LaserJet 1200 Econo Mode 300 dpi 600 dpi

I just got a new HP tower, and when I hooked up the Laserjet 1200 series printer, It's printing very dark. I went into the control panel, as I had done in the past, and it doesn't show the economode tab for the toner, it says 300 dpi, 600 dpi, I've tried both and they both seem the same, not like the old economode. Please, can you tell me what is the best way to save toner. I do a lot of printing, and LOVE the Laserjet, I actually have two of them, PS, Just got the hp p6110y tower- It's awesome.
I thank you in advance for any assistance you might offer.

Hi , I see by your post that you are unable to set the Econo mode and Print Density on the printer. I would like to help you.
Did you download and install the latest HP LaserJet Pro Series Full Solution Software and Driver? Check Devices and Printers window and let me know how the printer name is listed. Can you send me a screen shot of the printer Properties please, so I can have a look at it. You could install a separate Universal driver for printing and you should have all the available options. Then the original driver can be used for scanning, just don't delete it from the Devices and Printers window. HP Universal Print Driver for Windows PCL6 (32-bit). If you appreciate my efforts, please click the 'Thumbs up' button below. Thank You.

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Resolution of 600 DPI and Illustrator

Someone would like a small 1 inch by 1 inch logo for invoices at 600 DPI. However I understand that illustrator doesnt work in DPI or PPI since it's vector. Would I have to transfer the small image over to photoshop. I did try and save a 1 inch by 1 inch logo at 600 PPI, however when I saved the image it was no longer 1 inch by 1 inch. It had increased significantly in size regardless of what file format I saved the image as.
I would really appreciate help in this matter as Im unsure how to proceed.
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Its confusing to say the least!
Here's a universal truth that will help aleviate the confusion:
Think about this term: Pixels Per Inch.
Per Inch. You have some things (pixels). A given number of them occupy a given distance (an inch).
How do you do that? By scaling the things (pixels) so that a desired number of them fit within a given distance (inch).
Per Inch is just a scaling value. Understand and remember that universal truth, and it will clear up alot of the confusion.
Once a raster image is saved, it contains a fixed number of pixels. In order to draw a given number of the image's pixels within a measured distance, the raster image has to be scaled. Change the scale of the image, and you change the number of its pixels which occupy a measured distance.
Now be aware of these universal truths (aka facts):
Raster image file formats are different. Some formats record in the file the intended scaling value (if one is provided) that is in effect when the file is saved. Others don't.
Programs which export raster images are different. Some programs write the scaling value into the raster image file (if the raster image format supports that). Others don't.
Programs which import raster images are different. Some programs pay attention to the stored scaling value (if any). Others ignore it.
Someone would like a small 1 inch by 1 inch logo...
First issue: Is the logo square? Is the design's height equal to its width?
...for invoices...
This suggests that "someone" intends to import the raster image into some program used for invoices. That could be any of a kazillion different programs, from Word to Excel, to FileMaker Pro, to QuickBooks, to....you name it (but you didn't). You always need to know your customers' intended usage and be at least somewhat familiar with the target software's capabilities regarding importing artwork.
...at 600 DPI....
This suggests that "someone" wants a raster image with a color depth of 1-bit. That means a raster image in which each pixel can be either black or white, and nothing else. This is suggested because that is a commonly-used scale factor for 1-bit raster images that are intended for use in common programs like office applications which have very limited graphics import capability, and because it is the most common hardware resolution of most office laser printers. In other words, 1-bit raster images scaled to 600 PPI is a kind of "lowest common denominator" for commonplace office environments.
But the above suggestion is based on the assumption that "someone" knows what he/she is talking about, which is never a safe assumption. If the image is of any color depth higher than 1-bit, then 600 PPI is ridiculous. In other words, if the image file contains any pixels of any color at all, then 600 PPI is absurd for use as an invoice imprint. This is because any higher color-depth image will have to be halftone screened by the printer in order to render it with any decent-looking fidelity. That means rendering the image as a grid of variable-size dots. But the printer cannot actually print variable-size dots. It only prints fixed-size printer spots. To render variable-size halftone dots, it "fakes it" by "building them up" out of its fixed-size printer spots.
Moreover, even if the logo (the actual design) contains nothing but black and white, but you save the raster image file at a higher color-depth anyway, then 600 PPI is still just as ridiculous. Grayscale, RGB, and CMYK raster images are saved with a color depth of 8 bits per pixel per channel. When the printing device receives an 8-bit image, it is going to try to screen it (print it as halftone dots). That means that the printer will not use one printer spot for each pixel, but several. So there is no reason to provide as many image pixels as printer spots that the printing device can physically print in one inch--unless the image is not going to be rendered by halftone (or stochastic) screening (i.e.; a 1-bit image).
However I understand that illustrator doesnt work in DPI or PPI since it's vector.
But Illustrator's raster export filters do indeed work in PPI, because they are exporting raster images, which are nothing but pixels. In order to export a raster-based rendering of the vector-based artwork (which is all a raster image is), Illustrator has to write some number of pixels into the raster image file.
Your vector-based path is a mathematical description of a curve. In order to render it as a raster image file, or even to print it on a printer, or even to display it on your computer monitor as you work in Illustrator, it has to be rendered as pixels. In effect, your vector-based paths are "overlaid" onto a grid of pixels. The pixels which land inside the path are turned on. The pixels ouside the path are turned off. This is basically what occurs when a vector path is printed, when a vector path is exported to a raster image, or even on-the-fly while you view your vector paths on your monitor.
That's what vector-based paths are: Mathematical instructions to determine which squares of a raster grid to turn on.
In other words, all vector-based artwork is eventually rasterized; it's just a question of when. The scaleability advantage of vector graphics does not derive from the myth that it does not involve raster-based imaging; it derives from the fact that the rasterization is postponed until output time.
In still other words, all your vector-based artwork is going to be overlaid onto a raster grid, the squares of that grid will be colored accordingly, and that finished raster image is all anyone is ever going to see of your vector-based formulae. It's just that which grid is to be overlaid is left undetermined until the "overlay" is performed.
So when you export your vector-based artwork to a rastter-based image format, that's what you're doing: You're telling Illustrator to overlay the vector paths onto a particular raster-based grid (so many rows, so many columns of pixels, at some scale).
That's the difference between vector-based artwork and raster-based artwork: A raster image is a pre-determined rectangular grid of a fixed number of color values. A vector graphic is a set of mathematically-described shapes which can be overlaid onto any rectangular grid, so that the number of color values is dependent upon the particular grid used, be it the grid of your monitor's pixels, the grid of a printer's spots, or the grid of a raster image file that you export.
Would I have to transfer the small image over to photoshop.
No, you can export directly from Illustrator to any of several common raster formats.
I did try and save a 1 inch by 1 inch logo at 600 PPI, however when I saved the image it was no longer 1 inch by 1 inch. It had increased significantly in size regardless of what file format I saved the image as.
It "had significantly increased in size" where? When viewed in what program?
When this occurs, the raster image is simply not being scaled so that its pixels measure 1/600th of an inch. As explained above, some raster image formats do not record the scaling value. Even if the raster image file does record the intended scaling value, some programs into which you import the raster image will ignore it.
So since you can't really control whether the scaling factor is going to be ignored, to meet the stated requirements (600 PPI when scaled to 1 inch), you simply need to concern yourself with providing the correct number of pixels and it's up to the recipient's software to scale them to the desired measure.
For example, if your vector-based artwork measures 1 inch according to Illustrator's rulers, then export the raster image at 600 PPI. If your vector-baed artwork measures 2 inches according to Illustrator's rulers, then export a raster image at 300 PPI, and you'll be exporting the same number of pixels. You can either do the math, or you can simply export a raster image by specifying the desired number of pixels directly.
But do not forget to consider the question of color-depth. 600 PPI at final rendering scale is not necessary for anything other than a 1-bit image.
If the logo in question consists of nothing but a single solid color:
In Illustrator, scale it to 1 inch.
Do not color it. Use only solid black and white fills and strokes. No grayscale. No graduated fills, strokes.
Export it to a raster image format at 600 pixels (in the measured direction), with a color depth of 1-bit. You can do this by either specifying the nubmer of pixels, or by specifying the scale factor, 600 PPI. Understand, this means using a raster image format which supports 1-bit (for example, TIFF) and which the recipient's program can import. (Most common office productivity programs can import TIFF.)
When the recipient imports it into his invoice program, if it appears enlarged, it just means his program is ignoring the embedded scale factor. He can just scale it to 1" and it will then be 600 PPI.
The above scenario is common. A typical 600 SPI (printer Spots Per Inch) laser printer will turn on one of its printer spots for each black pixel in the image, thereby rendering the image as accurately as it can.
But even if the logo contains no graduated tones, and you apply some color to it (the recipient's logo spec color, for example), then you'll have to export it to a higher color depth in order to include that color. Even if you export it as grayscale, you will still be exporting 8-bit color values for each pixel. In that case, it may look fine on the recipient's monitor, but when he prints it, the printer will have to screen the image in order to render it using halftone dots which, again, are larger than actual printer spots.
The same applies, even if you use only solid black in the design but still export it to a higher color depth (grayscale, RGB, or CMYK) raster image. The recipient's printer is going to recognize the incoming raster image as 8-bits of data per pixel and assume that it has to halftone it; so again, it will not be printing one printer spot for each image pixel.
All this is why Illustrator's so-called "Save For Microsoft Office" feature is really nothing but another interface for its PNG export filter. Many AI users (mostly beginners) want to do the impossible: export their Illustrator drawings to something that ordinary office programs can import, display, and print with fidelity.
But that's really a pipe-dream. Office applications don't understand the kind of vector-based curve math which Illustrator (and all similar programs) generate. So the Save For Office interface resorts to a raster image export.
Office users don't understand the caveats and limitations of CMYK color mode, lossy JPEG compression, or color depth and don't want to have to muck with them. They just want something that they can plop into their word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation programs and have it "look good" on screen and when printed on their low-resolution office inkjets and laser printers.
Too many Illustrator users also don't want to have to think about color depth.
So the Save For Office interface defaults to RGB PNG, turns off transparency (even though PNG supports it) because some specific Microsoft Office apps before a particular version have a problem with it, and does not present the user with much in the way of other PNG-capable options (such as 1-bit grayscale).
Why am I bringing this up? To point out that Adobe's own default and explicit "recommended" export for office-type programs is an 8-bit RGB format which, again, obviates the appropriateness of 600 PPI. In RGB, 300 ppi provides more than enough pixels for the office-using recipient to scale the image to 400% without evident pixelation because even 150 PPI is higher than the screen ruling of most office printers.
So 600 PPI at the actual final on-page scale is sensible for simple office uses like ploping a black logo onto a form like an invoice that is goingto be printed in one ink (or toner) assuming 1-bit color depth; but not otherwise.
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HP LaserJet 1200 in the network does not print in double-side mode

Hello!
I have HP LaserJet 1200, connected via USB cable to the PC (Windows XP SP3). I have connected this printer via LAN to my PowerBook G4 - and from my PowerBook G4 i cannot use doube-side mode of printing! All sheets that leave the printers are printed on one side only - the "Duplex" setting by these clients is just ignored.
I check out the option "Doube-sided printing" ("Двусторонняя печать"), but this printer prints only on one side of paper, instead of two. I tried HP drivers 1.1 and 1.1.1 and even "CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.0 beta 4" drivers. The same problem...
P.S. Excuse me for bad english

Bruce De Benedictis, what a **** you are talking about?
Manual, not hardware!, double-side printing works as follows: press Option-P, checkbox on "Double side printing" ("Двусторонняя печать" in russian), OK. Printer prints odd pages on one side and then lights the LED. Further printer waits. Then we must reload (without any flipping!!!) these pages in main tray AND THEN WE MUST PRESS THIS GREEN LIGHTING LED on the printer! Furthermore, our great HP LaserJet 1200 will prints the other even-numbered pages!
It works very well in our LAN - from all XP/Vista PC's, when we print on this XP-connected HP LaserJet 1200 - everything is fine. But not from Mac.
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Vraag: Since I pointed out dont show again on the page that shows up when I want to mark text (yellow) and change the page to 600 dpi , it does not work anymore....... What did I do wrong???

Ik begin een discussie, ik scan documenten, daarvan wil ik gedeelten geel markeren. Dan komt er een box in beeld die aangeeftd at de pagina naar 600 dpi gewijzigd wordt, dat duurt even en dan kan ik markeren. Althans kon markeren, sinds ik het boxje laat niet meer zien aanvinkte werkt het niet meer. Ik vind er ook geen info over wat zeer irritant is. Opnieuw opstarten helpt niet.....
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Delay in prting HP laserjet 1200

JUst recently upgraded computer from windows XP. The new machine has windwos 7 64 bit. Trying to use my HP Laserjet 1200, and there is a long delay in printing anything. This dealy is anywhere from 30 seconds to a minute. I can watch the little green light on the front of the printer blinking while I wait, it quits blinking & a second later the page prints. This is for evey page, if it is several copies of the same docuamnet I needed or multiple page document. When I print a 30 page document having this 1 minute delay between each page is rather frustrating. Of course once it does actually print then everything works great like it always has. I have tried using the Universal print dirver found on HP website as well as the one included in windows 7 both work the same. Any other suggestions?

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HP laserjet 1200 series pcl5 driver for windows 7 64bit and windows 8.1 64bit

Dear
I need
HP laserjet 1200 series pcl5 driver for windows 7 64bit and windows 8.1 64bit
can anyone provide me ? no links to read text, direct solution is welcomed
thanks in all

Hi.
You may download the Universal Print Driver PCL5 below, it is compatible with both Windows 7 or 8 64-bit.
For USB select Plug n Play, for network select Tradiotional Mode and follow the steps by setting a TCP/IP Port with the IP Address of the printer:
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Click Start
Click Devices and Printers
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The "Incoming Call" message is shown whenever we see a ring signal on the line, regardless of the fax receive mode.
If this message is showing up when no fax is being sent, then it means that there is noise on the phone line. You can contact your phone company to discuss options in reducing the noise on your phone line.
If this message is showing up with no phone line plugged in, then the modem inside the printer is detecting noise. It is possible that the internal fax parameters have become corrupt. If that is the case, then you can perform a "Restore Defaults" in order to reset them. Note: doing this will erase all of your settings. You can print out a configuration report before doing this so you can reset them. A restore can be done at the control panel by pressing [Setup] on the main screen (the button with the wrench on it), then select "Service" and then "Restore Defaults."
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On the "Download Drivers and Software" support page for the HP Laserjet 1200 printer, there is an option, "Automatically check to see if your driver needs updating".
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I am sorry, but to get your issue more exposure I would suggest posting it in the commercial forums since this is a commercial printer. You can do this at http://h30499.www3.hp.com/hpeb/
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Hello Josh,
We are using a couple of EFI (Fiery) controllers with our Canon copiers and I have been told by Canon support that we need to be using the MacTel (Universal Binary) versions of drivers for Leopard. Luckily for us we have mostly new models of RIPs and the UB drivers exist for these models, but I know that they are not available for all models, which I believe includes your X3e.
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Facing Black catridge problem within 2 months of purchase HP laserjet p1108 by printing 300 pages.

Hullo sir,
I'm Facing Black catridge problem within 2 months of purchase HP laserjet p1108 by printing 300 pages.The printer window shows you have to print pages < 50.what cani do?

Hi @thangaraj,
I see by your post that you have only printed 300 pages and it is now it is showing you have less the 50 pages left.
I would like to help you resolve this issue.
Is this the original toner that shipped with the printer?
You should get approximately 1500 pages according to the specifications for what ships in the box.
The page count is based on page yield. Depending on what you were printing.
Still I believe you should have gotten more then 350 pages, unless you were printing full page pictures in black and white.
Please call our technical support at 800-474-6836. If you live outside the US/Canada Region, please click the link below to get the support number for your region. http://www8.hp.com/us/en/contact-hp/ww-phone-assist.html
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Just purchased a MacBook Pro OS 10.7.2. Cannot get it to print with HP LaserJet 1200.
Connection is wireless, able to ping printer. (also tried MacBook using ethernet).
This HP 1200 prints perfectly with another mac running Snow Leopard.
Tried HP 1200 driver, which, according to HP, is not working with 10.7.2; They suggested Gutenprint
tried generic printer from Mac, (message was printer is busy);
tried CUPS Gutenprint 5.0.2,(message says "unable to connect due to an error"
removed preferences and re-added printer, rebooted etc.
Any thoughts? I thought it was the driver, maybe there are other drivers out there or maybe it's something else???? Thanks

Thanks for the replys.
After spending an hour plus, uninstalling and reinstalling drivers and still not able to print, my husband, sits down, plugs in an ethernet cable, reinstalls the printer with the ip, and it prints. !!! I'd already done that , but that was before I deleted the preferences and installed the Gutenprint driver. I think it was the new Gutenprint driver that did it.

Drivers for hp laserjet 1200 for windows 7 64 bit

Nothing seems to work to get printer working.

Hey @Jskol ,
Thank you for taking the time to post on the HP Forums today! Hope you enjoy the experience.
I understand you are having some issue making your HP Laserjet 1200 on windows 7 64 bit work.
Can you please elaborate on what it is that you are experiencing so that I am able to assist you properly? Is it new and not connecting right? Has it lost communication and is now not working? How is it connected to the computer?
Have a great day and a wonderful new year. Get back to me.
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