HP Laserjet,Color Laserjet 4550 Software Manual

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HP Color LaserJet 4550 Software Technical Reference 3 Table of contents Notice ........................................................................................................................................ 2 Trademark notices.................................................................................................................... 2 Table of contents....................................................................... ...

HP Color LaserJet 4550 Software Technical Reference 4 Help system...................................................................................................................................... 65 PCL 6 driver feature set .................................................................................................................... 67 PCL 5c driver feature set .................................................................... ...

HP Color LaserJet 4550 Software Technical Reference 5 PS driver modifications ................................................................................................................... 122 Windows NT 3.51.................................................................................................................. 124 System requirements........................................................................................... ...

HP Color LaserJet 4550 Software Technical Reference 6 INI file entries........................................................................................................................ 165 Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Millennium Ini Entries ..................................................... 165 Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Millennium, Windows NT4.0, and Windows 2000 ini entries.. 165 Enabling/disabling job status and al ...

HP Color LaserJet 4550 Software Technical Reference 7 HP Color LaserJet 4550/4550N/4550DN/4550HDN Software Technical Reference Purpose and scope This technical reference provides information about and troubleshooting tips for the software of the HP Color LaserJet 4550/4550N/4550DN/4550HDN Printer series. The following information is included in this technical reference: • Driver and platform Descriptions with system modifications • Pr ...

HP Color LaserJet 4550 Software Technical Reference 8 • Windows NT Workstation 3.51 The following systems support a PS emulation configuration of the printer software: • Macintosh OS System 7.5.3 and later ...

HP Color LaserJet 4550 Software Technical Reference 9 Printing system components Printing system and installer Printing system HP Color LaserJet 4550 Printing System version 1.0 Installer HP Color LaserJet 4550 Installer version 1.0 Unattended install Silent Install allows you to configure Setup to run without user interaction. This installation method is useful when you want to use the default selections provided by Setup or when ...

HP Color LaserJet 4550 Software Technical Reference 10 The following Descriptions explain the available options: • /u Signals the installer to use the specified port and printer given on the command line (or in this file), and use all default selections. Installation then proceeds without prompting the user. • /port=xxxx Used to specify the default port when doing an unattended install. The value specified by xxxx should ...

HP Color LaserJet 4550 Software Technical Reference 11 Figure 1: Installer Main Screen ...

HP Color LaserJet 4550 Software Technical Reference 12 Figure 2: Installation Type dialog box Install Printer – This wizard guides you through the installation of your HP color LaserJet 4550 Printing System. Only the necessary software will be installed. • Register Product: Register your HP Color LaserJet 4550 through the Internet. • View Documentation: View the HP Color LaserJet 4550 Documentation. • Customization Utilit ...

HP Color LaserJet 4550 Software Technical Reference 13 Figure 3: Typical Install options Bidirectional (Bidi) Communication for the PCL 6 and PCL 5c Windows Drivers Automatic Driver Configuration and Job Status and Alerts use bidirectional communications software. The Typical Installation installs all of the above components which includes Automatic Driver Configuration, which contain the bi-directional software. These features c ...

HP Color LaserJet 4550 Software Technical Reference 14 Figure 4: PCL 6 driver Configuration tab Job Status and Alerts This feature will notify users with a pop-up message when their active print job is interrupted or completed. Interrupt conditions could include paper jam, toner out, paper out, etc. Pop-up messages will appear regardless of the application the user is in. Users can choose which alerts to deliver, or to turn them a ...

HP Color LaserJet 4550 Software Technical Reference 15 Example messages are: • Toner Out: Job Stopped. Replace: (Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow). • Media Out: Job Stopped. Load: (transparencies, letter paper, etc.). • No printer response (either not connected or not functioning properly). • Job Complete. Pull Status In addition to the pop-up status alerts, Job Status and Alerts allows the user to remotely view the printer st ...

HP Color LaserJet 4550 Software Technical Reference 16 End-user software components Drivers The printing system for the HP Color LaserJet 4550 printer family includes the following printer drivers: Windows drivers Operating System Driver Description Windows 2000 • HP Color LaserJet 4550 PCL 6, PCL 5c • HP Color LaserJet 4550 PS PPD for use with Microsoft PSCRIPT driver, version 5.00.1234 Windows 95, Windows 98, and W ...

HP Color LaserJet 4550 Software Technical Reference 17 Additional components and features The HP Color LaserJet 4550/4550N/4550DN/4550HDN Printing System (version 1.00) includes the following components for Windows and Macintosh environments. Following the table are descriptions of each component. Component Version HP Installer 1.0 HP Online User Guide 2.0 Macintosh LaserJet Utility (Mac OS 8.0 and later) 3.5.6 Macintosh ...

HP Color LaserJet 4550 Software Technical Reference 18 interpreted in the default CMYK and RGB modes. The sRGB profile matches the default RGB mode (sRGB) which is enabled with the Screen Match or Automatic Color Smart II setting in either the PCL or PostScript driver. The CMYK profile is based on the default mode, which is a SWOP simulation with a CMYK Inkset setting of FAST in the PostScript driver. These profiles c ...

HP Color LaserJet 4550 Software Technical Reference 19 • Fractal Design Painter 2–5.5 • EPSF Charts • TIFF Charts • PANTONE® * Color Drive • Text Format (ASCII) • Raw PostScript File • Adobe Acrobat Vector graphics such as company logos created in one of the above applications (using palettes or applications preserving the PANTONE ® * name) can be imported into Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or other MS Off ...

HP Color LaserJet 4550 Software Technical Reference 20 NOTE: Hewlett-Packard supports JetAdmin for existing products, but does not provide applets for new products released after Spring, 2000. The HP Color LaserJet 4550 series can use JetAdmin with basic functionality, but Trays and the Paper tab will not be available for configuration. Web JetAdmin A link to download Web JetAdmin over the web is under Optional Software ...