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A scanner or All-in-One with a glass flatbed that handles legal-sized documents can help smooth your paper trail. Learn how to print, scan, and copy legal-sized documents and which HP devices can help- make the process fast and simple. |
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Benefits of legal-sized scanner glass |
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HP All-in-Ones and scanners with legal-sized or larger scanner glass make it easiest to deal with legal-sized (8.5" x 14") documents. For instance:
- A flatbed allows you to copy documents in any condition, while an ADF (automatic document feeder) may not accept wrinkled, torn, or fragile documents.
- Flatbeds are useful for those who work with legal-sized documents such as:
- Contracts
- Trusts
- Real estate documents
- Government documents
- Orders/Invoices
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Prepare to print with legal paper |
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| Add convenience with a second paper source such as this 350 sheet paper tray for Officejet Pro K5400 Printer. |
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Before printing on legal-sized paper, remember to:
Some printers, such as the HP LaserJet M3027 MFP or the HP Officejet 8500 Premier All-in-One, feature a second paper tray for surplus paper storage or an additional type of print media. If your printer or All-in-One does not offer a second tray, check out HP’s selection of paper handling accessories to find attachable paper trays designed for a variety of printer series. |
| Use the Copy menu, located on your printer’s control panel, to Set New Defaults. |
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When making copies of legal-sized documents, you’ll first need to adjust the paper size setting to Legal:
- Use the Copy menu, located on the printer control panel
- Select Paper size by pressing OK
- Use the control panel arrows to scroll down the choices and select Legal
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If the majority of your copies are legal-sized documents, you may find it useful to save Legal as the default setting for future copy jobs (typically, your copy settings will remain for the current job only):
- Press Copy Menu, and then press the arrow keys until Set New Defaults appears
- Press the arrow keys to select Yes, and then press OK
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Receive legal-sized faxes on legal paper |
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| Access the main Setup menu to turn the Automatic Reduction feature On or Off. |
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If you want your device to print faxes on legal-sized paper, you must first disable the Automatic Reduction feature* (On is the default setting):
- Press the Setup button on the printer control panel
- Select Advanced Fax Setup and press OK
- Scroll down to the Automatic Reduction option and choose Off
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After you’ve turned off the Automatic reduction feature, Set your default paper choice to legal-sized.
* The Automatic Reduction feature reduces the size of an incoming fax so that it fits on the paper that is loaded—allowing you to receive a legal-sized fax even if your device is not currently set to use legal-sized paper. |
Make legal-sized the default paper setting |
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| Access the Setup menu to change your printer’s default paper choice to legal-sized. |
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If you find that you are working with legal-sized documents most of the time, it may be convenient to change your printer settings to make legal-sized the default paper choice for printing, fax reception, and copies:
- Press the Setup button on the printer control panel
- Select Preferences
- Select Default Tray and use the arrows to scroll down to Tray 1 or Tray 2, wherever you load your legal paper
- Press OK
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Get a scanner or All-in-One with legal capabilities |
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Check out the following products—each one featuring legal-sized scanner glass—to find the HP scanner or All-in-One that best fits your legal-sized paper handling needs.
- Wireless-enabled for convenient networking solutions
- Great for creating marketing materials with lab-quality photos and laser-quality text
- The included Readiris Pro optical character recognition (OCR) software converts scanned documents from image files to searchable text files in formats including PDF, Microsoft Word, Excel, HTML, and XML
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HP Scanjet 8300 Professional Image Scanner
- Scans legal documents and 35 mm slides and negatives
- Allows you to convert scanned documents from image files to text files using OCR software
- Easily changes documents into PDFs with the touch of a single button
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| 1 Majority of color laser AiOs < $600, June 2008, OJ Pro with highest-capacity cartridges. Energy use based on HP testing using the ENERGY STAR® program's TEC test method criteria. For details www.hp.com/go/officejet. |
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