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Reviewing the Printer Settings
The table below shows the settings that you can change with the HP OfficeJet LX Printer.
It also gives the factory settings (defaults), where applicable.
Option Use Whenever You Need To Print ...
Printout
Black Text Documents that contain only black text, such as letters. Black Text is the default mode.
Grayscale Documents that contain solid graphics, such as business graphs and charts, to be
printed in shades of gray.
For grayscale printing of color images, use grayscale mode. With grayscale imaging,
different colors and saturation levels of color are represented as different shades of
gray.
Print Quality
Best Documents with highest print quality. This mode prints more slowly than Normal
mode for most documents.
Normal Documents with letter quality printing. Normal is the default print quality setting.
EconoFast Documents with draft quality printing. EconoFast prints faster and uses less ink.
Orientation
Portrait Across the width of the page (letter-style). Portrait is the default Orientation setting.
Landscape Across the length of the page (spreadsheet-style).
Media
Plain Paper On bond or photocopy paper and envelopes. Plain Paper is the default Media setting.
Transparency On HP LX JetSeries Transparency Film. If you are printing more than one page, the
printer waits several minutes between printing transparencies to
allow time for the ink to dry.
Transparency
(Extra Dry
Time)
In high humidity where ink on transparencies may dry slowly. The printer stops
printing after each transparency. You may want to remove each transparency from the
printer OUT tray before restarting printing. Click OK in the dialog box to restart
printing.
HP Glossy
Paper
On HP LX JetSeries Glossy Paper. If you are printing more than one page,
the printer waits several minutes between printing sheets to allow time for the ink to
dry.
HP Glossy
Paper (Extra
Dry Time)
In high humidity where glossy pages may dry slowly. The printer stops printing after
each sheet. You may want to remove each sheet from the printer OUT tray before
restarting printing. Click OK in the dialog box to restart printing.
LX JetSeries
Paper
On HP LX JetSeries Paper to enhance output.
Media Size
Letter Print on standard US paper size (8.5 x 11 in.) Letter is the default Media Size in the
US.
Legal
Print on US legal-sized paper (8.5 x 14 in.).
Executive Print on US executive-sized paper (7.5 x 10.5 in.).
No. 10
Print on standard US envelope size (4.125 x 9.5 in.).
A4 Print on standard European paper size (210 x 297 mm.). A4 is the default Media Size
in Europe.
DL Print on standard European envelope size (220 x 110 mm.).