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HP 5100 User Manual

HP 5100
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Contents
1 Printer Basics
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Printer Features and Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Printer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Printer Parts and Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Accessories and Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Suggested Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Control Panel Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Control Panel Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Control Panel Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Control Panel Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Configure the control panel display language (Optional) . . 15
Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Printer Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Software for Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Software for Macintosh Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Software for Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2 Printing Tasks
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Selecting the Output Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Printing to the Top Output Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Printing to the Rear Output Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Loading Tray 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Loading Tray 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Loading the 500-Sheet Tray (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Printing Both Sides of Paper (Optional Duplexer) . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Printing Special Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Printing Letterhead, Prepunched, or Preprinted Paper . . . . 38
Printing Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Printing Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Printing Transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Printing Rotated Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Printing Full-Bleed Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Printing Cards, Custom-Size and Heavy Paper . . . . . . . . . 47
Printing Vellum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Advanced Printing Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Using Features in the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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HP 5100 Specifications

General IconGeneral
Print TechnologyLaser
ConnectivityParallel, USB
Duplex PrintingManual
Print Resolution1200 x 1200 dpi
Paper Handling100-sheet multipurpose tray
Media Sizes SupportedLetter, legal, executive

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