Hp Mfp 179fnw Manual

[Magnhild Lachowicz]

Runningon KDE platform and am trying to set up a new printer which is set up with a static IP on my subnet. I have downloaded and installed the HP drivers from HP Color Laser MFP 179fnw Software and Driver Downloads HP Customer Support.

This package includes scanner and printer drivers and once these were installed with the install.sh provided I was able to set up the printer using Yast.

Note I could not use the add printer button and HP-setup on this machine even with firewall disabled. To install the printer I had to use System>Print Settings (which runs system-config-printer) add a new printer and then select network printer.

I was offered two versions of the specific driver and also the option to find the printer using the APPSocket/HP JetDirect. Since I have always previously used this method to connect to my network printers I used this, which allowed me to enter the IP. It uses port 9100.

I have re-installed the printer to ensure the correct PPD driver is installed and printing is not a problem but I am stuck for what to enter when trying to use the Yast>Hardware>Scanner tool. If I use the simple Add button I get the encyclopaedic list of scanners but not the one I want. The driver is installed by the hp downloaded script but I cannot find it yet.

If I use the Other tab and try running hp-setup I get:-

FYI I was able to set up and scan from this machine yesterday but in trying to reproduce it lost the lot. Bottom line is that I was able to scan or at least have the scanner installed and found ready to scan using Skanlite, which I interpret to mean that the software is here in my machine somewhere.

I have made most attempts with firewall stopped without success. I have also tried a couple of edits of the .conf files but restored them to what had been there when I started as there were no changes.

I have just now gone to my HP-Z640-1 computer which is in my room not the office. The only difference I could see and now need to check is that the printer driver url is [uld-hp/HP_Color_Laser_MFP_17x_Series.ppd].

To find the maximum paper weight that your HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP 179fnw printer can handle, you should consult the printer's user manual or specifications. Generally, these details are mentioned in the paper handling section of the specifications.

For HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP 179fnw, the maximum paper weight it can typically handle is around 200 g/m (grams per square meter) when using the manual feed slot. For the main tray, it usually supports up to about 163 g/m. However, it's always good to check the specific model documentation for precise figures and to ensure compatibility.

It sounds frustrating to deal with these paper jams, especially after making adjustments and selecting this printer for its cardstock handling capabilities. Here are a few tips that might help you resolve the issue and use the manual top feeder effectively:

Check the Printer Specifications: Ensure that the cardstock you're using is within the maximum weight limit for your HP 179fnw printer. Typically, this model can handle cardstock up to 200 g/m but it's best to confirm from the printer's specifications.

Ensure the Cardstock is Suitable: Make sure that the cardstock is not bent, curled, or damaged. Also, avoid using cardstock that is too glossy or textured, as it can cause more frequent jams.

Regular Maintenance: Keep your printer clean. Dust and debris on the rollers or in the feed mechanism can lead to paper jams. Using a small, soft brush or a dry lint-free cloth can help maintain the internal parts of the printer.

The HP Color Laser MFP179fnw ($299) is priced to attract budget-conscious small businesses, and offers a fair number of features for the price. This color laser multifunction printer offers an automatic document feeder (ADF) for copying and scanning multipage documents and has a 10-key pad for easy fax number entry. It does not offer a duplexer for making two-sided copies and prints. Rare among laser printers, the MFP179fnw can print on glossy laser brochure paper.

The MFP179fnw is designed for a modest workload. Its recommended monthly volume is just 100 to 400 pages, compared with the 750-to-4,000-page volume of our Editor's Choice Canon ImageClass MF743Cdw. This HP works with only standard-yield toner cartridges, and its 150-page input cannot be expanded with an optional paper cassette.

The body is quite petite, measuring 16 x 14.3 x 13.6 inches. The 50-sheet output tray is a cavity within the body, with an extendable catch, and the 150-sheet input drawer juts out at the bottom of the chassis.

The control panel does not offer an elegant color touch screen, but a more basic two-line monochrome LCD and dedicated buttons. However, the menus are straightforward to navigate. The control panel includes a 10-key pad that comes in handy for entering fax numbers. Other buttons include ID Copy, contrast setting and fax dial.

The ADF sits on top of the scanner lid. In our testing, the ADF had a tendency to draw pages in at a slight angle, which resulted in scans and copies with some pages that were tilted, out of alignment. Scans in particular showed a high percentage of misaligned pages.

Also, this model lacks detection of documents on the flatbed scanner. So, if a forgotten document is sitting on the scanner glass, and you load a document into the ADF, the first page will be drawn into the ADF and get damaged in a paper jam.

The MFP179fnw printed our five-page text document in 26.5 seconds, which is on a par with other color laser all-in-ones we've tested (monochrome models tend to be faster). This HP, however, was very slow to print our six-page PDF of mixed text and color graphics; it took 1 minute and 46 seconds to print it in grayscale, and took 3 seconds longer to print it in color. Our Editor's Choice, the Canon MF743Cdw, printed the same document in just 20 seconds in grayscale and 26.8 seconds in color. The HP printed a full-page letter-size grayscale photo on plain paper in 18.6 seconds, which is about average for color lasers we've tested; printing the same photo in color took 33.5 seconds.

Using the HP Smart app on an Android phone worked fine for scanning and printing a text document (though the text in the print looked rather light), but not for printing our six-page PDF via WiFi Direct: The printer paused after the fourth page and again for the fifth page after about 2 minutes and 30 seconds. After more than 10 minutes the printer generated a page with a decoding error.

The HP was fast to scan in color, creating a 600 dpi JPEG in 17.7 seconds, much faster than the average of 34.7 seconds, as well as the Canon MF743Cdw, at 25 seconds. Scanning a page in black-and-white to produce a 300 dpi PDF, the HP did so in 11.9 seconds. The Canon MF743Cdw made the same scan in 9.5 seconds.

Text documents printed with very sharp, dark letterforms. Graphics printed with plenty of fine detail, and with bold, dark shades that added to the contrast and "pop" in both grayscale and color. Photographs printed with good detail and natural, well saturated colors. Interestingly, even on plain paper, HP's toner has a glossy sheen to it, compared with other laser printers we've tested. In grayscale, the toner had a slight bluish tinge. On our mixed-text-and-graphics PDF, the prints showed some banding and the boundaries of text boxes were visible when they were supposed to blend in with the background. This banding and differing text-box shades were more pronounced in color graphics prints than in grayscale.

Scans looked sharp, with accurate colors overall and good detail in shadows. Fine details were not quite as sharp as from some other models, such as from the Canon MF743Cdw. However, the HP's scans showed fewer dust specs and photo paper texture. Scans were not, however, automatically cropped and included extra border space (more on this in the Software section).

Scans of multipage documents fed through the ADF were disappointing. A high percentage of the pages were askew, with text slightly tilted rather than horizontal. The same inaccuracy was seen in multipage copies, but less common.

This printer with toner cartridges is rated to print 1,000 pages (black), or 700 pages (color). There are no high-yield cartridges offered. At 5 cents per text page, the cost of toner is on the high side. The Canon MF743Cdw, for example, comes in at 4.1 cents with standard toner cartridge, but drops to 2.1 cents per page with a high-yield black toner cartridge.

The box includes an instructional poster on how to remove tape and packaging, such as folding down the front panel and pulling out the input tray to remove protective styrofoam and packaging tape. The toner cartridges come preinstalled. There is no DVD-ROM disc or printed manual. You are instructed to go to 123.hp.com and search for the model in order to download the software.

The included scanning software is HP MFP Scan. Unlike several other scanning software applications we've tested, MFP Scan does not automatically crop its scans; it requires the user to select the scan area size, even if you perform a pre-scan. Our test scans of a magazine cover included extra border space on the right side, and scans of photos included extra white space on one or two sides, depending on the size of the original. After saving a scan, the software asks if you want to transfer the scan to another location; if you don't, this may get tedious.

Startup is about average, and takes about 25 seconds. However, a black-and-white copy won't show up in the typical 12.4 seconds thereafter. In our tests, it took 1 minute and 4 seconds to start up the MFP179fnw and to make the copy.

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