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HP PSC 1500 All-in-One Printer Series- Setting up the All-in-One (Hardware)
Introduction
This document explains how to set up the physical parts of the product. Complete these steps before
you install the product software on your computer. If you already set up the product hardware, and need software installation help, see Links to Software Installation Instructions
at the end of this document. This document includes the following steps to set up the product:
Unpack the All-in-One
Check the contents of the box
Attach the control panel overlay, if not attached
Connect the power cord and adapter
Turn the product on
Load plain white paper
Insert the cartridges
Align the cartridges
Follow these steps in order. When you are finished, you can click the appropriate link at the end of this document if you need instructions to install the product software.
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Do NOT connect the USB cable now. If you need a USB cable to connect the product to the computer, you will be prompted to connect it at the correct time during software installation. |
Step one: Unpack the All-in-One
Remove all tape and packing material from the product.
Figure 1: Remove all packing materials
Step two: Check the contents of the box
The contents might vary by country/region. See the packaging for a list of items shipped in the box.
Step three: Attach the control panel overlay, if not attached
Hold the control panel overlay with the printed side facing you and gently bend the bottom tab of the control panel overlay away from you.
Figure 2: Bend bottom tab
Remove the bottom tab and the backing from
the overlay.
Figure 3: Remove bottom tab
Lift the lid of the product. Insert the tabs of the overlay into
the device. Make sure the tabs are inserted
correctly before sticking the overlay to the
device.
Figure 4: Open lid and insert the overlay tabs into place
Press down on the overlay to make sure it is firmly
attached. Do not
press on the LCD area. The
tabs must be in the slots.
Figure 5: Press down on the overlay to attach it
Step four: Connect the power cord and adapter
Plug the printer end of the power adapter into the back of the printer.
Plug the adapter end of the power cord into the power adapter.
Plug the remaining end of the power cord into a grounded wall outlet or surge protector.
Figure 6: Connect the power cord and adapter
1 - Printer end of the adapter
2 - Adapter end of the power cord
3 - Plug end of the power cord
Step five: Turn the product on
Press the Power
button to turn the product on.
Figure 7: Turn the product on
After you press the button, the green light
flashes, and then becomes solid. This might take up
to a minute.
Step six: Load plain white paper
Open the paper tray door.
Figure 8: Open the paper tray door
Pull the paper tray extender toward you, as far as it will go. Flip the paper catch at
the end of the paper tray extender to open the extender the rest of the way. |
NOTE:
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Legal paper might get caught on the paper tray extender if it is
fully extended when you print onto legal paper. To avoid a paper jam
when using legal-size paper, do not open the paper tray extender. |
Squeeze and hold the tab on the top of the paper-width guide, then slide the
paper-width guide to its outermost position.
Figure 9: Slide the paper-width guide to the outermost position
Tap a stack of paper on a flat surface to align the edges, and then check the
paper for the following:
Make sure it is free of rips, dust, wrinkles, and curled or bent edges.
Make sure all the paper in the stack is the same size and type.
Insert the stack of paper into the paper tray with the short edge forward and the
print side down. Slide the stack of paper forward until it stops.
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NOTE:
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If using letterhead, insert the top of the page first with the
print side down. For more help on loading full-size paper and letterhead,
refer to the diagram engraved in the base of the paper tray. |
Figure 10: Insert paper into the All-in-One
Squeeze and hold the tab on the top of the paper-width guide, then slide the
paper-width guide inward until it stops at the edge of the paper.
Figure 11: Slide the paper-width guide to the edge of the paper
Do not
overload the paper tray; make sure the stack of paper fits within the paper
tray and is no higher than the top of the paper-width guide.
Step seven: Insert the cartridges
Lower the access door until it stops. Make sure
the carriage moves to the right side.
Figure 12: Lower the access door
Figure 13: Carriage for the cartridges
Pull the pink tab to remove the protective tape from both cartridges.
Figure 14: Remove the tape
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Do not touch the copper-colored contacts or
retape the cartridges.
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Insert the tri-color cartridge in the left slot of the carriage, and then push the cartridge firmly into the slot
until it snaps into place.
Figure 15: Push the cartridge into place
In the same way, insert the black cartridge in the right slot of the carriage.
Figure 16: The cartridges in the proper position
1 - Tri-color print cartridge
2 - Black print cartridge
Close the access door.
Step eight: Align the cartridges
After you insert the cartridges, a cartridge alignment
page prints. This might take a few minutes.
Lift the lid of the product.
Place the top of alignment page face down in the
right front corner of the glass.
Figure 17: Place the alignment page face down
Close the lid.
Press the Start Scan
button.
Figure 18: Start Scan button
The Power
button light blinks during the alignment process. After the light stops blinking, alignment is complete.
Links to software installation instructions
After you complete the previous setup steps, you can install the product software with the product CD or by downloading the software from the HP Web site. For instructions, click the link for your computer operating system.
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For USB connections, do NOT connect the USB cable yet. You will be prompted to connect it at the correct time during software installation. |
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