HP LaserJet 4200 and 4300 printers - Software Technical Reference Manual

You can assign a four-digit PIN to a print job when you are using the Private Job or Stored Job feature. This number

must be typed at the printer control panel before the job can be printed.

The box labeled PIN is usually inactive. Selecting Private Job or Stored Job along with Require PIN to Print

activates the PIN box. The Stored Job/PIN coupling has a PIN restriction of four ASCII numeric characters (ASCII 0-30

through 0-39). If you type non-numeric characters, they are removed immediately. If you type more than four

characters, the characters after the fourth are truncated. The field temporarily accepts fewer than four digits in the

string, but when the edit field loses focus, the zeroes pad the left end of the PIN until it contains exactly four digits. The

default initialized value for the PIN is 0000 for Private Job and Stored Job with Require PIN to Print selected.

Private Job

Use this option to send a print job directly to the printer memory. Selecting Private Job activates the PIN field. The

print job can be printed only after you type a PIN at the printer control panel. After the job is printed, the printer

removes the job from the printer memory. This feature is useful when you are printing sensitive or confidential

documents that you do not want to leave in an output bin after printing. Private Job stores the print job on the hard

disk.

After it is released for printing, the private job is immediately deleted from the printer. If more copies are needed, you

will have to reprint the job from the software program. If you send a second private job to the printer that has the same

user name and job name as an existing private job (and if you have not released the original job for printing), the

second job will overwrite the older job, regardless of the PIN. Private jobs are deleted if power to the printer is

interrupted.

Stored Job

Use Stored Job to send a print job directly to the printer hard disk. The print job is stored in the printer as if it is an

electronic file cabinet. After the print job is stored in the printer's hard disk, you can print the job at the printer control

panel. Nothing will be printed until the job is requested at the printer control panel.

The job remains stored on the printer until it is deleted or overwritten by a document with the same user and job

names. Stored jobs remain on the printer hard disk when power is interrupted. Use this feature for forms and other

common or shared documents.

A stored job can be handled in two ways: as either a private or a public job. If you create a private stored job, a print

job is sent directly to the printer memory and can be printed only after you type a PIN at the printer control panel. (You

can set the PIN in the Print dialog box.) After the job is printed, the job remains in the printer memory and can be

printed again from the printer control panel. This feature is useful when you are printing sensitive or confidential

documents that you do not want to leave in an output bin after printing. Private mode is initiated by selecting the

Require PIN to Print check box. In this mode, you have to type a PIN at the control panel to release the job.

The box labeled PIN is usually inactive. The Require PIN to Print option is activated if you click Stored Job. If the

Require PIN to Print option is selected, you must type a PIN to make the stored job private.

Note

A private stored job is not the same as a private job (see above). Private jobs are deleted from the

printer memory after they are printed. Private stored jobs are retained in the printer memory after

printing, but require a PIN to be used each time the private stored jobs are printed.

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