HP LaserJet 8150 Series Printer - User Guide
Table Of Contents
- HP Customer Care
- Contents
- Introduction
- Printer Basics
- Printing Tasks
- Advanced Printing Tasks
- Overview
- Using Features in the Printer Driver
- Different First Page
- Blank Back Page
- Customizing Tray 1 Operation
- Printing by Type and Size of Paper
- Changing the Variable Fuser Mode
- Loading Custom-size Paper
- Job Retention
- Printing with the Optional HP Fast InfraRed Connect
- Edge-to-Edge Printing
- Duplex Registration
- Printer Maintenance
- Problem Solving
- Overview
- Clearing Paper Jams
- Clearing Jams from the Input Tray Areas
- Clearing Jams from the Optional Duplex Printing Accessory
- Clearing Jams from the Top Cover Area
- Clearing Jams from the Output Areas
- Clearing Jams from an Optional HP Output Device
- Clearing Jams from the Stapler (5-bin Mailbox with Stapler)
- Solving Repeated Paper Jams
- Understanding Printer Messages
- Correcting Output Quality Problems
- Checking the Printer’s Configuration
- HP Digital Copy
- Overview
- HP Digital Copy Installation
- HP Digital Copy Operating Instructions
- HP Digital Copy Features and Benefits
- HP Digital Copy Control Panel
- HP Digital Copy Settings
- Loading documents into the Automatic Document Feeder
- Loading documents onto the Flatbed
- Loading documents larger than the Document Board
- Reading a page from a thick book
- Foreign Interface Harness
- Paper Specifications
- Document Quality
- HP Digital Copy Maintenance
- HP Digital Copy Problem Solving
- Service and Support
- Specifications
- Control Panel Menus
- Printer Memory and Expansion
- Printer Commands
- Regulatory Information
- Index

Chapter 2 Printing Tasks 143
Printing Special Paper
If the settings are not available from the software, set the custom paper size
from the control panel:
1 From the Printing Menu set CONFIGURE CUSTOM PAPER=YES.
2 From the Printing Menu, select inches or millimeters as the unit of
measurement.
3 From the Printing Menu, set the X dimension (the front edge of the paper)
as shown in the illustration above. X can be from 3.9 to 11.7 inches (from
98 to 297 mm) for Tray 1. Set the Y dimension (the side edge of the paper)
as shown in the illustration above. Y can be from 7.5 to 17.7 inches (from
191 to 450 mm) for Tray 1.
4 If custom paper is loaded into Tray 1 and TRAY 1 MODE=CASSETTE, then set
TRAY 1 SIZE=CUSTOM from the Paper Handling Menu in the printer’s control
panel. See Customizing Tray 1 Operation
on page 154.
5 In the software, select Custom or the name assigned to the custom-size
paper in the driver as the paper size.
For example, if the custom paper is 8 x 10 inches (203 x 254 mm), set X=8
inches and Y=10 inches (X=203 millimeters and Y=254 millimeters).










