box.

More configuration options

When pressing the More button under Other Options, more configuration options are available. The More Configuration Options dialog box is shown in the following illustration.

The More Configuration Options dialog box contains the following controls.

• Storage group box
• Fonts group box
• Ignore Application Collation check box
• Printer Memory group box
• Include Types in Application Source List check box

Storage

Use the Storage section to specify whether Job Storage is enabled. Job Storage is automatically enabled if the printer has a hard disk installed. Job Storage Enabled determines whether Job Storage appears as a feature on the Destination tab. For more information, see the "Job Storage" section of this guide.

Fonts

The Fonts group box contains a Font DIMM check box and a corresponding Configure button. Selecting the Font DIMM check box tells the driver that a Font DIMM is installed, and that stored data about the fonts on the DIMM is available. When the check box is selected, the Configure button is enabled. Click the Configure button to open the Configure Font DIMMs dialog box. If the Font DIMM check box was not selected when opening the More Configuration Options dialog box, selecting that check box automatically opens the Configure Font DIMMs dialog box.

Use the Configure Font DIMMs dialog box to perform the following tasks:

• Add up to two font DIMMs by clicking the Add button.
• Specify a unique font DIMM name.
• Select specific font DIMM data files that contain lists of fonts on specified DIMMs.
• Select one or more installed DIMMs in the Installed DIMMs list, and based on the selected DIMM(s). The list to the right (Fonts on DIMMs) shows all of the fonts available on the selected DIMM(s).
• Enable or disable one or more of the selected font(s).

Use the following procedure to configure a font DIMM.

• Make sure that the font DIMM is correctly installed.
• Click Add . The Add Font DIMM dialog box appears.
• Click Browse . The Font DIMM Files dialog box appears.
• Find and select the appropriate printer cartridge metrics (PCM) file that came with the font DIMM.
• Click Open .
• If desired, specify a Font DIMM Name in the Add Font DIMM dialog box.
• Click OK . The selected printer cartridge metrics (.PCM) file appears in the Installed DIMMs list. Select the .PCM file to see a list of available fonts in the Fonts on DIMM list.
• Click OK to close the Add Font DIMM dialog box. The fonts on the DIMM should now be available on the system.

  NOTE:

  When using font DIMMs with the PCL 6 and PCL 5c drivers: To install screen fonts that match the font DIMM, use the .HPB file specifically designed to work with that DIMM. If there are no screen fonts for the DIMM, use the . PCM file specifically designed to work with that DIMM.

Ignore Application Collation

Use the Ignore Application Collation setting to allow the driver, rather than the software program, to manage collation.

Do not use the Ignore Application Collation setting alone to print non-collated copies. To print multiple copies of non-collated copies, make sure that the Mopier Enabled setting is Off and that that the Collate check box is not selected in the Print dialog box of the software program.

The following table shows the expected behavior for a two-page print job when the number of copies is three. In some instances, the application collation setting overrides the Ignore Application Collation setting on the driver.

Printer memory

Total Memory shows the total amount of memory physically installed in the printer. The default values for the total printer memory are based on the printer model and are specified in the Printer Model setting of the Configuration tab. The total printer memory is updated through a successful bidirectional query, or it can be set manually.

The (DWS) value shows the amount of memory available for keeping track of the fonts that are downloaded from the driver. The driver deletes downloaded fonts if it has exceeded the available memory value. The (DWS) value is a dynamic value that varies, depending on the product, the product model, the specific configuration of the printer, and the print job. An accurate (DWS) value optimizes driver performance.

The (DWS) value is configured automatically by the PCL 6 and PCL 5c drivers in Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, and Windows NT 4.0 environments that support bidirectional communication. Use the (DWS) option to specify the amount of work-space memory that is available to the printer. To manually set the (DWS) value, print a configuration page and find the DWS value in the Memory section of the configuration page. Then, click the More... button on the Configuration tab, and type the DWS value in the (DWS) field of the More Configuration Options dialog box. The (DWS) value might change if switching printer-model settings.

Include types in application source list

When the Include types in application source list check box is selected, all paper types (such as envelopes and transparencies) are available from the Source is: list on the Paper tab. When in a software program, open the Paper tab by clicking Print from the File menu, and then clicking Properties.

Automatic configuration

If the configuration of the HP Color LaserJet 9500 series printer has been modified since installation, click the Update Now button to automatically reflect the new configuration in the driver. For more information about the driver automatic configuration feature.

Printer image

The bitmap image in the lower-right portion of the Configure tab represents the current physical configuration of the printer according to the driver configuration data (which can be obtained automatically through bidirectional communication, or configured manually in the Paper-Handling Options group box). The printer image should have the same appearance as the image in the same location on the Paper tab and the Destination tab.

NT Forms tab features

The NT Forms tab appears only in the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 operating environment. View the NT Forms tab (like the Configure tab) only from the Properties window. The figure below shows the NT Forms tab.

Use the NT Forms tab to specify which media sizes and types are loaded in each of the available paper trays. This constrains the choices available in the Size and Type lists on the Paper tab. This constraint prevents information overload if the user requests unavailable sizes or types.

The NT Forms tab contains a single group box, the Form/Tray Assignments group box, which contains the following controls.

• Available Trays is a drop-down menu that contains all of the the printer trays that are specified on the Configure tab.
• This Tray Contains/Size (Forms) drop-down menu contains a list of standard paper sizes the HP Color LaserJet 9500 series printer supports, as well as any custom forms that are defined in the NT Forms tab.
• This Tray Contains/Type drop-down menu lists all of the media types that the HP Color LaserJet 9500 series printer supports.
• Clear All button removes all of the the size and type constraints on the Paper tab.

Configuring the trays

• Select the appropriate tray from the Available Trays list.
• Use the This Tray Contains/Size (Forms) drop-down menu to select the paper size (or form) that is loaded in that tray.
• Use the This Tray Contains/Type drop-down menu to select the paper type that is configured for the tray.
• Repeat steps 1 through 3 for the remaining trays.
• If necessary, click the Clear All button to reconfigure all of the the trays, and remove the size and type constraints that have been imposed on the Paper tab.