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Copyright© 1996 Hewlett-Packard Co. Printed in USA 12/96 Manual Part No. C3166-90969 HP LaserJet 5Si/5Si MX/5Si NX Printer Getting Started Guide Printed on Recycled Paper English.
Getting Started Guide HP LaserJet 5Si / 5Si MX / 5Si NX Printer.
© Copyright H e wlett-Pa ckard Company , 1996 All Righ ts Re serve d. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation withou t prior w ritten permission is prohibited, except as allowed under the copyright laws.
Installation Checklist Congratulations on your purchase of the HP LaserJet 5Si/ 5Si MX/5Si NX printer! This Getting Started Guide will help you set up and install your new printer . Com plete, in order , the steps in the checklist. Each step is detailed on the follo wing pages with easy-to-follow directions.
Step 1. Pr eparing a Location f or the Printer Y our Location Requirements are: • • Sturdy, level floor surface for placement. • • Space allowance around printer, as shown above. • • A well-ventilated room. • • Room temperature: 50 to 90.
Step 2. Removing the Inter nal Packaging CAUTION This printer weighs 106 pounds/48.1 kg. We recommend four people to move it. 1 Remove all external packing tape from the printer. 2 Remove packing material from top output bin and protective film from display.
Step 3. Checking the Package Contents Locate each item in the list below: 1 Printer 2 Left Output Bin (face-up) 3 Control P an el Ov e r la y (fo r non-Eng lis h lan gua ge use rs onl y) 4 T oner Cart.
Step 4. Installing the P ower Cord 1 Locate the power cor d shipped with the printer. 2 Locate the power switch on the front of the printer. 3 Make sure all printer doors are closed and the power swtich is OFF ( out).
4 Open the left door and verify the fuser voltage rating is correct for the intended voltage application. 5 Insert the power cord into the power connector plug on the back of the printer. 6 CAUTION: Insert the other end of the power cord only into a pr oper AC power outlet.
Step 5. Installing the T oner Cartridge 1 Locate the toner cartridge packaged in Box 1 and use scissors to cut open the bag. 2 Distribute the toner by rotating the cartridge back and f orth 5 to 6 times. 3 Locate the sealing tape tab on the left end of the cartridge.
6 If the ring separ ates from the tape, grasp the tape itself and pull it out. 7 Open the printer’s top cove r. 8 Insert the cartridge into the pri nter.
Step 6. Changing or Installing the Contr ol Panel Ov erlay To change the overlay to a language other than English: 1 If you need to change the control panel overlay, locate the overlay in Box 1 and remove from its bag. 2 Make sure the power switch is off.
Step 7. Conf iguring the Display Language (Optional) Skip this step if you want English as the dis play language. 1 Press and hold [Select*] while simultaneously pushing the power switch ON ( In ). Hold [Select*] until CONFIG LAN GUAGE appears. 2 Release [Select*] .
Step 8. Loading the Paper T r ays For more information on paper tray configuation, (changing size and type) see chapter 5 of th e User’ s Guide. 1 Top Output Bin ( face-down) 2 Left Output Bin (face-up ) 3 Paper Tray 2 4 Paper Tray 3 5 Paper Tray 1 (multi-purpose) 1 Open Tray 2 and r emove the packing spacer and tape.
3 Slide front tray guide to desired paper size. 4 Lock front tray. 5 Push in and lift, then remove left-s ide paper guide. 6 Move the left-side guide to the desired position and reinstall.
7 Insert paper as shown. P ress along the edges to make sure it lies underneath the tabs. 8 Do NOT over fill the paper tray. Fill to bottom of arrows shown on indicator.
Step 9. Setting P ower Sa ve (Optional) Power Save reduces power consumption when the printer is not in use. To change or turn off the Power Save: 1 Press [Menus] repeatedly until CONFIGURAT ION MENU appear s. 2 Press [Items] repeatedly until POWER SAVE DELAY=1 HOUR * appears.
Step 10. T esting Printer Operation Note For a detailed description of the PCL configuration page, refer to Chapter 4 “Using the Control Panel” in your user’s guide. 1 Press [Menus] repeatedly until TEST MENU appears. 2 Press [Items] unti l PC L CONFIGURAT ION PAGE appea rs.
Step 11. T esting Printer Operation (P ostScript) Note PostScript is installed HP LaserJet 5Si MX printers. Test PostScript operation for the HP LaserJet 5Si MX printer by printing a PostScript configuration page. Skip this section for HP LaserJet 5Si printers unless you have purchased and installed PostScript separately.
Step 12. Selecting Bi-T r onics P arallel or Network Connection HP LaserJ et 5Si, 5Si MX, and 5Si NX Printers Both the HP LaserJet 5Si, 5Si MX, and 5Si NX printers come with a Bi-T ronics parallel port. Bi-T ronics parallel is a standard port on most DOS-based system s.
Step 13. Selecting Bi-T r onics P arallel Interface A computer communicates with a printer through an interface cable. Your printer supports a Bi-Tronics parallel cable which is fully compatible with the Centronics parallel interface. This cable is connected to the back of your printer and connects to your computer.
Step 14. Installing a Bi-T r onics Parallel Cable 1 Make sure the printer and computer are OFF (Out). 2 Plug the cable into your computer and your printer. 3 Use the wire clips on the printer to secure the cable to your printer. 4 Turn your computer and printer ON (In).
Step 15. V erifying Communication with a Bi-T r onics Connection To make sure your printer and compu ter are set up correctly to communicate to each other, print out a director y list. 1 Make sure your computer and printer are ON, and your printer is online.
Step 16. Connecting the Printer to the Network A computer communicates with your printer through an inter face cable. Y our H P LaserJet 5Si MX/5Si NX printer supports up to four dif ferent interf ace cables: BNC (ThinLAN), 10Base-T (RJ-45), DIN- 8 (LocalT alk), and Bi-Tronics parallel.
Connecting the Printer to the Network (continued) 10Base-T Interface 1 Plug the connector of your twisted-pair network cable into the 10Base-T port (RJ-45) on the HP JetDirect print server. The other end of the cable should be attached to a twisted-pair hub/concentrator.
Step 17. Optional Network Conf iguration The f ollowing is f or HP LaserJ et 5Si MX/5Si NX printer only . Certain network parameters for No vell NetW are, UNI X (HP-UX, Solaris, or SunOS), a nd EtherT alk networks might need to be set depending upon your network configuration.
Optional Network Conf iguration (continued) Conf iguring No v ell NetW ar e Frame T ype Parameters Normally , selecting a NetW are frame type is not required.
Optional Network Conf iguration (continued) Conf iguring TCP/IP Pa rameters The HP JetAdmin utility for UNIX (pro vided separately) may be us ed to configure TCP/IP parameters. If you don’t ha ve the software that you need to configure your printer , see Step 21 for sources.
Optional Network Conf iguration (continued) 10 Press [Items] to continue. Re peat steps 8 and 9 to configure the remaining bytes of the IP address. 11 Repeat steps 8 through 10 to configure the subnet mask bytes ( SM ) , syslog server IP addr ess ( LG ), default gateway ( GW ), and timeout ( TIMEOUT ).
Step 18. Disabling Network Pr otocols (Optional) 1 Press [Menus] repeatedly until HP MIO 1 MENU appears. 2 Press [Items] . CFG NETWORK=NO * appears. 3 Press [+] . CF G NETWORK=Y ES appea rs. 4 Press [Select*] . CFG NETWORK =YES * appears. 5 Press [Items] to scroll through each network protocol.
T o Disable TCP/IP a Press [+] to change to TCP/IP = OFF . b Press [Select*] to change and save the new status. TCP/IP = OFF * a ppears. c Press [Items] to continue configuring. ETALK = ON * appears. T o Disable Apple EtherT alk and LocalT alk a Press [+] to change to ETALK = OFF.
Step 19. Network Security (Optional) The HP LaserJet 5Si, 5Si MX, and 5Si NX Printers allow you to lock out other users’ ability to change most printer control panel settings.
ASCII PJL Escape Sequence The follo wing commands mu s t be cre ated usin g a DOS or W indo ws ASCII editor . They must also be sent to the printer using a DOS COPY command or an ASCII file do wnloader utility . Note In the following examples, ? represents the escape character .
Step 20. Installing the Softwar e Driv ers Before you use this printer with your software applications, you must install printing software. The HP LaserJet 5Si MX Printer software is included with the printer on CD-R OM and contains the software for running the printer in v arious en vironments.
4 In W indows Program Manager , select the F i le menu. 5 Choose Run . 6 Click Bro wse . 7 Select the SETUP .EXE program file in the root directory on the CD-R OM dri ve. 8 Click OK . 9 V erify the SETUP .EXE is entered in the Command Line in the Ru n window .
If a printer was selected during OS/2 installation: 1 Point to the printer object. 2 Click mouse button 2. 3 Select Settings. 4 Select the Printer driver tab . 5 Point to one of the printer driver objects. 6 Click mouse button 2. 7 Select Install. 8 Select Other OS/2 print er dr i ve r .
For e xample, from the [E:OS2W ARPENGLISH] prompt, enter: JETINST E: C: HP W ait for the system to respond. Read and follow the instructions provided. Note PMSPL.DLL must be a version dated May 4, 1995 or later . 7 Installation is complete. Refer to the HP JetDir ect Softwar e Installation Guide to configure your printers.
Disk Imaging Y ou may copy the software disk images to a network dri ve or floppy disks. For example, locate the disk image subdirectories for your operating system and language, and copy the entire directory (or directories) using File Manager , XCOPY , or another f ile management tool.
CD-ROM Directory Structure Subdirectory 1 Subdirectory 2 Subdirectory 3 Subdirectory 4 WIN95 (for Windows 95) Dansk (Danish) Subdirectory of eac h disk NA Deutch (German) Subdirectory of eac h disk NA.
T o Obtain Software Not Included W ith This Printer The following operating systems are supported by the HP LaserJet 5Si Printer , b ut the software must be ordered se parately: • • Microsoft LAN Manager for OS/2, v. 2.1 • • Microsoft Windows NT , v.
What if I ha ve problems with my s oftwar e ? • • If your CD-ROM is damaged or lost, or you need disks, call the HP Distribution at (970) 339-7009. US Only. • • For 24-hour automated support answers to common problems regarding HP software, call HP Audio T ips at (800) 333-1917.
T r oubleshooting Checklist • • Is the control panel blank? Make sure all power cables are securely attached and plugged into a grounded power outlet. Make sure the printer power switch is ON. • • Does the control panel display OFFLINE ? Press [Online] .
F or Additional Assistance... Consult your user’ s guide. Call th e HP Deal e r fr om whom you purchased y our pr in te r . Call the Hewlett-P ackard Customer Support C enter .
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