Tuesday, August 9, 2011

HP LaserJet 4 / 4P / 4 Plus

The HP LaserJet 4 is an old series of printer, but it ran well so many of them are still in use today. The configuration page on the 4, 4P, or 4 Plus is called the self test page, but it will still list the page count and settings that a standard configuration page would show.  To print the self test page:

- If the orange Online light is lit up, press the Online button.  The light should go off.
- Press the Menu button.  "TEST MENU" should appear on the screen; if it doesn't, press Menu until it does.
- With "TEST MENU" displayed, press the Item button to select it.  "SELF TEST" will appear on the screen.
- Press Enter to select the self test.  The display will change from "SELF TEST" to "PRINTING TEST," and the self test page will print out.

6 comments:

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  2. my display is out on my hp laserjet 4. could someone give me the number of clicks on the Menu button to get to TEST MENU and then the number of clicks on the Item button to get to SELF TEST.

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  3. Roblou - when you press Menu, TEST MENU should be the first option, and then when you press Item, SELF TEST will be the first option.

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  4. Sorry to dig up an old post but on the LJ 4 Plus I just acquired the testing menu was not first.

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  5. Michael - thanks for letting me know, HP may have changed the order with a firmware update.

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