HP LaserJet 9000 Series - Software Technical Reference

Software Technical Reference for the HP LaserJet 9000 printers

The Job Name is used for specifying a name to identify the job on the printer control panel. When

the driver is installed, or when the Factory Defaults Quick Set is selected, this string is

initialized to the empty string (" "), but the dialog box will detect this condition and replace the

string with "Untitled". Restrictions for the job name field are described below.

The Job Name and the User Name field can contain no more than 16 characters, and are limited

to A through Z and 0 through 9, because the name is displayed on the printer control panel. If you

try to enter a lowercase character, it automatically shifts to uppercase. If you try to enter a

character with an ASCII code of less than 32 or greater than 126 characters, the character is

removed from the edit field, along with all characters that follow it. If you try to enter more than 16

characters, any character beyond 16 is truncated. When the dialog box is closed, or the edit box

loses focus, an empty string is replaced with "Untitled". In those languages for which "Untitled"

cannot be translated without the use of invalid characters, the driver uses a string of three

dashes. The acceptable characters for job name and user name vary for each operating system.

The string must be displayable on the printer control panel.

Private print jobs are secured by a four-digit PIN, which you can assign to a print job when you

are using the Private Job feature. This number must be entered in the printer control panel before

it prints the job. You can choose a predefined PIN, or you can also create a custom PIN.

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 enter non-numeric characters, they

are removed immediately. If you enter more than four characters, the characters past the fourth

are truncated. The field temporarily allows fewer than four digits in the string, but when the edit

field loses focus, the zeroes pad the left end until there are exactly four digits. The default

initialized value for PIN is 0000 for Private Job and Stored Job with Require PIN to Print

checked.

Using Job Retention options when printing

You can use Job Retention options in the Destination tab of the printer driver.

NOTE: The printer driver installed on your computer must be configured to use

the Job Retention features. See the "Configuring the printer driver for a

printer hard disk" section.

1. Click Print from the software application. The Print dialog box appears.

2. Click Properties. The Properties dialog box appears.

3. Click the Destination tab to display the destination options.

4. Click Job Retention on the drop-down menu under Destination Features.

5. Click Options. The Job Retention Options dialog box appears.

You can then select one of the Job Retention options described above by clicking the appropriate

radio button.

NOTE: These instructions are specific to the Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000,

Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me environments using the

latest available PCL 6 and PCL 5e drivers. While the basic concepts of

Job Retention are the same for PS print jobs, there are significant

differences in the driver user interface. Also, there are some limitations in

naming and PIN selection.