HP DesignJet 500ps manual

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Table of Contents WELCOM E ...................................................................................................................................... 1 SYST EM REQUIREM ENT S MACINTOSH ..................................................................................... 1 SYST EM REQUIREM ENT WINDOWS ....................................[...]

P RINTING D IRECTLY FROM AN A PPLICA TION ................................................................................... 15 P RINTING FROM A C LIENT ON YOUR N ET WORK ............................................................................... 16 SETUP PROP ERT IES ............................................................................[...]

1 We l co m e W elcome to the User G uide f or the HP D esignJet 5 00PS R IP Soft ware. W e recom mend that you r ead and u nderstand t his doc ument, and if neces sary print it for f uture refer ence. To print th is docum ent fr om Adobe Acr obat Read er, select File>Pri nt from the menu bar . This User Guide is copied to your com puter as p ar[...]

2 S ystem Requirement Windows The f ollowing tab le lists the m inimum and recomm ended system setup to r un the RIP Software. System requirem ents var y accordin g to the s ize of the files to be scan ned and printed, t he output d evice use d, and other var iables. Your partic ular setup and inten ded use of the s oftware determ ine what hard war[...]

3 Macintosh I nstallation This section des cribes the kind of s ystem s etup you need to run the RI P Sof tware and how to ins tall the RI P soft ware. W hen you are re ady to be gin using t he RIP Software, follo w the steps in ap propriate s ection , this will enabl e you to install t he RIP Soft ware properl y. Installi ng the RIP Software o n a[...]

4 5. Locate and open the ‘Extens ions’ fold er. Drag the spooler file into t he Tras h. The Spoo ler file is nam ed accordin g to your printer, and app ears as ‘Am_<pr i nter na m e>’, depend ing on which pr in ter you insta ll ed. From the ‘Printer D escr iptions’ fol der, loc ated with in the ‘Ex tensions ’ fold er, drag th [...]

5 5. Select P PD’s. PPD ’s can be f ound on your HP DesignJ et 500PS instal lation CD. 6. Click Next . The Se lect Port Windo w displa ys. 7. Select your Port. The Get Shared Inf orm ation windo w displa ys. 8. Select Not Shared if sof tware is save on your local dr ive. Selec t Shar ed if your software is runn ing on a n etwork. 9. Click Next [...]

6 Installi ng Ado be PS Dr iver 5.1 1. After r eading the License agr eem ent, click Yes to accep t. The Ado bePS Postsc ript printer driver s etup wind ow displa ys. 2. Click Next . The Ins tall Setup Progr am dis plays. 3. Click Next . T he Install Printer W indow dis pla ys. 4. Select Loc al Prin ter, then c lick Next . 5. Select P PD’s. PPD ?[...]

7 3. Click Next . The Ad d Setup wi ndow displ ays. 4. Click Finish. Uninstal ling the RI P Soft ware from a W indows System 1. Exit the RIP Soft ware and all pro gram s. 2. From the Start Menu, Select Settin gs and th en click on the Control Panel . 3. Select A dd/Rem ove Progr ams . 4. Select th e RIP Sof tware. 5. Click OK . Getting S t arted Wi[...]

8 § Copies—the num ber of copies to be pri nted. § Media—the media on which the job will be pri nted. § File Type—the f ile t ype of the se lected job. Note : For W indows to quit th e RIP Software program , right click on the ic on, and the n select Ex it from the menu that appears . Once you have q uit the sof tware you must r estart you[...]

9 To Us e a TCP/IP Por t 1. From the S etup m enu select Setup Pr operties. 2. From the G eneral T ab selec t TCP/IP as your por t. The Comm unicatio n win dow di splay s. Note: The I P address can be f ound in th e control p anel of your HP D esignJet 500PS print er . 3. Click OK . To add an USB Port to a Windows 98 System Adding your ne w driver [...]

10 Note : If the cab file dr iv er12.c a b was not ins ta ll ed duri ng your initi al ins ta ll at ion of W indows 98 the s ystem will re quest that you inser t your W indows 98 I nstallatio n CD. This file m ay be found in the W IN98 direct ory folder . Locat e the cab f ile and then clic k OK . To as sociate an US B driver to a Gener ic Printer .[...]

11 To sele ct the USB Po rt 1. Open the H P DesignJe t 500PS s oftware. 2. From the S etup m enu, select Setup Pr operties. 3. Select th e General tab. 4. From Por ts drop-d own list, s elect U SB/DesignJ et. 5. Click Apply . 6. Click OK . Menus You ma y access a n umber of the RIP Sof tware’s f unctions us ing the m enus at th e top of the main [...]

12 Save As The Sav e As comm and allows you to sa ve an image into diff erent file f orm ats. Once a job has been printed, you m ay want to sa ve the RI Ped file so t hat you can repri nt it witho ut havin g to RIP the f ile aga in. Saving a file as Native f orm at, with a . PRT extensio n, allows you to sa ve RIPe d files f or reprinti ng . To Sav[...]

13 Ab o rt Although a job can not be paus ed durin g the RIP pr ocess, th e job ca n be aborted. After abor ting a job, all RI P’ed inf orm ation is lost a nd the process m ust start again. To Abor t a Print J ob 1. Click on the job you would lik e to abor t. 2. From the F ile Men u select Ab or t . Exit/Quit The ex it comm and ends the pr ogram [...]

14 Setup Menu A setup c onsists of a devic e and it ’s assoc iated proper ties. It ems in the S etup m enu apply to t he select ed setup. S elect a s etup b y clicking on the setup icon in the setup area of the m ain window. Change Setup The Chang e Setup c omm and allows you to access and follo w the sam e wizar d- driven st eps conta ined in t [...]

15 To Add a J ob 1. From the F ile m enu select Ad d J ob . 2. Select th e job you would lik e to add th en click on Open . 3. To send a j ob to the pr inter, se lect the j ob from the Print M onitor’s que ue and the n choose Pr int from the File m enu. Deleting Jobs from the Print Monitor A job m ay be delet ed from the job lis t before or after[...]

16 Most appl ications have Page setup an d Print Comm and options within the F ile Me nu. Make s ure you sel ect the cor rect prin ter setup th at you ha ve insta lled. P lease consul t your DTP a pplicat ion f or m ore details on t he print c omm and. To Setup Driver Pro perties 1. From the F ile m enu select Pr int. 2. Select H P DesignJet 500 PS[...]

17 Setup Properties The Setu p Propert ies windo w can be ac cessed f rom within the RIP Sof tware Ser ver and are settings used to process j obs that do not have properties of their o wn assoc iated with them. Setup Proper ties conta in the def aults of the RI P soft ware and pr inter proper ty settings . If a job is placed i n an outpu t device?[...]

18 Setup Name The s etup name disp la ys the name of your print er. Med ia Name Displa ys the nam e of the m edia type. W idth/Height Accepts dir ect entr y of the j ob’s widt h or height. W hen one aspect is altered the other is automatic ally update d to k eep the job pr oportiona lly correc t. Max Heigh t Indicates the m aximum height t hat ca[...]

19 Note - To enab le ECP m ode you m ay need to tur n off the “Use standar d LPT driver c heckbox in the com munic ations tab of the Setu p Propert ies inside of applicat ion. File Ports The File Port beh aves lik e a save to file op tion. Ins tead of sending dat a out through a port on your com puter, the File Port opt ion will write the dat a t[...]

20 The Setup Properties Print Tab Med ia This option allo ws the user to select the media type outp ut will b e printed on . ICC prof iles will autom aticall y update to t he correct pr ofile. Print Mode This option allo ws you to s elect the print qual ity spe ed for out put. Best IQ Use this s etting when you are prin ting to hi gh-cost m edia su[...]

21 Fast CAD Use this set ting f or draft c opies or when spe ed is m ore impor tant than prin t qualit y, printin g with this option is the fastes t for CA D printing. Resolution You ma y choose b etween m axim um and normal r esolution pr ovide d that the pr int m ode supports it . Driver Options Click ing this button launch es the Dr iver Options[...]

22 device t o which th e elem ents were sep arated, as t he CMYK input prof ile. If you do not hav e the prof ile, tr y similar pr ofiles or profiles for c ommon ink sets ( such as CMYK S W OP) . RGB ICC input prof ile The RG B ICC input pr ofile d efines the RG B sourc e for al l of your RG B files . An RGB input profile c an be for either a m oni[...]

23 shifted c loser to th e gam ut's saturation extent. T his render ing in tent m ay also be us ed to boos t colors within a photogr aphic im age. Absolute Co lorim etric This intent is sim ilar to Relat ive Colorim etric, but has a d iff erent white point val ue. Abso lute Color imetr ic repres ents colors r elativ e to a fixed white po int v[...]

24 Job Properties Job Pro perties can b e acces sed from within the R IP Sof tware and are sett ings associated with a par ticular j ob. The J ob Prop erties com e fr om either the Pr inting Propert ies set in c lient, or the Setup Properti es set in RI P Soft ware Server . To change the Job Pr operties , select J ob Propert ies from the File m enu[...]

25 Fit to Media Increases or decre ases the jo b proporti onally to f it the m aximum of the output device. W idth/Height Accepts dir ect entr y of the j ob’s widt h or height. W hen one aspect is altered the other is autom atically upda ted to k eep the job proportion ally corr ect. Copies Number You ma y change the number of copies of the job t[...]

26 Job Properties Print Tab For m ore inform ation on Pr int Tab optio ns, ref er to the Pr int Tab s ection in Setup Propert ies secti on of this manual. The Color Tab For m ore inform ation on Col or Tab opt ions, ref er to the Co lor Tab s ection in t he Setu p Propert ies secti on of this manual.[...]

27 Advanced Pri nti ng Pr ocedures (Windows) If y o ur pro gram is not listed, r efer to a sec tion on a similar program . CorelDRAW 8 1. From the HP DesignJet 500PS Pr int Mon itor click Setup>S etup Proper ties. T hen click the Print ta b. 2. Make s ure the Perf orm Color Correction check box has a c heck in it . 3. In the ICC in put prof ile [...]

28 10. Choose a p aper size from the ‘ Paper’ f ield or se lect a Custom page f or a cust om page si ze. 11. If you choos e a cust om page si ze, you m ay enter the c ustom size b y clicking t he Custom button and ent ering th e width and height. 12. If you choos e custom page, clic k OK to Custom Def ined Size di alog. 13. Click OK in the Pr o[...]

29 16. Click the P aper butt on. From the Size m enu, se lect your paper si ze. Select Custom for a c ustom size. Enter the width and he ight of the custom paper si ze in the n ew Custom Paper Si ze dialog. Your pap er size s hould m atch your job size. C lick OK . 17. Click the O ptions butto n. From the Send im age da ta menu sel ect Norm al. 18.[...]

30 Advanced Printing Procedures ( Macintosh) If y o ur pro gram is not listed, r efer to a sec tion on a similar program . Illustrator 7.0 ColorS ync 2.x and Kodak Digital Sc ience m ust be ins talled when using I llustr ator to create CM YK files. 1. From the HP DesignJ et 500PS Pr int Mon itor clic k Printer >Setup Pr operties . Then click the[...]

31 1. From the HP DesignJ et 500PS Pr int Mon itor clic k Printer >Setup Pr operties . Then click the Prin t Tab. 2. Make s ure the Perf orm Color Correction check box has a chec k in it , correct output profiles and render ing int ent are set. 3. Click OK to close Set up Prop erties. 4. Go to App le menu a nd select C hooser. H ighlight A dobe [...]

32 10. Click OK for Adobe Page Sett ing dia log. 11. Go to File >Print. S elect your printer in the ‘Pr inter’ f ield and s elect th e page you want to print, a nd the num ber of copies. 12. Select Adob e Photos hop fr om the pop-u p menu an d set the ‘Encoding ’ selecti on to Binar y. Set the ‘ Space’ s elect ion to RG B if the f il[...]

33 Quark XPres s 4.04 1. In order to print suc cessf ully to Q uarkX Press, y ou will need a special X Tension . The name of the XT ension is ‘Pr intRGB’. T his file is ava ilable o n your Ins tallation CD, in the Quar k Files folder . I nstall th e file to t he ‘Quar k X Press:XT ensions’ f older, b efore starting Q uark XPress . 2. From t[...]