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Information
HP ToolboxFX is a program that you can use to complete the following tasks:
  • Check the product status.
  • Configure the product settings.
  • Configure pop-up-alert messages.
  • View troubleshooting information.
  • View online documentation.
You can view HP ToolboxFX when the product is directly connected to your computer or is connected to the network. You must perform a recommended software installation to use HP ToolboxFX.
NOTE: HP ToolboxFX is not supported for Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, or Macintosh operating systems. To use HP ToolboxFX, you must have the TCP/IP protocol installed on your computer.
You do not need to have Internet access to open and use HP ToolboxFX.
Details
View HP ToolboxFX
Open HP ToolboxFX in one of these ways:
  • In the Microsoft Windows system tray, double-click the HP ToolboxFX icon.
  • On the Microsoft Windows Start menu, click Programs (or All Programs in Microsoft Windows XP and Vista), click HP , click HP Color LaserJet CP1510 , and then click HP ToolboxFX .
HP ToolboxFX contains the following folders:
  • Status
  • Alerts
  • Product information
  • Help
  • Device Settings
  • Network Settings
Status
The Status folder contains links to the following main pages:
  • Device status : This page indicates product conditions such as a jam or an empty tray. After you correct a problem, click Refresh status to update the product status.
  • Supplies status : View details such as the estimated percent of toner remaining in the print cartridge and the number of pages that have been printed with the current print cartridge. This page also has links for ordering supplies and for finding recycling information.
  • Device configuration : View a detailed description of the current product configuration, including the amount of memory installed and whether optional trays are installed.
  • Network summary : View a detailed description of the current network configuration, including the IP address and network status.
  • Print info pages : Print the Configuration page and other information pages, such as the Supplies status page.
  • Color usage job log : View color usage information for the product.
  • Event log : View a history of product errors. The most recent error is listed first. The Event log is a table that contains codes corresponding to error messages that have appeared on the product control-panel display, a brief description of each error, and the number of pages that printed when each error occurred.
Alerts
The Alerts folder contains links to the following main pages:
  • Set up Status Alerts : Set up the product to send you pop-up alerts for certain events, such as low toner levels.
    Use this to set up the product so that it sends alerts to your computer when jams, low levels of toner in HP print cartridges, a non-HP print cartridge in use, empty input trays, and specific error messages occur.
    Select to receive a pop-up, a system tray icon, a desktop alert, or any combination of these. The popup and desktop alerts only appear when the product is printing from the computer on which you set up the alerts. Desktop alerts are only visible momentarily, and disappear automatically.
    Change the Cartridge low threshold setting, which sets the toner level that causes a low toner alert, on the System setup page.
    NOTE: You must click Apply before your changes take effect.
  • Set up E-mail Alerts . Set up the product to send you e-mail alerts for certain events, such as low toner levels.
    Use this to configure up to two e-mail addresses to receive alerts when certain events occur. You can specify different events for each e-mail address. Use the information for the e-mail server that will send out the e-mail alert messages for the product.
    NOTE: You can only configure e-mail alerts to be sent from a server that does not require user authentication. If your e-mail server requires you to log in with a username and password, you cannot enable e-mail alerts. You must click Apply before your changes take effect.
Product information
The Product information folder contains links to the following page:
Demonstration Pages : Print pages that show the color print quality potential and overall print characteristics of the product.
Help
The Help folder contains links to the following main pages:
  • Troubleshooting : View troubleshooting help topics, print troubleshooting pages, clean the product, and open Microsoft Office Basic Colors. For more information, see the product User Guide.
  • Paper and Print Media : Print information about how to obtain optimal results from your product using various types of paper and print media.
  • How do I? : Link to the user-guide index.
  • Color Printing Tools : Open Microsoft Office Basic Colors or the full palette of colors with associated RGB values. For more information, see the product user guide. Use the HP Basic Color Match to adjust spot colors in your printed output.
  • User Guide : View information about the product usage, warranty, specifications, and support. The user guide is available in both HTML and PDF formats.
Device Settings
The Device Settings folder contains links to the following main pages:
  • Device Information : View information, such as the product description and a contact person.
    The Device Information page stores data about your product for future reference. The information that you type in the fields on this page appears on the configuration page. You can type any character in each of these fields.
    NOTE: You must click Apply before your changes take effect.
  • Paper Handling : Configure trays or change the product paper-handling settings, such as default paper size and default paper type.
    Use these options to configure your default settings. These are the same options that are available on the Control Panel menus on the Control Panel.
    The following options are available for handling print jobs when the product is out of media:
    • Select Wait for paper to be loaded .
    • Select Cancel from the Paper out action drop-down list to cancel the print job.
    • Select Override from the Paper out time drop-down list to send the print job to another paper tray.
    The Paper out time field specifies how long the product waits before acting on your selections. You can specify from 0 to 3600 seconds.
    NOTE: You must click Apply before your changes take effect.
  • Printing : Change the default product print settings, such as number of copies and paper orientation.
    Use these options to configure the settings for all print functions. These are the same options that are available on the Control Panel.
    NOTE: You must click Apply before your changes take effect.
  • PostScript : Change the PostScript settings.
    Use this option when you are using the PostScript print personality. When the Print PostScript error option is turned on, the PostScript error page automatically prints when PostScript errors occur.
    NOTE: You must click Apply before your changes take effect.
  • Photo : Change the photo settings.
    Use these options to configure photo printing and to enable or disable using memory cards.
    NOTE: You must click Apply before your changes take effect.
  • Print Quality : Change the print-quality settings.
    Use these options to improve the appearance of your print jobs. These are the same options that are available on the Control Panel menus.
    Color Calibration :
    • Power On Calibration : Specify whether the product should calibrate when you turn it on.
    • Calibration Timing : Specify how frequently the product should calibrate.
    • Calibration Mode : Specify the type of calibration the product should use.
      • Normal
      • Full (slower)
        Full calibration improves the color accuracy of photos printed on 100 x 150 mm (4 x 6 in) HP Color Laser Photo Paper.
    • Calibrate Now : Set the product to calibrate immediately.
    NOTE: You must click Apply before your changes take effect.
  • Print Density : Change the print-density settings, such as contrast, highlights, midtones, and shadows.
    Use these settings to make fine adjustments in the amount of each color of toner that is used for your printed documents.
    • Contrasts : Contrast is the range of difference between light (highlight) and dark (shadow) colors. To increase the overall range between light and dark colors, increase the Contrasts setting.
    • Highlights : Highlights are colors that are nearly white. To darken highlight colors, increase the Highlights setting. This adjustment does not affect midtone or shadow colors.
    • Midtones : Midtones are colors that are halfway between white and solid density. To darken midtone colors, increase the Midtones setting. This adjustment does not affect highlight or shadow colors.
    • Shadows : Shadows are colors that are nearly solid density. To darken shadow colors, increase the Shadows setting. This adjustment does not affect highlight or midtone colors.
  • Paper Types : Change the mode settings for each media type, such as letterhead, prepunched, or glossy paper.
    Use these options to configure print modes that correspond to the various media types. To reset all modes to factory default settings, select Restore modes
    NOTE: You must click Apply before your changes take effect.
  • Extended Print Modes : Change the default print modes.
  • System Setup : Change the system settings, such as jam recovery and auto-continue. Change the Cartridge low threshold setting, which sets the toner level that causes a low toner alert.
  • Service : Gain access to various procedures required to maintain the product.
  • Save/Restore Settings : Save the current settings for the product to a file on your computer. Use this file to load the same settings onto another product or to restore these settings to this product at a later time.
  • Password : Set a password to protect the device settings. After a password is set, users will be prompted to enter the password before being allowed to change device settings. This password is the same as the embedded Web server password.
Network Settings
The network administrator can use this tab to control the network-related settings for the product when it is connected to an IP-based network.
Shop for Supplies : This button, at the top of each page, links to a website where you can order replacement supplies. You must have Internet access to use this feature.
Other Links : This section contains links that connect you to the Internet. You must have Internet access in order to use any of these links. If you use a dial-up connection and did not connect when you first opened HP ToolboxFX, you must connect before you can visit these websites. Connecting might require that you close HP ToolboxFX and reopen it.
  • HP Instant Support : Connects to the HP Instant Support website.
  • Support and Troubleshooting : Connects to the support site for the product where you can search for help with a specific problem.
  • Product Registration : Connects to the HP product registration website.


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