HP Designjet 111 manual

HP Designjet 111 printer series User’s guide[...]

© 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. 1st edition Legal notices The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warrantie s for HP Products and services are set forth in the express warranty statement accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional [...]

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1I n t r o d u c t i o n The front panel The printer has a co ntrol panel at th e front left, known as the fron t panel. The front panel has two lights (LEDs), thre e keys to control printing o perations, and a display screen to provide information. Front-panel lights There are two front-pa nel lights: Power and Attention . ● The Power light is g[...]

Front-panel keys There are thre e front-panel keys: Power , Ca ncel and OK . ● The Power key is the bottom key on the fron t panel. It turns the mains powe r on and off. NOTE: The Power key is a 'soft' switch, and the printer st ill has electrical power available to it, even when switched o ff. To isolate the printe r from the mains sup[...]

● HP Designjet 111 Tray: Pape r source (Automatica lly se lect (default)/Tray1/Front man ual feed/ Rear manual feed) ● HP Designjet 111 Roll: Paper so urce (Roll (d efault)/Fron t manual feed/Rear manu al feed) ● Quick sets ● Scale to fit/Scale to % (ZoomSmart) ● Color options (Print in Gr ayscale, Monochrome Graphics) ● Advanced color [...]

The roll feed The roll fee d is supplied with the HP Designjet 111 Ro ll printer. It allows the printer to print on a roll of paper up to 610 mm (24 in) wide. It in cludes an automatic cutter. The roll is l oaded from the rear o f the printer and m ust be fed into the rear feed slot. Once a print job to a roll has fini shed, the printer will automa[...]

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2 Connection and software installation Install the Windows printer driver 1. Insert the HP De signjet 111 So ftware a nd Documentation CD int o your CD drive. 2. If the CD does not autorun, run the setup.exe program in the root directory of the CD. 3. Follow the instructi ons on the screen. Connect using a USB cable (Windows) USB is the preferred s[...]

Network connection methods The HP Jetdirect print serve r allows you to connect the printer to a ne twork. See The HP Jetdirect print server on page 4 and your HP Jetdirect documentation. There are two ways of using it to connect the printer to a network. ● Client-server configuration. In this method the pr inter is connected to a compu ter that [...]

10. Choose Specify printer b y address . 11. Enter the printer's IP address in the applicable text box and cli ck Next . 12. Wait until the co nfiguration prog ram analyzes the p rinter and the n etwork. The progra m detects the network settings and sugg ests the settings to be applied for the printer's config uration. Normally, it is not[...]

Share the printer In order to be able to perform a client installation, the printer must be shared in the computer that will act as a print server. 1. Select Start > Settings > Printers . 2. Right-click the p rinter you want to sh are and select Properties . 3. Go to the Sharing tab. 4. Select Shared as and select the sharing name of the devi[...]

5. In the list of printe rs that appears, se lect the en try that uses the connection typ e USB, and click Continue . 6. The followin g screen displays info rmation about your printer's installation, wh ere the name of the printer can be modified. Make an y changes you wish to make, and click Continue . 7. Your printer is now conn ected. In th[...]

Connect to a network using TCP/IP (Mac OS) Before you be gin, check that the fol lowing statements are true . ● The printer is set u p and turned on. ● The Ethernet hub o r router is on and fun ctioning properly. ● All computers on the network are on and connected to the network. ● The printer is conn ected to the Eth ernet network. To conn[...]

You may find th at sharing your directl y connect ed printer with ot her users will slow down your computer unacceptably. TIP: The best way to share the printer o ver a network is to con nect the printer not to any computer, but to the network. Change the IP address of th e HP Jetdirect print server You may need to do this if you are moving the pr [...]

Mac OS If you are using a Jetdirect ca rd that already has an IP address, ski p to step 13 . If you are using a Je tdirect card that has an IP ad dress of 192.0.0.192, begin at step 1. 1. Connect the Je tdirect card and compu ter to the same physical LAN. Print a con figuration page from Jetdirect to verify that the IP address is 192.0.0.192. 2. Go[...]

Change the network parameters Once the Jetdirect card has a valid IP address, changing th e rest of the network parameters (o r the IP address itself, if necessary) is ver y easy. You ne ed only conn ect to the HP Jetdirect card's embedded Web server and configu re the information in th e Network ing tab of the Web page. To connect to the card[...]

3 Paper handling Cut-sheet paper loading Cut sheets of pap er can be loaded into the printer in the fol lowing ways. ● The front path takes single sheets of paper up to D+ size (610 × 914 mm); use this slo t for paper that needs special care in handling. You can al so use this slot to print on the b ack of an already printed sheet. To use this s[...]

2. Lift up the tray cover. 3. If the paper yo u are using is larg er than Legal- or A4-size, move the small tab in th e center towards the left so that you can le ngthen the tray . Let go of the tab and pull th e tray extension out as far as it will go. 4. Riffle the paper. T his helps to prevent adja cent sheets of paper from sticking to each othe[...]

5. Slide the paper into the tray under the tra y cover, en suring that it touches th e sides of the tray on the right and on the p rinter side. 6. Push in the small tab on the rig ht of the tray so that it fits sn ugly against the pa per. Move the larger tab on the left of th e tray so that it too fits snugly against the paper. 7. Close the tray co[...]

2. If the paper is large enou gh to hang over th e edge of the tray, pull o ut one or both of the tra y extensions to support it. 3. Push the paper into the pr inter, pushing it in as far as it w ill go, while maintaining its alignment to the right. 4. Press the OK key (the upper right key) on the front panel. NOTE: You can press the OK key to load[...]

Load paper into the rear path 1. Place the paper in the rear feed, to the left as seen from the rear, with the side upwards that is to be printed on . Align the paper with the left mark on the rea r feed. Make su re that the sheet is square-on to the printer, and not skewed. 2. Push the paper as far as it will go into the printer. 3. Select Rear ma[...]

Load a roll of paper If you have the HP Desig njet 111 Roll printer, you can load rolls of paper. Se e The roll feed on page 4 . 1. Load a roll of the requ ired paper onto the spindle . Ensure that the roll is the rig ht way round and that the blue stop on the spindl e is pushed in a gainst the paper. 2. Insert the spindle into its retaini ng slots[...]

8. When printing on rol l paper, ensure th at the pa per source in the printer driver is set to Roll (also see the note ab out Auto Select / Automatic below). You must also select the page size. 9. Rewind any excess paper so that the paper is rolled tightly onto the spindle. NOTE: Only one source of paper can be use d by the pri nter at any one tim[...]

4P r i n t i n g Select print quality The printer has var ious print-quality options becaus e best-quality prin ting causes some loss of spe ed, while fast printing causes some re duction in print quality. Therefore, you ca n select from the print-quality option s Fast , Normal and Best . You can also select whether to optimize printing for line dr[...]

Custom paper sizes To choose a non-standard paper size not shown i n the list of paper sizes: ● Under Wi ndows, there are two different ways: ◦ In the driver dialog, click the Custom button in the Paper/Quality tab. In the Custom Paper Sizes dialog box, sel ect a name for your custom pa per size: you can select Cu stom 1 to Custom 5 . Then spec[...]

Preview a print Previewing a print on the screen allows you to check the layout of the print before printing, wh ich may help you to avoid wasting paper a nd ink on a bad p rint. ● To preview a print under Windows, you have the following opti ons: ◦ Use your application's pr int preview option. ◦ Check the Show Print Preview box, which y[...]

Use ink economically Here are some recommendatio ns for making economical use of in k. ● For draft prints, use plain p aper and select Fast print quality. ● Clean the printhe ads only when nee ded, and cle an only th ose printheads that need cleaning. Cleaning the prin theads can be useful , but it uses a small amo unt of ink. ● Leave the pri[...]

5 Ink-system maintenance Replace ink cartridges 1. Open the front hi nged flap at the rig ht of the printer. 2. Gripping it by its sh orter top edges, lift the ink cartridg e vertically up and out of the printer. 3. Lower the new ink cartridge into its slot unt il i t clicks into place and is quite secure. 26 Chapter 5 Ink-system main tenance ENWW [...]

4. Repeat the p receding two steps for e ach in k cartridge that yo u wish to replace. 5. Close the oute r flap. Replace printheads NOTE: After a printhead is replaced, the printer will automatically re align the printheads. 1. Open the front hi nged flap at the rig ht of the printer. 2. Open the seco nd (back) part of the flap a nd lift it right b[...]

5. Lift the small ha ndle at the top fro nt and use it to pu ll the printhead vertically up and out of the printer. 6. Take the new printhea d and remove the tape that protects its electrical contacts and ink nozzles. 7. Lower the new printhead into place and cl ose its small handle. 28 Chapter 5 Ink-system main tenance ENWW Ink maintenance[...]

8. Push the printh ead gently into pla ce, so that it is quite secure. 9. Repeat th e preceding fo ur steps for ea ch printh ead that you wish to replace. 10. Pull the printhead co ver towards you, ensuring th at the hook at its front edg e latches onto the tab, and then push it away fr om you to close the cover. 11. Close the rear part and then th[...]

6 Supplies and accessories Supported paper types The following paper types are curren tly provided for use with your printer. NOTE: This list is likely to change over the cour se of time . For the late st informat ion, see http://www.hp.com/ go/111/accessories/ . NOTE: Paper types that HP does not support may nev er theless be compatible with your [...]

Table 6-1 Roll paper (con tinued) Paper type g/m² Length Width Part numbe rs HP Universal Heavyweight Coated Paper 120 30.5 m (100 ft) 610 mm (24 in) Q1412A (AEJN) HP Heavyweight Coated Paper 131 30.5 m (100 ft) 610 mm (24 in) C6029C (AEJN) HP Technical Paper HP Natural Tracing Paper 90 45.7 m (150 ft) 420 mm (16.54 in) (A2) Q1440A (J) 594 mm (23.[...]

Table 6-2 Sheet pa per (continued) Paper type g/m² Length Width Part numbe rs HP Coated Paper 90 610 mm (24 in) 457 mm (18 in) Q1961A (AEJN) 914 mm (36 in) 610 mm (24 in) Q1962A (AEN) HP Photographic Paper HP Premium Plus Gloss Photo Paper 280 483 mm (19 in) 330 mm (13 in) Q5486A 610 mm (24 in) 457 mm (18 in) Q5487A HP Premium Plus Satin Photo Pap[...]

Color Ink cartridge Printhead Black CH565A, HP 82, 69 ml C4810A, HP 11 Magenta C4837AN, HP 11, 28 ml C4812A, HP 11 Cyan C4836AN, HP 11, 28 ml C4811A, HP 11 Order accessories The following access ories are availa ble for use with your p rinter. ● External I/O print server (J4169A) ● Printer stand (Q12 46A) ENWW Order accessories 33 Supplies[...]

7 HP Designjet System Maintenance The HP Designjet System Ma intenance utility prov ides several facilities that may help to solve printer problems. To start HP Designje t System Maintena nce under Windows, double -click the HP Designjet System Maintenance icon on yo ur desktop. Alte rnatively, you can follow these steps: 1. From the Windows taskba[...]

8 Installation issues The printer is not found If your printer is conn ected to a network , but your computer cannot find the printe r on the network, repeat the configuration p rocess from the beginning: see Configure a direct network con nection (Windows) on page 7 , Connect to a network usin g Bonjour (Mac OS) on page 10 or Connect to a network [...]

9 Print-quality issues The print quality is not what you expect 1. Check the print-quality setting that you sel ected fo r this print job in th e pr inter software. While the Draft setting prints faster a nd uses less ink, it may cause text to appear fad ed or colors to appear dull. Try Normal or Best print quality instead. 2. Check the paper type [...]

3. New printheads a re shipped with a prote ctive tape that covers the nozzles. Make sure that the protective tape covering ea ch printhead is remove d. 4. Check that the printer is selecte d as the current or defau lt printer. Text or graphics are truncated 1. The print preview from your HP Designjet software will tell you whether the configuratio[...]

10 Ink-system issues All ink cartridge icons in the front panel are flashing 1. Remove all the ink cartridges. See Replace ink ca rtridges on page 26 . 2. Return them on e by one to their n ormal locations, makin g sure that each is firmly seated in the proper position. 3. If the corresponding icon stops flashing, that cartri dge is OK. 4. If the i[...]

11 General printer issues Paper is jammed in the printer To clear a paper jam, fi rst try pressing the OK key (upper right key on th e printer's front panel). If this does not solve the prob lem, follow the appro priate instructions bel ow according to whethe r the printer was print ing on a sheet or a roll when the jam occurred. Sheet paper 1[...]

4. Remove the rear path by pressing the buttons on each of its si des and pulling it straight out. If you don't pull it straight ou t, you may da mage the paper sensor. Removing the rear pa th gives access to the in side of the printer fro m the rear. 5. Pull out any paper that may be stu ck inside o r that is a ccessible from the re ar. 6. Re[...]

7. Before reloading the paper ro ll, you must trim the leading edge of the roll such that this ed ge is perfectly straight and at right angles to the sides of the roll. Otherwise, the prin ter will reject the roll when you attempt to reload it. 8. After clearing a paper ja m, you need to clean the printh eads only if there has be en a degradation i[...]

Both the Paper Status and the Paper Jam icons are flashing; the paper has stalled. See Paper is jammed in the printer on page 39 . Both the Roll and the Paper Jam icons ar e flashing; the roll must b e unloaded manually. See Unload a roll of paper on pag e 21 . One or more of the Printhead Status icons are flashing; the printheads n eed replacing. [...]

When you insert the tray, you should hear a click as the latche s are pushed back; when you remove the tray , the latches click as th ey move for ward. The printer won’t take paper from the tray 1. Remove the tray from the prin ter. 2. Make sure that you ha ve not put too m any sheets in the tray. The tra y will hold 70 shee ts of plain paper, 50[...]

12 HP Customer Care Introduction HP Customer Care offers award-winning suppo rt to ensure you get the most from your HP Designjet, providing comprehe nsive, proven supp ort expertise and new technologies to give you unique en d-to- end support. Services include setu p and installation , trou bleshooting to ols, wa rranty upgrades, repair and exchan[...]

Contact HP Support HP Support is availabl e to you by telepho ne. What to do bef ore you call: ● Review the trou bleshooting su ggestions in this guide. ● Review th e relevant driv er document ation. ● If you have installed third-p arty software drivers and RIPs, see their do cumentation. ● If you call one of th e Hewlett-Packard offices, p[...]

Glossary Bonjour Bonjour is a networking protoc ol that u ses IP but requires no con fi guratio n. You can use Bonjour to connect your printer to a netw ork if you are running Mac OS. Gateway A gateway is a device that is used to provide connec tivity between netw orks; for examp le, to connect two physically different netwo rks, to manage the subn[...]

Index A accessories 33 B black and white 24 C connection Mac OS, Bonjour 10 Mac OS, TCP/IP 11 Mac OS, USB 9 network methods 7 Windows, clien t-server 8 Windows, direct network 7 Windows, parallel 6 Windows, US B 6 control panel 1 Customer Care 44 cutter 4 D driver Mac OS 3 Mac OS, install 9 update 35 Window s 2 Windows, ins tall 6 E economize on in[...]