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HP 3000CP manuale d’uso

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Un buon manuale d’uso

Le regole impongono al rivenditore l'obbligo di fornire all'acquirente, insieme alle merci, il manuale d’uso HP 3000CP. La mancanza del manuale d’uso o le informazioni errate fornite al consumatore sono la base di una denuncia in caso di inosservanza del dispositivo con il contratto. Secondo la legge, l’inclusione del manuale d’uso in una forma diversa da quella cartacea è permessa, che viene spesso utilizzato recentemente, includendo una forma grafica o elettronica HP 3000CP o video didattici per gli utenti. La condizione è il suo carattere leggibile e comprensibile.

Che cosa è il manuale d’uso?

La parola deriva dal latino "instructio", cioè organizzare. Così, il manuale d’uso HP 3000CP descrive le fasi del procedimento. Lo scopo del manuale d’uso è istruire, facilitare lo avviamento, l'uso di attrezzature o l’esecuzione di determinate azioni. Il manuale è una raccolta di informazioni sull'oggetto/servizio, un suggerimento.

Purtroppo, pochi utenti prendono il tempo di leggere il manuale d’uso, e un buono manuale non solo permette di conoscere una serie di funzionalità aggiuntive del dispositivo acquistato, ma anche evitare la maggioranza dei guasti.

Quindi cosa dovrebbe contenere il manuale perfetto?

Innanzitutto, il manuale d’uso HP 3000CP dovrebbe contenere:
- informazioni sui dati tecnici del dispositivo HP 3000CP
- nome del fabbricante e anno di fabbricazione HP 3000CP
- istruzioni per l'uso, la regolazione e la manutenzione delle attrezzature HP 3000CP
- segnaletica di sicurezza e certificati che confermano la conformità con le norme pertinenti

Perché non leggiamo i manuali d’uso?

Generalmente questo è dovuto alla mancanza di tempo e certezza per quanto riguarda la funzionalità specifica delle attrezzature acquistate. Purtroppo, la connessione e l’avvio HP 3000CP non sono sufficienti. Questo manuale contiene una serie di linee guida per funzionalità specifiche, la sicurezza, metodi di manutenzione (anche i mezzi che dovrebbero essere usati), eventuali difetti HP 3000CP e modi per risolvere i problemi più comuni durante l'uso. Infine, il manuale contiene le coordinate del servizio HP in assenza dell'efficacia delle soluzioni proposte. Attualmente, i manuali d’uso sotto forma di animazioni interessanti e video didattici che sono migliori che la brochure suscitano un interesse considerevole. Questo tipo di manuale permette all'utente di visualizzare tutto il video didattico senza saltare le specifiche e complicate descrizioni tecniche HP 3000CP, come nel caso della versione cartacea.

Perché leggere il manuale d’uso?

Prima di tutto, contiene la risposta sulla struttura, le possibilità del dispositivo HP 3000CP, l'uso di vari accessori ed una serie di informazioni per sfruttare totalmente tutte le caratteristiche e servizi.

Dopo l'acquisto di successo di attrezzature/dispositivo, prendere un momento per familiarizzare con tutte le parti del manuale d'uso HP 3000CP. Attualmente, sono preparati con cura e tradotti per essere comprensibili non solo per gli utenti, ma per svolgere la loro funzione di base di informazioni e di aiuto.

Sommario del manuale d’uso

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    58% 14 % 8% 20% 1584 4998 325 425 488 2000 18 C4724A/C4723A HP Design Jet 3500/3000CP Printer Use r’ s G u id e[...]

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    Manu al pa r t number C47 24-9 0051 P r inte d in Eu r ope Customer r eorder number C4 724 -6001 1 All rights a re reserved . No pa rt of thi s doc ument may be phot ocopied , repr o duced, or trans l ated to anot her lang uage witho ut th e p rior writ te n con sent of Hewl ett -Pack ar d Compa n y . 3M™ is a regi stere d trad emark of 3M C omp [...]

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    1 User ’ s Guid e HP DesignJet 3500CP/ 3000CP Printer C4724- 90051 Engl is h[...]

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    Finding In formation ii Fi ndin g Infor ma tio n This User’ s Guide contain s: A comprehe nsive expla nation of a ll the print er’ s f eat ures a nd specific i nf o rm atio n d i r ect ly as s o ciat ed w i t h the H P D esig nJ e t CP I nk S ys t em (Im ag ing in k) Sp ecific in for mati on dir ectly assoc iated with the HP Desi g nJe t CP I n[...]

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    Fi nd i n g I n fo r m a t io n iii Where to fin d the most com monly needed info rmation T o fi n d ho w to … Go to … In stal l the print er ÁThe S et up Guide. Conne c t th e prin ter ÁThe Setup Guide . Choos e media ÁPag e 3-2, Choos in g Medi a in thi s guide . Load media ÁPage 3-13, L oa d i ng R o ll M e di a in this gu ide o r t he q[...]

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    Tabl e of Cont e n ts iv Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s Welcome 1-1 A Five-Mi nute Guide T o Y our Print er 1-2 Y our P rint er ’ s Main Fea t ure s 1-2 Ta k e U p R e e l 1 - 4 Connec tions 1-7 Memory 1-7 Softw a re Appli cati ons an d Driv ers 1-8 Front Vie w of P rinter 1-9 Rear View of pri nter 1-10 Using the Front P anel 2-1 The Front Panel 2-[...]

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    Table o f Co nte nt s v Installin g the F in al P rint 3 - 6 M e di a T y pe s 3 - 8 HP Commerc ial N a mes of M e dia Types 3-8 Physica l Char ac teristic s of Me dia T ypes 3-9 Combina tions of Media Type an d P ri nt Quali ty 3-10 Using Coat ed Paper and Heavy C oate d Paper w ith Productivi ty Mo de 3-1 1 Handli ng Y our Medi a 3-1 2 Loadi ng R[...]

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    Tabl e of Cont e n ts vi Replace the Ink Syst em 4-13 After r eplacing the Ink S yst em 4-23 Removing and St oring P art ially U se d Ink Syst ems 4-24 Handle the Ink Syst ems wit h Care 4- 24 S toring t he Ink S ystem in the HP DesignJet CP Ink S ystem S torage Containe r 4-25 Removi ng the Ink S yste m from the HP Desi gnJet CP Ink Sys tem Stora [...]

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    Table o f Co nte nt s vii (Mer ge) 6-9 Print ing Color I ma ges in Monochr ome 6-10 Switc hing between Color a nd Monoc hrome 6-1 1 Prin ti ng S pe ed s and Pr int Q ualit y 6-1 2 Print mode se t tings 6 -14 Changi ng the pri nt mode 6- 16 Managing Your P r ints 7-1 Managing Pa ge s Cur rent ly being P ri nted or Dr ying 7- 2 Cancell ing a Page 7-2[...]

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    Tabl e of Cont e n ts viii T o R e ca lib rate t he Prin ter 8 -6 T o Restore the Factory’ s Cal ibration 8-7 Changing t he Graphi cs Lang uage 8- 8 T o Change the G raphic s Language Setting 8-8 Graphi cs Langu a ge a nd Networ ks 8-9 Changing the Int erfa ce Sett ings 8- 10 To Change the I /O Time -out S etti ng 8- 10 Upgradin g Y our P rinter [...]

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    Table o f Co nte nt s ix Troubleshooting 11-1 A Note About T roubleshoot ing 1 1-2 W here to Fin d H elp in Solvin g Prob lems 1 1-3 Finding t he S ource of Y our P roble m 1 1-4 Sol vin g Im age -Qu alit y Pro b le m s 11-5 How to Pr oc ee d with th e Im a ge Qu a lity Pr int D ia gnos is 1 1-5 If the Colo r is Not as E xpe cted 11-6 Some General [...]

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    Tabl e of Cont e n ts x Prin th ea d C he ck s 11-37 Usin g the Repl ace Ink S yste m Key 1 1-37 Checking Ink Systems 1 1-38 If Y ou Have P roblems Rese ating a Printhe a d 1 1-41 Cleaning E l ectr ical Contacts 11 -42 Cl earin g a M e dia Jam 11-44 Solving C ommunica tio n Proble ms 1 1- 45 If t here i s a Pro blem Communic ating be tween Y o ur C[...]

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    Table o f Co nte nt s xi Jam. 1 1- 55 Ge t ti n g He lp 1 1 - 5 6 What to Do Before Y ou Call 1 1-56 Front-Panel Messages 12-1 Message Explanat ions a nd Acti ons 12- 2 ST A T US M essage s 12-16 Reference 13- 1 Prin te r Spe cif icatio ns 1 3 -2 In ter face Spec ifi cat io ns 13 -1 0 Int erf ace Ca bles 1 3 -1 1 Regulat ory Noti ces 13- 12 T o O b[...]

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    Tabl e of Cont e n ts xii[...]

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    1-1 1 W elcome 1 A Fiv e-M in ute G ui de T o Y o u r Prin ter 1-2 Fro nt V i ew of Pr inter 1 -9 Re ar V iew o f pr inter 1-10 1[...]

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    Welcome A Five -Minute Gui de To You r Printe r 1-2 A Five -Min ute Guid e T o Y our Prin ter Y our Pr in te r’ s Ma in Fe at ure s Y our pri nter i s a n inkjet print er de signe d for printi ng h igh-qua lity , la r ge-f ormat color or monoch rome images. Some maj or f eature s of the pr int er ar e: ■ Lar ge ca p acit y ink sy st em ■ Tr u[...]

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    We lc om e A Five-Minute Guide To Your Pr int e r 1-3 The HP D esignJet CP Ink Systems There ar e two HP De signJe t C P Ink Syst ems desi gned t ogether w ith your HP DesignJet 35 00CP or 3000CP prin ter . Both Ink Sys te ms include thre e-c omponents ; print head, pr inthead cl eaner a nd ink car tri dge to p rovide la rge-capa city in k, un atte[...]

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    Welcome A Five -Minute Gui de To You r Printe r 1-4 T ake Up Reel The T ake Up Reel consi sts o f the lef t and r ight han d a ssemblies, sens or asse mbly , spindl e asse mbly , core tube and a media we ight. As the med i a is fed out of t he pr in ter ( 1 ) it travels d ow n the fr ont of t h e prin ter , aro und the Me dia W eight ( 2 ) an d the[...]

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    We lc om e A Five-Minute Guide To Your Pr int e r 1-5 Color Calibration Au tomati c c olor c ali bratio n imp rove s colo r c onsi stency betw een prin ts. The pri nter pr in ts a te st targe t imag e and m eas ures the imag e colo r w ith a senso r to g en e rate a color ca libra ti on valu e that is appli ed t o the Post Scr ipt imagi ng pr ocess[...]

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    Welcome A Five -Minute Gui de To You r Printe r 1-6 Media Y ou can pri nt on ro l l media o r sheet medi a up t o 54 inc he s wide (1370mm). HP rolls of media co me in 24inc hes (609 .mm), 36 i nche s (914 .mm), 42 inche s (106 6mm) and t he lar gest si ze 54 i nches (1370mm). The fol low ing media type s ar e supp orte d for HP De signJ et CP Ink [...]

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    We lc om e A Five-Minute Guide To Your Pr int e r 1-7 Co nnect ions 350 0CP Only The 3500CP print er c omes with an H P JetDir ect net work i nterf ace card, for LAN connec ti ons, as w ell as a pa ra lle l inte rf ace for a di rec t c onnect ion t o you r computer . See th e Setup G uide for i nfor mation on c onnect ing your print er t o a co m p[...]

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    Welcome A Five -Minute Gui de To You r Printe r 1-8 Soft ware Application s and Drivers T o make sure tha t your printer pr ints exac tly what you w e re expec ting - in t erms o f size, p o sition , o rientat io n , co lo r and qu ality - u se the co rre ct d r iver for th e combinat ion of your applic ation s oft ware and your p rinter , and make[...]

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    We lc om e A Five-Minute Guide To Your Pr int e r 1-9 Fr ont V iew of Prin ter 12'' / 305mm 42'' / 1067mm + 54''/1372mm = + 36''/915mm = + 50''/1270mm = W indow Ink C art ri dg es (ins ide) Roll Cove r S ta ndby Swit ch Prin thead Cl eaners (i nsi de) Front Pane l Dis pla y Front Panel Medi a-Ent ry[...]

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    Welcome A Five -Minute Gui de To You r Printe r 1-10 Rear V iew o f printe r P ock et for Quick Re fe re nce Gu ide and M edia K ni fe Slot s for upg ra des Socket for Net w or k Inter fa ce Pa ra ll e l Inte rf ac e powe r co rd Po w e r Sw i t c h Han d le s fo r lif ti ng duri n g as se m b ly o f th e print er[...]

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    2-1 1 Using the F r ont Panel 2 Th e Fro nt Pa nel 2 -2 S tandby Mode 2-6 Prin tin g the C u rre n t Con fig u ratio n 2 -7 En tering the Menu S yst em 2-8 Print ing the M enus 2-9 Print ing O ther Inte rnal Prin ts 2-12 Naviga ting t he Menu System 2-14 Menu Gra phics U sed in This Ma nual 2-15 Naviga tion Exa mples 2-16 Oth er T ypes of F ront-Pa[...]

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    Usin g t he F ront P anel The Front Panel 2-2 The Fr on t Panel The fr ont panel of the pr inter is made up of fo ur functi onal areas as s hown bel ow: C4704002 Form Feed and Cu t Cancel Replace Ink Sys tem Pause Color Mon o Previo us Enter Receivi ng Print C urrent Conf iguration (Pres s both Ke ys) Phot o Pro ductivity Ec onom y Print M ode Sta [...]

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    Using the Front P ane l The Front Panel 2-3 Displ ay Se ction The di splay se ction of the fr ont panel c onsist s of the two- lin e displ ay an d the four displ ay keys t o it s righ t ( Pr evious , ↑ , ↓ an d Enter ). ■ The di splay c an s how two l ines of text a nd is used fo r displa ying: – me nus use d to co nfigur e the printe r . ?[...]

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    Usin g t he F ront P anel The Front Panel 2-4 Acti on Keys The act ion ke ys let you : ■ can c el the curren t pr in ter o p er ation ( Canc el ). ■ advance and c ut media ( F orm Feed and Cut ). ■ repl ace ink sy stem compone nts ( Re plac e Ink Sy ste m ). ■ pause t he pri nte r ( Paus e ). S ee c h ap te r 7 , Managing Y our Print s , fo[...]

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    Using the Front P ane l The Front Panel 2-5 S tat u s Li gh ts The st atus l ight s pr ovide sta tus infor mation a bout the cu rrent confi gur ation a nd state of the print er . These l ight s are des crib ed lat er in this ma nual NOTE In most c as es , set tings in your applic ation s of twar e or pr inter driver ove r r ide any set tings you ma[...]

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    Usin g t he F ront P anel St andby Mod e 2-6 S tandb y M o de The pri nte r has a st andby mode w here , aft er a period of ina ctivi ty , the print er goe s int o a sle ep mode ( low-powe r us age mode ). T his is i ndic ated by t he fr ont panel displ ay and st at us indi c at ors tur ning off . The indi cator l ight on the S tandby switc h is on[...]

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    Using the Front P ane l Pri nti ng the Current Conf igurati on 2-7 Printing the Curr ent Configuration The di spla y sect ion is us ed for setting the p rinter’ s conf igura tio n. Y ou ca n prin t out a re port sho wing th e prin ter ’ s cur re nt con fig urat io n b y follo win g the steps b elow . 1 Make sur e that media i s load e d. Se e p[...]

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    Usin g t he F ront P anel Ente rin g t he Me nu System 2-8 Entering the Menu System 1 Ma ke s u re a s t a tu s scr een is d isp l ay ed, as s h ow n i n t he ex am pl e b elo w : 2 Pre ss th e Ent er key . Eith e r the SHORT ME NUS sc reen or th e FU LL ME N US sc reen: is displa yed, w ith the Queu eing & Ne stin g option show n. NOT E Y o u [...]

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    Using the Front P ane l Pri nti ng the Menus 2-9 Printing the M enus Y ou can see t he c omplete me nu s truc ture avail able on t he pri nter by p rinti ng the Front-P anel Menu s print. T o help understa nd the menu structu re a nd it s na viga tio n, pr in t it now: NOT E Th e Men us print is print ed in t he siz e sp ecifi ed in t he Pa ge Form[...]

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    Usin g t he F ront P anel Pri nti ng the Menus 2-10 c Press Enter . d Press ↓ or ↑ u n til Me nu is displayed. e Press Enter . The pri nte r pri nts a menu tre e of t he en t ir e front- panel menu s truc ture . The Rece iving light fla sh es wh ile th e file is bei ng pr ocesse d, an d then th e prin ter star ts printi ng. 35 00CP Only Look at[...]

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    Using the Front P ane l Pri nti ng the Menus 2- 11 300 0CP Only Look at the Front- P ane l Menu s print. I t shows t he ful l me nu st ruct ure. H e re i s a sam p le se ction of i t (conc er n ed wi th pen setti ngs): 123456 C4704005 Th ere are s ix col umns: Row a ssoci at ed w i th Area e xpande d for u se 1 cont ains the hi ghest le ve l m e nu[...]

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    Usin g t he F ront P anel Pri nting Other I nter nal Pri nts 2-12 Prin ting Other Internal Pri nts In addi tion to the c urr ent c onfi gur ati on pri nt a nd menu pr int, t he re are seve ra l othe r inte rn a l prints a vaila ble in th e printe r . The inter nal pr ints ar e listed below : 35 00CP Only Post Scri p t demo Dem o nstr ates th e im a[...]

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    Using the Front P ane l Printi ng Othe r In ternal Pri nts 2- 13 Service print The Serv i ce print pr ovides inf ormation ne e ded f or printer ser vicing, s u ch as t he current confi gurati on, operati ng condi tions (te mperatur e and h umidity) , ink l evels , and ot her st atis ti cs about prin ter u sage. Menu Th e M e nu p r int sho ws the c[...]

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    Usin g t he F ront P anel Naviga ti ng the Menu Sys te m 2-14 Na vigati ng the Me nu Sys tem Once in the fir st-l evel me nu, you can na vigate the menu sys te m using t he dis play keys. NOT E A → charac ter in a menu opti on box indi cates that an othe r level of menu is availab le. C4704006 Pres s Prev ious to disp lay the p revi ous men u le [...]

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    Using the Front P ane l Menu Graphi cs Used in This Manual 2- 15 Men u Graph ics Used in Th is Manua l At the end of thi s chapte r, the re are some exa mples o f navi gating the menu sy stem, showing all t he menu displ ays avail abl e. In t he rest of this manual, a menu graphi c is di spl ayed in t he left mar gin when you need to us e the me nu[...]

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    Usin g t he F ront P anel Naviga ti on Exa mple s 2-16 Na vig ation E xa mp les Use the f oll owing exa mples to pr a ctice na vigati ng the menu sys tem. Al l exampl es assume t hat y ou have ente red t he menu sys te m from t he ST A T US scree n show n below . Selectin g the Full Menu Mode ◆ Make sur e the ST A TUS displa y level is shown on t[...]

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    Using the Front P ane l Naviga tio n Exa mples 2- 17 4 Press Ent er . 5 Press ↓. 6 Press Ent er . 7 Press Prev iou s . 8 Press Prev iou s ag ain to r eturn to the ST A TUS s c re en in the f ront - pan el di spl ay . C4704034 ME NU MOD E Short* C4704034 ME NU MOD E Full C4704034 UTIL ITIES Menu mode =Ful l → C4704034 FU LL M ENUS Utiliti es →[...]

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    Usin g t he F ront P anel Naviga ti on Exa mple s 2-18 Chang ing the Col or Cal ibration Setting in th e Image Quali ty Menu 35 00CP Only In th is exa m ple, you w ill c han g e th e C olor Ca li brat io n se tting in th e I m a g e Q u al it y menu. The c ol ore d a rro ws on t h e exc er pt fr om the Fr ont -Pa nel M enus print on page 2-20 corre[...]

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    Using the Front P ane l Naviga tio n Exa mples 2- 19 5 Pre ss the Ent e r key t o se l ect the opt i on and mov e to the Color c alib r at ion th ird -level me n u. The op tio n cur rently select ed is d isp lay ed with a *. 6 Change the displ ayed opti on b y press ing the ↓ or the ↑ key . 7 Pre ss th e Ent er key to s et COLOR CAL I BRA TION [...]

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    Usin g t he F ront P anel Naviga ti on Exa mple s 2-20 If you now reen t er t he me nu syst em and r epea t ste ps 1 to 4 , you will s ee the option that you se lected di splaye d with a *. NOT E A → c hara cter in a m enu op tion box in dicat es that a lower leve l of m enu is availab le. C4704040 1 ↓ ↓ FULL M ENUS Ima ge quality → 2 → 3[...]

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    Using the Front P ane l Naviga tio n Exa mples 2- 21 Chang ing the Merge Setting in HP-GL/2 Settings In th is exa m ple, yo u w ill c han g e th e M erge set ting in the HP -GL /2 Set ting s. The color ed ar rows on the excerp t of the Front - Panel Menus print on the next page corre spond t o the numbe re d ins t ruct i ons. Y ou shoul d now have [...]

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    Usin g t he F ront P anel Naviga ti on Exa mple s 2-22 5 Pre ss th e Ent er key to s elec t the opt ion and mov e to the Mer ge third -level m e nu. The o ption cu rre n tly selecte d is d isp lay e d with a * 6 Change the displ ayed opti on b y press ing the ↓ or the ↑ key . 7 Pre ss th e Ent er key to s et Merge e qual to th e ne w d ispla y [...]

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    Using the Front P ane l Naviga tio n Exa mples 2- 23 If you now reen t er t he me nu syst em and r epea t ste ps 1 to 4 , you will s ee the option that you se lected di splaye d with a *. NOT E A → charac ter in a menu opti on box indi cates that an othe r level of menu is availab le. C4704009 1 ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ FULL MENUS HP-GL /2 S e[...]

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    Usin g t he F ront P anel Naviga ti on Exa mple s 2-24 Chang ing Margins This e xample s hows how to a djust the page ma rgi ns. ◆ Make sur e the ST A TUS displa y level is shown on the fro nt panel : 1 Ente r the menu sy stem by p res sing th e Enter ke y . Eith er the S HOR T M ENUS s c r ee n or th e FULL MENUS scre en is di spl a ye d wi th t[...]

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    Using the Front P ane l Naviga tio n Exa mples 2- 25 5 Pre ss th e Ent er key to di spla y the MAR GINS menu. 6 Use the ↑ and ↓ ke ys to di splay t he ava i labl e option s and, when t he desire d option is di splayed, press the Ente r key to selec t it as t he sett ing fo r Margi ns . 7 T o exit the menu sy stem, p ress the Previo us key twice[...]

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    Usin g t he F ront P anel Naviga ti on Exa mple s 2-26 Chang ing the Drying T i me This e xample adju sts the drying ti me, a s etti ng used t o suit dif ferent e nviro nme ntal co ndit ion s, in the DR YING T I ME me nu. The pri nte r must be in ful l men u mode fo r this e x ample . ◆ Mak e su r e the ST A TUS displa y level is s hown on t he f[...]

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    Using the Front P ane l Naviga tio n Exa mples 2- 27 5 Pre ss th e Ent er key to di spla y the DR YING TIME me nu. 6 Use the ↑ and ↓ ke ys to di splay the availabl e opt ions and , when t he desi red op tion is di splayed, press the Enter key to selec t it as the setting f or Dryin g tim e. 7 T o exit the menu sy stem, p ress the Previo us key [...]

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    Usin g t he F ront P anel Other T ypes of F ront- P ane l Display Informa tio n 2-28 Other T y p es of F ront-Pan el Di spla y Inf or mati on Other t ypes of mess ages a re a lso displ ayed in t he front pan e l, such a s t hose displ ayed f or se lect ing media type during me dia loadi ng: or the amount of ink remaining: There are ot her s e lec t[...]

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    3-1 1 W orking with Media 3 Choosing Me dia 3-2 Usi ng th e In k Syste m UV Ou ts i de 3-5 Handli ng Y our Medi a 3 -12 Lo ading Roll Medi a 3-13 T a k e Up R ee l loadin g 3 -20 Unloadi ng Media fr om the T ake Up Reel 3-27 Removing a R oll f rom the P rinter 3-31 Installin g a N ew Ro ll into th e Pri nt er 3-3 3 Changi ng the Core Tube on t he T[...]

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    Working wit h Media Choos ing Media 3-2 Choosing Med ia Y our pri nter s uppo rt s s ever al t yp es of medi a. Cho osi ng t he be s t media type for your needs i s an es sent ial s tep in ens uring go od image quali ty . For best pr inting re sult s, use only ge nuine Hewle tt- Pac kar d med ia, wh o se relia bility a nd per f orma nce have been d[...]

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    Working wit h Media Choosi ng Media 3-3 So me I mp or tan t Poi nts abou t Me dia T ype s ■ This pri nte r sup ports many me dia type s. How ever , the qual ity of some i ma ges may be reduc e d if you d o not us e HP med ia. ■ Whenever you l oad a roll or a shee t, the pr inter’ s front-pa nel d i spla y pr ompts you to speci fy the media ty[...]

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    Working wit h Media Choos ing Media 3-4 Supp ort ed Medi a T ypes Y our pri nter s uppor ts seve ral types o f media The supp orted t ypes and t hei r most common uses a re show n in the table be low . The media you choos e will dep end on the i nk syst em you have ins tall ed that is, UV inks or i magi ng inks. NOTE: HP Heavywei ght Coated Paper i[...]

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    Working wit h Media Usi ng the In k System UV Outsid e 3-5 Using the I nk System U V Outside Laminating the Medi a after Printing After y ou have printed a file using t he HP Des ignJe t CP I nk System U V on 3M ™ Changeabl e Opaque I maging Media 8522CP a nd before displ ayi ng the print outdoor s, it must be lami nate d wit h one o f the 3M ove[...]

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    Working wit h Media Usin g the Ink System UV Outside 3-6 Insta llin g the Fi nal Pri nt Recommendations to Follow When I nstal ling the Final Pri nt Follow these rec ommendat ions wh en the fina l pri nt is to be displ a y ed outd oors: ■ Inst alla tion tempe ratur es Final graphi c in stal lati on te mperatur e sho uld ra nge bet ween 28 ° F an[...]

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    Working wit h Media Usi ng the In k System UV Outsid e 3-7 CAU TIO N Alw ays ap ply th e fina l print to the surf ace by hand or usin g a sq ueeg ee wit h a low fr iction p aper slee ve. 1 Posi tion th e fin al p r int o n t he su rfac e. M ea su re the fi nal pri nt pl ace men t r elativ e t o the side s of the subs tr a te . 2 T ape th e full lea[...]

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    Working wit h Media Media Type s 3-8 Med ia T ype s HP Commercial Names of Media T ypes The fo llow i ng t a ble li s ts the c ommon a nd H P co mmerci al name s of t he media t ypes suppor ted by your pri nter . Media T ype on the Front-P a nel Di splay Commerc ial Name of Media as des c rib ed in the Me dia Gu i de f or print ers Als o Kno wn A s[...]

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    Working wit h Media Media Types 3-9 Physical Characteristics of Media T ypes The fol low ing t able l ists t he phys ic al char act eris tics of th e dif fer e n t support ed media t ypes. CAU TI ON U sing Back -li t media w ith a sep a rate slip she et is no t recom me nded wh en us ing th e T ake Up Re e l. NOTE: When loa ding media into the prin[...]

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    Working wit h Media Media Type s 3-10 C o mb inat ions of Me dia T y pe and Print Mode Th e ta ble b el ow sh ows po ssib le co mbin ati o ns o f media type an d pri nt qua lity . NOTE: If y ou are using a thi rd-part y Raster Image P rocessor (RIP) to pri nt w it h your printe r, the above table may not apply . In thi s case, c onsult your RIP ven[...]

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    Working wit h Media Using Coa te d P ape r and Hea vy Coa ted Pa per with Produc tivity Mode 3- 11 Usin g Coa ted Pa per an d Heav y Co ated Paper wi th Pr oducti vity Mode Y ou should al ways s elect t he med ia type in the f ron t-panel me nu that match es the media t ype you ha ve lo aded in t he pri nter , w ith th e fo l lo w i n g o n e ex c [...]

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    Working wit h Media Handli ng Your Me dia 3-12 Ha ndl ing Y o ur M e dia ■ Handle f ilm and glos sy media by t he edg es or we ar co tton gl oves. Ski n oils can int eract with the ink and cau se it to sm ear . ■ Although the standard i nk syst ems s upplied w ith th is pri nter have exc elle nt lightf astne ss, col ors w ill even t ual ly fade[...]

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    Working wit h Media Loadi ng Rol l Medi a 3- 13 Load ing Roll Me dia T o start t his pro cedure you n eed to have a roll o f media ins ta lled on t o the printe r spindl e. Se e page 3-33, Insta llin g a New Ro ll into th e Pri nt er . 1 C he ck t he lead ing e dg e as it un winds f rom the spool . If it is not ev enl y cut or i f it is skewed (not[...]

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    Working wit h Media Load ing Rol l Med ia 3-14 NOTE: Make sur e the m edia lever is in the r aise d posi tio n . 3 Open the roll c ove r an d pull out t he media . 4 Positi on the media. 12'' / 305mm 42'' / 1067mm + 54''/1372mm = + 36''/915mm = + 50''/1270mm = 40 - 45 cm C4723 30a C472 370[...]

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    Working wit h Media Loadi ng Rol l Medi a 3- 15 5 In ser t the me dia in to the printer. 6 W hen th e m edi a is f ed into the pr inter as far p ossi ble the m ed ia butto n ligh t come s on. Th e front pane l disp l ays: 7 Make sur e the me dia is a lign ed with dashed l ine as s hown be low . C47 2371 C4704034 to c ontinue Press Lo ad Bu tton to [...]

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    Working wit h Media Load ing Rol l Med ia 3-16 8 Pre ss the m ed ia bu tton an d the m edi a wi ll b e f ed into the pr inter. 9 Pre ss th e ↓ ke y next to t he fr ont-pane l di splay to i ndicate you are loa ding a roll . 10 Us e th e ↑ an d ↓ keys u ntil t he di spla y sho ws the type of med ia yo u are load ing a nd th en p res s th e Ente[...]

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    Working wit h Media Loadi ng Rol l Medi a 3- 17 11 Align the me dia . a When the front panel di spl ays “ Lower Lever”. Low er t he me dia le ve r . b W ind the medi a stop in the di rection of t he arrow show n below . Th is is to take up any sla ck in the r oll before aligni ng the medi a. c The fro nt panel dis play s: C4704034 Lo wer Le ver[...]

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    Working wit h Media Load ing Rol l Med ia 3-18 d T ak e hold of the edges of the medi a now ext e nding f rom t he exit slot and pull the me d ia tow ar d you until t aut. T hen align the lef t and ri ght edg es of the m edia, so tha t th ey a re flush w ith th e e dges o f the roll. e When you have a li gned the me dia li ft the lever . f The pri [...]

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    Working wit h Media Loadi ng Rol l Medi a 3- 19 13 When you c lose the r oll co ve r you have two opti ons, d e pending on the s ta tus of the Ta k e U p R e e l a If th e T ake Up Ree l is turned o ff the print er is now read y to print. NOTE: If you w ant to tur n on the T ake Up Reel, see page 8-12, T ur ni ng on the T ak e Up Reel . b If the T [...]

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    Working wit h Media Tak e Up Reel l oad in g 3-20 T ake Up Re el load ing T o start this pr oce dur e you nee d to have a roll of media inst a l led int o th e prin ter se e page 3- 33, Install in g a Ne w R oll in to th e Prin ter and Loadin g Roll Me dia 3-13. CAUTI ON Usin g Back-l it media wi th a sep arate sli p shee t is no t r ecommen ded fo[...]

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    Working wit h Media Tak e U p Re el loadi ng 3- 21 2 Move the adj ust ment le vers on t he med ia guide s to t he unlocked p osition. 3 The t wo media guide s and c ore mus t be posit ione d on the s pindl e so t hat the media is i n th e cent er , between the me di a gui de s. Adj ust t he me di a guide s as sho w n below . The media guide s may b[...]

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    Working wit h Media Tak e Up Reel l oad in g 3-22 5 Pull the media down taut t o the posit ion s hown be low . Do not att empt to pull more media fr om the print er , if you need more medi a use t he fr ont panel. C4723 34[...]

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    Working wit h Media Tak e U p Re el loadi ng 3- 23 6 Use a small a mo u nt of sticky ta p e (see note belo w ) to a ttac h th e m edia to th e core. Use t hree st rip s, one a t e ach si de of t he med ia a nd one i n the midd l e. S tick t he middle on e fir st. NOTE: Use o n ly tape w h ich w ill not te ar th e media whe n it is rem o ved lat er [...]

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    Working wit h Media Tak e Up Reel l oad in g 3-24 8I m p o r t a n t : Press the me dia wi nd button on t he T ake Up Reel pa nel indica ted below t o wind the media once around t he c ore. C472 337 Media wind but t on[...]

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    Working wit h Media Tak e U p Re el loadi ng 3- 25 9 Pre ss th e ↓ button on the fr ont pa nel to a dvance some more me dia, a dvance a bout the amount shown be low to e nable you t o inser t the Me dia W e ight It is import ant that t he Me dia W ei ght is the same wi dth a s the me dia you are using. By matchi ng col or code d lengths of pl ast[...]

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    Working wit h Media Tak e Up Reel l oad in g 3-26 11 Press Prev iou s or Ent er . The front panel displ ays : NOTE: When the T ake U p Reel is in operat ion it is impo rtan t to ensure that the T ake Up Reel se nsor is not blocked. 12 Shown b elow i s how t he p rint er shoul d lo ok w hen it i s in ope ra tion . As media i s fe d from t he print e[...]

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    Working wit h Media Un loa di ng Me dia f rom t he Take U p R eel 3- 27 Unloa ding Me dia fr om the T ake Up Reel T o remove medi a from t he pr i nte r s ee pag e 3-31, Rem ov in g a Roll from the Printe r . T o unload r oll media fr om the T ake Up Reel pe rform t he fol lowing pr ocedure. NOTE: Befor e unloadi ng media ensur e the ink is dry; se[...]

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    Working wit h Media Un loa di ng Me dia f rom t he T ak e U p R eel 3-28 3 The fr ont panel dis pla ys: 4 Press cont inue . 5 Press the m edi a wi nd button shown bel ow to wind the media hanging dow n onto the T ake Up Reel. The front panel di spla ys: 6 After wi nding up the T ake Up Reel pr e ss the ↓ k ey . The cut te r cut s th e med i a. 7 [...]

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    Working wit h Media Un loa di ng Me dia f rom t he Take U p R eel 3- 29 8 Slide ope n the spindl e lock on t he ri ght ha nd side of the T ake Up Reel. 9 Remove the T ake Up Reel s pindle. Spindl e lock C472 358 A B C473 44 9 a[...]

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    Working wit h Media Un loa di ng Me dia f rom t he T ak e U p R eel 3-30 10 Remove the T ake Up Co re fr om the T ake Up Reel s pindle. T o remove r oll medi a fro m t h e print e r per form t he fol lowing p rocedure . T a ke Up C o re (w ith medi a) Med ia guide T ake Up Re el spind le C472 350c[...]

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    Working wit h Media Rem oving a R oll fro m the P rint e r 3- 31 Re movi ng a Ro ll fr om the Pr in ter T o unload medi a from the T ake Up Reel se e page 3-2 7, Unload i ng Medi a fr om the Ta k e U p R e e l . 1 If th e medi a but ton l ight is of f, press F orm Fe ed and Cut on t he fron t pane l. 2 If th e medi a but ton l ight is on, pres s th[...]

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    Working wit h Media Rem ovin g a Ro ll fro m the Print er 3-32 5 Remove the old rol l by p ulling f irmly on ea ch end of t he s pindle, A then B. 6 Re st the old roll u pright on th e floor so that the medi a stop (A) is on top. Pull o ut the media s top A and the s pindle . P ull ou t the e ndc ap ( B) from the other end of t he ol d ro ll. NOTE:[...]

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    Working wit h Media Insta lling a Ne w Roll in to the Print e r 3- 33 Installin g a Ne w Roll into the Printer 1 If an e mpty spi ndle is instal led i n th e pri nter , o pen the ro l l cover a nd remove the empty sp indle by p ulling fi rmly on each end, A and then B as show n below . 2 Remove the new roll from i ts wr apping . 3 HP Heavywei ght C[...]

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    Working wit h Media Ins ta ll in g a Ne w Ro l l in t o th e Pri n te r 3-34 4 Place t he spindl e vertic all y on t he floor , wi th the media stop a t the bot to m. Remove the end c ap from the top of the spindl e, and sl ide the new r oll ont o the spindl e. The leadi ng edge o f the medi a must wind cl ockwise a s show n below . 5 Alte rnat ive[...]

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    Working wit h Media Insta lling a Ne w Roll in to the Print e r 3- 35 7 Ins ert th e sp in dl e so th at th e lar ge m e di a stop ( A) i s to the r igh t and the s mal l endca p (B) to the le ft. Push i n fir mly on bot h ends . M ake sure the media re ma ins flush a gain st the medi a stop. The media must be posi tioned o n the roll as sho wn abo[...]

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    Working wit h Media Chang ing the C ore Tube on the Ta ke Up Reel 3-36 Chan gin g th e Core T u b e on t he T a ke Up Ree l The Core tube on the T ake Up Reel must be the sa me wid th as the media you a r e using. T o change t he core perf orm the foll owi ng pro cedure . 1 Slide ope n the spindl e lock on t he ri ght ha nd side of the T ake Up Ree[...]

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    Working wit h Media Changi ng the Core Tu be on the Take Up Ree l 3- 37 3 Remove the left- hand medi a guide . 4 Remove the old T ake Up Core. 5 Insta ll the new Cor e you hav e chose n onto the spindle and r e-ins tall the le ft hand guide assembl y . NOTE: Y ou can als o use an empty c ardboa rd tube t o repl ace the plasti c T ake Up Core t hat [...]

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    Working wit h Media Chang ing the C ore Tube on the Ta ke Up Reel 3-38 Alter native ly you c an us e an e mpty me dia car dboard c ore. NOTE: En sure t he T ake Up Core i s pushe d firml y int o b oth media guide s. NOTE: If you want to use a thre e inch car dboard c ore the n use the 3 inch core adaptor s shown b elow . 12'' / 305mm 42&a[...]

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    Working wit h Media Changi ng the Core Tu be on the Take Up Ree l 3- 39 6 Insta ll the T ake Up Reel spi ndle into t he pri nter by pu shing fir m ly on eac h e nd of the sp in dl e, A t hen B. 7 Slide s hut the spindle lock on t he ri ght- hand s ide o f the T ake Up Ree l. A B 12'' / 305mm 42'' / 1067mm + 54''/1372mm[...]

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    Working wit h Media Load ing she e t medi a 3-40 Loading shee t medi a Wh i ch ed g e fi r s t? Y ou can load a she et in eit her por tra it or l ands cape ori ent ation. U nless us ing the Rotate option (s ee p age 5- 15, Rot ating an Image ), loa d the sh ee t in th e sam e orie ntati on as you ha ve specifi ed i n your s oftw are. I f print ing [...]

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    Working wit h Media Load ing shee t medi a 3- 41 3 Ho lding the med ia at i ts sides, al ign the ri ght ed g e with the per forate d lin e o n the entr y platen. When t he media is fed i nt o t he prin ter a s fa r possi bl e the media but ton light comes on. 4 When you ar e satis f ied tha t th e medi a is posi t ioned s traigh t, pr ess t he med [...]

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    Working wit h Media Load ing she e t medi a 3-42 6 Using the ↑ and ↓ keys u ntil the displ ay s hows the t ype of me dia y ou are loa ding*. Th en p r ess th e En ter ke y . *For inf ormation on media t ypes , see pa ge 3-2, Ch oo s i ng M ed i a . 7 The p rin ter mov es th e sh eet in a nd ou t to ch e ck its siz e an d a lig n ment, a nd the [...]

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    Working wit h Media Unloadi ng S hee t Media 3- 43 Unlo ad in g Shee t Medi a 1 W ait un til the a ppropriat e dryi ng ti me has p assed (se e page 3-45, Dryi ng T ime (T ake Up Reel =off) ). No dr yi ng t ime is nece ssar y fo r some co m bin ations of me dia type s and pri nt mode s). 2 Pre ss the For m Fee d and C u t butto n 3 Gen tly pull th e[...]

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    Working wit h Media Unload ing Sheet Media 3-44 Comp e nsating for Bad ly Cut Media If media is per sistentl y di f ficul t to load , it co uld b e an indica tion that it has been c ut unevenly , wi th the me dia wi dth on the leading edge d if f erent t o that of the tr a ili ng edge. A front -panel opt ion ca lled S kew tol era nce he lps you c o[...]

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    Working wit h Media Drying T ime (Take Up Reel =off) 3- 45 Dr yi ng Time ( T ake Up Ree l =off ) On some media type s, the ink ne eds to dry befor e the media is unl oaded. The pr i n ter automat ica lly det ermi nes t he appropria te drying t ime, b a sed on t he t ype of me dia you have sele cted an d the curren t te mpera ture and humi dity . NO[...]

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    Working wit h Media Drying ti m e (Ta ke Up Reel =o n) 3-46 Drying time (T ak e Up Reel =o n ) If you a re usi ng the T ake Up Reel the i nk must be dry be fo re the me dia is wo und up onto the T ake Up T ube, otherwi se t he image wi ll b e damaged. I n most cases the T ake Up Reel paper loop gi ves t he pri nt ti me to dr y befor e it i s wound [...]

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    Working wit h Media Drying t ime (Take Up Reel =on) 3- 47 Au tomati c This is th e de fa u lt settin g. The p r inter ( if necessa ry) wil l au to mat ica lly ad ju st the drying t ime de pending on the foll owing : ■ T ype of Media ■ Print Mode ■ W idth of printing a rea ■ Environ me nta l cond itions CAU TIO N T o avoid the pr inter addi [...]

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    Working wit h Media Drying ti m e (Ta ke Up Reel =o n) 3-48[...]

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    4-1 1 W orking with Ink Sys tems 4 About the Ink Syst em 4-2 Mon itori ng the Ink Level 4-9 Removi ng and Repla cing Ink Syst ems 4-1 1 After replacing t he Ink System 4-23 Removi ng and St or ing Par tial ly Used Ink S ystems 4-24 S tori ng the Ink System in t he HP DesignJ et CP Ink Sys tem S t ora ge Conta iner 4-25 4[...]

  • Pagina 102

    Working with In k Syst ems Abo ut the Ink Sy s tem 4-2 Abo ut the Ink Syste m The HP DesignJet CP Ink Systems There ar e two HP De signJe t C P Ink Syst ems desi gned t ogether w ith your HP DesignJ et 35 00CP and 300 0CP print ers for a tota l pri nting s olut ion tha t deli vers cle ar , s har p pri nt s - ever y time . ■ The HP Design Je t CP [...]

  • Pagina 103

    Working with Ink S ys tems About th e Ink S ys tem 4-3 W hat is an In k Syst em? In ea ch of t he four ink systems, t here are thre e sepa rate compone nts t hat w ork togethe r . The compone nts of e ach ink s yste m are color- coded to help yo u install the m cor re ctly . Ink C a rtrid g e Eac h ink ca rtridg e is a large-capa city in k supply t[...]

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    Working with In k Syst ems Abo ut the Ink Sy s tem 4-4 How t o Identify the HP DesignJet CP Ink S ystem UV Comp onents The a ppearan c e of the HP Des ig nJet CP Ink System U V is sim ila r to the H P Design Je t CP Ink S y stem. T o help y ou easily i den tif y t he UV Ink Syst em each component i s ma rked w ith the fo llowi ng symbol afte r the [...]

  • Pagina 105

    Working with Ink S ys tems About th e Ink S ys tem 4-5 W hen Does the Ink Sys tem Refill th e Print he ad s? Normall y the printhe a ds are r efill ed when a print has been fini shed. If you a r e pr inting an im age with a high ink d ensity whi ch is larger than E/A0 , the pr inter may stop d uring th e print to ref ill. T he p r inter co ntai ns [...]

  • Pagina 106

    Working with In k Syst ems Abo ut the Ink Sy s tem 4-6 Obta inin g Opt im um Refill Pe rf orman ce usin g non- HP med ia. In some c a ses, pa rti cularl y wi th hi gh ink de nsit y print s and us ing no n e ndorse d media t ypes , defec ts ca n occ ur as the ink dries on th e media while a pri nt i s pause d to refill the prin theads. If you a re e[...]

  • Pagina 107

    Working with Ink S ys tems About th e Ink S ys tem 4-7 NOTE: Th e refi ll type s shown are the default sett ings. NOTE: If t he me dia type is c hanged e ither by loading n e w media or ch a nging t he settin g in the f ront pa nel, the r efill typ e will ret urn to defau lt. NOTE: If you ar e using an exter nal RIP , the option in dicated throu gh[...]

  • Pagina 108

    Working with In k Syst ems Abo ut the Ink Sy s tem 4-8 Ref illi ng the P ri nth e ads from the Front Pane l Y o u m ay wan t t o refill th e printhe ads b ef o re printing a ve ry la r ge (l ong a xis) or dens e print t hat may re quire more i nk tha n the minimu m volume in t he pr i nthea d. Sele ct Re fill in the Pr inthea d ser vice menu . Refi[...]

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    Working with Ink S ys tems Monit oring the Ink Level 4-9 Monit oring the I n k Level Y ou can monitor how mu ch ink you ha ve rema ining i n each i nk car tri dge by selec ting the Ink leve l display i n the fr ont-panel menu. The displa y provi des an indicat ion of how much ink is remaining i n each of th e four ink cart ri dge s ( based on inter[...]

  • Pagina 110

    Working with In k Syst ems Monito ring the Ink Level 4-10 When should I Replace an In k Syst em? Y ou should r eplace a n ink system whe n promp ted by the pri nter . When the pri nter runs out of one or more colors of ink, the pr in ter di spl a ys the foll owing mess age on the front pane l. The pri nte r displ ays fou r bloc ks repre sentin g th[...]

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    Working with Ink S ys tems Removi ng and Repl ac ing Ink Sys te m s 4- 11 Re mo vi ng and Repla ci ng I nk Sys te ms NOTE: It very import ant that you do no t mix ink systems up. The UV ink sys tems and ot her non-U V ink sy stems are n ot compat i ble. Cont a minati on of one in k syst em with the othe r will r esu lt in you ha ving t o repla ce b[...]

  • Pagina 112

    Working with In k Syst ems Rem ovin g and Replaci ng I nk System s 4-12 W o rk ing with mu lti ple In k Sys t ems IMPORT ANT T o ge t the best image s from your HP Des ignJet CP Ink Syste ms always foll ow the se impo r tant r u les: ■ Change a ll thr ee c omponent s for each ink color set toget her . The pri nthe ad, printhe a d clea ner , and i[...]

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    Working with Ink S ys tems Repl ac e th e Ink S y s tem 4- 13 Re pla c e the Ink Syste m 1 Removin g and Repl acing P r int heads 1 When the printe r carria ge s tops and th e front pa nel dis plays the me ssa ge “ Open window to acce ss pri ntheads, ” open the w indow of t he print er . NOTE: Do not open the wi ndow befo re the “O pen window[...]

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    Working with In k Syst ems Rep l ace the I nk Sys tem 4-14 After y ou open the wi ndow , the pr int er w ill displa y the f ol lo wing m essag e on th e front panel . Bli nking i ndic ator s show whi ch pri nthe ads must be re pla ced. In t he follow i ng exampl e, the yel low pri nthead ne eds to be repla c ed. 2 Press d own light ly on t he pr in[...]

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    Working with Ink S ys tems Repl ac e th e Ink S y s tem 4- 15 4 In ser t the pr inth ea d int o t he stal l wit h the co lor dot t hat mat ches th e colo r of the printhe a d label . Press d own light ly a nd push the printhea d away from you ( t oward the back o f th e crad le ) u ntil it sn aps in to p l ac e a s show n b elow . NOTE: Th e printh[...]

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    Working with In k Syst ems Rep l ace the I nk Sys tem 4-16 2 Removin g a nd Repl acing the P rinthead Cl eaner W ARNI N G W hen you ope n the right door of the pr i nt er , the prin thead cl eaners mo ve to the ope ning in the printe r for rep lacemen t. Ke ep hands cle ar of the ope ning u ntil the printh ead c leane rs st op mo v in g. 1 Open the[...]

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    Working with Ink S ys tems Repl ac e th e Ink S y s tem 4- 17 2 Press dow n on t he pr inth ead c l eane r hand le a nd pull it o ut of t he pr i nt er . Discard t he used pri nthe ad clea ner . 3 Ins ert t he new p r in thea d cle aner in to the ma tchi ng c ol or- co ded sl ot i n the pr in ter . 4 Repeat ste ps 2 and 3 for a ny addi tio nal pri [...]

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    Working with In k Syst ems Rep l ace the I nk Sys tem 4-18 5 Close the right doo r on the prin ter . The fr ont panel will dis pla y the mes sag e “ Open le f t do or to acce ss ink cartr g. ”. Continue w ith t he next pr oc edure, R e moving a nd Replacing the Ink Cart ridge s . C4704107[...]

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    Working with Ink S ys tems Repl ac e th e Ink S y s tem 4- 19 3 Removin g and Repl acing the Ink Cartridges 1 Open the l eft d oor on th e pri nter . After y ou open the le ft do or, the print er di spla ys the messag e shown be low on the front panel . Th e blinki ng indi cator shows whic h ink c artr idge must be r eplace d. I n the exa mple bel [...]

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    Working with In k Syst ems Rep l ace the I nk Sys tem 4-20 2 While pre ssing down on t he qui ck-r e lease but ton (1 ), unplu g the ink c artridge tube by pulli ng the tube conne ctor awa y from t he pri nter (2). CAUT ION Never pull the ink ca rtri dg e ou t by t he tub e or c onne ct or . Th is may caus e th e in k car tridge t o lea k. A lways [...]

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    Working with Ink S ys tems Repl ac e th e Ink S y s tem 4- 21 4 Insert the ne w i nk car tridge into the sl ot i n the printe r, maki ng sure tha t you ma tch the co lor of th e ink c artridg e with th e co lor co de on th e pri nt er . 5 Plug th e val ve on t he ink c art ridg e tube int o the connecto r on the pr inter ma king sure t ha t yo u ma[...]

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    Working with In k Syst ems Rep l ace the I nk Sys tem 4-22 7 Close the l eft door o n the printer . After t he l eft door i s clos ed, The front panel d isplays the messa ge “ ST AT US, Chec king ink s y st em ” while the p rinte r ch eck s tha t all in k system com pone nts hav e been ins ta lled c orr ectly . Thi s may take a f ew mi nutes. C[...]

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    Working with Ink S ys tems After re placing th e Ink Syste m 4- 23 After r e placing the Ink System After y ou replace the ink sy stem, the print er: ■ alig ns th e pr in thea ds ■ perfor ms a pri nthea d check ( if enable d) ■ cali brat es the co lor, if the co lor calib rat ion f unc tion is enab led in th e fr o nt-pan el. S ee ch apte r 9[...]

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    Working with In k Syst ems Rem oving a nd Stori ng P artia lly Used Ink Syste ms 4-24 Remo vi ng an d S toring Partially Use d Ink Systems If you ne ed to print several i mages un a ttended ( for e xa mple , when pr int ing overni ght) a nd one or mor e of th e i nk color s is l ow on ink, you may want to re pl ace these colo rs wit h new ones b ef[...]

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    Working with Ink S ys tems Remo ving a nd S tori ng Parti al l y Used Ink Sys te ms 4- 25 S toring the In k Sy stem i n th e HP Desi gnJe t CP In k Sy stem S torage Con tainer Additiona l HP DesignJet CP Ink System S tor age Conta iner s can be purcha sed separa tely thr ough your Hewl ett-P ackard d e aler . Refer to page 13-18, Or dering Accessor[...]

  • Pagina 126

    Working with In k Syst ems Rem oving a nd Stori ng P artia lly Used Ink Syste ms 4-26 4 Lift t he lever arm and ins ert the pri nthead cle aner into t he matching colo r coded slot in the H P Design Jet CP Ink S yste m Storage Containe r . 5 P ush the leve r arm forw ard so that the prin thead clean er “c licks” into posi tion in the HP DesignJ[...]

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    Working with Ink S ys tems Remo ving a nd S tori ng Parti al l y Used Ink Sys te ms 4- 27 7 In ser t the pr inth ea d int o t he stal l wit h the co lor dot t hat mat ches th e colo r of the pr in thea d lab el. NOT E E ac h prin thead i s color keyed t o the correct stall a nd w ill no t fit in a ny other po sit i on. 8 Press d own light ly a nd p[...]

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    Working with In k Syst ems Rem oving a nd Stori ng P artia lly Used Ink Syste ms 4-28 NOT E Y ou ca n store the H P Desig nJe t CP Ink Syst em UV ( U V P igme nte d ink ) p rinthe ads a nd pr inthea d clea n ers in the sto rage c on tain er for up t o six w eek s withou t affe c t ing the Outd oor Durab ilit y W arrant y (pr ovid ing you comply wit[...]

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    Working with Ink S ys tems Remo ving a nd S tori ng Parti al l y Used Ink Sys te ms 4- 29 Removin g the Ink Syst em from the HP DesignJ et CP Ink Sys tem S torage Cont ain er CAU TI ON Th e sequ enc e in wh ich the pri nth ead a nd pr inthea d clea ne r are remove d from the H P De si gnJet CP I nk Sy st em S tora ge Con tai ne r is ver y imp ort a[...]

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    Working with In k Syst ems Rem oving a nd Stori ng P artia lly Used Ink Syste ms 4-30 2 Press d ow n lightl y on the prin t hea d and pul l i t to ward you , re moving it fr om the stall. 3 Repea t step 2 for the th r ee re mainin g color printh e ads in th e HP D esignJ et CP I nk System St orag e Container . 4 Pull the lever arm up and t owards y[...]

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    5-1 1 Contr o lling the P age Format 5 Page Fo rm at 5-2 Pag e Si ze a nd Accu racy 5-8 Sele cting t he I nk Emulation Mode 5-1 1 Adjusti ng M a rgins fo r Ro ll an d Shee t M ed ia 5- 12 Ro ta ting an I mage 5- 15 Pri nti ng a Mi rr or Im age 5-19 Changi ng the Scale of a Printed Ima ge 5-20 5[...]

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    Contro lling the P age Format Page Forma t 5-2 Page F orma t This c hapte r expl ain s how to ma ke s ure t hat the print er p roduces your p rint in t he page f ormat you want. C4704042 Page S ize Margin Prin ting ar ea Inke d area[...]

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    Controll ing t he Page Fo rm at Page Format 5-3 Page si ze Page s ize can be specifie d from t he front panel or in the sof tware , where it may be calle d ”Pag e Size”, “ M edia Siz e”, “Pa p er Siz e” etc., and wh ere th e o ptio ns in clud e, for exa mple , ISO A 3, ANSI Lett er , Custom, et c. If y our soft ware does not put a pa ge[...]

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    Contro lling the P age Format Page Forma t 5-4 Do Y ou Need t o Adju st t he Page S ize in the F r ont Pan el? The answer is normall y no, bec a use t he page s ize you ha ve selec ted in you r driver overri des the page siz e select ed in the printe r . However , so me of t he circ umstances in whic h you may w ant to chan ge the de fault s e ttin[...]

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    Controll ing t he Page Fo rm at Page Format 5-5 Adju sting th e Page Size in th e Front Panel PostScrip t files Unles s you are usi ng the front -pane l PS Scale → Fit to page opti on (see pa ge 5-20, Changing the Scale of a Pr inted I mage ), the front -panel pag e -size s etti ngs ha ve no ef fe ct on PostScri pt f i les t ha t alr eady contain[...]

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    Contro lling the P age Format Page Forma t 5-6 Non-PostScrip t f il es The Size opti on let s you selec t the pa ge si ze of you r p rint. T he opt ions a re de s c ribe d in t he foll owing t abl e . If you ne e d t o a dju st the p age si ze f rom t he fr ont pa nel, d o so before sendi ng the fil e from y our computer . The pri nte r det ermin e[...]

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    Controll ing t he Page Fo rm at Page Format 5-7 Page Size and Clipp ed Images If you s pecif y in your soft war e a pa ge siz e that is large r than the med ia size loa ded in the printer, t he printe r w ill st ill print what it ca n, but may c lip your image. Page Size and Nesting (Rol l Media Onl y) Nestin g means pl acing t wo or mor e page s s[...]

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    Contro lling the P age Format Pa ge Siz e an d Ac cura cy 5-8 Page Siz e and Accu rac y The pri nte r dyn amicall y modif i es t he adva nce of the media, to achi eve the be st ima ge pr int, dep endin g on th e printh e ads in sta lled in the printe r and the con ten t of the image, a ltho ugh t he widt h of the image w ill al wa ys b e c orr ect.[...]

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    Controll ing t he Page Fo rm at Page Si z e and Accuracy 5-9 Th e “ Optim i zed ” o ptio n means th e prin te r w ill calc ulate th e m edia adv an ce dynamica lly dependi ng on: ■ the p rinthe ads ■ th e us e of each p rin t he ad This sel ect ion will g iv e best p o ssib le prin t qualit y , but pa g e lengths m a y ch an g e betwee n tw[...]

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    Contro lling the P age Format Pa ge Siz e an d Ac cura cy 5-10 5 With the “Page A cc u r a cy” menu still se lec ted , scroll th rou gh the m enu u n til “Maxim um ” is displaye d. Press Enter to acce ss t hi s m enu . By sele cting this o ption , the pri nter w ill a dvance medi a wit hout any dependenc e on the pri nthead. Choose t his op[...]

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    Controll ing t he Page Fo rm at Selec ting t he Ink E mula tio n Mode 5- 11 Select ing th e Ink Em ulat ion Mo de Y our printe r can emul at e the c olo r beh avior of of fse t prin tin g presse s , all owing you to use your printer for colo r pr oofing. T o get accu rate col ors f or yo ur proof, select the col or emulation mode that mat che s you[...]

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    Contro lling the P age Format Adjus ting Margins fo r R oll a nd Sheet Me dia 5-12 Adjusting Margins fo r Roll and Sheet Media Besides nesting a nd se tting the page size, you can a lso c hange the mar gin settings and expand t he pr i nting a r ea of the page, reducing the a mount of media wa ste. T he two side ma rgi ns ar e 15. 0 mm. The de faul[...]

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    Controll ing t he Page Fo rm at Adju stin g Margi ns fo r Roll and Sh eet Media 5- 13 Exte nded margi ns pr ovi de wi der t op a nd bot to m mar gins. Ext ended mar gi ns e na bl e the p rinter to d o autom atic e rro r c orrec tion on th e lea di ng an d t railing edges o f an ima ge to p rev en t ima ge qu ality de fe cts w h en it de tects n onf[...]

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    Contro lling the P age Format Adjus ting Margins fo r R oll a nd Sheet Me dia 5-14 Non -PostS cri pt File s Only Fo r roll medi a if you se lec t Smaller in the Margi ns menu sele ction, y ou c an reduce the mar gins to 10 mm on the leadin g and t railing e dges of the me dia. NOT E If Smaller m arg ins a re sele cted , t he N est ing au to- rot at[...]

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    Controll ing t he Page Fo rm at R ota ti n g a n Im a ge 5- 15 Rotating an I mage Y our images c an be rota ted f rom the Page for ma t / Rotate opti on in t he fr ont panel if: ■ Th e fil e is an R T L/HP -GL/2 f ile an d Que uein g and Nes ting are of f (s ee p ag e 7- 1 1, A voiding Media W aste by Nesting P ages ) ■ The f ile is a Po stScr [...]

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    Contro lling the P age Format Ro tatin g an Image 5-16 Wh a t i s Ro t ated ? ◆ W ith roll me dia, bot h the ima ge and the pa ge ori ent ation a re rot at ed. Notice tha t the narr ow mar gins a re a lway s at the lef t and ri ght s ides, r e gardless of the o rientatio n . T he pag e size is ad ju sted t o ma intai n the printi ng are a, preven[...]

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    Controll ing t he Page Fo rm at R ota ti n g a n Im a ge 5- 17 How Does Rotate Interact with Y ou r Software? For PostS cript fil e s ■ On s he et me dia, the f ront -pan e l R ota te sett in g has no effect. ■ On rol l media , use the front-p anel Ro ta te setting t o save med ia, by p rint ing na rr o w p ag e s in lan d s ca pe ori entat io [...]

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    Contro lling the P age Format Ro tatin g an Image 5-18 For Non-Po stScri pt Files ■ The pri nte r adds t he rot ation set ting t o any rot ation an gle you speci fy in yo ur soft ware . F or e xampl e: For soft war e appli cat ions wh ich, l ike the pr int er , rotate counter -clockwi se the result is the sum of th e rotatio n sele cted in the p [...]

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    Controll ing t he Page Fo rm at Printi ng a Mirro r Image 5- 19 Prin ting a Mir r or Imag e If you a r e using c lear i magin g media , some times call ed bac kli t. Y ou may wan t to print a mirror ima ge of your pri nt. S o tha t whe n the media i s lit f rom behind it is in the corre c t or ient ation. Th is can be done fr om the fron t panel, w[...]

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    Contro lling the P age Format Ch an g ing the S cal e of a Prin ted Im ag e 5-20 Chan gin g th e Sc al e of a Prin ted Ima ge W ith a Po stScri pt fi le , you c an enla r ge your p rinted ima ge fr om the p r inter’ s front panel by usi ng the PS s cal e option, a ccesse d from t he P age for mat menu. The PS sc ale feat ur e is u s ef ul: ■ If[...]

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    Controll ing t he Page Fo rm at Ch an g ing the S cal e of a Prin ted Im ag e 5- 21 Fit T o Page The Fit to page sett ing a djust s the ima ge siz e to the page size selecte d for your printe r . For exa mple, If you have selected I SO A2 as t he pag e size and you print an A4 -siz e ima ge, it w ill b e en larged to fit the A2 p age. I f ISO A4 pa[...]

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    Contro lling the P age Format Ch an g ing the S cal e of a Prin ted Im ag e 5-22[...]

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    6-1 Contr o lling the Ove rall ap pearan ce of a Print 6 W ays of Cont ro lling th e P rint’s A pp ea ranc e 6-2 Changi ng Pen W idths a nd Colors U sing the Int erna l Palet tes 6-3 Changi ng the T r eatment of O verl apping Li nes (Me r ge) 6-9 Print ing Col or Ima ge s in Monoc hrome 6-1 0 Prin tin g Spee ds an d Prin t Qu ality 6 -1 2 6[...]

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    Con t r ol l in g th e O ve r al l ap p e a r an c e of a P rin t Ways of Control ling the Pri nt’s Appea ra nc e 6-2 W ays of Co ntro lling th e Pr int’ s Appearance NOTE: Unl ess you have spe c ific a lly i ndica ted in your soft ware tha t the pri nte r ’ s fron t-pan el settings a re to be used (for exa mpl e, Printe r ’ s d efault S et[...]

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    Con tro l li ng t he Ove rall appea rance of a Pri nt Changi ng Pen Widths an d Colors Us ing th e Internal Pal e ttes 6-3 Cha ngi ng Pe n W idth s an d Co lors Usi ng th e Inter nal Palette s The “pens ” di scusse d thr oughout this c ha pter are the “ conc eptual ” pens i n a softw a re palett e, rat her t han the prin t er' s physic[...]

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    Con t r ol l in g th e O ve r al l ap p e a r an c e of a P rin t Chang ing Pen Widths and Colors Using the Int ern a l Palet tes 6-4 To Select a Palette T o sele ct a p ale tte thr ou gh th e fro nt -p a nel m en u , g o to th e Def ine Pa lett e sel ect ion under H P-GL/2 S ETTINGS and ch oose the pal ette y ou w ant . Th e f ollo wi ng ta b le d[...]

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    Con tro l li ng t he Ove rall appea rance of a Pri nt Changi ng Pen Widths an d Colors Us ing th e Internal Pal e ttes 6-5 V iewi ng Curren t Config. Settings 1 Ma ke sure eith er a roll o r a shee t of me di a is lo aded . 2 Make sur e that the fron t -pa nel Color /Mono switc h is set to Color . 3 Prin t th e Cu rr en t Con f igu ra tion Pr int, [...]

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    Con t r ol l in g th e O ve r al l ap p e a r an c e of a P rin t Chang ing Pen Widths and Colors Using the Int ern a l Palet tes 6-6 V iewi ng the Colors A vailab le For a Palette 1 Make sur e that the fron t -pa nel Color /Mono switc h is set to Co lo r . 2 T o print th e Pal ette , go to the INT ERN A L PR IN T S menu an d c hoos e HP- GL/ 2 Pal[...]

  • Pagina 159

    Con tro l li ng t he Ove rall appea rance of a Pri nt Changi ng Pen Widths an d Colors Us ing th e Internal Pal e ttes 6-7 T o Change the Palette Sett ing s Y ou cannot cha nge the F actory p alette, but you can defi ne Pal ette s A and B t o be whatever y ou c hoose. NOTE: Th ese sett ings have no ef fect on PostScr ipt files. The fol low ing st e[...]

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    Con t r ol l in g th e O ve r al l ap p e a r an c e of a P rin t Chang ing Pen Widths and Colors Using the Int ern a l Palet tes 6-8 6 Scro ll to t he ne xt pen number you w ant to cha nge, press Enter and do s teps 3 throug h 5 a gain. 7 When al l pen definiti ons a re c orr ect, pre ss Pr evious until you exi t t he menus. IMP ORT AN T T he pale[...]

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    Con tro l li ng t he Ove rall appea rance of a Pri nt Chan ging the T reatm ent of Overlappi ng Lines (Merge) 6-9 Chan gi ng the T reatment of Ov erla ppin g Line s (Merge) The Mer ge sett ing control s how overl appin g lines are treated. Mer ge has tw o settin g s, Off and On . T he f ollowin g illus tratio n sh ows the e ffect of e ac h setting [...]

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    Con t r ol l in g th e O ve r al l ap p e a r an c e of a P rin t Pri nti ng Colo r Images in Monoc hrome 6-10 Prin ting Color Image s in Mono c hr ome There are ti mes whe n you may w ant to pr int a col or image i n monochrome (graysc ale s only) . Examples of thi s are: ■ Y ou wa nt a dr aft whe re c olor i s not i mpor tant, f or exampl e to [...]

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    Con tro l li ng t he Ove rall appea rance of a Pri nt Prin tin g Color Images i n Monochrom e 6- 11 Switching between Color and Monochrome 1 Use the f ront- panel ke y show n belo w to toggle be twee n col or and monoc hrome. 2 Send the fil e fr om your computer . NOT E Th e Colo r/Mon o setting also effects m ost of th e printer ’ s inter nal pr[...]

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    Con t r ol l in g th e O ve r al l ap p e a r an c e of a P rin t Pri nting Speeds and Print Quality 6-12 Prin ting Sp e eds and Print Quality The pri nting t ime varies w ith the Print mode set ting, and w ith th e media t ype specifi e d. Recommen ded combi na tio ns of Pri nt mode a nd media type s are give n on page 3- 10, Combin atio ns of Med[...]

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    Con tro l li ng t he Ove rall appea rance of a Pri nt Prin ting Speeds a nd Pri nt Quali ty 6- 13 The t able below shows the dif f eren t print speeds a nd the amount of ink used whe n printi ng an image usi ng t he six d if fe re nt media se ttings . Thi s i s repr e sent ative of an E si ze pr in t in Photo mode with 20% ink d ensity in a ll four[...]

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    Con t r ol l in g th e O ve r al l ap p e a r an c e of a P rin t Pri nting Speeds and Print Quality 6-14 Pri n t mo de sett i ng s Y ou can set the ov e rall P rint mode fr om the f ront pane l. In gene ral : ■ Choos e Econo my to print yo ur ima ges in the shor test time. ■ Choose Pr oductivi ty to ge t a good combi nation of image qua lity a[...]

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    Con tro l li ng t he Ove rall appea rance of a Pri nt Prin ting Speeds a nd Pri nt Quali ty 6- 15 Using Coated Paper and Heavy Coated Paper with Prod uct ivi ty Mode Y ou should al ways s elect t he med ia type in the f ron t-panel me nu that match es the media t ype you ha ve lo aded in t he pri nter , w ith on e e x cep tio n : ■ If you are lo [...]

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    Con t r ol l in g th e O ve r al l ap p e a r an c e of a P rin t Pri nting Speeds and Print Quality 6-16 Ch ang ing th e pri nt m ode 35 00CP Only Use th e fron t-pane l print mo de key to toggle betwe en the th ree prin t mode settin gs. Sett ings in your PostScri pt pri nte r driver overr i de th e front -pane l se t ting. Use your drive r for s[...]

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    7-1 1 Managing Y our Prin ts 7 Managi ng Pages Currentl y bei ng Print ed or D rying 7-2 Managi ng Pages not ye t Pri nted (t he Queue) 7-5 A voiding Medi a W a ste by Nest ing Page s 7-1 1 7[...]

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    Manag i ng Your Prin ts Manag ing Pages Curre ntl y b eing Pr inte d or Drying 7- 2 Mana gi ng Pag e s Curr ently being Printed or Drying NOT E I n this cha pter , th e t erms jo b an d p age are u sed intercha n geably fo r files. Post Script j obs may have multipl e pages . R TL and HP-GL/2 jobs ar e sin gle p age job s. W here w e t alk a bou t [...]

  • Pagina 171

    Managin g Your Pr ints Managi ng Pages Curr ently be ing Prin te d or Drying 7-3 Cutt ing a Pag e before Drying is Compl ete (Roll M e dia Only) ◆ Press Form Feed and Cut on the front pa nel . If you a re usi ng the T ake Up Reel t he Front Panel displays : Remove the media wei ght and pres s the ↓ to c ontinue. The front pan el displ ays: Pres[...]

  • Pagina 172

    Manag i ng Your Prin ts Manag ing Pages Curre ntl y b eing Pr inte d or Drying 7- 4 Paus in g while P rinti ng a Series of Pages Y ou can pa use betwee n tw o page s a lready sent fro m your comput er , f or exa mple to change t he medi a t ype or re pla ce the c art ridge s. 1 Press Pa us e on the front pane l. The prin ter fini sh es the cu rre n[...]

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    Managin g Your Pr ints Mana ging Pages not ye t Print ed (the Queue) 7-5 Mana ging Pag es no t yet Prin ted (the Queue) What is t he Queue? Y o ur p rinte r can sto re f iles in a queue at the sam e tim e as p rinti ng the cu rre nt file. I t store s them by pa ge. I f you send onl y single-page f i les , you ca n regard the se as file s. The size [...]

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    Manag i ng Your Prin ts Manag i ng Pages not yet Pri nted (the Q ueue ) 7- 6 With q ueuei ng tur ned O FF If Queuein g is Of f an d the p rinter r eceives prin t files, th e file s are pr inted as the y are recei ved , and ar e not st or ed in the queue . Nesting t ime- out set ti ngs have no e f fect whe n Queuei ng is Off . ■ Files are pri nted[...]

  • Pagina 175

    Managin g Your Pr ints Mana ging Pages not ye t Print ed (the Queue) 7-7 S tar ti ng to Pr i n t a File th at is W ait i ng for a T i me-o ut If all is in orde r (m edia loade d, ink syste m in stalle d, an d no file er rors), th e re ar e still two rea sons why a file you have sent fro m your comput er may not start prin ting wh en ex pe cte d: ?[...]

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    Manag i ng Your Prin ts Manag i ng Pages not yet Pri nted (the Q ueue ) 7- 8 Identif ying a Job i n t he Qu eue In Queu eing / N esting, you ca n scrol l t hrou gh the page s in t he queu e. Eac h h as an i d e nt ifi er , com pri sin g: <pos it ion i n queue >: <i mage na me> Position in Queue The j ob currently be ing pr i nted i s in[...]

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    Managin g Your Pr ints Mana ging Pages not ye t Print ed (the Queue) 7-9 Priorit izing a Job in t he Queue T o make any job in th e queue t he next one to be print ed, s el ect it a nd choose Move to to p . If ne s ting i s t urne d on (s ee pag e 7 -1 1, Wha t is Nesting? ) the p rioritiz ed jo b may still be neste d w ith ot hers . If you really [...]

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    Manag i ng Your Prin ts Manag i ng Pages not yet Pri nted (the Q ueue ) 7- 10 Making Cop ies of a Job i n the Qu eue In all c ases, th e jo b m ust be still in the q u eue. Having se l ecte d the j ob and chosen Copies , use the scrol ling keys t o specif y the number of copies requir e d, and press En te r . Th e number you ent er i s th e actua l[...]

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    Managin g Your Pr ints Avoidi ng Media Wa ste b y Nestin g Pa ges 7-11 A v oid i ng Me di a W a st e by N est in g P ag e s NOT E N esting c an o nly be used with ro ll me dia. What is Nesting? Nest ing means pla cing page s si de-by-s ide on the media ( rather th a n on e afte r the other), t o avoi d wast ing me dia. Roll Media saved Nes ti n g o[...]

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    Manag i ng Your Prin ts Avoidi ng Media Waste by Nesting Pages 7- 12 Automatic Rot ation Th e prin ter m ay a utom atically r otate a pa ge in nesting ( see page 7 -13, Wh i c h Pa g es Cannot be Rotate d? ). It may do th is e ven w ith a sin g le pag e. Au t omatic Rotatio n does not apply to pag es tha t have ma rgi ns se t to Smaller . NOT E Th [...]

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    Managin g Your Pr ints Avoidi ng Media Wa ste b y Nestin g Pa ges 7-13 When Does the Pri nter T ry to Nest P ages? W hen all t he fo ll owin g ar e tru e: ■ Th e p r inter is loa de d wit h ro ll m edi a rather than sh eet m ed ia. ■ In the front -pane l menus, Queue i s ON (t he def ault) . See page 7- 5, Wh at is t he Que ue? ■ In the front[...]

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    Manag i ng Your Prin ts Avoidi ng Media Waste by Nesting Pages 7- 14 T urning Nes tin g On or Off and Choos in g the Nesting Method NOTE: Th e Optimal sett ing doe s not aff ect PostScr ipt files . If Opti mal is s elect ed when prin t ing a PostS cript f il e, Nesti ng will functi on as if In or d e r is sel ec ted . W hat Happe n s to Nesting if [...]

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    Managin g Your Pr ints Avoidi ng Media Wa ste b y Nestin g Pa ges 7-15 How Long does t he Printer W ait for Anothe r File? So th at the print er c an make the bes t ne st pos sibl e, it wait s aft er a f ile ha s be en recei ved t o check i f a subs eque nt pa ge will n e st with it or wit h p ages a lready in t he queue . This w aitin g period is [...]

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    Manag i ng Your Prin ts Avoidi ng Media Waste by Nesting Pages 7- 16 Get t ing t he Be s t fr om Nest ing (Nes ting and Ma rg ins ) 30 00CP Only In orde r to “sque eze in” one more page, t h e print e r may r educe the r ight mar gin of the ri ght-most page by up to 3 mm ( 0.08 in). Thi s is done onl y if : ■ th e Size option i n the Pa ge fo[...]

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    8-1 1 Reconfiguring Y o ur Prin ter 8 V iew ing th e Cur ren t Ove rall Co nfigu rati on of the Pr inter 8 -2 V ie wing the Curr ent Conf igura tion of t he Fron t-Pane l Set tin gs 8-5 T o Change the Front-P anel S etti ngs 8-5 Rec ali brat ing t he Pr in ter for Ac cu racy 8 - 6 Changi ng the Gr aphics Langua ge 8-8 Changi ng the Inte rfac e Set [...]

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    Reco nfiguring Your P ri nter Viewin g the Cu rre nt Ov erall Configurat ion of th e Print er 8-2 V iewing the Curr ent Ov erall Co nfigur ation of the Printe r 35 00CP Only T o see the c urrent c onfigu ration of your pr inter , pr int out the conf igurat ion print . The infor mation c onta ined on the conf i gura ti on print s is de sc r ibed in [...]

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    Reconfi guri ng Your Pr int er Viewing the Cur r ent Overa ll Con figur ation of the Pr inter 8-3 HP-GL/2 Configurat ion Print Item Com men ts Queuein g & Nesting The current queue ing a nd nesting settin gs i n t he fron t- panel menu . Utilit ies The current menu mode se tti ng (F ull o r Shor t). Utilit ies -> S ta ti stics Max X Max Y Th[...]

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    Reco nfiguring Your P ri nter Viewin g the Cu rre nt Ov erall Configurat ion of th e Print er 8-4 I/O set up Current I/ O configura tion and time-out setti ng. Im ag e q ua lit y -> Pr in th e ad s erv ic e Curre nt pri nthead servic e chec k fr equ e ncy sett ing. HP-GL/2 s etti ngs Current Palette and Me rge settings . Device s etup Current De[...]

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    Reconfi guri ng Your Pr int er Viewing the Current Con figurati on of the Front-Pa ne l Sett ings 8-5 V i ewin g th e Current Conf i guratio n o f the Front-Panel Setti ngs 1 Ma ke sure eith er a roll o r a shee t of me di a is lo aded . 2 Print the Cur rent Configur a tion Print , by pre ssi ng the up-arr ow and do w n-arrow keys s imulta neousl y[...]

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    Reco nfiguring Your P ri nter Recalibra t ing the Pri nter f or Accurac y 8-6 Recal ibratin g the Printer fo r Accu racy When to Recal ibrate t he Printer Y o u r prin te r wa s cali brat ed at the facto ry to e nsur e that it operate s with the g reat est accura c y in norma l envir onme ntal co nditions . If you are opera ting under signi ficant [...]

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    Reconfi guri ng Your Pr int er Re ca li br atin g th e Prin t er f or Ac cu ra cy 8-7 7 First ensure th e media is dry , the n rotate th e sh eet 9 0 ° counterc loc kwise and reloa d it prin te d-side do wn , so tha t the bla ck arr ows go in to the pri nter first. 8 Go t o Reca li br ate a gain, and c hoose Measure pa ttern . W hen th e prin ter [...]

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    Reco nfiguring Your P ri nter Chang ing the Graphics Langua ge 8-8 Chan gin g th e Graph ics L a ng ua ge 35 00CP Only T o Change t he Graphics L anguage Setting T o change the gr a phics lang uage se tting, go to the Devi ce setup/ L ang me nu . Ther e ar e th r ee se lec tio ns , as fo llo ws: Gr aphic s Language Comme nts Aut om at ic Choose Aut[...]

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    Reconfi guri ng Your Pr int er Changin g the Gra phics Lan gua ge 8-9 Gr aph ics Language and Networks For syst em admin istrator s If you a re us ing th e pri nte r with a net work spool er , co nsider hav ing your syste m adminis tra tor m odi fy the spooler to inse rt auto matica ll y the PJL language - switch ing commands at the begi nning a nd[...]

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    Reco nfiguring Your P ri nter Ch ang ing the Inte rface Se tti ngs 8-10 Chang ing the In terface Settings Ne two rk With a ne two r k in ter face (such a s the H P JetDir ec t Pr int Ser v er), r ef er to y our network i nte rf ace docume nta tion for advi ce o n any fr ont-panel c onfi gurat ion. The front -pane l menu is I/ O Se tup / Modular / M[...]

  • Pagina 195

    Reconfi guri ng Your Pr int er Chan ging the Interfa ce Sett ings 8- 11 Upgr ading Y o ur Printe r with More M emory 350 0CP Only Y our printe r co mes with 36 MB of me m ory (4 MB of ma in memor y plus a 32-MB SIMM) plus 4 M B of inter nal pr inting me mory . Y ou can expand the memor y up to a maximum of 68 MB by a dding a dditi onal 4-MB, 8- MB,[...]

  • Pagina 196

    Reco nfiguring Your P ri nter Turni ng on the Tak e Up Reel 8-12 T u rnin g o n the T ake Up Reel The T ake Up Reel enable s you to ha ve ver y long p rints without the need for yo u to be pr ese nt. As the me di a is p rint ed, i t is automa ti cal ly w ound ont o the T ake Up Reel spindl e. NOTE: The def ault for the T a ke Up Re el is On. 1 When[...]

  • Pagina 197

    Reconfi guri ng Your Pr int er Turni ng on the Ta ke Up Ree l 8- 13 press ed on t he Fro nt Pane l. ■ Que ueing is turne d on. 5 Pre ss the P revio us key unt il you get back to t he dis pla y saying t he print er is Ready .[...]

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    Reco nfiguring Your P ri nter Improv ing Through put in the HP DesignJe t 3500CP pri nte r 8-14 Impr oving Thr oughput in the HP D esignJ et 3500CP printer There are many factor s that a f fect t h e performa nce of your pri nter . Shown belo w a r e some set ti ngs th at yo u may change i n orde r to get t he best perf ormance. Backgrou n d printi[...]

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    9-1 1 Contr olling Image Qu ality 9 Sele cting t he I nk Emulation Mode 9-2 Calibr ating t he Col or Output 9-3 Perfor ming a Imag e Qualit y T e st 9-4 Servic ing t he Prin thea ds 9- 5 Med i a T est Pri nt 9-8 9[...]

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    Con tr oll ing Im ag e Qu alit y Sele c ting the Ink E mula ti on Mode 9- 2 Selec ting th e In k Emula tion Mode 35 00CP Only Y our printe r can e mulate the color behavi or of of fset pri nting pre sses, al lowing you to use yo ur printer f or color pr oofin g, T o get ac curate color s for your proof, sele ct the colo r emul ation mode that match[...]

  • Pagina 201

    Co nt ro llin g I m age Q ual it y Selec ting t he Ink E mula tio n Mode 9-3 Calib ratin g th e Colo r Outpu t 350 0CP Only Colo r ca libr ation im pro ves c olor c ons istenc y betw een p rints, a nd from one p rinter to an other . The p rinte r prin ts a test im age and m easur es the imag e co lor w ith a se nsor to genera te a color ca libratio[...]

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    Con tr oll ing Im ag e Qu alit y Performing a Imag e Qual ity T est 9- 4 Perfo rmin g a Imag e Qual it y T e st The image qua lity p r int helps you de term in e if you ha ve imag e quality problems, and if you d o, what the ca use of the proble m is and how to reso lve it . The prin t co nt ains patt er ns t hat are d e sign ed to h ig h light an [...]

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    Co nt ro llin g I m age Q ual it y Se rvic in g t he Prin theads 9-5 Serv ici ng the Printhea ds The Printhead Service selec tion in the Im ag e Qual ity menu lets you: ■ alig n th e p rin th eads ■ refill t he p rinth e ads f rom the i nk rese rvoir ■ sele ct the freque ncy t hat yo u c heck the pr int head f or no zzle f a ilure s. The th r[...]

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    Con tr oll ing Im ag e Qu alit y Se rvic ing t he Print heads 9- 6 Checkin g Printhead s Th e p r inth ea d ch ec k fun ctio n pr ints a te st patte rn a nd the n an aly z es the p atter n to determi ne i f any pr i nth e ad noz zles are n ot pl acing i nk on the media corr ectl y . If nonfuncti onal nozzle s are f ound, the printer wi ll sw itch t[...]

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    Co nt ro llin g I m age Q ual it y Se rvic in g t he Prin theads 9-7 NOTE If you ar e usi ng a th ird-p arty R aster I mage Pr oc essor (RI P) to p rin t with your prin ter , the printer ma y not be able t o switch to other nozzle s. In this case, the p rin ter wi ll att em p t to reco ve r th e noz zle s.[...]

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    Con tr oll ing Im ag e Qu alit y Se rvic ing t he Print heads 9- 8 Med ia T es t Prin t If you c hoose to print on n on-endor sed media (Cust om Medi a) it is rec o m mended tha t y o u fir st print t he Med ia T e st Prin t. From th e M edia T est Prin t you can determi ne whic h prin t mode bes t sui ts t he cust om medi a you have l oaded . The [...]

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    Co nt ro llin g I m age Q ual it y Se rvic in g t he Prin theads 9-9 How to p erform t he Media T est Prin t 1 When the front -pane l di splays SELECT MEDIA , use the ↑ or ↓ key to selec t Te s t me di a and p ress the Enter key . 2 The fr ont panel the n displays: 3 On th e front p an e l, sele ct th e P hoto, Pr oductivit y or Economy k ey to[...]

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    Con tr oll ing Im ag e Qu alit y Se rvic ing t he Print heads 9- 10 5 If t he m edia ha s b een co rr ec tly lo ad ed , the fr o n t panel w ill th e n di spl ay : The pri nte r al igns t he pri nthea ds by produci ng and c alibr a ting the multi- c olor pa ttern . NOT E I f t he m edia has no t be en c orrec tly loa d ed, yo u will hav e to r elo [...]

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    Co nt ro llin g I m age Q ual it y Se rvic in g t he Prin theads 9-11 Chang ing the Print Mod e when Media is A lready Loaded If, after l oadi ng and se lecting a print mode for non-endorse d me dia, you w ant to change t he pri nt mode to an other one, it is no t necessa ry to re move and r eload the media. From the fr ont panel men u se lect Im a[...]

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    Con tr oll ing Im ag e Qu alit y Se rvic ing t he Print heads 9- 12[...]

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    10-1 1 Maintaining Y our Prin ter 10 Cleaning t he P rinter 10-2 Lens Ma intenanc e 10-3 Nor m al Prin te r Use 10 - 6 S tori ng and Mov i ng Y our Prin te r 10-7 10[...]

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    Ma i n ta in i n g Y o ur P r in t er Clea ning the Printe r 10- 2 Cleaning the Printer W ARNI NG T o avoid an elect r ic shock, ma ke sure that th e prin ter is switche d OFF and u npl u g ge d b e fo re y o u c le a n it. D o n ot l e t w a te r g et ins id e t he p r i n ter . CAU T I O N D o no t u s e a br asi v e cl eane rs o n t he p rin te [...]

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    Main ta ining Your Pr int er Lens Ma intenanc e 10-3 Lens Main tenance The opt ical senso r on the pr inthea d carr iage has a le ns cover to pr otect if fr om ink aeroso l and other cont aminant s. The le ns c over i s loc ate d on th e low er righ t side of the ca rr iage . Ov er time, th is len s co ver w ill get d ir ty and nee d to be re p lac[...]

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    Ma i n ta in i n g Y o ur P r in t er Lens Mai ntenance 10- 4 Replacin g the Lens Cover 1 Pre ss th e R eplac e Ink Sy stem key on the front panel . 2 When the printe r carria ge s tops and th e front pane l di splays t he mess age “ Ope n window to acce ss pri ntheads, ” open the w indow of t he print er . NOTE: Do not open the wi ndow befo re[...]

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    Main ta ining Your Pr int er Lens Ma intenanc e 10-5 9 Making sure tha t you do not touch th e glass port i on of the l ens cover , insta ll the new len s co v er into th e slot. Ma ke sure the cov e r is firm ly in pla ce . 10 Pre ss th e ↓ ke y on the fro nt panel . Y ou have fini shed repl aci ng the lens c over . 11 Cl os e the p r inter wi n[...]

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    Maintaining Your Printer Normal Printer Use 10-6 Normal Pri nter Use “Normal” printer u se means an average of 1 60 ft² of print per day. Under normal usag e conditions, it wi ll be approx imately 5 years b efore you need maintenance. If you use the printer more t han thi s, it wil l need mai nt ena nce servi ce more frequently . The printer k[...]

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    Main ta ining Your Pr int er St orin g and Movi ng Your Print e r 10-7 S tori ng an d Movi ng Y ou r Pr inte r If you n eed to move yo ur print er or s tore i t for an extende d pe ri od of t i me, you nee d to pre pare your printe r properly t o avoid possi ble damage to t he pri nte r . T o prepare your pri nte r , follow the inst ructi ons l ist[...]

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    Ma i n ta in i n g Y o ur P r in t er St oring a nd Movin g Your Pri nter 10- 8 Removin g the Printheads 1 Open the w indow of the prin ter w hen t he pri nter carr iage s tops a nd the fr ont pan el displ ays the me ssage “ Open wind ow to a c cess printheads . ” After y ou open the window , th e front- pa nel displ ays th e message “ Remove[...]

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    Main ta ining Your Pr int er St orin g and Movi ng Your Print e r 10-9 3 Repeat ste p 2 for the re ma ining t hree prin theads . When you hav e removed a ll four pri nthe ads, the front pane l di splays the me ssa ge “ Clos e win dow to contin ue .” 4 Cl ose th e pr inter wi ndo w . The fr ont panel dis pla ys the me ssag e “ O pen righ t doo[...]

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    Ma i n ta in i n g Y o ur P r in t er St oring a nd Movin g Your Pri nter 10- 10 3 Press d own on th e pri nthead c leaner handl e and pull it out of the pri nter . 4 Repeat ste p 3 for the re ma ining t hree prin thead cl ean ers. 5 Close the right doo r on the prin ter . C4723138 C4704107[...]

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    Main ta ining Your Pr int er St orin g and Movi ng Your Print e r 10 -1 1 The fr ont panel dis pla ys the me ssag e “ O p en lef t door to ac ce s s in k cart rg . ”. Continue w ith t he next pr oc edure, R e moving t he In k Cartri dges . Removin g the I nk Cartridges 1 Open the l eft d oor on th e pri nter . After y ou open the le ft do or, t[...]

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    Ma i n ta in i n g Y o ur P r in t er St oring a nd Movin g Your Pri nter 10- 12 CAUT ION Never pull the ink ca rtri dg e ou t by t he tub e or c onne ct or . Th is may caus e th e in k car tridge t o lea k. A lways gras p the body of the c art ridge whe n removin g or install ing. 3 Rem o ve the use d in k c ar tri d ge from th e slo t in the prin[...]

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    Main ta ining Your Pr int er St orin g and Movi ng Your Print e r 10 -1 3 Once the prin ter has veri f ied tha t all pr inth ead cle aner s hav e been re move d, it mov es t he p rinte r me ch a nism s to th e tr anspo rt positi ons an d disp l ays th e m essag e “ Swi tch po wer of f ”. Switch ing of f and Discon nectin g the P rinter 1 Switch[...]

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    Ma i n ta in i n g Y o ur P r in t er St oring a nd Movin g Your Pri nter 10- 14[...]

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    11-1 1 T r oub leshooting 11 A Note About T roublesh ooting 1 1-2 Where t o Find Help in Solving P robl ems 11- 3 Findi ng the Sourc e of Y our Probl em 1 1-4 Solvin g Ima ge- Qu ality Pro b lems 1 1-5 Solvi ng Media- Handli ng Proble ms 1 1-28 Solv ing I nk Syst e m Prob lems 1 1-31 Cleari ng a Medi a J am 1 1-44 Solvi ng Communic ation P roblems [...]

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    Troubl e sho oting A Note About Tr oubl es hoot ing 11- 2 A Note About T roublesh o oting Much of t he t rou bleshooti ng inf ormation co ntained in t his chapte r is provi ded to complemen t the pri nter’ s own inte rnal image qua lity che ckin g featur e s. 35 00CP Only The HP Des ignJe t 3500CP printer pr ovides n ew print ing c oncepts s uch [...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng W he r e to F in d He lp in S ol v in g P r ob l em s 11-3 Wher e to Fi nd He lp in S o lving Pr oblems T o f ind the me anin g of f ront - pan el me ssag e s, see c hap ter 1 2, Fr ont-Panel Messages . If y ou know t he probl em i s relat e d to a certain t as k, fir st check th e relevant sect ion i n this manual, for s tep -by-[...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Fi nding the Sourc e of Your Probl e m 11- 4 Findin g the Sour ce of Y our Pr ob le m 1 Look at the fro nt-pa nel di spla y for mes sages . See chapt er 12, Fr ont -Panel Message s for an expla nation of f r ont-panel messa ges. 2 T est t he p rinter . Swi tch th e p rin ter off at th e p owe r sw itch a t th e b ack o f the prin[...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng Solvi ng Image -Qualit y P rob le m s 11-5 Solv ing Ima g e-Qua lity Pr oblems NOTE: T o achieve the bes t perf ormanc e from your print er , only use genui ne HP acc essori es and su pplies, w ho se relia bility and p erfor manc e hav e been thor oughly tested to giv e trou ble-free perform ance an d Pho to-q uality pr ints. For [...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Sol ving Im ag e-Qua lity P rob l ems 11- 6 NOTE: Bef or e start ing any corr ecti ve acti on: If the pri nter has not perfor me d a pr inthea d che ck or pr inth ead al ignm ent ch ec k recen tly , selec t the prin the ad alignme nt che ck from t he front - panel menu (see page 9-5, Al igni ng Pri nt he ads ) and the n repr int [...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng Solvi ng Image -Qualit y P rob le m s 11-7 Some Ge neral Inf orma tion About the Im age Quality T est On e of the printe r ’ s in ternal p rin ts is the Im age Q ualit y Print te st, ac ces sed fro m the Utilit ies / Serv ice tests / Ima ge quali ty prin t menu. Whenever you susp e ct that your printi ng is not corr ect, it is a[...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Sol ving Im ag e-Qua lity P rob l ems 11- 8 How to Use the Image Q uali ty Print 1 The I m age Qu al ity Prin t prints in A 3 and B size s so you mu st h ave m ed ia loaded (roll or shee t) that is this siz e or larger . Do not use 3M Change ab le Op aque Imaging m edia or equi valent. 2 Use the sa me ty pe of med ia tha t you we[...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng Solvi ng Image -Qualit y P rob le m s 11-9 Note to Printer S trip i n Im age Quality prin t scan her e as shown in printed sam ple[...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Sol ving Im ag e-Qua lity P rob l ems 11- 10 Analyzin g the I mage Qu alit y T est Results The fol low ing par agra phs de scrib e how to us e ea ch patt ern. T est Pat t ern 1: Pr in the a d W a rm -Up This p rint wa rms up th e pr in th eads, leav ing th em i n a perfe ct oper ati ng co ndit ion . Y ou can ignor e this pa tt er[...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng Solvi ng Image -Qualit y P rob le m s 11 -1 1 What is Ban ding? Banding is whe n you see repe titive h orizo ntal band s with in yo ur pri nt ed im age (the se may a ppear as li ght or dark ba nds). The t est pa ttern i s print ed wit h fo ur pri ma ry colo rs ; blac k, c yan, mage nta and yellow . The thre e seco nda ry col ors p[...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Sol ving Im ag e-Qua lity P rob l ems 11- 12 Pr oblem See: Corr ecti ve Ac ti on 1 Bandi ng in c ya n, blue and green columns onl y , but more evide nt in cyan t han in blue and green col umns. This is an indi ca tion that the cyan printh ead may re qui re serv ic ing or c o uld be damage d. _ R ef e r to te s t 11-16 , No zzle P[...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng Solvi ng Image -Qualit y P rob le m s 11 -1 3 Banding Caused by M ed ia Advanc e Proble ms Another t yp e of ba nding i s cause d by an inacc urat e media a dvanc e. The pr inter prints an i mage in ‘ bands’ or ‘swaths’ whi ch have f i xed width s depending o n the advanc e of th e media roll er . If th e adva nce of the r[...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Sol ving Im ag e-Qua lity P rob l ems 11- 14 Ban ding is th e most co m mon proble m th at c an affec t your im age quality b u t anoth er probl em t hat may a ffect t hem i s co lor mi salignme nt. Proble m See: C orrec tive Ac tion 1 Bandi ng in a l l col or c ol um ns. Example B Ref er to 1 1-20, Color Alig nment Quality T est[...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng Solvi ng Image -Qualit y P rob le m s 11 -1 5 Proble ms Due to M isali gnment There are tw o type s of mis align m ent; vert ical a n d horiz onta l, ref er to pa ge 1 1-20, Color A lignm ent Q uality T est fo r mo re in for m ati o n. Misal ignme nt betw een t wo pri mary c olors w he n creat i ng a se c ondary c olor c a n cause[...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Sol ving Im ag e-Qua lity P rob l ems 11- 16 T est Pat t ern 3: Nozzle Print T est IMPORT ANT Use thi s test purely t o conf i rm an error highl ighted in T est Pa tte rn 2: . Some of the printhe ad nozzl e pr oblems t hat yo u wil l see in t hi s patt e rn do not me an you wil l not ge t p erfect im a ge q u alit y result s. The[...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng Solvi ng Image -Qualit y P rob le m s 11 -1 7 Nozz les not prin ting Th er e are two w ays to see this p ro b le m, it is ea sier to see the er ror fr o m the f ir st ch eck. Se e e xam ple D . 1 In the top pat ter n, marked with numbe rs, i f t he diagona ll y steppe d line s are br oken in one or more st eps i t i ndicat es that[...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Sol ving Im ag e-Qua lity P rob l ems 11- 18 No zzl es m isdirecte d If a ll th e step ped lin es ar e visib le in th e top p attern, th en a ll th e p rin th ead nozzle s are prin tin g. H oweve r the n oz zle s could still be m isdirect ed, p ossibly due to som e drie d ink around t he nozzl es, as shown i n the f ollowing e xa[...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng Solvi ng Image -Qualit y P rob le m s 11 -1 9 NOT E: Some of the print head no zzl e proble ms that you wil l see in this patt ern d o not mean you w ill n ot get p erfect im age qu ality result s. The p rinter has in ternal corr e ct ions t o hide many nozz le d efect s. Pr oblem See: Corr ecti ve Ac ti on 1 Some pri nthead noz z[...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Sol ving Im ag e-Qua lity P rob l ems 11- 20 T est Pat t ern 4: Color Alignment Quality T est This t est pattern i s to check the color alignme nt, and produc e s si x pat terns each with two d ifferent prima ry colo rs. In e ach pa ttern y ou will se e prim ary co lo r circles. I f the re is misal ignme nt betw ee n the pri mar [...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng Solvi ng Image -Qualit y P rob le m s 11 -2 1 T est Pat t ern 5. Color V ariation Pat tern T est This t est pr oduces f our boxe s: black, bl ue, cyan and ye llo w . In each box there are thre e hori zont al bands ; t he two out er ba nds a re 100% s hade, t he i nner ba nd is shaded f rom 10 0% scaling t o 75%. The p urpose of th[...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Sol ving Im ag e-Qua lity P rob l ems 11- 22 No Printin g Defe c ts Fou nd in the Image Qual ity P rint If all the test patte rns f rom the Image Quali ty Pr int are corr e ct and you s till ex perien ce p rint q uality p rob lems, h ere are som e o f th e mor e like ly c auses t o chec k: the pri nt mode u sed in y our printer i[...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng Sol vin g Color Accur acy proble m s 11 -2 3 Solv ing Col o r Accuracy p r oblems 3500CP Only These ar e two are as you should r eview w hen trou blesh ootin g a color accu racy pr ob le m: Configurat ion Check tha t you ar e usi ng the cor r ect driv er sett ing a nd CRD informa tion for your softw are. Che ck whic h ink e mul at[...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Sol ving Color Acc ura cy prob lems 11- 24 Co nfigur ation The con figur ations of the printer , the dri ver , and/or the Software RIPs define h ow ink is a ppl ied to each type o f media . Use t he infor mati on in the follow ing tab le to confi gur e your pr i nter and s o ftwa re for best color accura cy. Media Always make s u[...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng Sol vin g Color Accur acy proble m s 11 -2 5 NOTE T o have accurat e color s, t h e medi a sett ings must match t he type of media you have load ed in the prin ter . If yo u are usin g no n-HP me dia wit h HP d r ive r s, the colors in your print may n ot be accu ra te.[...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Sol ving Color Acc ura cy prob lems 11- 26 Where to F ind Addition al Informat ion The means of ac cura t ely ma na ging th e colors pri nted b y your printe r vary wit h the softw are a ppli cati on and dri ver be ing used. Re fer t o the following document at ion: Th e S oftw are A p plica tio n Note for y our app lic ation , i[...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng Sol vin g Color Accur acy proble m s 11 -2 7 Th ere are S me ars a nd/or S cra tchin g on Y o ur P rin ted Media. This c an appe ar on pa per ba sed media i f the re is a lot of i nk print ed qui ckl y , the media ge ts di stort ed and as the pri ntheads move ove r the media, t he print heads a nd the m edia co me into c ont act w[...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Sol ving Media -Handling P roble ms 11- 28 Solving Media-H andling Pr obl ems The Fr ont Panel Keep s Indicating that Med ia Is Misaligned or In correc t ly Positioned Roll m edi a The rol l may be loade d the wrong wa y . The media should l oad ove r the r oll toward you . The media may be l oade d at a n angl e. The r ight -han[...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng So lv i n g M e d i a- H a nd l i n g P r ob l e m s 11 -2 9 between pri nts or nesting s ets. If y ou need to cut the me dia befor e the ink-dr ying t ime h as pas sed or befo re the next pri nt beg ins pri nti ng , press F orm Fe ed an d Cu t key on the front pane l. However i f th e T ake Up Ree l is on you w ill n ee d to pe r[...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Sol ving Media -Handling P roble ms 11- 30 The Cutter is Ja mmed S wi tch th e pr inter o f f. Open the wi ndow . W ith you f inger and t humb caref ully pinch togethe r the cu t ter a ssemb ly pl ates (1) a nd m ove it to th e left (2). If the paper needs t o be removed fr om the prin t er be cause it is damaged, pe r form part [...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng So lvi ng I nk Sy st em Pro ble m s 11 -3 1 Solv ing Ink System Pr oblems Importan t An “ink sys t em” re fe rs t o one color . It is made up of t he i nk cart r idg e, the pri nt head and the p r i nt hea d cle aner . All t hree component s of an in k syst em must be use d toge ther . The thr e e components a r e desi gned to[...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Solving Ink System Problems 11- 32 Summary of I nk System Defect Messa ges Chec k ink system / Ignore This me ss age fol low s one that has not ifi e d you o f a n er ror . Y ou can e ithe r c he ck th e ink sys tem (an d possibly re place the f a ile d c omponents) now , or ignor e the err or an d c o n tinue p ri nting. In th e[...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng So lvi ng I nk Sy st em Pro ble m s 11 -3 3 Out o f ink O ne or more of the fo ur ink sys te ms are o ut of ink. I f the last pri nt s howed ima ge pr in t q uality d egrad atio n, re p lace th e ink sy stem s affected . See 1 1- 38, Checking In k Systems . Check t he ink level s (se e 4-9, Monitori ng the Ink Level ). If th er e [...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Solving Ink System Problems 11- 34 If t he Replace Ink System Key d oes n ot W ork 1 Make sur e the windo w is clo sed befo re you press the Repl ac e In k Syst em key . 2 T ry pressing Enter to cle ar t he pr ev ious messa ge. 3 Th e p rinter may b e busy ; wait u n til it h as comp leted th e cu rr en t pr o cess . P re ss the [...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng So lvi ng I nk Sy st em Pro ble m s 11 -3 5 Printhead Alignment Err ors Th e p rin ter au to ma tica lly runs th e prin thea d alig n me nt pro ced ure e v ery time you loa d, replace or e ven rese at a pri nthead , w hether i t is a new printhe a d or not. D o not r e move the pri nthe ads u nneces sarily . The rout ine is als o [...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Solving Ink System Problems 11- 36 2 Load med ia of a suit abl e type for c a librat ing. Ma ke sure you do not change t he M edia T ype sele ction. 3 Perform t he ali gnment pr oce dur e ag ain (w ith Image Q ualit y / Print head Serv ice / Alig n No w ). 4 Unload t he medi a you use d for al ignment. 5 Reload t he media that yo[...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng So lvi ng I nk Sy st em Pro ble m s 11 -3 7 Printhead Checks Y our pri nter make s a printhe a d che ck at t he fr equency set i n the Image Q uality / Pri nth ead Serv ice / Prin thea ds Chec k / Frequen cy fro nt- pan el m enu . T his ch ec k is als o made when you po w er the pri nte r on, w hen you e xpli c itly requ est a ch [...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Solving Ink System Problems 11- 38 Checking Ink Systems If you s ee t he mes sage “Chec k in k s yst em / Igno re ” you c an eit her proc e ed with the ste ps detai led in th is sectio n (press th e ↑ key) or yo u can choose t o continue pri nting (press t he ↓ key) . If you s el ect “Che ck ink system” ( ↑ ), you w[...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng So lvi ng I nk Sy st em Pro ble m s 11 -3 9 CAUT ION Do not touch, w ipe , or a ttempt to c lean t he pri nthe ad noz zle s. Thi s can da mage the printhe a d. Handl e the i nk syst ems with c are. ( See the dia gram on pa ge 11 - 4 2 .) Make s ure t hat the prot ectiv e blue t ape and gr e en cardboa rd have been r emoved from th[...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Solving Ink System Problems 11- 40 Ch eck ing t he Ink Ca rtri dges If prompt ed, open t he l eft door to a cces s the i nk ca rtri dges. The messa ge “Check ink c art ridg e / A bort” is di splaye d. The flas hing square s indicate which pri nthead s require chec king. If you are una ble to fix th e er r ors n ow , pr ess ?[...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng So lvi ng I nk Sy st em Pro ble m s 11 -4 1 If Y ou Have Problems Reseating a Print head W hen printh ead s ar e insta lled, in e xtre m e c ircu m stance s it is possib le that the p rinte r w ill n ot r ec ognize the m . Thi s w ill be visi ble on th e f ront pan e l with t he m ess age “R epla ce printh ead ” or “C he ck [...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Solving Ink System Problems 11- 42 Cleaning Elect rical Contacts The p r inter p rints b y f iring ti ny dr ops of ink onto th e m ed ia . This is co nt rolle d by electr i cal sign a ls tha t are se nt from the pr inthead car r iage to the printh ead throu gh electr i cal conta c ts. Duri ng n ormal print ing ope rat ions, it i [...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng So lvi ng I nk Sy st em Pro ble m s 11 -4 3 CAUT ION Do not touc h, wipe , or at tempt t o c lea n the pr i nthead noz zle s (on the ri ght- han d s ide in the di agra m above). Th is can damage t he prin thead. Handle the ink s ystems wit h care . 3 Using da mp cot ton swa bs, c lean t he el ectri cal c ontac t pa ds (the co pper[...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Cl ea rin g a Med i a Jam 11- 44 Clear i ng a Me di a Jam 1 If th e front pane l di splays: 2 or: switch t he pr int er OFF at t he power s wi tch at th e back of t he pr i nter , open t he window , and lo w er t he media lever . 3 Ca re fu ll y mov e the printh e ad car riag e o ut of the wa y - if possible all the wa y to the e[...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng Sol vin g Communi cation P roble ms 11 -4 5 Solv ing Com munica tion Pr oble ms If there is a P roblem C ommun icati ng between Y our Comp uter and the P rinter Some symptoms of a c o mmunicatio n pr obl em are: The fro nt-panel Recei ving light doe s not co me on. The fro nt-panel displ ay doe s not show ST A TUS / Receiving. Y o[...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Sol ving Prob lem s with Im age Posi ti on or Conte nt 11- 46 Solv ing Pro ble ms with Image Position or Content If you don’ t fi nd the sol utio n to t he probl em her e, ot her s ource s of he lp a re: The docu mentation supplied wit h the dr iver t hat y ou are using t o manage t he output fr om your soft war e appli cati on[...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng Solvi ng P r obl ems wit h Image Posit ion or Conte nt 11 -4 7 If th e Ima ge is Clip ped This nor ma lly indi cates a discre pancy be tween the a ctual print ing a rea on the loaded me dia and the printi ng are a as unde rstood by your softwar e. For ge ner a l advice o n printing a reas and page size , se e chap ter 5. Check the[...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Sol ving Prob lem s with Im age Posi ti on or Conte nt 11- 48 If the Entire Image is in One Q uadrant of the Corr e ct Pri n ti ng Ar ea Is the p a ge size con f igured in th e softwar e to o sm all? Are you su re that you r sof tware d oe sn’ t believ e the image t o be i n one qua drant of the page? Oth er wis e, th is indic [...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng Solvi ng P r obl ems wit h Image Posit ion or Conte nt 11 -4 9 an o ther cab le to see if the problem is co rr ec ted. If y ou have conne cted your c omputer to t he par allel p ort on the printe r, make sure you a re using a genui ne HP par allel int erf ace ca ble. If the front -p anel gra phics langua ge s e tting is Au toma ti[...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Sol ving Prob lem s with Im age Posi ti on or Conte nt 11- 50 If the Pr i n ter has Pr in ted a D i ffer ent Pr i nt tha n the On e Y ou wer e Expecting One possibili ty is that you have acciden tal ly initi at ed one of the printer’ s int ern a l pr ints : The pri nthe ad Ali gnment Pri nt. ( A small pat te rn of co l ore d sq[...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng Solvi ng Fr ont-Pa nel P roble m s 11 -5 1 Solv ing Fr ont-Pa nel P robl e ms If the Replace Ink System Key Does N ot W ork Make sure t he window is clos ed be fore y ou pres s Replac e Ink System . Th e p r inter m ay be busy . W ait unti l it has c o mplete d the cu r rent p rocess. Pr ess E nt er to cl ear the pr evio us mes sa[...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Solving Front-Panel Problems 11- 52 If a “System Error” Mess age Is Displayed Press Ente r . If the me ssage do e s not clear: 1 T urn th e pr in ter o ff, then o n agai n to try to clear the e rr o r me ssag e. 2 If t he m essag e is still display ed, rec ord the w hol e al phan umer ic code . Repo rt the co de to the se rvi[...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng Take Up Ree l pro blem s 11 -5 3 T ake Up Re el pr oblem s T ake Up Reel Do e s Not funct ion Y ou may h ave a power probl em. Ch eck the power cab le is co nne cted and that th er e i s p ow er av ailab le at t he so c ket . C heck the O N/OF F sw itch is in the ON positi on at the ba ck o f the T ake Up Ree l. Check t he Spindl [...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Sol ving Mi scel laneou s Pr ob lems 11- 54 Solv ing Misc ellaneous Prob le ms If the Prin ter does not Print Y ou may ha ve a power prob lem. If t here i s no a c tivi ty a t all fr om t he pri nt er , and no light s on the fro nt panel, c heck tha t th e power cable is connect ed corr e ct ly and t hat t her e is p ower a vail [...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng Solvi ng Mi scell aneous Proble ms 11 -5 5 If t he Pri nter W ai ts T oo Lon g to Prin t a Nest C ha n ge the N est wa it sett ing. S ee p a ge 7- 15 . If t he Bail (Black Met al Bar) does n ot Lower Al l t he W ay If the ba il (t he blac k meta l ba r j us t i nsi de the pr in ter’ s window) will not low er all the way , che ck[...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Gett ing He lp 11- 56 Getting Help Hewlett- P ackar d has suppor t serv ices avail able t o help you in case you have a prob lem with yo ur pri nter . For a li st of t he suppor t ser vice s av ailabl e, refe r to th e Hewlett- P ackar d Support Se rvices boo klet shippe d with t his pr inter . What to Do Befor e Y ou Call 1 Revi[...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng Gett ing Help 11 -5 7 If p ossi ble pri nt out the f oll owing r eport s. S ee page 2-12, P r inting Other Intern al Pr in ts and fa x them to the s uppo rt c enter he lpi ng you: – Usage repo rt – Postsc ript confi g. – Ser vice prin t.[...]

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    Troubl e sho oting Gett ing He lp 11- 58[...]

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    12-1 1 Fr ont-Panel Me ssages 12 Mess age Ex planati ons an d Actio ns 12-2 12[...]

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    Front-Panel Messages Mes sage Expla natio ns and Actions 12-2 Mess age Exp lan ations a nd A ctions This is a list of the m essages in th e front- p anel dis play . If an a ctio n is n ee ded, it is show n in italic s in th e E xp lan a tion an d Actio n colum n. The messa ges ar e li sted in alphabe tica l orde r . Message Expl anation a nd Action[...]

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    Fro n t -Pan el Messa ges Mes sage E xplana t ions a nd Actions 12-3 Check ■■ * ■ Clos e righ t door The prin ter h as d etected an error in the pri nth ead cle a ners indicate d by t he star s. Reseat (do not r epla ce) the in dicated cl eaner s. Whe n you hav e done so, cl ose the righ t door o f the p rinte r . S ee 1 1-39, C hecking the P[...]

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    Front-Panel Messages Mes sage Expla natio ns and Actions 12-4 Edge not found Reloa d m edia The printer c oul d not find e dge of media duri ng loadin g procedure . Check the leadi ng edg e of the media for unev en nes s or tear s ; cut a str aig ht edge, if nece ssar y , and r eload. Be s ur e to position the right ed ge a long the perf or ated li[...]

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    Fro n t -Pan el Messa ges Mes sage E xplana t ions a nd Actions 12-5 Im age q ual it y no t assu red → T hi s mes s ag e app e ar s af t er th e pri n te r fi nd s an er r o r in th e ink sy s te m. On e o r mo re of the ink s ys tems have pas s ed thei r speci fie d life, one or more of the print head cleane rs are full of ink, or one or more of[...]

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    Front-Panel Messages Mes sage Expla natio ns and Actions 12-6 Ink cart ridge va lve out ■■❏ ■ → The prin ter h a s d etected that o ne or m ore of the i nk cartri dge va lves ( as i ndi cate d by flas hing s quare s ) ha s po pped ou t duri ng r efilli ng. Pr ess ↓ to chec k th e fai li ng ink cartrid ge. Y ou shoul d r eseat the v al v[...]

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    Fro n t -Pan el Messa ges Mes sage E xplana t ions a nd Actions 12-7 In st all com pl et e Ink sy stem r epl ac em ent h as bee n com p lete d su cces sf ull y . Resume normal operat ions. Lift lever after al ign ing Y ou ha ve lo w ered t he medi a le ver to a li gn the media wi th the e ntry p late n. Lif t the lever at the r ight edge of the pap[...]

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    Front-Panel Messages Mes sage Expla natio ns and Actions 12-8 Media too s mal l Y ou may have s en t a print fil e that is too la r ge for th e m edi a load e d; the pri nt m ay be cl ipp ed . Pr ess C an cel if the medi a is unsu ita ble, and r eloa d with appr opriate media . Media too s mal l for cali bratio n → T he m edi a you loa de d for p[...]

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    Fro n t -Pan el Messa ges Mes sage E xplana t ions a nd Actions 12-9 Mixed ink syste m ❏■■■ → At powe r-on or after th e ink sys te ms have been se rvi c ed, th e prin te r has detect e d component s of di f ferent ink sys tem typ es (fo r example , Ima ging and UV Pigment ed). Prin ting wi ll be disabl ed until the in k sys tem s a re al[...]

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    Front-Panel Messages Mes sage Expla natio ns and Actions 12-10 Press L oad B utton to conti nue Y ou are loa din g med ia into th e printe r and the Media Butt on has be e n acti va t ed by your act ions. Pr ess th e Media Butto n and the media wi ll be fed in to the printer . Print head align ment can cel led → The prin the a d alig nm ent pro c[...]

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    Fro n t -Pan el Messa ges Mes sage E xplana t ions a nd Actions 12- 1 1 Prin t head ch eck error ■■❏■ → or Prin t head ch eck error → The me ssage “Printhe ad check er ror” m ay be di spla ye d if : ■ Y ou ar e using c olor e d med ia. Ei ther d i sab le check ing or use medi a that is clean, whi te, a nd opaque. See the r emarks [...]

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    Front-Panel Messages Mes sage Expla natio ns and Actions 12-12 Print head failu re ■■❏■ → Th e printhe a ds ind icated by flas hing squares ha ve faile d, eith er duri ng printhead initi alizat ion or during prin tin g. The printe r may have dete cted a n unusual elect rical or therm al signal from the prin thead th a t may require a tten[...]

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    Fro n t -Pan el Messa ges Mes sage E xplana t ions a nd Actions 12- 1 3 Rel o ad s h eet Sheet m edia was loaded ske wed an d t h e p r i nte r ej ected it. Relo ad the she et . Remov e all ink c artridge(s) Y ou have sel ecte d the opt ion Utilitie s / T ransp ort m o de of t h e front -panel me nu, a nd op e n ed th e le f t doo r wh e n in s t r[...]

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    Front-Panel Messages Mes sage Expla natio ns and Actions 12-14 Rep l ac e mi xe d printhe ad(s ) ■■ ●■ One of th e pr in theads ins e rted int o the pri nter is of a dif ferent ink s ys tem to the others. Remov e the incorr ect print he ad and r eplace wit h a pri nth ead which is of th e s ame type of in k s yst em as t he oth ers. Rep l a[...]

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    Fro n t -Pan el Messa ges Mes sage E xplana t ions a nd Actions 12- 1 5 Se t tr a ns p or t → Ye s Mode → No Y ou have selec te d transp ort mode in the front-pa nel me nu. T he pri nter is waiting for you to accept or reje ct t he trans po rt mode. Ac cepti ng trans port m ode s t arts th e process of removi ng all ink s ystems. Pr ess ↑ to [...]

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    Front-Panel Messages Mes sage Expla natio ns and Actions 12-16 System er ror XXXX XX An internal error has occurre d and a system error number is displayed. Pr ess Ent er ; this may cl ea r th e err or and allow y ou to contin ue. If you cannot conti nue, tur n off the printe r , an d then t urn i t on again. If y ou stil l see th e s yste m err or[...]

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    Fro n t -Pan el Messa ges Mes sage E xplana t ions a nd Actions 12- 1 7 ST A TUS Messages Message Expl anation a nd Ac ti on ST A TUS Accessing head cleaners Y ou have pressed the Re place Ink S yste m key or there is an error in the he ad cleane rs and you have pr essed ↑ or ↓ . The carria ge is mov ing so t hat you c a n ac ce ss th e pr in t[...]

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    Front-Panel Messages Mes sage Expla natio ns and Actions 12-18 ST A TUS Chec king printh eads The printe r is pr int ing a patt ern to test the print heads. W ai t unt il the che ck is compl ete. ST A TUS Cr eatin g patt ern The printe r i s pe rformi ng an a ccurac y cal ibr ation. W ait unt il the cal ibrat ion is comple te. ST A TUS Head cleane [...]

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    Fro n t -Pan el Messa ges Mes sage E xplana t ions a nd Actions 12- 1 9 ST A TUS Measuri ng pa t te rn The pri nter i s measurin g the accurac y calib ra tion print that yo u just loaded. W ait for the cal ibration to complete . ST A TUS Ou t of me di a The pri nte r has rec ei ve d a file , is ready to pri nt, but has no media loa de d . Load app [...]

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    Front-Panel Messages Mes sage Expla natio ns and Actions 12-20 ST A TUS Refil l i ng XmXX s The pr i nter is fi ll ing th e printhe ads. W a it f or t h e proce ss to co m ple te . ST A TUS Retu rning pr inthea ds Th e in k s yst em rep l acem en t pr oces s h as b een c ance ll ed, a nd the p rin th ead ca rri age is ret urning to it s sta ti on a[...]

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    13-1 Refer ence 13 Prin ter Spec ifica tion s 13- 2 Inte rf ace Sp ecif ica tio ns 13 -1 0 Inte rf ac e Ca b les 13 -11 Regulator y N o tices 13-12 Decl aration of Conformity 13-16 Orde ring A cces sories 13-18 13[...]

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    Reference Prin t er Sp eci f i cat i on s 13- 2 Prin ter Spe cific ations Funct ion al Speci ficati ons Ink systems HP DesignJet CP Ink System: (Suppl ied wi th printe r) HP DesignJet CP Ink System UV : (Can be ordered sepa rate ly) Four: yell ow , cya n, magent a and blac k. 600 dpi, 240 noz zle, 7.5k H z. Each color cart ridge contains 410 ml of [...]

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    Reference Print er Spe cific ations 13-3 Margins Normal Sm aller (rol l media only) Ex te nde d ( ro ll m ed ia only)(de fa ult) Usi n g CP ink systems (Ima ging) Leading ed ge : T railing edge : Sides : 19 mm ( 0.75 in) 17 mm ( 0.67 in) 15 mm ( 0.59 in) 10 mm ( 0.39 in) 10 mm ( 0.39 in) 15 mm ( 0.59 in) 29 mm ( 1.14 in) 27 mm ( 1.06 in) 15 mm ( 0.[...]

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    Reference Prin t er Sp eci f i cat i on s 13- 4 Physi cal S peci fica tions W eight L ength Depth Height Packed Unit ( with T ake Up Reel and legs asse mbly) 197 kg (433 l bs) 226 5 mm (69.7 in) 670 mm ( 2ft.2”) 11 90 mm (3ft. 10”in) Prin ter asse mble d and ready to print 100 kg (22 0 lbs ) 2008 m m (6f t. 6”) 672 mm (2ft . 2” ) 1220 mm ( [...]

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    Reference Print er Spe cific ations 13-5 Pri nte r P owe r S pec ifi cati on s Source 100-240V a c ± 10% . Au to ra ng i ng. Frequency 50-60 Hz Cur ren t 2 am p max imum Consump tion 120 watts maxim um Energy S tar rating (USA) Maximum power i n idl e st ate: 45 wa tts. T ak e U p Re el P ow er S pec if ica tio ns Source 100-240V a c ± 10% . Au t[...]

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    Reference Prin t er Sp eci f i cat i on s 13- 6 En viron men tal S pec ifica tio ns En vi ron men ta l Operat ing Ran ge Optima l pr i nt quality: 15 ° C to 30 ° C (59 ° F to 8 6 ° F) Standard: 15 ° C to 35 ° C (59 ° F t o 95 ° F)(except glossy medi a: 15 ° C to 30 ° C (59 ° F to 86 ° F) Operati ng Relative Hu mi dit y: 20% to 80% Nonc [...]

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    Reference Print er Spe cific ations 13-7 Print er Safe ty Speci fica tions Informa tio n T echnology E quipm ent (IT E), Movable , Clas s I, Plugable T ype A, Insta ll ation Cate gory II, Poll uti on Degree 2. For i ndoor c ontrolled of fi ce envi ronments use . Canada Canadian S tandards Associ a tion “ C ertifi e d ” ITE, CSA C22. 2 N o.95 0 [...]

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    Reference Prin t er Sp eci f i cat i on s 13- 8 Print ing A rea (= Me dia S ize Minu s M arg ins ) Me dia Si ze ( and Or ien tat io n of Media) Printing A rea (Width x He ight) b y Orien tatio n o f Im a g e i nch es mi ll imet er s landscape portrait la ndscape portrait ANSI m edi a A A B B C C D D E (portra it) (la n ds ca pe ) (portra it) (la n [...]

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    Reference Print er Spe cific ations 13-9 Printing Area (= M e dia Si ze M inus Marg ins) Actu a l Media width s Page Size Prin tin g Area in che s m i ll ime te rs Extra Wide 42 /50/ 54 i n 50/54 in 54 i n 50/54 in 54 i n 1m (39.37 in) x 1.4 m (55.6 in) 44 x 6 2in (1. 12m x 1.57m ) 54 x 7 6in (1. 37m x 1.93) 1.2m x 1.7m (47.2in x 66.9) 52 x 7 3in ([...]

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    Reference In terfac e Spec if i cati ons 13- 10 Interfa ce Spe ci ficati on s Be lo w a re th e par al lel inte rfac e spe cifica tion s . For sp ec ifi cat ions of the H P Jet Direc t Prin t Se rve r (Ne two rk Inte rfac e), see th e JetDi rect Pr in t Serve r docum en tati on sup p lied with this pr inter . F or spec ifi cat io ns of th e O ptio [...]

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    Reference Interfa ce Cabl es 13 -1 1 Interfa ce Cab les The fol low ing cabl e s are r ecommend ed for o ptimum perfor ma nce and elec trom a g n etic co mp ati bility : Ca bles for M a cinto s h C ompu te rs In te rf ace t ype (Co mput er ) HP pa r t numb er Cable length Co nne ct o r t ype at com put er e nd of cab le Serial (RS 422) Inter face ([...]

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    Reference Regul a t ory Noti ces 13- 12 Regulatory Notices T o Ob tain a Mat erial Saf ety Dat a S heet (MSD S) Y ou can obta in cu rrent Mat eria l Saf e ty D ata Sh e et s for the ink s yste ms used in the printe r (HP part numbers f or Imaging inks: C1806A [ black], C 1807A [cy an], C1808A [ma genta] a nd C1809A [yell ow ]) ( H P part numbers f [...]

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    Reference Regula tor y No tices 13 -1 3 CAUTION Pursuan t to Part 15. 21 of th e FCC Rul es, any ch anges or modifi cati ons to this equi pme nt no t expressly app roved by the H ew lett- Packa rd Com pany, may ca use harm fu l i nt erferen ce and v oid th e FCC a uth ori zat ion t o o p erat e th is equi pme nt. NOTE: Not e: This equipme nt has be[...]

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    Reference Regul a t ory Noti ces 13- 14 Wh en co nnect ed to LA N cab les u sing pri nt s erv er acce sso ries … This e quipment h a s been test ed and found to comply w ith t he limi ts for a Clas s A digita l devic e, pu rsua nt to part 15 of the FC C Rules. T hese lim its a re desig n ed to prov ide rea sona ble prot e ct ion ag ainst harmf ul[...]

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    Reference Regula tor y No tices 13 -1 5 VCCI Cl ass A and clas s B (Japan ) Kor e an EMI stat em ent Ta i w a n e s e E M I stat em ent Te l e - comm un icat io ns Gener al Appr oval (U K) T elec ommunications S tatement The H P Desi gnJet 3500CP and 3000CP pr inter s, mode ls C4723 A and C4724A , are approve d under A pproval N umber NS/ G/123 4/5[...]

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    Reference Decl ara ti on of Conformit y 13- 16 De cl arat ion of Conf o rmit y DECLARA TIO N OF C ONFORMITY acc ordi ng to ISO/IEC Guide 22 and EN 4501 4 Manufacturer’ s Nam e: Manufac tur e r’s Address: He wlett- P ack a rd Español a S.A. Bar c elona D iv i sion A venid a Grae ll s, 501 08190 S ant Cu gat de l V a lles HP Desig nJet 3500CP an[...]

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    Reference Decl arati on of Confor mity 13 -1 7 De cl arat ion of Conf o rmit y DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY acco rding t o ISO/IEC Gui de 22 and E N 45014 M an ufa ctu rer’s N am e: M an ufa ctu rer’s A d dress: Hewl et t-Pa cka r d Espa ñola S.A. Barce lona Divi si on A ven i d a G rae ll s, 5 01 08190 Sa nt Cuga t del V alles HP T ake Up R eel[...]

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    Reference Orderi ng Accessorie s 13- 18 Order ing Ac cess ories Item HP Par t Numb er Cab l es Se e Pag e 13-1 1 Docum entat ion 3500CP User’ s Guide and Quick Re fere nce Guide Chines e Englis h French German Japanese Italian Korean Portug uese Span ish Ta i w a n e s e C4724-60 020 C4724-60 011 C4724-60 015 C4724-60 014 C4724-60 018 C4724-60 01[...]

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    Reference Ordering Ac cessori es 13 -1 9 T o achieve the bes t pe rfo rmance from your printer , we r e commen d you only u se ge nuine He wle tt- Pa ck ard acc essor ies an d supplie s, who se rel iabilit y an d perfor mance have bee n thoroughl y test ed t o give trouble -free perf ormance. For Exampl e: n HP dri vers a re develope d to sup port [...]

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    Reference Orderi ng Accessorie s 13- 20 Item HP Par t Numb er Drivers a a . T h is it e m is up d a te d r eg u la r ly . For de ta il s of th e lat e st ve r s io n a v ai la b le , please c onta c t the He wlet t Packard web page htt p://www .hp.com or your HP deale r or sa les rep re se ntati ve. Lat es t ve rsions of the follo wing were sh ippe[...]

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    Reference Ordering Ac cessori es 13 -2 1 HP- GL/2 and HP R TL Programmi ng Inform ati on The HP-GL/2 a nd HP RTL R efer ence G ui d e provi des comple te explanati ons a nd example s of t he HP-G L/2 a nd HP R TL graph ic a nd inter facing instructi ons. I f you are wri ti ng an HP-G L/2 or R TL dri ver f or your pr int er , you w ill find thi s gu[...]

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    Reference Orderi ng Accessorie s 13- 22[...]

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    Glossa ry G-1 Gl ossary 14 ac Alter natin g cu r ren t. ANSI siz e An A mer ica n st an dar d m edia size ; e. g . D, E ap p l ic at ion The sof tware you use to create your drawings . font. Th e bla ck m etal b ar in side the printe r , wh ich holds t he me dia in pl ace. Cent ronics A stan d ard fo r t he par alle l inter face betw een comput er [...]

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    Glossa ry G-2 HP-GL /2 One of Hewle tt -Packa rd’ s sta ndard gr ap hics la nguages for plotte rs and pr inters . Produc es vector d ata . Newe r tha n HP -GL. I/O Inpu t/outp ut The tr a nsmission of dat a betwe en a comput er a nd a de v ice . inked a rea The sm allest rec tang le th at c ontain s al l the c on tent o f the dra wing, w hile m a[...]

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    Glossa ry G-3 print ing area Page size m in u s m argins. Post Sc rip t A st andard pa ge-mark up lang uage, c ommonly us ed by gra phics and des ktop pu blishing s oftware applic atio ns. queue ing Plac ing eac h prin t rece ived by the devi ce int o memory for processi ng with ot her pr i nts. rast er A method for defi ning an image, in t erms of[...]

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    Glossa ry G-4[...]

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    Index I-1 Index 15 A acc ess ori es and s uppl ies how t o order 13- 21 Accur acy 5- 8 accu rac y cal ibr ati on 8-6 acou s tic spe cific at ion s 13-6 act ion keys 2- 4 addi tional i nformation, confi guration 1 1-26 adju s ting page siz e 5-4 non-P ostSc ript file s 5-6 PostScript files 5-5 auto m atic cutti ng 5- 14 B bandi ng 11-11 colo r misa [...]

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    Index I-2 fonts print 2-12 fr ont pa ne l 2- 2 act ion ke ys 2-4 dis pla y se ct ion 2-3 pr int m ode ke ys 2-4 statu s light s 2-5 usi ng 2-1 fr ont-p an el dis pl a y type s of informati on 2-28 fr ont-p an el key problems 11-5 1 fr ont-p an el m ess age pro blems 11-51 fr ont-p an el probl e ms 11-51 fr ont-p anel settin gs chan ging 8-5 G gett [...]

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    Index I-3 matte pape r 3-8 matte print s 11- 5 Media Lamin a ting 3-5 Ro ll m edi a al ignment 3- 15 Unload ing 3-43 media 9-9 cari ng for 3-12 com pensati ng f or b adly cut 3-44 inco rrectl y p ositi oned 1 1-28 load ing a new roll 3-33 misa ligned 11- 28 supp orted type s 3- 4 unus ed 3-12 med ia ha ndl ing problems 11-28 media jam 11-44 med ia [...]

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    Index I-4 pr int c l ipped 11 -47 pr int margin s using o paque vi nyl 5- 14 pr int m ode ke ys 2-4 pr int pro blems diag nosis 11-7 pr int qu ality chan ging 6-1 6 com bi nat io ns wi th m ed i a ty pe s 3- 10 se tti ngs 6-14 pr int s ize 11-5 2 pr inter cle ani ng 10-2 fr ont vie w 1-9 mai nta ining 10-1 re ar view 1-9 sto ring and moving 10-7 pr[...]

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    Index I-5 Load ing 3-2 0 Panel 3-24 Unload ing 3-27 test m edi a 9-9 test me dia select ion 9-8 te st pr int cus tom media test pri nt 9-9 tes t th e prin ter 11-4 tes ti ng m edia 9-8 tra n sp or t m ode se lec ting 10-7 tr oubles hoo ting col or ac cu r ac y 11- 21 colo r alignment 11-20 colo r misa lig nment 11-15 color varia tio n 11-21 communi[...]

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    Index I-6[...]

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    -3 3 Ple ase Give Us Y o ur Feedback on the Qual it y of Thi s Docum en tati on If ma ilin g to th e addr e ss in the U SA (s ee ov er), fil l out thi s sh eet . If m ail in g t o the a ddre ss i n Sp ain , fill out th e ot h er she et . Alt ern ative ly , you can fa x thi s for m t o: USA ( 1) 619 655 6 640, Attn: HP DesignJet Marketing Dept. or S[...]

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    -34 Thank y ou NO POST AGE NECESSAR Y IF MA IL ED IN THE UNITED ST A TES BUSINESS REPL Y MAIL FIRST CLASS MAIL PERM IT NO. 24343 SAN DIEGO, CA POST A GE WILL BE P AID BY ADDRES SEE HP Des i gn Je t M ark etin g Cent er Hewlett -Packard Company Buil ding #7 16399 W est Ber nad o D ri ve San D ieg o, CA 921 27 U.S.A. Any com ments? Fold her e and the[...]

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    -3 5 Please G ive Us Y our Feedback on the Q uali ty of This Doc ume nta tio n If m ail in g t o the a ddre ss in Spa in (s ee over) , fil l out t his s hee t. If m ail i ng t o the a ddres s in the USA, fill out the oth er sheet . Al ter nativ el y , you can fax thi s for m t o : USA (1 ) 619 655 6640 , At tn : H P D e sign J et M ar k etin g Dept[...]

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    -36 Hewlett- Pa c kard Company Ba rc el ona D i visi on Attn : Learni ng Pr od uct s Dept. A vda. Gra el l s , 50 1 08 190 Sa nt Cugat d el V allès Spain Any comments? Fo ld he re and th en staple or ta pe the end s to get he r[...]

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    1 3M ™ MC S ™ W ar ranty fo r Gra phics P roduced on HP DesignJet CP Printers Graphi cs made with 3M ™ Cha ngeable O paque Imagi ng Media 852 2CP , HP DesignJ et CP Ink Syst em UV and 3M L uster Overlamin a te 8519CP or 3 M Matt e Overl aminat e 8520CP , by 3M TIJ Graphic s Certif ied Fabric ators on HP DesignJ e t CP printer s and a ccordi n[...]

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    Hewlett-Packard Limited W arranty S tatement HP Product Durati on of Li mi te d W arranty Software: 90 Days Ink Delivery System : 9 0 Days Printe r and Rela ted HP H ar dware: 1 Y ea r A. Extent of Limited W arranty 1. Hewlett -Pac ka rd (HP) wa rr a nts to th e en d- u ser cu sto mer that the HP products spe cifie d a bove wil l be fre e from defe[...]

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    Obt aining Serv i ce During W arrant y P eriod If your hardware should fa il during th e warra nty p eriod, re ad the “Troubles h ootin g” se ctio n in this gu ide , then con tact yo ur loca l Hewlett-Packard Sales and Supp ort Of f ic e or an Author i zed HP P ersonal Comp uter Dealer Repair Cente r and arra nge for o n- site re pa ir of t he [...]

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    Manua l Part Number :C4724-90051 Eng lish Printe d in Eur ope This ma nual h a s been printed on c hlori ne-f ree paper[...]