To use the menus .............................................................................................................. 20
Reports menu .................................................................................................................... 21
System Setup menu .......................................................................................................... 22
Network Config. menu (HP Color LaserJet 2700n printer only) ......................................... 24
Service menu ..................................................................................................................... 25
Using the printer control panel in shared environments ..................................................................... 26
3 I/O configuration
USB configuration .............................................................................................................................. 28
Connecting the USB cable ................................................................................................. 28
Network configuration (HP Color LaserJet 2700n only) ..................................................................... 29
Set up the printer and use it on the network ...................................................................... 29
To set up a network port-connected configuration (direct mode or peer-to-
peer printing) ..................................................................................................... 29
Using the embedded Web server or the HP ToolboxFX .................................................... 30
Setting a system password ................................................................................................ 30
Using the printer control panel ........................................................................................... 30
IP configuration ................................................................................................. 30
Manual configuration ........................................................................ 30
Automatic configuration .................................................................... 31
Link speed and link duplex settings .................................................................. 31
Supported network protocols ............................................................................................. 32
TCP/IP ............................................................................................................................... 33
Internet Protocol (IP) ......................................................................................... 33
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) ............................................................... 33
IP address ......................................................................................................... 33
Configuring IP parameters ................................................................................ 33
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) ................................. 34
BOOTP ............................................................................................. 34
Subnets ............................................................................................................. 34
Subnet mask ..................................................................................... 34
Gateways .......................................................................................................... 34
Default gateway ................................................................................ 34
4 Printing tasks
Controlling print jobs ........................................................................................................................... 36
Source ............................................................................................................................... 36
Type and Size .................................................................................................................... 36
Priority for print settings ..................................................................................................... 37
Configuring trays ................................................................................................................................ 38
Configuring size ................................................................................................................. 38
Configuring type ................................................................................................................. 38
Configuring trays for custom paper .................................................................................... 38
Printing from tray 1 (100-sheet multipurpose tray) ............................................................ 38
Loading tray 1 ................................................................................................... 38
Printing from tray 2 or optional tray 3 ................................................................................. 40
Loading tray 2 ................................................................................................... 41
Loading optional tray 3 ...................................................................................... 43
Loading special media ....................................................................................................... 46
Using features in the Windows printer driver ...................................................................................... 47
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