How to Perform a Cold Reset on HP Color LaserJet 3600n Printer

HP Color LaserJet 3600n is a laser printer included in the HP Color LaserJet 3600 Series along with HP Color LaserJet 3600 and HP Color LaserJet 3600dn. It offers fast printing speed of up to 17 pages per minute for both monochrome and color printouts and has a printing resolution of up to 600 x 600 dpi for printing excellent business documents and materials.

For today’s article, the solution we’re going to provide is how to perform a cold reset on the HP Color LaserJet 3600n. A cold reset "clears all data from the printer memory and sets all the defaults back to the factory settings.” Also remember that performing a cold reset also will reset the Jetdirect configuration. If you don’t want this to happen, remove the HP Jetdirect print server before performing a cold reset.

The following steps of cold resetting the HP Color LaserJet 3600n below are from HP Support Center:

Steps to Perform a Cold Reset on HP Color LaserJet 3600n Printer

• Step 1 – Turn the printer on.
• Step 2 – Watch the control panel.
• Step 3 – When the memory starts counting, press and hold the green (Select) button. Continue to hold Select button until all three Control Panel LED's are illuminated and on solid.
• Step 4 – Release the (Select) button.
• Step 5 – The control panel will display SELECT LANGUAGE.
• Step 6 – Press (Down Arrow) button once. The control panel will display COLD RESET.
• Step 7 – Press (Select). The printer will perform a cold reset and then continue its power-on sequence.
• Step 8 – After performing the Cold Reset procedure above, a Configuration Page may now print a banner in purple instead of blue. Perform a FULL CALIBRATE NOW.

After these steps, the next you need to perform is the Calibration. The Calibration is a printer function that optimizes the print quality of your HP Color LaserJet 3600n. If there are some issues with print-quality problems, calibrate the printer. This is how you can calibrate your printer:

Steps to Calibrate HP Color LaserJet 3600n Printer

• Step 1 – Press Menu.
• Step 2 – Press (down arrow) to highlight CONFIGURE DEVICE, and then press (checkmark).
• Step 3 – Press (down arrow) to highlight PRINT QUALITY, and then press (checkmark).
• Step 4 – Press (down arrow) to highlight FULL CALIBRATE NOW, and then press (checkmark).

If you still have problems with your HP Color LaserJet 3600n still has printing quality problems, you might want to check the laser toner cartridges install it in. This printer model unit works with HP Color LaserJet 3600n laser toner cartridges: HP Q6470A black toner cartridge, HP Q6471A cyan toner cartridge, HP Q6472A yellow toner cartridge and HP Q6473A magenta toner cartridge. Check if they are already out of toner and if they are, then you better buy new laser toner cartridges and install it in your laser printer to continue your print jobs. Remember that the HP Color LaserJet 3600n toner cartridges is also known in the market as HP 501A, HP 502A toner cartridges.