HP Color LaserJet Pro M479 User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Printer overview
- Paper trays
- Supplies, accessories, and parts
- Order supplies, accessories, and parts
- Dynamic security
- Configure the HP toner-cartridge-protection supply settings
- Introduction
- Enable or disable the Cartridge Policy feature
- Use the printer control panel to enable the Cartridge Policy feature
- Use the printer control panel to disable the Cartridge Policy feature
- Use the HP Embedded Web Server (EWS) to enable the Cartridge Policy feature
- Use the HP Embedded Web Server (EWS) to disable the Cartridge Policy feature
- Troubleshoot Cartridge Policy control panel error messages
- Enable or disable the Cartridge Protection feature
- Use the printer control panel to enable the Cartridge Protection feature
- Use the printer control panel to disable the Cartridge Protection feature
- Use the HP Embedded Web Server (EWS) to enable the Cartridge Protection feature
- Use the HP Embedded Web Server (EWS) to disable the Cartridge Protection feature
- Troubleshoot Cartridge Protection control panel error messages
- Replace the toner cartridges
- Copy
- Scan
- Scan by using HP Scan software (Windows)
- Scan by using HP Easy Scan Software (macOS)
- Set up Scan to Email
- Set up Scan to Network Folder
- Set up Scan to SharePoint
- Set up Scan to Computer (Windows)
- Scan to a USB flash drive
- Scan to email
- Scan to a network folder
- Scan to SharePoint
- Scan to a computer (Windows)
- Additional scan tasks
- Fax
- Connect and configure the printer for fax
- Connect the printer to a telephone line
- Configure the printer for fax
- Configure the fax time, date and header using the HP Fax Setup Wizard
- Configure the time, date, and header using the printer control panel
- Configure the time, date, and header using the HP Embedded Web Server and Printer Home Page (EWS)
- Configure for stand-alone fax
- Configure for an answering machine
- Install the HP Fax software in Windows (optional)
- Send a fax
- Create, edit, and delete phone book entries
- Reprint a received fax from the printer memory
- Additional fax tasks
- Connect and configure the printer for fax
- Manage the printer
- Solve problems
- Customer support
- Control panel help system
- Restore the factory-set defaults
- A “Cartridge is low” or “Cartridge is very low” message displays on the printer control panel
- Printer does not pick up paper or misfeeds
- Clear paper jams
- Introduction
- Experiencing frequent or recurring paper jams?
- Paper jam locations
- Clear paper jams in the document feeder
- Clear paper jams in Tray 1 (13.02)
- Clear paper jams in Tray 2 (13.03)
- Clear paper jams in the output bin (13.10, 13.11, 13.12)
- Clear paper jams in the duplexer (duplex models only) (13.14, 13.15)
- Clear paper jams in the toner cartridge or fuser area (13.08, 13.09)
- Resolving print quality problems
- Introduction
- Troubleshoot print quality
- Update the printer firmware
- Print from a different software program
- Check the paper-type setting for the print job
- Check toner-cartridge status
- Print a cleaning page
- Visually inspect the toner cartridge or cartridges
- Check paper and the printing environment
- Try a different print driver
- Troubleshoot color quality
- Check the EconoMode settings
- Adjust print density
- Troubleshoot image defects
- Improve copy and scan image quality
- Improve fax image quality
- Solve wired network problems
- Introduction
- Poor physical connection
- The computer is using the incorrect IP address for the printer
- The computer is unable to communicate with the printer
- The printer is using incorrect link and duplex settings for the network
- New software programs might be causing compatibility problems
- The computer or workstation might be set up incorrectly
- The printer is disabled, or other network settings are incorrect
- Solve wireless network problems
- Introduction
- Wireless connectivity checklist
- The printer does not print after the wireless configuration completes
- The printer does not print, and the computer has a third-party firewall installed
- The wireless connection does not work after moving the wireless router or printer
- Cannot connect more computers to the wireless printer
- The wireless printer loses communication when connected to a VPN
- The network does not appear in the wireless networks list
- The wireless network is not functioning
- Perform a wireless network diagnostic test
- Reduce interference on a wireless network
- Solve fax problems
- Index
● macOS: The print driver displays the Copies & Pages menu. Open the drop-down list, and then click the
Job Storage menu.
If the Job Storage menu is not showing, close the Print window and then reopen it to activate the menu.
Disable or enable the job storage feature
Disable the job storage feature to make it unavailable, even if a USB drive is inserted into the printer. Enable the
feature to make it available again.
1. Open the Printer Properties:
● Windows: From the Start menu, open Settings, click Devices, and then click Devices and Printers.
Right-click on the printer and click Printer properties.
● macOS: From the Apple menu, open System Preferences, and then click Printers & Scanners. Select the
printer and click Options & Supplies.
2. Disable the Job Storage option as follows:
● Windows: Click the Device settings tab, click on Job Storage, and then select Disable.
● macOS: On the Options tab, clear the Job Storage check box.
To enable the feature, set the Job Storage option back to Automatic (Windows), or select the Job Storage check
box (macOS).
Create a stored job (Windows)
Store jobs on the USB ash drive for private or delayed printing.
1. From the software program, select the Print option.
2. Select the printer from the list of printers, and then select Properties or Preferences.
NOTE: The name of the button varies for dierent software programs.
For the HP PCL 6 driver, the HP AiO Printer Remote application downloads additional driver features when
More settings is selected.
3. Click the Job Storage tab.
NOTE: If the Job Storage tab is not showing, follow the instructions in the "Disable or enable job storage
feature" section to activate the tab.
4. Select a Job Storage Mode option:
● Proof and Hold: Print and proof one copy of a job, and then print more copies. The rst copy prints
immediately. Printing of the subsequent copies must be initiated from the device's front control panel.
For example, if 10 copies are sent, one copy prints immediately, and the other nine copies will print
when the job is retrieved. The job is deleted after all copies are printed.
● Personal Job: The job does not print until you request it at the printer control panel. For this job-storage
mode, you can select one of the Make Job Private/Secure options. If you assign a personal identication
number (PIN) to the job, you must provide the required PIN at the control panel. If you encrypt the job,
you must provide the required password at the control panel. The print job is deleted from memory
after it prints.
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