HP LaserJet 5

The HP LaserJet 5 is a group of monochrome laser printers produced in the mid-1990s as part of the LaserJet series by Hewlett Packard (HP) [http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/feature_stories/2004/printerstimeline.pdf Twenty Years of Innovation: HP LaserJet and Inkjet Printers 1984–2004 (PDF)] (Accessed June 15 2006) ] . It was the successor to the HP LaserJet 4 series of printers, and in turn was superseded by the HP LaserJet 6 series of printers.

LaserJet 5 range

Tips And Tricks

5Si Network Connection

The LaserJet 5Si comes without a network adaptor, but an expansion slot is provided, and the firmware supports network printing. If an added network card can not be enabled, reset the printer to default factory settings - to do this, power off the printer, press and hold the online button and switch on the printer. Allow the printer to fully boot, then release the button. The printer is now reset to factory defaults, and the network configuration should now work.

5L Printing Issues

*The 5L model sometimes doesn't print portions of the page or prints blurred letters. This is because the page being printed is taking up more memory than the printer has available. The solution is to either lower the resolution from 600X600 dpi to 300X300 dpi, or install and use the 4L driver to print to the 5L printer.
*If part of a page is replaced by lines (or, sometimes, a blank space like above), and then printed on another page, this is because of low memory. Typically, the 5L will give an error before this occurs (i.e. it will stop printing and turn on only the amber error light, but will continue if you hit the button). There are memory cards you can buy and install into the printer to solve this problem.

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